Pair of Neepawa Tigers win year-end awards He shoots, he scores!

A pair of Neepawa Tigers received year-end honours just before the final regular season game of the Westman High School Hockey League (WHSHL). On Sunday, Feb. 26. Jory Kulbacki (on left) received a trophy for being the WHSHL ‘s leading scorer, while Ward Brister was honoured as the league’s top scoring defenseman. Kulbacki closed out the year with 113 points (58 goals - 55 assists) in 32 games, while Brister had 67 points (18G - 49A) in 31 games. Congratulations to both players, and the team as a whole, for an impressive regular season.

A Neepawa Tigers defender for the varsity team makes a huge block on a player from the Rivers Rams, during a Varsity Boys basketball game on Thursday Feb. 23. The Tigers would ultimately defeat Rivers in this matchup, by the score of 81-34. The win improved the Boys squad’s record to 10-0 on the year.

The Varsity Girls team also played Rivers that day and won 49-40, improving their record to 9-1. Both teams closed out the regular season with home games on Thursday, Mar. 2 versus the Carberry Cougars.

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Neepawa Tigers forward Jory Kulbacki added a few more goals to his year-end stats on Sunday, Feb. 26, scoring in the first period on a breakaway (pictured above). Kulbacki would add one more in the first, giving the Tigers the early advantage.

Neepawa’s opponents, the Dauphin Clippers battled back, however, to make it a close contest. The Tigers had to score late, with Myles Willerton collecting the game winner, to earn a 7-6 victory. The win improved Neepawa’s record on the regular season to 23-5-4 and ensured a fourth place finish in the league standings.