Saltcoats'-born Laycock is ready to represent new province at this years Tim Horton's Brier in Brandon

                                                     (from Curl BC)



Playing in the Tim Horton's Brier on the National stage is nothing new for Steve Laycock.

The Saltcoats-born curler and graduate of Yorkton Regional High School will be making his 8th appearance at the event but for the first time, he will be doing so not representing Saskatchewan.

This time he will be represented British Columbia during the 2019 Tim Horton's Brier in Brandon that kicks off this weekend, playing third for Jim Cotter's rink who captured the BC Men's title earlier this month.

Laycock joined the BC rink after most teams across the country shuffled their teams after the 4-year Olympic cycle ended last summer and he admits it'll be probably will hit him little more this weekend that he'll be representing a different province.

"It hasn't been all the different throughout the year, but I think when I go to put on that BC jacket for the first time, that's when it will hit me & will feel a little different but either way I'm excited for the opportunity to play at the event once again, no matter the province."

Laycock skipped the Saskatchewan rink to a 6-5 record at last year's Brier in Regina, and with this years edition not too far away just across the border from his hometown of Saltcoats either in Brandon, he says expects to receive lots of support.

"I have a lot of family and friends that will be coming to watch, and hopefully there will be people there I didn't expect to come that will make the trip because it's so close by and hopefully they don't have trouble of throwing the odd cheer out for Team BC here and there."

Laycock and Team BC will open up their Brier on Saturday night at 7PM when they face Stuart Thompson and Team Nova Scotia.

The event which runs from March 1st to 9th will officially kick off on Friday with the Wildcard game featuring Brendan Bottcher up against John Epping.

For complete draw and teams competing  Click Here

Chat with Laycock below:

Mils drop OT decision on Wednesday to Weyburn

Dawson McKenzie scored the OT winner just 66 seconds into the extra period to lead the Weyburn  Red Wings to 4-3 victory over the Melville Millionaires on Wednesday night. 

Sean Olson scored twice for Weyburn while Jacob Piller also provided some offence for the visitors who pulled even with the Mils at 40 points in the battle for the final playoff spot in the SJHL. (The Red Wings hold the tie-breaker with Mils having had 16 regulation-OT wins to the Mils- 15)

Damian Bentz led the Mils with 1G 2A while Mac McPeak and Josh Borynec chipped in with singles for the Moneymen who've now dropped their last 10 games.

Both teams have 3 games remaining as they battle for that playoff spot. The Red Wings will play the Estevan Bruins twice this weekend before taking on Yorkton on Tuesday.

Meanwhile the Mils will have a home and home this weekend with the Yorkton Terriers before visiting the Nipawin Hawks on Tuesday.

GX94 will broadcast Friday night's Highway 10 battle in Yorkton, with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame begins at 7:20 with the PXP kicking off at 7:30 from the Farrell Agencies Arena.

Melville Millionaires' Spadafora wins SJHL Rookie of the Year; Feb. 27th Mils Coaches Show

It's been a special rookie season for Melville Millionaires' F Luke Spadafora and today (Wed) he was recognized for his efforts when the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League announced their major award winners.

The 18 year old Calgary, AB product was named the SJHL's Rookie of the Year beating out Notre Dame's Nolan Renwick & Vincent Nardone of the Flin Flon Bombers.

"I've very happy for him, he deserves it as ever since we acquired him he's been a huge part of our offence, he scores goals, he sets up goals and does everything on both sides of the ice", Mils Head Coach/GM Kyle Adams said.

Spadafora, who was acquired by the Mils from the Humboldt Broncos earlier in the season has compiled 16 goals, 26 assists for 42 points in 52 games combined between the Mils and Broncos.

Other SJHL award winners: Melfort's Carson Albrecht (Player of the Year),  Justin Ball of the Melfort Mustangs (MVP), Battlefords' Cody Spagrud (Top Defenceman,  Kindersley Klippers G Justen Close was named SJHL Goalie of the Year and Klippers HC/GM Clayton Jardine crowned as SJHL Coach of the Year. 



Mils Head Coach/GM Kyle Adams chats about Spadafora's win




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Melville Millionaires Coaches Show - February 27th edition

In this weeks edition of the "Future Ford" Melville Millionaires Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Kyle Adams discusses this past weekend's game vs. La Ronge & Weyburn and preview's tonight's crucial showdown with the Red Wings. 

Stamps snap slide with convincing win over Neepawa in Tuesday's MJHL Recap

The Swan Valley Stampeders snapped their 3 game losing streak on Tuesday defeating the Neepawa Natives in Swan River, 7-3.

Brian Harris (2G 1A) and Brad Goethals (3A) led Swan with 3 points each while Matt Osadick also chipped in with 2 assists.

MJHL MVP Josh Tripp, Troy Quinn, Jaden Townsend, Campbell Balk and Josh Maucieri chipped in with singles.

Stamps' netminder Merek Pipes made 25 saves on 28 shots to earn his 20th victory over the season.

With the win, the Stampeders' clinched the 2nd seed heading into the MJHL playoffs and they'll play their second to last regular season on Friday night when they visit the Neepawa Natives.

Meanwhile in Waywayseecappo,

The Winnipeg Blues extended their winning streak to 9 games after a 5-2 victory over the Wayway to snap the Wolverines 3 game winning streak.

Jack Kennedy and Karstin McDonald scored for the Wolverines while Nathan Reay made 29 saves on 33 shots in the loss.

The Wolverines still sit 8th overall in the MJHL standings, and they'll return to action on Friday night when they visit the Selkirk Steelers.


Elsewhere on Tuesday in the MJHL,

OCN Blizzard 4  Dauphin Kings 5
Winkler Flyers 2  Selkirk Steelers 9

Waywayseecappo Wolverines Coaches Show - Feb. 26th edition

In this weeks' edition of the Wayway Wolverines Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Taylor Harnett talks about clinching playoff spot, Sunday's shutout from Nathan Reay and preview's tonights (Tues) game with Winnipeg

Local products capture Curl Sask Mixed Doubles Provincial Title in Weyburn

                                                             (from CurlSask)

The 2019 Curl Sask Mixed Doubles Provincial Championships were held this past weekend in Weyburn and a duo of local products were crowned champions.

Jill De gooijer who hails from Kelliher and Foam Lake's Garret Springer captured the Provincial title after a 10-5 victory over Brayden Stewart and Chaelynn Kitz in the Final.

De gooijer and Springer will now represent Saskatchewan at the 2019 Mixed Doubles National Championships from March 19th-24th, 2019 in Fredericton New Brunswick

Impressive weekend at Provincials for Yorkton United FC in Saskatoon

It was pretty impressive weekend for Yorkton United FC Soccer teams as they captured 5 medals, including 4 Golds at the 2019 S4L 6-Aside Provincial Championships in Saskatoon.


The U17 Boys defeated Moose Jaw 3-2, the U19 boys beat Battlefords 3-2, the U15 girls shutout Lakewood 4-0 and the U19 Girls battled to a 1-Nil victory over the Moose Jaw Storm


Meanwhile the U15 Boys fell 4-0 to the Prince Albert Celtics.

Wolverines win; Stampeders fall in Sunday's MJHL Recap

Rookie netminder Nathan Reay turned aside 41 shots for his 1st career MJHL shutout to lead the Waywayseecappo Wolverines to a 1-0 victory over the Steinbach Piston on Sunday night.

Greg Lee's 12th goal of the season, 13:39 into the 1st period stood up to be the game winner for the Wolverines.

Matt Radomsky made 15 saves on 16 shots in the loss for Steinbach.

The Wolverines' now sit at 59 points, and sit just 1 point back of Dauphin for 7th place overall and they will return to action on Tuesday night when they host the Winnipeg Blues.

Elsewhere on Sunday,

The Swan Valley Stampeders and Selkirk Steelers completed their game that was delayed from October due to ice problems and it was the home team coming out on top.

The Steelers handed the Stampeders their 3rd straight loss defeating them 5-4 on Sunday.

Carter Barley and Noah Basarab scored two quick goals when the game resumed for the Steelers while Alex Uryga added his 14th late for the Stamps.

The Stamps' look to snap their slide on Tuesday when they entertain the Neepawa Natives


Other result:

Portage 5 Winkler 1
(The Terriers with the win, clinches them first place overall)

Stamps, Terriers & Mils all fall in Saturday night SJHL/MJHL Recap

SJHL 

The Yorkton Terriers had their 4 game win streak come to an end on Saturday after a 5-2 loss to the Nipawin Hawks.

Aiden Bulych and Dino Antoniadis scored for the Terriers while Andrew Henderson turned aside 32 shots in the loss.

Brodie Girod scored the game winner while Walker Cote had 3 assists to lead the Hawks.

The Terriers' will return to action on Friday night when they host the Yorkton Terriers. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame begins at 7:20, pxp kicks off at 7:30 from the Farrell Agencies Arena.

Elsewhere,

The Melville Millionaires now still sit one point up on Weyburn after falling to the Red Wings 6-4.

Jordan Kazymyra led the Red Wings with 2 goals while Drew Anderson, Garrett Szeremley, Sean Olson and Ben Hiltz also replied for the visitors.

Luke Spadafora, Luke Nkwama, Max McPeak and Nash Wood scored for the Mils.

The two teams will meet once again on Wednesday night at the Horizon Credit Union Center in Melville at 7:30

Other Saturday MJHL results:

La Ronge 3 Notre Dame 6

Battlefords 3 Estevan 2 (SO)

Kindersley 3 Melfort 6


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MJHL 

After winning 10 straight, the Swan Valley Stampeders have lost their last 2 including a 5-3 defeat last night to the Winnipeg Blues.

Ty Naaykens and Sulivan Shortreed scored twice for the Blues while Tony Apetagon had 1G 2A.

Josh Tripp, Tucker Scantlebury and Campbell Balk replied for the Stamps while Merek Pipes made 32 saves on 37 shots in the loss.

The Stamps' wrap up their road trip when they'll complete their suspended game in Selkirk from October. The game will start at 3PM and will start with 9:27 remaining in the 2nd period and tied at 3-3.

Friday Night SJHL/MJHL Recap

SJHL 

The Yorkton Terriers won their 4th straight on Friday night, defeating the Flin Flon Bombers 5-2 at the Whitney Forum. 

Colby Brandt notched two goals for the Terriers who got singles from Chantz Petruic, Brendan Mark and Aiden Bulych. Cody Bruchkowski also had 4 assists for the visitors. 

Andrew Henderson was solid between the pipes making 52 saves in the win. 

The Terriers wrap up their weekend road trip on Saturday night in Nipawin. 

Elsewhere, 

The Melville Millionaires earned a big point but fell in the shootout 3-2 to the La Ronge Ice Wolves. 

Daunte Fortner and Zach Bannister scored for the Ice Wolves in regulation while Jake Gudjonson had the SO winner. 

Max McPeak had both goals for the Mils who entertain the Weyburn Red Wings on Saturday. 

The Mils come into the game 3 points up Weyburn for the 8th and final playoff spot/

Other SJHL results: 

Battlefords 5 Weyburn 1 

Melfort 5 Humboldt 4 (OT) 

Kindersley 2 Nipawin 1 

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MJHL 

The Wayway Wolverines book their ticket into the MJHL playoffs on Friday after a 4-2 win over the Virden Oil Capitals. 

The win eliminates the Winkler Flyers from playoff contention

Jake Bestul scored twice for the Wolverines while Anthony Bilka and Nick Doyle provided singles. 

Isaac Labelle made 37 of 39 saves in the win. 

The Wolverines return to action on Sunday hosting the Steinbach Pistons at 6PM. 

Also in the MJHL, 

The Swan Valley Stampeders had their 10 game win streak snapped after a 5-3 loss to the Portage Terriers. 

Matt Osadick led the Stamps with 2G 1A while Alex Uryga had the other in the loss. 

Reece Henry chipped in with 2 goals to lead the Terriers.

The Stamps will continue their road trip on Saturday visiting the Winnipeg Blues at the Bell MTS Iceplex. 

Other Saturday MJHL results: 

Winkler 7 Neepawa 2 

Steinbach 2 Selkirk 4 

Stampeders' duo Tripp & Sudom capture MJHL League Awards

The Manitoba Junior Hockey League announced the winners of their major awards on Friday and for the Swan Valley Stampeders they had two members get rewarded for their strong seasons.

D Quintin Sudom was named as the MJHL's Top Defenceman while F Josh Tripp was announced as the league's Most Valuable Player.

Tripp, a hometown kid from Swan River is having an outstanding final season of Junior hockey as he currently leads the MJHL in scoring with 33G 46A for 76 points in 53 games so far this season

Tripp joins Jayson Argue (2012) and Tyler Czuba (2006) as other Stamps who've won MVP

Meanwhile for Sudom, in 50 games this season he has compiled 16 goals and 55 points which puts him 8th in league scoring and tops among MJHL defenceman.

The last Stampeders to win the league's Top defenceman was Bredenbury, SK Clarke Byczynski in 2011.

Other MJHL award winners included: Portage Terriers Head Coach/GM Blake Spiller (Coach of the Year),  Winnipeg Blues G Jeremy Link (Top Goaltender), Virden's Ben Dalke (Hockey Ability) and Portage Terriers D Owen Murray who won the Rookie of the Year. 

Stamps' Forwards Josh Tripp & Brad Goethals and Dman Quintin Sudom were also named to the MJHL's First All-Star team.

For full list of Awards & All- Star teams Click Here

1st All Star Team
Goal	Jeremy Link	Winnipeg Blues (Tie)
Goal	Matthew Radomsky	Steinbach Pistons (Tie)
Defence	Quintin Sudom	Swan Valley Stampeders
Defence	Troy Williams	Steinbach Pistons
Forward	Josh Tripp	Swan Valley Stampeders
Forward	Bradly Goethals	Swan Valley Stampeders
Forward	Tony Apetagon	Winnipeg Blues

Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show - Feb 22nd edition

In this weeks edition of the Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Barry Wolff talks about their 10 game winning streak, their weekend road trip and the return of 18 year old D Lane Kirk back to their line-up.

City of Dauphin to host 2020 Curl Manitoba Junior Men's & Women's Curling Championships

Dauphin Junior Curling, with the support of Dauphin Curling Club and in partnership with Dauphin Recreation Services, will open its doors to over 128 junior curlers, coaches, and fans next year. Dauphin will be hosting the 2020 Canola Growers Junior Men’s and Women’s Provincial Championships from January 1-5, 2020.


“We are excited for the opportunity to showcase our facilities in action as provincials will take place at the Dauphin Curling Club and Credit Union Place,” said Gordon Wood, Host Committee Chair of the Dauphin Curling Club. “Due to the recent success of our Parkland junior curlers on the provincial and national stage, we feel this is an idea time to host a junior provincial event.”

Dauphin’s Lauryn Kuzyk represented Manitoba at junior nationals this past season playing third for Mackenzie Zacharias. There were 28 other junior curlers from Parkland competing at the junior provincials.

“Dauphin is full of talented curlers, dedicated fans, and hardworking volunteers,” said Craig Baker, Executive Director of CurlManitoba. “They are great ambassadors of the sport and we look forward to watching Manitoba’s best junior curlers compete in a community where the sport is continuously growing.”

Winners of the 2020 Junior Men’s and Women’s Provincial Championships will represent Manitoba at the 2020 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships in Langley, B.C. from January 18-26.

Ticket information for the 2020 Junior Provincial Championships will be available in the fall of 2019.

(Curl Manitoba Press Release)

Terriers, Stampeders & Wolverines all winners in Wednesday SJHL/MJHL Recap

The Yorkton Terriers won their 3rd straight game in convincing fashion on Wednesday night, hammering the La Ronge Ice Wolves 9-3 at the Farrell Agencies Arena.

The Terriers would be the only team to get on the board in the 1st, as the puck would squirt out for Quin Hobbs who would go out on a clear-cut breakaway and he would make no mistake going top shelf for his 11th of the season to give his team a 1-0 lead after 1 period.

Mason Mullaney (pictured above) would add to the Terriers lead just 1:41 into the 2nd, as he would take a nifty feed in front from Colby Brandt and slip it through the five-hole of Jordan Frey for his 8th to make it 2-0. Then 9:32 into the middle frame, it was a partial break and would go short-side shelf for his 29th of the year to make it a 3 goal game. Mullaney and Petruic would add their second goals of the period, their 9th and 30th goals respectively to give the home team a 5-0 lead after 40 minutes.

In the 3rd period, the Ice Wolves would get on the board, 2:33 in as Stewart Pond would walk out and beat Andrew Henderson over the left board for his 4th of the campaign to make it 5-1. But the Terriers would respond with 3 quick goals of their own from Brendan Mark, Quin Hobbs and Mason Mullaney who completed his 1st SJHL Hat-Trick at the 10:25 mark of the 3rd period and the game sat at 8-1 Yorkton. Also later in the 3rd, Chantz Petruic would complete his Hat-Trick and net his 31st of the season while Zack Bannister and Jake Gudjonson would wrap up the scoring with a couple more for the Ice Wolves to make it a 6 goal Terrier win.

Andrew Henderson turned aside 34 shots in the Terriers' goal to earn his 10th vicotry of the season while the Ice Wolves had both of their goaltenders make appearances in the game. Jordan Frey played the first two periods and was relieved after allowing 5 goals on 29 shots while Brendan Benoit in relief turned aside 9 of 13 shots.

The Terriers will have the night off today (Thurs) before embarking on two-game weekend road trip this weekend, on Friday in Flin Flon before tangling with the Nipawin Hawks on Saturday night.


Post Game Audio from Terrier Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr below:




Elsewhere in the SJHL,

Melfort  F Justin Ball became the first SJHL player in 8 years to score 50 goals as he had one of the goals to lead the Mustangs to a 6-4 victory over the Melville Millionaires.

Carson Albrecht scored twice for the Mustangs while Kayle Tosh, George King and Colin Schmidt chipped in with singles.

Sam De Melo, Aidan Steinke, Luke Nkwama and Luke Spadafora replied for the Mils who got 29 saves in the loss from G Berk Berkeliev.

The Mils have now lost their last 7 games, but still sit with a 2 point lead on the Weyburn Red Wings for the final playoff spot in the SJHL standings.

Melville will host the Red Wings on Saturday night, but before that the Mils welcome the La Ronge Ice Wolves on Friday


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MJHL

Josh Tripp and Brad Goethals had 3 points each to lead the Swan Valley Stampeders to their 10th straight win on Wednesday slipping by the OCN Blizzard 5-3 at the Centennial Arena.

Tripp had 1G 2A and Goethals had 2G 1A while Carter Cockburn & Matt Osadick chipped in with singles.

19 year old Michael Davis made 31 saves to improve his record to 16-2 on the season.

The Stamps' improved their record to 39-10-3-2 on the season and sit now just 4 points back of the Portage Terriers for top spot in the MJHL standings.

Swan Valley will begin a 3 games in 3 night road trip on Friday night with a visit to Stride Place to take on the Portage Terriers.


Also on Wednesday,

The Waywayseecappo Wolverines strengthen their grip on the final playoff spot in the MJHL standings after a 6-3 victory over the Dauphin Kings.

The Wolverines now sit 6 points up on Winkler for the 8th position.

Greg Lee and Jake Bestul each score twice for Wayway while Preston Seymour and Conrad Phillips also scored.

20 year old Isaac Labelle turned aside 24 of the 27 shots to earn the victory in goal for the Wolverines.

Eamonn Miller, Nakodan Greyeyes and former Wolverine Riley Shamray replied for the Kings.

The Wolverines return to action on Friday night when they visit the Virden Oil Capitals at Tundra Oil & Gas Place.


Other MJHL result:

Portage blanked the Neepawa Natives 8-0

Melville Millionaires Coaches Show - February 20th edition

In this weeks edition of the "Future Ford" Melville Millionaires Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Kyle Adams discusses the weekend home & home with Yorkton and preview's tonights (Wed) home game vs. Melfort

Winkler Flyers (MJHL) & GM Pearson part ways

The Winkler Flyers Hockey Club has announced that they have mutually parted ways with General Manager Ken Pearson. Pearson had served as the club’s Head Coach and General Manager since the start of the 2011/2012 season before moving into the General Manager’s role exclusively this season.

“We would like to thank Ken for all of his efforts over the past eight years and wish him all the best in the future,” said Flyers President Warren Dyck.

The club has also announced that Jeff Jeanson will take on the General Manager role on an interim basis.

“I’m looking forward to the challenge,” said Jeanson.

“We are going to be re-evaluating the entire organization from top to bottom and have no doubt that we will be able to get things back on track.”

(Winkler Press Release)

Waywayseecappo Wolverines Coaches Show - Feb. 19th edition

In this weeks' edition of the Wayway Wolverines Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Taylor Harnett recaps the teams shootout loss to Swan Valley on Monday, preview's Wednesday's home game vs. Dauphin and also talks about the MVP & Top Goalie nominations for G Isaac Labelle

Harris' SO winner helps Swan Valley win 9th straight on Monday with victory in Waywayseecappo

The Swan Valley Stampeders earned their 9th straight victory on Monday night after a 3-2 shootout win over the Waywayseecappo Wolverines.

Brian Harris (pictured above) would give the visitors a lead late in the 1st period as he would go fore-hand then back-end over top of Wolverines' goalie Isaac Labelle for his 13th of the season that gave the Stamps a 1-0 lead after 1 period.

In the 2nd, the Stampeders would add to their lead with 4:54 left in the middle frame and would be Swan River's own Carter Cockburn putting home his 3rd of the year to make it a two goal game. But just under 2 minutes later the Wolverines would respond as Michael Heitkamp's point shot would get re-directed home by Bryce Krater for his 8th to make it a one goal game after 40.

The Wolverines would draw even as the puck would take a big bounce off the end board and end up right on the stick of Wayway captain Jake Bestul who would then bury his 6th to make it a 2-2 game.

Overtime would solve nothing and then in the shootout it would Trent Halfdanson striking first for the Wolverines, but Alex Uryga would quickly respond to tie things up before Brian Harris would get the winner in the 5th round to give the Stamps the extra point.

Stampeders' netminder Merek Pipes turned aside 24 of 26 shots to earn his 19th victory of the season while Top Goalie & MVP nominee Isaac Labelle made 38 stops in the shootout loss for Wayway.

Swan Valley remain 4 points back of Portage for top spot in the standings and will look to push their winning streak to double digits on Wednesday night for their next game when they host the OCN Blizzars (Also it'll be Minor Hockey Night, it's $2 admission for all Minor hockey players who are wearing their jersey and there will be autograph session with the Stamps after the game in the lobby)

Meanwhile with the point, the Wolverines remain 4 points up on Winkler for the 8th and final playoff spot in the MJHL standings and they'll return to action on Wednesday as well when they host the Dauphin Kings.

Other Monday MJHL results:

Winkler 2 Steinbach 3 (OT)

Neepawa 0 Selkirk 2

Virden 2 Portage 5

MJHL announces nominees for 2018/19 Yearly Awards

The Manitoba Junior Hockey League announced their nominees for their major awards for the 2018/19 season and among the selections are 3 members of the Swan Valley Stampeders. 

F Josh Tripp (pictured above top right) is up for Most Valuable Player, D Quintin Sudom (pictured above top left) is a nominee for the league's Top Defenceman and Head Coach/GM Barry Wolff is up for MJHL Coach of the Year. 

Tripp, a Swan River product is currently the MJHL's Top Scorer compiling thus far 32 goals, 44 assists for 76 points in 51 games. He also leads the league in Assists and is tied for lead in goals (32) with linemate Brad Goethals. 

Meanwhile for Sudom (Fort McMurray, AB), he leads the league in scoring among defenceman with 55 points in 50 games this year 

For Wolff, in his 1st year with the Stampeders he has guided the Stamps to one of their most successful season's in franchise history, they currently sit in 2nd place in the MJHL standings with a record of 37-10-3-2, for 79 points, just 4 points back of Portage for top spot.

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Waywayseecappo Wolverines goaltender Isaac Labelle was announced as a nominee for two of the major awards. 

The 20 year old Saskatoon product was announced as one of the finalists for the MJHL's Top Goaltender and Most Valuable Player awards. 

Labelle in 45 games this season has a record of 21-20-0 with a 2.53 GAA and a 0.918 SV%.

He also has recorded 3 shutouts. 

Full list of the MJHL Award nominees below: 

MVP Award – Steve “Boomer” Hawrysh Memorial Trophy

Jeremy Link                    Winnipeg Blues
Josh Tripp                        Swan Valley Stampeders
Isaac Labelle                    Waywayseecappo Wolverines

Rookie of the Year Award – Vince Leah Trophy

Owen Murray                  Portage Terriers
Colby Jaquet                    Selkirk Steelers
Drake Burgin                   Winkler Flyers

 Hockey Ability and Sportsmanship Award – Frank McKinnon Memorial Trophy

Tony Apetagon                Winnipeg Blues
Ben Dalke                        Virden Oil Capitals
Ty Barnstable                  Portage Terriers

Top Goaltender Award

Isaac LaBelle                   Waywayseecappo Wolverines
Jeremy Link                    Winnipeg Blues
Matthew Radomsky         Steinbach Pistons

Top Defenceman Award – Brian Kozak Memorial Trophy

Quintin Sudom                Swan Valley Stampeders
Troy Williams                  Steinbach Pistons
Riley Shamray                 Dauphin Kings

 Top Scorer Award – Mike Ridley Trophy

TBA at season’s end

Coach of the Year Award – Portage Terriers “Muzz McPherson” Award

Paul Dyck                        Steinbach Pistons
Blake Spiller                    Portage Terriers

Barry Wolff                     Swan Valley Stampeders 

Stamps' win streak hits 8; Terriers win in OT over Melville in Saturday's SJHL/MJHL Recap

The Yorkton Terriers completed the weekend sweep of the Highway 10 battle on Saturday, with a 4-3 OT victory over the Melville Millionaires.

Branden Klatt added his 2nd of the game just 17 seconds into overtime to give the Terriers their 2nd straight victory.

Mason Mullaney and Ben Solomon also scored for Yorkton while Ryan Ouellette made 19 saves to earn the victory in goal.

Tristan Shewchuk, Josh Borynec and Sam Mudd (1st SJHL goal) replied for the Mils while Colby Entz turned aside 36 shots in the overtime loss.

The Terriers return to action on Wednesday night when they host the La Ronge Ice Wolves. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" Pregame begins at 7:20, PXP starts at 7:30.

Meanwhile the Mils' next game will also be on Wednesday night when they host the Melfort Mustangs.


Other Saturday results:

Flin Flon 2 Notre Dame 3

Weyburn 2 Estevan 7

Humboldt 5 La Ronge 2

Battlefords 3 Melfort 4 (OT)




In the MJHL,

The Swan Valley Stampeders won their 8th straight on Saturday night, doubling up the Waywayseecappo Wolverines 6-3 in Swan River.

Matt Osadick, Brad Goethals, and Campebell Balk each score twice while Merek Pipes made 22 saves in goal to earn the victory.

With the win, the Stamps pulled within 4 points of Portage for top spot in the MJHL standings while the Wolverines had their 5 game win streak come to an end but still sit 4 points clear of Winkler for the 8th and final playoff spot.

The two teams will play again on Monday night from Waywayseecappo. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, there will be no pregame show and the PXP will then kick off at 6PM from the Wayway Arena Complex.


Other Saturday MJHL Results:

Steinbach 1 Dauphin 2

Neepawa 3 Virden 6

Winnipeg 8 Winkler 4

Terriers, Wolverines and Stampeders all victorious on Friday night

(Colby Brandt)

The Yorkton Terriers snapped a two game losing streak in a big way on Friday night defeating the Melville Millionaires 11-4 on the road.

The line of Chantz Petruic (2G 1A), Colby Brandt (2G 2A) and Cody Bruchkowski (2G 3A) combined for 12 points to lead the way while Branden Klatt, Aiden Bulych, Greg Mulhall, Cole Keenleyside and Dino Antoniadis also scored for the Terriers.

Luke Nkwama had 2 goal for Melville in the loss while Luke Spadafora and Sam De Melo chipped in with singles.

Ryan Ouellette stopped 30 shots to earn his 15th win of the season while Colby Entz (4 goals on 17 shots) and Berk Berkeliev (20 saves on 27 shots) both saw time between the pipes for the Mils.

The two teams will play the back end of the weekend home and home series on Saturday night at 7:30 from the FAA.

Other SJHL results: 

Estevan 4 Flin Flon 3

Notre Dame 7 Weyburn 2

Humboldt 5 La Ronge 4

Battlefords 3 Kindersley 2

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In the MJHL,

Brad Goethals had 1G 3A while Merek Pipes made 40 saves to lead the Swan Valley Stampeders to their 7th straight win defeating the Portage Terriers 4-2 on home ice.

Matt Osadick, Campbell Balk and Jaden Townsend chipped in with singles.

Joey Moffatt and Ty Barnstable replied with singles for Portage.

The Stamps with two games in hand now sit 6 points back of the Terriers for top spot in the MJHL standings and they will return to action on Saturday night when they entertain the Waywayseecappo Wolverines at 7:30 from the Centennial Arena.

Elsewhere,

Isaac Labelle made 37 saves for his 3rd shutout of the season as the Wayway Wolverines blanked the OCN Blizzard 4-0 on the road.

Kylar Fenton, Jack Fenton, Dylan Soosay and Karsten McDonald scored for the Wolverines while Jake Bestul chipped in with 3 assists in the win.

With two games in hand, the Wolverines now have a 4 point edge on Winkler for the 8th and final playoff spot in the MJHL standings.

Other Friday MJHL results:

Selkirk 3 Winkler 1

Steinbach 1 Dauphin 2 (OT)

Neepawa 1 Winnipeg 8

Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show -Feb 15th edition

In this weeks edition of the Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Barry Wolff talks about their 6 game winning streak and preview's their busy stretch of hockey starting tonight (Fri) against the visiting Portage Terriers 

Mils' Spadafora and Entz named nominees for SJHL Yearly Awards

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has announced their Divisional nominees for their yearly awards with a couple of Melville Millionaires' being named.

For the 3rd year in a row, netminder Colby Entz (pictured above right) was named as the Viterra division's top goalie while Mils F Luke Spadafora (pictured above left) was named as the Viterra division nominee for the SJHL's Rookie of the Year.

In 34 games so far this season, the Churchbridge product has a record of 11-16-3-2 on the season with a 3.27GAA & a 0.901 SV%.

Meanwhile for Spadafora, a Calgary AB product who was acquired earlier in the season from the Humboldt Broncos, has 13 goals 25 assists for 38 points in 47 games this season.


Full list of nominees below:


ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Global Ag Risk Division - Nolan Renwick, Notre Dame Hounds

Viterra Division - Luke Spadafora, Melville Millionaires

Sherwood Division - Vincent Nardone, Flin Flon Bombers


PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Global Ag Risk Division - Cody Spagrud, Battlefords North Stars

Viterra Division - Turner Ripplinger, Estevan Bruins

Sherwood Division - Carson Albrecht, Melfort Mustangs


MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Global Ag Risk Division - Michael Clarke, Humboldt Broncos

Viterra Division - Turner Ripplinger, Estevan Bruins

Sherwood Division - Justin Ball, Melfort Mustangs


TOP GOALIE

Global Ag Risk Division - Justen Close, Kindersley Klippers

Viterra Division - Colby Entz, Melville Millionaires

Sherwood Division - Declan Hobbs, Nipawin Hawks


BEST DEFENCEMAN

Global Ag Risk Division - Cody Spagrud, Battlefords North Stars

Viterra Division - Jake Heerspink, Estevan Bruins

Sherwood Division - Calvon Boots, Flin Flon Bombers

Melville Millionaires Coaches Show - February 13th edition

In this week's "Future Ford" Melville Millionaires Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Kyle Adams recaps' the weekend home & home with Estevan, the play 18 year old G Berk Berkeliev & previews this weeks Highway 10 battle with Yorkton 

Wolverines' win 4th straight in Feb 12th Local Sports Recap

In the MJHL last night,

Isaac Labelle turned aside 40 shots to lead the Wayway Wolverines to their 4th straight victory on Tuesday night, 3-1 over the Winkler Flyers.

Jaymes Knee, Preston Seymour and Brandon Lawson all scored for the Wolverines who now pull 2 points ahead of the Flyers into sole possession of the 8th and final playoff spot in the MJHL standings.

The Wolverines' next game will be on Friday night when they visit the OCN Blizzard

Selkirk Steelers 2 @ Steinbach Pistons 3 OT


Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (3)
Flin Flon Bombers 2 @ Humboldt Broncos 3
Kindersley Klippers 2 @ Nipawin Hawks 1 OT
Estevan Bruins 3 @ Notre Dame Hounds 1


Saskatchewan Midget AA Hockey League
Melville Millionaires 6 Yorkton Kinsmen Terriers 1

Highway Hockey League Playoffs

Strasbourg Maroons 1 Raymore Rockets 4
(Raymore now leads Best of 3 opening round series, 1-0)

Major Hockey League **Bantam Division Playoffs**

Preeceville Pats 7 Grenfell Spitfires 0
(Preeceville wins Best of 3 first round series, 2-0)

**Pee Wee Division Playoffs**
Yorkton Mark's Terriers 4 Moosomin Rangers 7
(Moosomin leads Best of 3 1st round series, 1-0)

**Atom Division**
Rocanville Tigers 14  Esterhazy Flyers 0
Yorkton Richardson Terriers 2 Ochapowace Thunder 4

Saskatchewan Female hockey League
**Pee Wee Division**

Moose Jaw Mavericks 10 Balcarres Barracudas 2

Qu'Appelle Valley Hockey League Playoffs
**Round 1**

Odessa/Vibank Bruins 0 Milestone Flyers 4
(Milestone leads Best of 3 series, 1-0)

Western Hockey League (2)

Tri-City Americans 4 Seattle Thunderbirds 3
Red Deer Rebels 3 Spokane Chiefs 4 (OT)

Waywayseecappo Wolverines Coaches Show - Feb. 12th edition

In this weeks' edition of the Wayway Wolverines Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Taylor Harnett talks about the team's 3 game win streak that's pull them back into playoff spot and preview's tonights road game in Winkler .

Rhien's McIntyre named SJHL's Rookie of the Week

DIRECTWEST SJHL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: 

Zach McIntyre, Humboldt Broncos
2001 F Zach McIntyre (Rhein SK) broke out of an offensive slump in a big way on Wednesday night, scoring a tiebreaking goal and then setting up the insurance marker in a 5-2 win over Notre Dame.  On Friday, McIntyre assisted on his team’s first goal in a shootout win over Weyburn. McIntyre has 8-goals and 10-assists in 46-games on the year. Runner-up: Alex Rondeau, Melfort.


**Meanwhile Melville Millionaires' netminder Berk Berkeliev was a runner-up for SJHL Goalie of the Week.


(SJHL Release)

Yorkton Terriers Coaches Show - Feb 11th edition

                   

Catching up with Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr for this weeks Yorkton Terriers Coaches Show on GX94

Wolverines' pull back into playoff spot with home ice win over Winkler on Sunday

The Waywayseecappo Wolverines pulled back into the 8th and final playoff spot in the MJHL standings on Sunday after a 3-2 victory over the Winkler Flyers.

Conrad Phillips (pictured above) scored the game winning goal for the Wolverines at the 8:42 mark of the 3rd period while Greg Lee and Gerrick Ripley also scored for the home-team.

Isaac Labelle turned aside 19 of 21 shots to earn his 19th victory of the season.

The next game for the Wolverines will be on Tuesday night when they visit the Winkler Flyers at 7:30.

Other Sunday MJHL results:

Portage 2 Winnipeg 4

Team Muyres; Team Carruthers book tickets ton 2019 Brier in Brandon over weekend

(Compliments of Curl Sask)

Kirk Muyres and his rink out of Saskatoon are your 2019 Sasktel Tankard Championships

The foursome that also includes Kevin Marsh, Dan Marsh and Dallan Muyres defeated Matt Dunstone of Regina 6-5 in the Championship Final on Sunday in Whitewood.

Muyres had to make a draw to the four-foot with his final rock to help his team earn the berth.

(Compliments of Curl Manitoba)

Meanwhile at the Manitoba Men's Curling Championships in Virden, Reid Carruthers' Winnipeg rink held on for a 5-3 victory over William Lyburn at Tundra Oil & Gas Place.

So both the Carruthers and Muyres rinks' will now represent their respective provinces at the 2019 Tim Hortons' Brier that runs March 2nd-10th in Brandon, Manitoba.

Day 4 Recap of 2019 Sasktel Tankard in Whitewood

Draw 10 Scores: (9AM) C- Dustin Kalthoff 8 Brady Kendel 4 B Qualifier- Kody Hartung 4 Matt Dunstone 9 C- Josh Heidt 4 Ryan Deis 6 C- Lloyd Fell 5 Rylan Kleiter 8




Draw 11 Scores (C-Qualifiers): Ryan Deis (Fox Valley) 9 Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon) 6 Kody Hartung (Saskatoon) 7 Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon) 5



1 vs. 2 
Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon) 4 Matt Dunstone (Regina) 7 3 vs. 4 
Kody Hartung (Saskatoon) 6 Ryan Deis (Fox Valley) 8


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Sunday:

9:30AM (Semi-Finals)-- Ryan Deis (Fox Valley) vs. Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon)

**Winner will meet Matt Dunstone on Sunday

Stampeders' win 6th straight in the Feb. 9th Local SJHL/MJHL Recap

(Josh Maucieri) 

Josh Maucieri (1G 1A) and Dane Hirst (2A) notched two points each to lead the Swan Valley Stampeders to their 6th straight win as they defeated the Winkler Flyers 3-2 on home ice.

Josh Tripp also scored, his 31st goal of the season for Swan who a 25 saves performance from Merek Pipes in the win.

Colton Harder and Josh Kagan replied for the Flyers.

The next game for the Stampeders will be on Friday night when they entertain the Portage Terriers at 7:30


Elsewhere in the MJHL,

Virden 1 Winnipeg 4

Selkirk 0 Portage 1

Steinbach 3 Neepawa 2 (SO)

OCN 1 Dauphin 10


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In the SJHL,

The Melville Millionaires dropped their 4th straight on Saturday night after a 6-2 loss to the Estevan Bruins on home ice.

Will Koop and TJ Irey had 2 goals each to lead the Bruins.

Daniel Liberty had a 1G 1A while Ryan Butler had the other goal for the Mils who got a 27 save performance from Berk Berkeliev in the loss.

The Mils and Terriers will meet next weekend for the next Highway 10 home and home starting next Friday in Melville. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame show begins at 7:20 pxp starts at 7:30 from the Horizon Credit Union Center.

Speaking of the Terriers,

Yorkton dropped both games of their weekend road trip as after a 7-4 loss on Friday, the Terriers lost 4-1 on Saturday to the Kindersley Klippers.

Caden Benson scored twice to lead the Klippers while Justen Close made 34 saves to earn the victory in the goal.

Aiden Bulych scored the Terriers only goal, his 10th of the season while Ryan Ouellette stopped 30 shots in the loss.


Other Saturday scores:

Weyburn 2 Humboldt 6

La Ronge 3 Nipawin 4

Melfort 8 Flin Flon 4

February 8th Local SJHL/MJHL Recap

The Yorkton Terriers lost their 3rd straight decision to the Battlefords on Friday night falling 7-4 to the North Stars on the road.

It didn't take long for the home side to get a nice bounce as the puck would take a funny bounce off the end boards right to Quin Loon-Stewardson who slipped it five-hole on Andrew Henderson to give the Stars an early 1-0 lead.  Just 5:14 later, the Terriers would respond as Chantz Petruic would go short-side shelf for his 25th of the season to make it 1-1. The visitors would grab their first lead at 2-1 just a few minutes later, as Cody Bruchkowski would snipe home his 20th of the year. But that lead wouldn't last long as 20 seconds later Eli Loon-Stewardson went forehand-backhand shelf to even it up at 2-2 after 20 minutes.

In the 2nd, the North Stars would grab control with a couple of goals back to back from 20 year old veterans McGregor Sinclair and Brayden Buziak that gave the North Stars their first two goal lead at 4-2. The Terriers would cut their deficit in half and make it a one goal game once again as Colby Brandt one-timed home a nice cross-ice pass from Chantz Petruic to cut it a 4-3 game after 2 periods.

The North Stars would regain their two goal lead just 15 seconds later, as Seth Summers beat Andrew Henderson five-hole for his 1st SJHL goal to make it 5-3. The North Stars would add a couple more in the third from McGregor Sinclair and Eli Loon-Stewardson (both 2nd of the nights) while Chantz Petruic would add his 2nd of the game to wrap up the scoring.

Chad Duran turned aside 23 shots to earn his 8th victory of the season while in the Terriers net, Andrew Henderson made 26 saves in the loss.

The Terriers wrap up their weekend road trip on Saturday in Kindersley.

Elsewhere in the SJHL,

Berk Berkeliev turned aside 47 shots but it wasn't enough as the Melville Millionaires fell on the road, 2-0 to the Estevan Bruins.

Tristyn Deroose and Johnny Witzke scored for the Bruins who a 15 save shutout from Kadin Kilpatrick in the win.

The two teams will play the back end of the home and home on Saturday night in Melville.

Other Friday SJHL results:

La Ronge 4 Flin Flon 5

Weyburn 4 Humboldt 5 (OT)

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In the MJHL,

The Wayway Wolverines stormed back with three 3rd period goals from Greg Lee, Conrad Phillips and Dylan Soosay that led them to a 4-3 victory over the OCN Blizzard.

Anthony Bilka also scored while Isaac Labelle made 22 saves to get the victory.

The Wolverines who sit now two points back from Winkler for the 8th and final playoff spot, will host the Flyers on Sunday night.

Elsewhere in the MJHL,

Winkler 4 Dauphin 5

Selkirk 4 Neepawa 3

Virden 3 Steinbach 4 (OT)

Day 3 Recap of 2019 Sasktel Tankard in Whitewood

Draw 6 Scores
B- Matt Dunstone 10 Rylan Kleiter 4 B- Brock Virtue 5 Brady Kendel 8 C- Ryan Deis 8 Brent Gedak 4 C- Mike Armstrong 6 Steven Howard 7



Draw 7 Scores:
B- Lloyd Fell 4 Dustin Kalthoff 8 A Qualifier- Kirk Muyres 8 Josh Heidt 6 B- Kody Hartung 8 Jason Jacobson 5 C- Scott Comfort 6 Jeff Hartung 7


Draw 8 Scores:


B- Josh Heidt 2 Matt Dunstone 5 C- Ryan Deis 5 Jason Jacobson 4 C- Jeff Hartung (Langenburg) 6 Brady Kendel 7 B- Dustin Kalthoff 5 Kody Hartung 9

Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show -Feb 8th edition

In this weeks edition of the Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Barry Wolff talks about their 5 game winning streak, the play of G Merek Pipes and preview's Saturday's showdown with Winkler

Day 2 Recap of 2019 Sasktel Tankard in Whitewood

Draw 3 scores

A- Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon) 4 Kody Hartung (Saskatoon) 3

A- Scott Comfort (Wadena) 9 Josh Heidt (Kerrobert) 11

A- Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon) 4 Brock Virtue (Kerrobert) 3

A- Matt Dunstone (Regina) 4 Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon) 5

Draw 4 Scores

B- Brent Gedak (Estevan) 3 Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon) 10

B- Brady Kendel (Kronau) 7 Steve Howard (Regina) 4

B- Jeff Hartung (Langenburg) 7 Mike Armstrong (Regina) 6

B- Lloyd Fell (North Battleford) 6 Ryan Deis (Fox Valley) 4

Draw 5 Scores

A- Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon) 4 Josh Heidt (Kerrobert) 8

B-Scott Comfort (Wadena) 5 Lloyd Fell (Battleford) 8

B- Kody Hartung (Saskatoon) 8 Jeff Hartung (Langenburg) 7

A- Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon) 6 Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon) 5

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Next Draw—Fri. Feb 8th 

8AM (Draw 6)

B- Matt Dunstone vs. Rylan Kleiter 

B- Brock Virtue vs. Brady Kendel

C- Ryan Deis vs. Brent Gedak

C- Mike Armstrong vs. Steven Howard