Riders announced they have re-signed two important veterans. Safety Mike Edem signed a one-year extension. He was a West Division all star in 2019. He played all 18 games, amassing 69 tackles and 3 sacks. 2021 will be Edem’s fourth season with the Riders. Long snapper Jorgen Hus will return for his sixth season in […]
In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone, the Western Hockey League announced Tuesday night that the season will not begin on January 8 as they had hoped to. The league says with public health restrictions in place across the jurisdictions where league teams come home, they are simply not able to start as planned with […]
The Riders have begun the long process of re-signing their pending free agents. Offensive lineman Braden Schram will be back for a third season with the Riders. He appeared in 10 games for the Green and White in 2019. Receiver Max Zimmerman has signed for a second season with the Riders. He was the team’s […]
Craig Dickenson will have one fewer coach on his staff in 2021. The team announced its 2021 coaching staff Monday. All 10 of the coaches are returning from this year. Jason Shivers in back for a third year as Defensive Coordinator. He extended his contract through 2022. Jason Maas stays on Offensive Coordinator after joining […]
The brain trust behind the Riders 2019 success will be sticking around a while longer. GM Jeremy O’Day and Head Coach Craig Dickenson have extended their contracts through 2023. That ensures they will be together with the Riders as they make a run toward the 2022 Grey Cup in Regina. Both men had deals through […]
When Canada takes to the ice at Rogers Place in Edmonton for the first game of the 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship, there will be three players representing Saskatchewan. Hockey Canada announced what 25 players will don the maple leaf at the tournament and on the list are Saskatoon’s Connor Zary, Prince Albert’s Braden Schneider […]
Moose Jaw Warriors defenseman and 2020 Minnesota Wild third rounder, Daemon Hunt, was one of five players to be sent home from Team Canada’s World Junior Selection Camp in Red Deer after a 14 day quarantine period ended. Of the five players sent home, two of them including Hunt, were diagnosed with COVID-19 around two […]
The province announced 183 new COVID cases on Tuesday. Curling icon Sherry Anderson empathizes with all of those people. In a conversation on Tuesday’s Sports Cage, the 7-time Saskatchewan Scotties champion revealed she contracted COVID-19 in November. “I’ve done my quarantine and I was sick for a few days and I seem to be recovered. […]
The CFL has answered a couple more big questions about the 2021 season. The league announced that free agency will open February 9, 2021. At 11:00am that day teams can begin signing players whose contracts have expired. Teams will be able to sign their own pending free agents starting on Monday, December 7. The Riders […]
Pats top prospect Connor Bedard is back home after two months in Sweden. Back to the place where everybody knows his name. “Chipotle. I’ve had it almost every day (since I returned).” With his burrito levels returning to normal, Bedard reflected on his two months training with Swedish club HV71. Bedard played with both the […]
