The Southwest Cougars preseason begins the weekend of Sept. 7 when the Midget and Bantam teams will begin the selection of this year’s teams.
Then, the Cougars begin play the last weekend in September in Kenora as the 2018/2019 season gets under way.
The Midget Cougars have a number of players away at WHL camps, as well as MJHL camps. Trent Sambrook, Matthew Ramsey, and Hunter Andrew will attend the Wheat Kings camp. Landon Roberts was in Tri Cities, Cory King is skating in Moose Jaw, Cody Shearer travels to Victoria, Jordan Chudley will be back in Kootenay, BC, Callum Fortin will be in Regina, while Tyson Kozak has been impressive in Portland.
Randy Cooke, Rylan Gudnason, Tanner and Austin Clyne are attending MJHL camps.
The Cougars have a great group of bantam-aged players coming to camp led by Grady Lane, who will begin the season on the sidelines with a lower body injury, Braeden Lewis, Trevor Hunt, Cody Gudnason, Nolin Wickam, Brayden Mosset, Hunter Wallace, and Myles Sobry will be looking to crack the lineup.
The Cougars will also see some high school players look to crack the roster as well as returning veteran Tanner Lawrence.
The Cougars look at having a season with more wins than losses as their program continues to be a developing ground for young men looking to improve their hockey options.
