The Tisdale Ramblers will play in the Wheatland Senior Hockey League this season after almost 10 years in the Fort Carlton Hockey League. (Submitted Photo/Dwight Marleau)

By Mat Barrett

Tisdale Ramblers

Ramblers move to Wheatland League after Fort Carlton folds

Nov 20, 2019 | 12:00 PM

The Tisdale Ramblers are jumping into a new league for the 2019/2020 senior hockey season.

After almost 10 years in the Fort Carlton Hockey League (FCHL), the Ramblers are set to participate in the Wheatland Senior Hockey League (WSHL) this season. Last season, just four teams participated in the FCHL and they decided to fold this season. Marketing Manager for the Ramblers, Dwight Marleau said they were looking for a new league and found the WSHL.

“There was a couple leagues we looked at,” he said. “The Wheatland league worked out perfectly for us. It’s teams we’ve played in the past in the Fishing Lake Hockey League way back in the 1990s.”

Some changes that come with moving to the WSHL is that there are less ‘import’ players allowed to play on the team, which in turn means more local players. Marleau said that’s something they want to try and get back to.

“If you don’t know the players, you don’t really have any ties to it,” Marleau told northeastNOW. “So now we’ll get back to more of a local kids team.”

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The Ramblers are one of the longest existing senior hockey teams in Saskatchewan, running for about 100 years.

Marleau said the competitiveness of the league is very good, and should make for some good hockey to watch throughout the season.

Tisdale was joined by Naicam in coming to the WSHL. They join a league that has teams in Kinistino, Dundurn, Allan, Jansen, Wadena, Porcupine Plain, and Craik.

The Ramblers play their first home game of the season on Saturday, Nov. 23 against the Jansen Jets.

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