Winnipeg Wendigos

At a glance

Winnipeg, Canada—plays at The Cold Lodge, capacity 15,321. Plays in La Conférence du Verglas.

Season 03 champions

Winnipeg won the Season 03 Final 13-12 in overtime against Nairobi, at Graine Wetsky Arena on 10 October 2026. Curtis Favel, a defender, scored the winner 21:06 into overtime.

The cold has a name here. The Wendigos play a physical, terrifying brand of Hockay. Visiting teams dread this arena.

Identity

• City: Winnipeg, Canada
• Arena: The Cold Lodge
• Capacity: 15,321
• Colors: #1B2A4A / #A3D5E6
• Conference: La Conférence du Verglas

Arena modifier—Hunger

The longer the Wendigos go without scoring, the higher their offensive stats climb.

See all arena modifiers for cross-comparison.

The arena—lore

The Cold Lodge sits on the edge of Winnipeg where the city gives way to prairie. When The Almighty Ice appeared, the temperature inside the Lodge dropped to a level that should be uninhabitable, but the crowd stays warm—or claims to. Visiting teams report a persistent unease, a feeling of being watched from the upper corners of the building where the shadows are deepest. The Hunger modifier is poorly understood. Le Council’s analysts note that the Wendigos’ offensive output increases in direct proportion to their drought, but cannot explain the mechanism. One analyst described it as ‘the building getting impatient.’ She was reassigned.

The arena—building

Low-slung and heavy, built from dark timber and raw concrete. The exterior resembles a longhouse stretched to arena scale—a peaked roof with no windows along the sides, only narrow slits near the top that let in thin lines of prairie light. The entrance is a single wide corridor, dim and cold, that feels longer than it should. Inside, the seating bowl is intimate and steep. The ceiling is unusually low for an arena, pressing the sound down onto The Almighty Ice. Every hit echoes. Every whisper carries. The Almighty Ice surface is the coldest in the league—equipment managers report that sticks become brittle faster here. The visiting team’s bench is positioned directly beneath the darkest section of the upper gallery.

Season 03

Season 03 champions. First in the Verglas (36-8-2, 76 points, first on goal differential), then 7-2 in the postseason, and a 13-12 overtime win over Nairobi in the Final at Graine Wetsky Arena.

See the season cycle for the full bracket.

S.H.I.F.T. movements

Season 03 window · 12–17 October 2026

• Trade. Sent Nicole Flett (LW) to Montréal Maples. Received Simon Côté (LW) in return, for the third line, round one.
• Trade. Received Tadhg O’Sullivan (G) from Dublin Dragons in goal. Sent Cillian Byrne (G) the other way, round one.
• Trade. Received Elina Heikkinen (RW) from Helsinki Howlers for the third line. Sent Brendan Fehr (RW) the other way, round two.
• Trade. Received Bongani Mthembu (C) from Johannesburg Jaguars for the third line. Sent Tara Ridsdale (C) the other way, round two.

Season 02 window · 10–14 August 2026

• Signing. Signed Cillian Byrne (G) from the unattached pool in goal. Released Remi Flett (G) to the pool.

See the S.H.I.F.T. for how a movement is filed, voted, and registered.

See also

• Teams overview—all 48 franchises.
• The conferences—how the Verglas and the Givre were sorted.
• Arena modifiers—the mechanic behind Hunger.
• Glossary—every term, A–Z.