Winnipeg Blizzard
Alumni Blizzard
Brett Newton
Blizzard Career: 2014, 2015
College/University Career: Lenoir-Rhyne University Bears
Years: 2019-2022
Career Highlights:
- 2021 National runner-ups / South Region Champions
- 2021 & 2022 South Atlantic Conference Champions
- Ranked top 10 2020-2022
- National Collegiate Athlete Honor’s society 2022 (academics)
Andy Szun
Blizzard Career: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
College/University Career: Carthage Red Men Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
Years: 2015-2019
Career Highlights:
- Back-to-back Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Champions 2016, 2017.
- Team leading scorer 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
- Team Captain 2018, 2019.
- First team all conference 2015, 2016, 2017.
- School and conference all time point leader (320 points).
- Top 10 all time career points.
- USILA National Team of the Week player 3 times in 2018.
- CCIW conference player of the week 5 times throughout College career.
Keenan Koswin
Blizzard Career: 2014, 2015
College/University Career: UMass Lowell
Years:
Career Highlights:
- As a midfielder he was a key contributor to the River Hawks offense every season, posting a career-high 31 points (16g,15a) his junior year.
Jackson Klewchuk
Blizzard Career: 2019, 2022
College/University Career: University of Montevallo
Years: 2020-2024
Career Highlights:
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NCAA Division II Athletics, Peach Belt Conference Champion (2021 and 2022)
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President’s List (Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022) and Dean’s List (Fall 2020)
- Received gold medal representing Canada at the 2022 World Junior Lacrosse Championship.
- Additional achievements in 2022 Jim Burke award for most points in 2022 season East division of the RMLL
Colin Poitras
Blizzard Career: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
College/University Career: Carthage College Division III
Years: 2018-2021
Career Highlights:
- RMLL back-to-back league champs in 2016, and 2017.
- Jim Burke award in 2017 (101 points in 20 games).
- Top 5 all-time RMLL for points (343 points in 83 games).
- All-Conference selection every year.
- Top 5 in Points and Goals in Carthage history.
- Division III Senior All-Star game selection.
Jackson Neufeld
Blizzard Career: 2017-2019
College/University Career: University of Montevallo
Years: 2018-2022
Career Highlights:
- 54 Games Played, 78 Goals, 39 Assists, 117 Points.
- 2021 PBC Conference Champion.
- 2022 PBC Conference Champion.
- 2021 1st Team All PBC Team.
- 2022 1st Team All PBC Tournament Team.
Garon Blanchard
Blizzard Career: 2019, 2022
College/University Career: Adrian College
Years: 2020-2024
Career Highlights:
- Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Div 3 USILA Team All-Academic Honour.
- Conference Championship:
- 2010–MLC Regular Season.
- 2011–MLC Regular Season.
- 2012–MLC Regular Season.
- 2013–MIAA Regular Season.
- 2014–MIAA Regular Season.
- NCAA Division III Championship Appearances:
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- 2011–First Round.
- 2012–First Round.
- 2013–Second Round.
- 2014–First Round.
Luc Magnan
Career Highlights:
- Completed his seventh season in the NLL and sixth with the franchise.
- In 2022, he played in nine contests, finishing with one point, 32 loose balls, and five caused turnovers.
- In 2020 played in 12 games with 3 assists and 28 loose balls.
- In 2019 finished third on the team with a career-high 108 loose ball.
- Tied his career high with two goals.
- Named a road alternate captain on March 11, 2019.
- Recorded points in four of the team’s five playoff games.
- Posted two assists his playoff debut on 5/4/18.
- Set career highs in goals (two), assists (16), points (18) and games played (18).
- Collected a career-high three assists on 3/24/18.
- Tied his career high with two assists on 2/11/18.
- Posted a then career-high two assists and two points on 12/23/17.
- Scored his first career goal on 12/9/17.
- Made his Knighthawks debut on 12/29/16.
- In his inaugural season, he appeared in 11 games and notched two assists and 39 loose balls.
Prior to playing in the NLL, he played collegiately at Robert Morris University
- In 54 games, he collected 82 ground balls and finished his career ranked fifth all-time with 43 caused turnovers.
- Named Second Team All- NEC in 2013 and was named to the All-NEC Rookie Team in 2012.
- Started his Jr career with the Jr. “B” Manitoba Gryphons and Spent his Junior “A” career with the Toronto Beaches and the Six Nations Arrows.
- In 2013, he joined the Arrows in a late-season trade and helped them finish first overall. In the postseason, he appeared in 15 games as Six Nations advanced to the Ontario Finals.
- In 2014, was the assistant coach for the newly formed Manitoba Blizzard.
Zach Laberge
Blizzard Career: 2019, 2022
College/University Career: University of Montevallo
Years: 2018-2022
Career Highlights:
- Junior (3 years)
- PBC Division Champs
- NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference Champs 2021, 2022
- USILA Division II Team of the Week March 2023
- CSC Academic All-District 2023
- Peach Belt Academic Distinction 2023
Jared Courchene
Blizzard Career: 2015-2017
College/University Career: Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee Division 2
Years: 2014-2018
Career Highlights:
- Was a part of the MB blizzard team that won back-to-back RMLL championship titles.
Kelson Borisenko
Blizzard Career:
College/University Career: Manhattan College NCAA Division 1
Years: 2017-2020
Career Highlights:
- First 3 time captain in program history.
- Key member of the nation’s leading man-down defence.
- 4-year starter.
- MAAC All-Academic Team.
Jarrett Smith
Blizzard Career: 2014, 2015
College/University Career:
Years:
Career Highlights:
- Beaches Jr A – 2016
- Nanaimo Timberman Senior A – 2017 – Current
- NLL – Saskatchewan Rush signed a 2-year deal on December 15 – 2022
Cayden Onagi
I began my lacrosse career with the Manitoba Blizzard Junior B, then played for the Saskatchewan SWAT Junior A and the Nanaimo Timbermen Junior A. I also played for Team Canada West in the World Juniors.
In field lacrosse, I spent two years at Harford Community College, earning two All-American honors, before transferring to the University of Maryland to play Division 1 lacrosse for two years. Now, I am finishing my college career at Limestone College in South Carolina.
