Riding the momentum of a record-breaking 109-80 performance, Winnipeg hosts the second-place Vancouver Bandits at Canada Life Centre on Thursday, July 23. Tip-off is at 7:00 p.m. CT and a Sea Bears win would clinch at least one home playoff game.

JULY 21, 2026 - WINNIPEG, MB. The Winnipeg Sea Bears are heading into the postseason, and playoff tickets are now on sale. With a brand new CEBL playoff format debuting in 2026, the club is opening up more ways than ever for fans to lock in their seats at Canada Life Centre. Season ticket members currently have a 48-hour presale window before tickets open to the general public at 10:00am on July 23. Season Ticket Members: First Access Season ticket members already have Game 1 - the Western Conference Semifinals on Thursday, August 6 - included in their package. Season ticket members can now: Purchase additional tickets to the Western Conference Semifinals; and Add the Western Conference Finals , taking place Saturday, August 8, as a single game; or Buy all three additional playoff games as a package : the Conference Finals plus both potential home games in the best-of-three CEBL Finals (August 12, 15 and 16) at a 20% discount. If any of these games does not take place, members will receive a credit on their account. That credit can be applied toward season tickets, single-game tickets, or group tickets. General Public: Three Ways to Buy Once the presale closes, tickets open to everyone. Fans will be able to: Buy individual tickets to the first two rounds of the playoffs (Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals); Grab the Conference Semi + Finals package , a 2-game pack at a 10% discount; or Go all-in with the full playoff package , all 4 playoff games at a 15% discount. New for 2026: The CEBL Playoff Format The 2026 CEBL Playoffs bring a new format, so here is how the road to the championship works: It begins with single-elimination Conference Semifinals on Thursday, August 6, where the 1st seed faces the 4th seed and the 2nd seed faces the 3rd seed in each conference. Winners advance to the Conference Finals on Saturday, August 8, also single elimination, with the higher seed hosting. From there, the CEBL Finals become a best-of-three series running August 12 to 16, the first multi-game playoff series in league history: Game 1 on August 12, Game 2 on August 15, and Game 3 (if necessary) on August 16. The lower seed hosts Game 1, while the higher seed hosts Games 2 and 3. How to Buy All Sea Bears playoff tickets will be available through Ticketmaster. For the latest details and to stay in the loop, visit seabears.ca to subscribe to the Den Dispatch newsletter.

Teddy Allen set new CEBL and franchise records for most points in a single game (54) and most points in a single season (589), while Xavier Moon delivered 14 assists in his Sea Bears debut, as Winnipeg dominated the Montréal Alliance 109-80 at Canada Life Centre on Sunday.

The moment Sea Bears Nation has been waiting for is finally here, three-time CEBL MVP Xavier Moon suits up for the first time as a Sea Bear on Sunday, July 19 when Winnipeg hosts the Montréal Alliance at Canada Life Centre. Tip-off is at 5:00 p.m. CT.

D.J. Burns delivered again off the bench with 16 points and 9 rebounds, but Jeremiah Tilmon Jr. fouling out in the fourth quarter and a dominant Calgary bench proved to be too much, as the Surge handed Winnipeg its second consecutive loss, 93-85 at Calgary.

Riding high after clinching a playoff spot in Saskatoon, Winnipeg heads to Calgary for an 8:30 p.m. CT tip-off against the Surge, the only team to beat them at home this season.

Teddy Allen posted a double-double and hit the Target Score winning bucket, D.J. Burns dropped 19 in just 12 minutes off the bench, Jeremiah Tilmon Jr. surpassed 500 career CEBL points, and Jelani Watson-Gayle delivered immediately in his 2026 debut as Winnipeg became the first team in the Western Conference to clinch a playoff spot.

Watson-Gayle, who played for Winnipeg during the franchise's inaugural 2023 season, is coming home.

The Sea Bears held a 12-point halftime lead and fought hard until the final buzzer, but a 36-16 third quarter by the Surge flipped the script. Armani Chaney, a former Sea Bear this season, hit the game-winning shot to put it out of reach. Winnipeg remains first in the West and is back at it Wednesday.