\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
![\"Brampton](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a80f35b98a49ef7f7005aebjpeg.jpg\")
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrampton Honey Badgers’ Roddy Peters (2) defends against Winnipeg Sea Bears’ Xavier Moon (17) during first half CEBL championship action in Winnipeg on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/John Woods<\/p>\n
The league then said a three-game final couldn\u2019t be completed within the scheduled window, and after consulting with both clubs, opted to return to a single game used from 2019 to 2025 to determine the champion.<\/p>\n
Finals MVP Xavier Moon led the Sea Bears with 29 points and seven rebounds, while Simon Hildebrandt had 24 points and six rebounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s crazy to be back in this environment again. I mean, obviously, familiar territory for me for winning, but to do it in a city that\u2019s never won a playoff game, I think it means a lot more,\u201d said Moon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis one is a lot more special than the first one. So, like I\u2019ve been saying, man, I\u2019m happy for my teammates, and I\u2019m happy for the city of Winnipeg.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sean East the Second led the Honey Badgers with 27 points and five assists. Trentyn Flowers had 20 points for the visitors, who trailed 46-42 at halftime and 73-60 heading into the final quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just super happy for everybody that is out there celebrating today and that it came to fruition because the organization did definitely deserve a championship,\u201d said Sea Bears new head coach Mike Raimbault.<\/p>\n
The Sea Bears, who finished second in the Western Conference, defeated the Saskatoon Mamba and Vancouver Bandits in the West playoffs to reach the final.<\/p>\n
The Honey Badgers, who finished second in the Eastern Conference, defeated the Ottawa BlackJacks and Niagara River Lions in the East playoffs to reach the final.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe fought hard. We dealt with adversity. Not the outcome we wanted,\u201d East II said. \u201cWe turned the Brampton program around so we can be happy about that for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 15, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2013 The Winnipeg Sea Bears are Canadian Elite Basketball League champions for the first time in franchise…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-859728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}