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Annual Sportsman's Dinner a Sell Out

January 19, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Brandon Wheat Kings News Release


Brandon, MB. - The Brandon Wheat Kings and 880 CKLQ are pleased to announce that for the eighth consecutive year, the hockey club's Annual Sportsman's Dinner is a "sell out".

The event, which is held annually to raise money for the Wheat Kings' Scholarship Foundation, will feature Winnipeg Jets' General Manager and former Brandon captain Kevin Cheveldayoff, TSN's Dennis Beyak and comedian Dave Hemstad.

Cheveldayoff is currently in his fifth season as General Manager of the Jets. During the 2014-15 campaign, he helped to lead the club to a 43-26-13 record and a franchise record 99 points and a berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the club relocated to Winnipeg in 2011.

As a Wheat King, "Chevy" played four seasons in Brandon, playing a total of 214 games, scoring twelve goals, 81 points and accumulating 715 minutes in penalties, ranking him sixth on the club's alltime list.

Born and raised in the small farming community of Winnipegosis, Beyak began his broadcasting career with the WHL's Flin Flon Bombers. Since then, he has provided play by play commentary for the Saskatoon Blades, Seattle Thunderbirds and Victoria Cougars, the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League and had been the primary radio voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs since 1998 when he took over TSN's play by play duties with the Jets.

Called a "Canadian Master" by Just for Laughs, Hemstad meanwhile has skyrocketed to the top of the national comedy scene, appearing regularly across the country, not to mention a wide variety of television projects.

Brashly confident on stage with clean, refreshing motivational humour, he muses on daily life, modern world frustrations and social tensions that we all experience.

This year's dinner is scheduled for Thursday, February 4thin the Keystone Centre's UCT Pavillion.

ABOUT THE SPORTSMAN'S DINNER: Former speakers at the Sportsman's Dinner have included the likes of Ron MacLean, Lanny McDonald, Dennis Hull, Brad Park, Phil Esposito, Mike Bossy, Ray Ferraro, Wendel Clark, John Ferguson, TerryO'Reilly, Bryan Trottier and Don Cherry. Among the many comedians to take the stage at the Keystone Centre include Big Daddy Tazz, Derek Edwards, Tim Nutt, Mike MacDonald, Gord Paynter, Bruce Clark, Ron James and Corner Gas star Brent Butt.

ABOUT 880 CKLQ: 880 CKLQ is owned and operated by Riding Mountain Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Westman Communications Group. CKLQ, which starting broadcasting in 1977, has been the play by play voice of the Wheat Kings since 1992.

ABOUT WHL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: The WHL Scholarship is fully guaranteed for every season a player participates in the league he is entitled to a full year of tuition, textbooks and compulsory fees to a post-secondary institution of his choice. Over 300 WHL graduate players attend Universities and Colleges on full WHL scholarships each year. Since 1993, the WHL has awarded over 5,000 scholarships to graduate players representing an investment in excess of $17 million.

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