Winnipeg Wesmen

A two-zero weekend would tell us Alberta is starting to become more reliable.

If they drop one, the same question remains: Which Alberta team are we going to see consistently? The team that can beat UBC or the team that still struggles to reproduce that level from one game to the next? Winnipeg is another men's team worth watching, but for a different reason.

Against U Sports competition this season, the results have been positive, and they are coming off a very strong year as well.

Last ye- season, Winnipeg finished sixteen and four in conference play, earned a top seed in the Prairie division, beat Calgary in the Ca- um, Canada West quarterfinal, and then lost a very close overtime semifinal against UBC.

That season showed that Winnipeg could be one of the better teams in Canada West, but it also ended with a feeling that there was still more available to them.

They were good enough to put themselves in position for a deeper run and couldn't quite finish it.

So this season begins with a different type of expectation.

Their games against Lakehead and, uh, Thompson River matter because good teams have to handle the weekends that are in front of them.

Another strong team, last year's strong team Laval also started well.

They beat Winnipeg by a lot, 16 or 17, I'm assuming.

Then beat Ontario Tech by 14.

Different scoring environments, but two wins.

UNB last year's finalist and silver medalist at the national tournament.

That will be an interesting game.

And Winnipeg gives us another interesting little story at the same time.

They lost to Laval by 50, then they beat Toronto by a lot, 26, and they also beat Ontario Tech by a lot earlier.