City shuts out province with 6-0 win in Winnipeg 150 hockey game [Video]

The provincial government opened the floodgates to the City of Winnipeg Saturday, falling 6-0 in a match-up 50 years in the making.

The event was held in honour of Winnipeg’s 150th anniversary – a rematch of the 1974 game between then-mayor Stephen Juba and former premier Edward Schreyer during the city’s centennial.

Saturday’s event saw Mayor Scott Gillingham, councillors and city staff go head-to-head with Premier Wab Kinew and members of the legislative assembly.

“We know that the city probably has a stacked team, so we’re coming in as the underdogs and looking to have some fun,” Kinew told reporters before puck drop.

“Manitoba, Winnipeg, we’re a hockey province, we’re a hockey city,” said Gillingham.

Both Gillingham and Kinew said the game was a way to put politics aside and come together on the ice.

“Usually, when we’re talking to one another as politicians, we usually deal with big issues, …