Smoke cheerleading team makes Saskatchewan sporting history
Members of Regina's Rebels Cheerleading Athletics' Smoke team accomplished a first by finishing first.
Smoke became the first Saskatchewan all-star team to win a title at the Cheerleading Worlds by capturing the International Open Level 5 division title Monday in Orlando, Fla.
The three-day event, held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex, featured competition in 29 divisions. More than 10,000 athletes from 25 countries took part.
CZECHIA TOPS CANADA
Canada finished preliminary play at the IIHF world under-18 men's hockey championship Tuesday by losing 6-5 in overtime to Czechia in Landshut, Germany.
Jiri Kulich scored the winner on a power play while Canada's Tanner Howe, a member of the Regina Pats, was serving a slashing penalty.
Canada, the defending champion, finished the preliminary round with a 1-2 record.
Josh Filmon, Owen Pickering and Connor Hvidston, all of the Swift Current Broncos, each had an assist for Canada against Czechia, which enjoyed a 52-24 shotson-goal advantage. The Broncos' Reid Dyck was in goal for Canada.
The Pats' Connor Bedard is the captain of the Canadian team, which plays Thursday in a quarter-final. Semifinals are set for Friday, with the gold- and bronze-medal games Sunday.
PRITCHARD PICKED
Gord Pritchard has been named the first CEO of Queen City Sports & Entertainment Group, which owns the Regina Pats.
Pritchard, a lawyer, has been part of the in-house counsel team for the Brandt Group of Companies. Brandt CEO Shaun Semple owns the Pats.
“It is perfect timing to add Gord's exceptional blend of hockey experience and business and legal background to the organization as Queen City Sports & Entertainment looks to the future in building a world-class sports and entertainment business here in Regina,” Semple said in a media release.
Pritchard worked for the Pats in several capacities — most notably that of director of hockey operations — from 2014 to 2020.
From 2011 to 2014, he was the assistant general manager of the SJHL'S Yorkton Terriers.