The second half of the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer's about to begin, and two Portage la Prairie hockey players will be part of it.

Alex and Paige McArthur are part of Team Manitoba, and leave tomorrow.

Paige tells us what it feels like to be part of the team.

"It felt amazing to be actually representing the province at almost like an Olympic stage," she says, "But just for Canada, so it's pretty cool to be doing that."

Alex adds it's something they're looking forward to.

"I really hope we're going to represent the province to the best of our abilities, and represent Portage as well, too, since we're from here."

Alex says they'll have a lot of support once they're in Red Deer.

"We have a lot of people coming out," she says, "Our grandparents and our parents are all planning on coming to watch"

Team Manitoba's first game is Sunday afternoon, versus Saskatchewan.

The Canada Games run until March 3rd.