A banner night for season opener

The banner goes up for the 2025-26 Canada West men’s hockey champions on Friday night, then the curtain goes up on the 2026-27 season for the Huskie men’s hockey team at Merlis Belsher Place. The two-time conference champions open the regular season against the Calgary Dinos.

With the graduation of players such as Chantz Petruic and the decision by Connor Roulette’s to go to the NCAA the Huskies will be leaning on a lot of talent new the program such as Jaydon Dureau, Tyson Yaremko and former Saskatoon Blades captain Tyler Parr.

Fifth-year returnees such as Carter Stebbings and Liam Keeler will have elevated leadership roles and in goal the team has the good fortune of having veterans Nolan Maier, Bryan Thomson and James Venne return to the program.

Huskie head coach Brandin Cote visited the HuskieFAN on the season’s first edition of The Coach’s Show.