Perry Bergson

THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF BRANDON'S PRO HOCKEY TEAM The first full training camp for the Brandon Regals began with promise.

The new-look Brandon Regals kicked off the 1956-57 season against the Calgary Stampeders with real optimism.

Here is a look at the game-by-game results from the 1956-57 season, with the attendance if available — n/a if not available — and Brandon's record.

Here is a look at the players who skated for the Brandon Regals. They are separated by the players who spent both seasons in Brandon and those who spent a single year.

MINNEDOSA — Rockin' The Fields of Minnedosa is all about memories, and three Canadian acts and one of the world's biggest stars for a while made sure music fans went home with some great new ones on Sunday.

If the under-13 Westman Magic can build off their first significant disappointment of the summer, they may be all right as they enter the western Canadian championships this week in Balgonie, Sask.

The Brandon Regals and Edmonton Flyers battled all season long in the Western Hockey League, so it couldn't have been a surprise the rivals would slug it out in the 1957 playoffs.

If the old professional Western Hockey League is a mostly forgotten loop these days, the Edinburgh Trophy has almost entirely been lost to time as an important hockey championship.

On Jan. 10, 49 BC, Julius Caesar is famously quoted as saying “Alea iacta est.”

On Sept. 12, 1957, the lead editorial in The Brandon Sun talked about the tough times weathered by the city's most famous clubs, the Regals and the Brandon Greys baseball club.