Congratulations to Assistant Coach Micheal Ferland (Cree) and the Brandon Wheat Kings on winning the 2024 Manitoba U18 AAA Championships!
The BWK finished with a record of 52-0-1 (regular season and playoffs). Advancing to the TELUS Cup West Regionals, April 4-7 in Winnipeg, MB.
Swan River's Michael Ferland (@ferdaddy27) played 335 career NHL regular season games for Calgary, Carolina, and Vancouver, amassing 134 points.
Ferland was recently the Head Coach for Male Team Manitoba at the 2023 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships, winning a gold medal.
For those kids that didn't hear their names called today...
Our scouts job is to now find YOU!
Just like they did Micheal Ferland and Matt Calvert, who went undrafted in the WHL and went onto NHL careers. #KeepPushing
From an isolated community still reeling from a youth suicide crisis to playing in the #NHL, Brady Keeper is providing hope.
This is the #TSN Original: A Kid From Nowhere - narrated by Jordin Tootoo and viewable worldwide 🌎🌍.
WATCH: https://t.co/UZn8MTWvsg
Micheal and Kayleigh Ferland have teamed up with Tony and Brittany Vasilarakis of @pizzaexpressbdn to purchase 8 #BWK Season Tickets to be given to families involved with @KidSportMB!
Ferland benefited from the KidSport Program growing up and is now a member of the @Canucks!
Meet Brady Keeper, the first kid from Cross Lake, Manitoba to make it to the #NHL. His story is incredible - from MJHL to NHL in two years. He almost quit. Now he's a beacon of hope for a generation of indigenous youth in 🇨🇦 that desperately need one: https://t.co/kwBwmWFniP #TSN