D ’ A R C Y B A I N P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y P L AY E R O F T H E M O N T H
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B R AY D E N
FOREMAN
HEIGHT 5’6” | WEIGHT 130 | AGE 16
GOALS 49 | ASSISTS 25 | POINTS 74
BY SCOTT TAYLOR
Photo by Laurie Anderson
FOREMAN PUTTING UP
IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS
Despite his diminutive stature,
Foreman is considered a hard-nosed,
fearless player who had the skill set,
despite his size, to start his career
with the MJHL’s Winnipeg Blues this
season.
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Played three games with the Winnipeg
Blues of the Manitoba Junior Hockey
League this season.
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Has scored 72 goals in 62 games
in two seasons with the Winnipeg
Monarchs in the Winnipeg Triple A City
Midget League.
From Winnipeg, Manitoba
1 2 | G AME ON | PL AYOF F EDITION 2018
Brayden Foreman has had a remarkable season. In 30
games this season, the tiny captain of the City Triple
A Midget Monarchs has 49 goals in 30 games as
he’s led his Monarchs to a 29-1-1-2 record
and first place by 15 points over Eastman.
He is the second leading scorer in the
league and is now the all-time
leading scorer in the history of the
City Midget League with 72 goals
and 127 points, two points
more than Portage Terriers
star Jeremey Leipsic.
Most hockey fans in Manitoba
know Brady’s story. On Sept. 29,
2015, his mom, Marnie Foreman,
passed away after a courageous battle
against breast cancer. It was a devastating loss for her
husband Brian – a tremendous player himself back in the day
-- and her two children, Madison and Brady. With dad’s help the
kids battled through the heartache, but for Brady, the youngest
of the Foremans, there was one other important support system.
His mom got sick when he was 11 and passed away when he
was 14, but through it all, he and his mom had hockey. And it
was hockey that helped the entire family make it through some
of the toughest times.
Brayden started playing when he was five, played A-1
hockey until he was 10 and played his minor Peewee and
Peewee seasons with the Twins organization. He moved up and
played Bantam 2 and Bantam 1 with the Monarchs. He’s now
playing with the City Midget Monarchs, his fourth year with the
Monarchs organization.
And these days, it’s hard to imagine he could play better
hockey than he’s playing now. Last season, the 5-foot-6,
140-pound centre had 23 goals and 53 points in 32 games. This
year, he has 49 goals and 74 points in just 30 games. And he’s
also played three games for the MJHL’s Winnipeg Blues.
Blues coach Billy Keane has called Foreman, “a kid who plays
a lot like Theoren Fleury.” Next year, Foreman will have a chance
to prove it at the Junior A level.