Tristan Cousineau and Max Dowse celebrate with their first place trophy.
Ray Dowse
Tristan Cousineau from Ste. Agathe and Max Dowse from Niverville are celebrating victory after their team, the Manitoba Xtreme, took first place at the Stars and Stripes AAA hockey tournament in Minneapolis on May 8.
The Manitoba Xtreme is a series of elite teams comprised of some of our province’s best players. Cousineau and Dowse played on a team of players all born in 2008.
This was a big win for the Xtreme, as teams from Minnesota had won the tournament in every elite age category for the last two years.
Cousineau and Dowse weren’t the only players representing our region. Evan Groening of Niverville also played for the Xtreme, on the 2005 team. Groening’s team placed second in their division.
