Sea Bears Announce Season-Opening Roster

May 21, 2024

WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Sea Bears of the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced the roster with which the team will open the 2024 season. The Sea Bears travel to Saskatoon today for the first game of their sophomore season against the Saskatchewan Rattlers tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. CT. Fans can catch the game on CEBL+, TSN+ and 680 CJOB.

All announced and professional signings aside from David Muenkat have been named to the team's season opening roster. Muenkat remains with the Fraport Skyliners of the German Pro A league as they continue their playoff run and will join the team when Skyliners' season is complete.

New to the team is Daren Watts, a member of the Manitoba Bisons, who has made the team's 2024 season opening roster after a successful training camp. Brandon Bobcat Elisha Ampofo, Winnipeg Wesmen Donald Stewart and local U SPORTS players Noah Simpson and Lamar Everd will remain with the team as practice players. Due to injury, draft pick Tyler Sagl has also been placed with the team's practice squad.

SINGLE GAME TICKETS

Per CEBL policies, the club can make a maximum of eight roster transactions throughout the 2024 season (up until 24 hours prior to tip-off of the team's 16th game). This includes adding or removing players as well as moving athletes to or from the practice squad.

After the Sea Bears' season opener in Saskatoon, the team will return home to face the defending CEBL champions, the Scarborough Shooting Stars on Friday, a match which has sold out. Tickets for the team's nine remaining home games can be found here.

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About the Winnipeg Sea Bears

The Winnipeg Sea Bears joined the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) as an expansion franchise in 2023. The city's only professional basketball team plays out of Canada Life Centre from May to August in a 20-game regular season schedule. Winnipeg businessman and lawyer, David Asper, is the organization's owner and chairman.

More information on the Sea Bears can be found at seabears.ca and @wpgseabears on Instagram, X, TikTok, LinkedIn & Facebook.

About the CEBL

A league created by Canadians for Canadians with a mission to develop Canadian players, coaches, sports executives, and referees, the CEBL boasts the highest percentage of Canadian players of any pro league in the country with 73% of its 2023 rosters being Canadian. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international pro leagues, the Canadian National team program, and top NCAA programs as well as U SPORTS. Fourteen players have signed NBA contracts following a CEBL season, and numerous CEBL players attend NBA G League training camps every year. The CEBL season runs from May through August. More information about the CEBL is available at CEBL.ca and @cebleague on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook & YouTube.