Terriers lose in OT in Game 2 to the North Stars; Stamps' fall to Pistons in Game 6 on Saturday night

The Yorkton Terriers are now down 2-0 in their Best of 7 SJHL Semi-Final after falling 1-0 in overtime to the Battlefords North Stars on Saturday.

Quin Loon-Stewardson ending the game as his wrist-shot snuck through Ryan Ouellette with 8:23 left in the 1st overtime period to lead the North Stars to their 3rd extra time victory in these playoffs.

Both goaltenders were very good, Joel Gryzbowski making 40 saves to earn the shutout in the Battlefords net while Ryan Ouellette turned aside 41 of 42 shots in the loss.

The series will now shift back to the Farrell Agencies Arena in Yorkton on Tuesday and Wednesday for Games 3 & 4.

Tickets are available at the Terrier store starting at 10AM on Monday morning or you can get your tickets online by clicking HERE

In the other SJHL Semi-Final,

Carson Albrecht had the GWG as Melfort took a 2-0 series lead after a 3-1 victory over the Estevan Bruins.


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In the MJHL Playoffs,

The Swan Valley Stampeders had a chance to book their ticket into their first MJHL Finak, but Steinbach netminder Matt Radomsky had other ideas.

The Pistons goalie made 57 saves to help them stave off elimination on Saturday night defeating the Stamps 3-2 in Game 5.

Riley Vautour scored twice while Tyson McConnell had the other for the Pistons who will host Game 6 of the series on Monday night back in Steinbach.

Josh Tripp had both goals for the Stamps while Merek Pipes turned aside 28 shots in the loss.

We will broadcast the game on Monday from Steinbach with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, pregame kicks off at 7:20 with the PXP happening at 7:30PM MB time from the T.G Smith Center.

Terriers' drop Game 1 of SJHL Semi-Final to the North Stars

The Yorkton Terriers started off their SJHL Semi-Final off on the wrong foot after a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the Battlefords North Stars on Friday night.

The Terriers would strike first in Game 1 as with just one second left on their first PP of the night Cole Keenleyside would beat Joel Gryzbowski short-side for his 4th of the playoffs to give the Terriers a 1-0 advantage after 20 minutes. Shots after 1 were 14-9 in favour of the North Stars.

Quin Loon-Stewardson would draw the North Stars even just 4:26 into the 2nd with a PP goal of his own beating Ryan Ouellette five-hole to tie things up at 1-1. They would grab their first lead of the night just 80 seconds later as Dayton Heino would grab his 1st of the playoffs with a nice wrister to give the North Stars the lead. Brayden Buziak would add another just over half-way through the 2nd, his 4th marker of the playoffs to help Battlefords wrap up the 2nd period with a two goal lead at 3-1. The North Stars led the shot clock once again after 40 minutes at 31-19.

The North Stars power play would once again strike early in the 3rd with two PP goals just 28 seconds apart from Eli Loon-Stewardson and Ryan Gil to push the Battlefords lead to 5-1 just over 2 minutes in. The Terriers would make it a three goal game once again though as Kishaun Gervais would pick up a loose puck in the crease and beat the North Stars net minder for his 1st SJHL Playoff goal to make it 5-2 but a late goal from Austin Shumanski in the final minute would help wrap up the scoring to help the home team to a series opening victory.

Joel Gryzbowski turned aside 29 of 31 shots in the North Stars net to earn the victory while Terrier goaltender Ryan Ouellette made 37 saves in the loss.

The two teams will go right back at it in Game 2 on Saturday from North Battleford and GX94 will broadcast the game once again with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, “Sask Milk” pregame begins at 7:20 with the PXP beginning at 7:30 from the Civic Center.

In the other SJHL Semi-Final Game 1,

Melfort Mustangs defeated the visiting Estevan Bruins 6-2.
(Melfort will host Game 2 on Saturday) 

Post Game with Terriers Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr below: 

Uryga leads charge to push Swan Valley to a win away from Finals after Game 4 victory in Steinbach

The Swan Valley Stampeders have pushed the Steinbach Pistons to the brink of elimination after a 6-3 Game 4 victory on Thursday night to take a 3-1 series lead their Best of 7 MJHL Semi-Final.

For the 2nd straight night the Stamps would get the opening goal as after some great pressure deep in the attacking zone, Bradly Goethals would walk out from the left corner and his back-hander would beat Matt Radomsky five-hole for his 6th of the playoffs to give Swan a 1-0 advantage after 20 minutes with the Stamps leading the shot column 21-10.

Alex Uryga (pictured above) would add to the Swan lead with an unassisted mark just 1:54 into the 2nd period, but just after that Jack Kilroy got the Pistons on the board just under 2 minutes later to make it a one game goal once again. The Stamps would quickly respond though as Josh Tripp would finish a tic-tac-toe passing play hammering in a cross-ice feed from Brad Goethals for his 6th of the playoffs that made it 3-1. Then Tucker Scantlebury would get one late in the middle frame for Swan with a nice back-hander to give them a 4-1 lead after 40 minutes. Shots after 2 were 38-21 Stampeders.

Declan Graham would cut their deficit within two early in the 3rd with a PP goal just 43 seconds in to make it 4-2. But once again another nice response for the Stamps with two goals from Matt Osadick and Josh Tripp to make it a 6-2 game. Kyle Bettens would add a late goal on the power pay with 52 seconds to go but thats as close as they would get.

Merek Pipes was solid in the Swan goal making 27 saves on 30 shots to get his 7th win of the postseason while Matt Radomsky turned aside 42 shots in the loss.

The Stamps now have a chance to book their ticket into their first ever League final with a victory in Game 5 on Saturday back in Swan River with puck drop at 7:30PM MB Time.


The other Semi-Final wrapped up as the Portage Terriers completed the 4 game sweep of Virden after a 5-2 victory over the Oil Capitals in Game 4 on Thursday .

Big 1st period helps Swan Valley to a Game 3 victory over Steinbach to take 2-1 series lead in MJHL Semi-Finals

The Swan Valley Stampeders used a 3 goal 1st period to strengthen them to a 4-2 Game 3 victory over the Steinbach Pistons at the T.G Smith Center.

MJHL MVP Josh Tripp (pictured above) got the Stamps' in front early on just 5:53 into the game as he showed some good hand-eye coordination deflecting home a Troy Quinn point shot for his 1st of the series & 5th of the playoffs to make it 1-0. Then just under 4 minutes later, 20 year old Tucker Scantlebury would get left alone right in the slot after a Pistons' defensive breakdown and he would finish it off nicely going forehand, backhand shelf on Matthew Radomsky to give Swan a 2 goal lead. The Stampeders would add a late one on the PP with 1:46 to go from Kasyn Kruse to give the visitors a 3-0 advantage after 1 period.

In the 2nd, Swan Valley would add to their lead as Carter Cockburn would send a nice pass down low in front to Matt Osadick who would go in-between his legs for a absolutely beauty flipping it over the shoulder of Radomsky for his 4th of the postseason to push the Stamps' lead to 4-0 after 40 minutes.

The Pistons would would start a little bit of a comeback early on as in the opening minute as Nico Labossiere would get the Pistons on the board then Brendan Martin with a beauty short-side on Merek Pipes just over half way through the 3rd to make it a two goal game at 4-2 but its as close as they would get.

Merek Pipes turned aside 26 of 28 shots to earn the victory for the Stamps' in goal while Matt Radomsky made 35 saves in the losing cause.

The two teams will now meet in Game 4 of their MJHL Semi-Finals on Thursday at T.G Smith Center. We will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, Pregame show begins at 7:20 with the PXP kicking off at 7:30PM MB time.


Postgame with Stamps Asst. Coach Darren Webster:

Local products help Minot State Beavers capture ACHA Division I National Title

(Photo from @MinotState twitter)

The Minot State Beavers captured the ACHA Division I National title on Tuesday night after defeating Iowa State University in the Championship game from Frisco, Texas.

Former Melville Millionaire Josh Bukowski made 33 saves to lead the Beavers to their 2nd ever National Championship.

The Beavers also included other players with local ties including:  Dylan Johnson (Yorkton, SK/Yorkton Terriers), Grayson Neufeld (Yorkton SK), Rhett Lough (Wayway Wolverines), Johl Swedlo (Wayway Wolverines), Dylan Gejdos (Wayway Wolverines), Connor Navrot (Swan Valley Stampeders), Landyn Cochrane (Russell, MB/Wayway Wolverines).

Terriers' capture Game 7 with big victory over Nipawin to book trip to the Battlefords for Semi-Finals

The Yorkton Terriers captured Game 7 of their SJHL Quarter-Finals defeating the Nipawin Hawks 4-3 at the Centennial Arena

The Terriers would strike first in the 1st as Jared Legien (pictured above) would take a nifty feed in front from Kishaun Gervais and go top shelf over the right shoulder of Patrick Pugilese for his 1st of the playoffs to make it 1-0. They would make it a two goal game just over 4 minutes later as Chantz Petruic's long wrist shot would beat Pugilese over the right pad for his 4th to give the Terriers an early 2 goal lead. Colton Gerlib would net a late PP goal for the Hawks to make it a one goal lead after 1 period.

Legien would add his 2nd of the night as he ripped it through the Hawks goaltender to make it 3-1. But just 13 seconds later, Michael Makarenko would make it a one goal game once again as he would finish off a nice passing play from Jake Tremblay to make it 3-2. The Terriers with another response though as Colby Brandt would find Chantz Petruic and he hammered home his 5th of the postseason to make it 4-2 after 40 minutes.

It would stay like that until the later stages of the 3rd as Logan Moon would capitalize on a Terriers turnover and go top-shelf on Ryan Ouellette for his 1st SJHL Playoff goal to make it 4-3 but thats as close as they would get.

Ryan Ouellette earned his 6th victory over the postseason making 37 saves on 40 shots.

The Terriers now advance to the SJHL Semi-Final to take on the Battlefords North Stars which will most likely begin on Friday night in the Battlefords.

In the other SJHL Semi-Final, it'll be the Melfort Mustangs taking on the Estevan Bruins.


In the other Tuesday Game 7's,

Battlefords over Flin Flon 4-1

Estevan over Humbolft 3-2 (OT)

Terriers' drop Game 6 at home; will visit Nipawin on Tuesday for Game 7 to decide SJHL Quarter-Final

The Yorkton Terriers drop their 2nd straight possible series clinching game on Sunday night losing Game 6, 3-1 to the visiting Nipawin Hawks.

The Hawks once again staved off elimination tying up the Best of 7 Quarter-Final series at 3-3 and forcing a Game 7 on home ice tomorrow night (Tues)

The Terriers would get off a start in the 1st as they would open the scoring as Cody Dubas' long point shot would sneak through Hawks net minder Patrick Pugilese and into the back of the net for the Rama product's 1st of the playoffs to make it 1-0 Yorkton after 1 period.

In the 2nd, the Hawks would even it up at 1-1 just 10:44 in as Christian Bosa would pick up a loose puck and slide it past Ryan Ouellette for his 1st of playoffs. Then just 3:09 later, Josh Lester would jump on rebound in front and slip it home to give the visitors a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes.

The Hawks would add some insurance early in the 3rd as just 27 seconds in, Carson Erhardt tucked home his 2nd of the series to help Nipawin force a Game 7.

Hawks netminder Patrick Pugilese once again got the start and was once again impressive making 40 saves on 41 shots while Yorkton G Ryan Ouellette turned aside 24 shots in the loss.

GX94 will broadcast the game on Tuesday night from the Centennial Arena in Nipawin with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame show begins at 7:20 with the PXP kicking off at 7:30.


In the other Sunday SJHL Quarter-Final matchups:

Estevan 4 Humboldt 1
(Best of 7 series tied at 3-3 with Game 7 in Estevan on Tuesday)

Battlefords 4 Flin Flon 6
(Best of 7 series tied at 3-3, with Game 7 in the Battlefords on Tuesday)


Postgame with Terriers Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr

Successful weekend for Yorkton Cheerleaders this weekend in Regina!

It was successful weekend for Yorkton Cheerleaders  at the 2019 Saskatchewan Cheer Championships in Regina.

The Grade 9-12 Intermediate group not only captured 1st place in the Scholastic event but also earned a berth into the 2020 World School Cheerleading Championships that'll take place next February in Orlando, Florida.

This will be the first time ever that a Saskatchewan school earned a World berth and they'll be only one of 10 schools from Canada

Chat with Coach Jennifer Ingham below:

Local results from Hoopla 2019 in Saskatoon

3-A Boys Bronze Medal Game
Indian Head Broncs 57 Saskatoon Legacy 72

2-A Boys Gold Medal Game
Norquay Knights 83 St. Brieux 85

3-A Girls Bronze Medal Game
Melville Cobras 46 Unity 61

2-A Girls Bronze Medal Game
Wynyard Bears 82 Maidstone 58

2-A Girls Gold Medal Game
Canora Cobras 56 Regina Harvest City 64

Full results you can CLICK HERE

Goethals' plays hero as Stamps capture Game 2 in OT over Steinbach in MJHL Semi-Finals

The Swan Valley Stampeders have evened up their MJHL Semi-final series at a game apiece after a 3-2 overtime victory over the Steinbach Pistons in Game 2 on Saturday night.

The Stamps would get off to a quick start as Brad Goethals with slap-shot from the point would beat Matt Radomsky for his 4th of the playoffs to make it 1-0 Swan just 6:53 into the 1st. But the Pistons would respond with a PP goal of their own as Tanner Mole deflected home a Troy Williams' point shot by Merek Pipes to even it up at 1-1 after 1 period.

In the 2nd, the Pistons would get the only goal of the middle frame when the Stamps had a little break down in their defensive and Riley Vautour would plant himself back-door and take a nice feed from Brendan Martin and make no mistake for his 2nd in as many nights to give the visitors a 2-1 advantage after 40 minutes.

Matt Osadick would even it up at 2-2 just 2:22 into the 3rd period as he took a nice feed back-door from Campbell Balk for his 3rd of the playoffs and it would stay like that until the over time period.

In overtime, Swan Valley would get a odd-man rush and Brad Goethals would send it on net looking for a streaking Matt Osadick but instead it would be re-directed in by Pistons D Troy Williams and past his own net minder for the game winner.

Merek Pipes won his 5th game of the postseason making 24 saves to get the win while Pistons' netminder made 35 stops in the overtime loss.

The series will shift back to Steinbach for Game's 3 and 4 of the Best of 7 Semi-Final on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, pregame both nights will begin at 7:20 with PXP kicking off at 7:30PM MB time


The other MJHL Semi-Final kicked off on Saturday,

Portage Terriers defeated the Virden Oil Capitals 4-1 to take a 1-0 series lead in their MJHL Semi-Final with Game 2 taking place on Sunday night in Portage.

Terriers drop Game 5 in Nipawin; Stamps lose in MJHL Semi-Final Opener to Steinbach

The Nipawin Hawks staved off elimination on Friday night defeating the Yorkton Terriers 4-1 to now trail the Terriers 3-2 in their Best of 7 SJHL Quarter-Final

The Hawks would get on the board first in Game 5 just 9:39 in as Jordan Simoneau would beat Ryan Ouellette short-side to make it 1-0. They would add to their lead just under 2 minutes later as Jaxsen Wiebe's long shot would take a big bounce off the end boards right back to him and he would jam it home for his 2nd of the playoffs to give Nipawin a 2-0 lead after 1 period.

It would be back and forth 2nd period but the Terriers would get on the board late as Branden Klatt would sneak one through goaltender Patrick Pugilese for his 4th of the playoffs to get the Terriers within one after 40 minutes.

But that’s as close as the Terriers would get on this night as Carson Erhardt would add one late in the third and Jake Tremblay would cap it off with an empty netter as the Hawks stayed alive.

Patrick Pugliese in his 1st career SJHL playoff start stopped 23 shots for the win while Ryan Ouellette made 33 saves in the loss.

The two teams now will meet for Game 6 in Yorkton on Sunday night and GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior hockey, Sask Milk Pregame begins at 7:20 while PXP kicks off at 7:30.

Other Friday SJHL results:

Kindersley 2 Melfort 3
(Melfort wins Best of 7 series, 4-1)

Humboldt 2 Estevan 3 (2OT)
(Humboldt leads Best of 7, 3-2)

Flin Flon 4 Battlefords 3 (3OT)
(Battlefords leads Best of 7, 3-2)

*Game 6’s will be in Flin Flon and Humboldt respectively on Sunday

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In the MJHL Playoffs,

The Swan Valley Stampeders surrendered 2 third period goals en route to a 3-2 Game 1 defeat to the Steinbach Pistons at the Centennial Arena.

Riley Vautour and Max Neill scored the Pistons goals in the third while Tyson McConnell opened the scoring in the 1st.

Quintin Sudom and Troy Quinn replied for the Stamps.

Matt Radomsky won the goaltending battle making 42 saves on 44 saves to get the win while Merek Pipes turned aside 28 stops in the loss.

The two teams will go right back at it on Saturday night in Swan River. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior hockey, we will pick up the game in progress after the completion of Kinsmen Radio bingo at around 7PM SK time.

MJHL Semi-Final Preview- #2 Swan Valley Stampeders vs. #3 Steinbach Pistons

 

REGULAR SEASON

Swan Valley's Leaders

Points: Tripp (84), Goethals (79), Osadick, (63)

Goals: Tripp (36), Goethals (34), Osadick (29)

Assists: Tripp (48), Goethals (45), Sudom (39)

D-Man Points: Sudom (55), Hirst (40), Quinn (24)

Rookie Points: Cockburn (12), Glasrud (8), Betcher (5)



Playoffs

Points: Sudom (7), Kruse, Goethals, Uryga, Harris (6)

Goals:  Kruse (5), Tripp (4), Goethals, Scantlebury (3)

Assists: Sudom (7), Harris, Hirst (5)


Steinbach's Leaders


Points: Martin (58), McConnell (47), Vaeth, Williams (44)

Goals: Martin (31), McConnell (20), Vaeth, Tatro (18)

Assists: Williams (36), Martin, McConnell (27)

D-Man Points: Williams (44), Graham (27), Ireland (20)

Rookie Points: Bettens (29), Neill (14), Beauchemin (12)




Playoffs

Points: Bettens (8), Mole (5), Bennett (5)

Goals: Mole, Martin, McConnell (3)

Assists: Bettens (6), Bennett (4), Williams (4)



Season Series (6 games)

Oct 6-- 5-2 Steinbach
Oct 14--  3-2 Swan Valley
Nov 17-- 2-1 (SO)  Steinbach
Nov 18-- 4-2 Swan Valley
Dec 15-- 3-0 Swan Valley
Dec 16-- 4-3 Steinbach


Swan Valley: 3-2-0-1
Steinbach: 3-3-0-0


Swan Valley Goaltending (Regular Season)

#33 Merek Pipes-- 31GP 20-8-1 4SO 2.45GAA 0.924 SV%
#35 Michael Davis-- 24GP 18-3-2 1SO 2.97GAA 0.904 SV%


Swan Valley Goaltending (Playoffs)

#33 Merek Pipes-- 4GP   4-0 record   3.00GAA  0.913SV%

Steinbach Goaltending (Regular Season )

#30 Matt Radomsky-- 27-12-1 record   2.06GAA  0.929SV%  6 SO
#1 Matt Lenz--   12-15-3 record    2.10GAA   0.930SV%    3 SO

Steinbach Goaltending (Playoffs)

#30 Matt Radomsky--  6GP   4-2 record    3.40GAA  0.908 SV%


Special Teams


Swan Valley

Reg Season PP: 4th- (21.3%)
Reg Season PK: 6th- (81.4%)


Playoffs PP: (4/24) = 16.7%
Playoffs PK: 75.0%



Steinbach

Reg Season PP: 6th - (19.6%)
Reg Season PK: 1st - (87.0%)

Playoffs PP: (4/23) = 17.4%
Playoffs PK: 87.0%

Series Schedule:


GM 1 (Fri. Mar 22nd)-- Steinbach @ Swan Valley 7:30 MB

GM 2 (Sat. Mar 23rd) -- Steinbach @ Swan Valley 7:30 MB**(picked up in progress at 7PM MB time after Kinsmen Radio Bingo)

GM 3 (Wed. Mar 27th) - Swan Valley @ Steinbach 7:30 MB**

GM 4 (Thurs. Mar 28th) - Swan Valley @ Steinbach 7:30 MB**

*GM 5 (Sat. Mar 30th) - Steinbach @ Swan Valley  7:30 MB

*GM 6 (Mon. Apr 1st) - Swan Valley @ Steinbach 7:30 MB

*GM 7 (Wed. Apr 3rd) - Steinbach @ Swan Valley 7:30 MB


*If necessary

**on GX94


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Series Preview with Stamps Head Coach/GM Barry Wolff:

Local teams competing in Hoopla 2019 this weekend in Saskatoon!

FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND

2A Boys 

4:15PM- Norquay vs. Regina Harvest City (at Centennial) 

2A Girls 

7:45PM- Wynyard vs. Canora (at St. Joseph's) 

3A Boys 

11AM- Indian Head vs. Regina Christian (at Evan Hardy)

3A Girls 

4:15PM- Melville vs. Briercrest (Caronport)

Results and Schedule found HERE

Riders' Head Coach Dickenson headlines the 13th annual Football Night in Saskatchewan in Yorkton this May!

                                     
Before taking on his new gig as Head Coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders this upcoming season, Craig Dickenson will be in Yorkton to speak at the 13th edition of Football Night in Saskatchewan which will take place on May 4th at the St. Mary's Cultural Center in Yorkton.

The night is once again presented by the Cornerstone Credit Union, Saskatchewan Roughriders and of course Yorkton Minor Football.

Yorkton Minor Football President Roby Sharpe says to get Dickenson is pretty awesome. 

"Ya we are pretty excited to get him, talking with Craig Reynolds, they say he's just a wonderful guy whose very well spoken and well respected by his players and fellow coaches so we are pretty excited he's coming."

As it is each and every year Football Night in Saskatchewan is once again Yorkton Minor Football’s biggest fundraiser and Sharpe says all the funds raise will right back to the football community.

“The  money that we raise at Football Night goes towards Yorkton Minor Football and to our kids,” said Sharpe.  “It's not cheap to play football and we started this night to keep football affordable for all of our kids; raising money so that the local area kids can afford to play football in the city & area.”

Sharpe also add the the night brings alot of the community together.

"We got the Adult Jazz band performing, we got the cheerleaders, we got the auction items, we got the speakers, we got some games and all in all its just a fun night to be a part of."

Cocktails will begin at 5PM with the supper starting at 7PM.

Tickets are $50 per person or you can get a corporate table for $400 and you can get those tickets by contacting Yorkton Minor Football at 306-521-1231 or 306-621-9660.


Chat with Yorkton Minor Football's Roby Sharpe below:

Brandt's big night in Game 4 pushes the Terriers to within a win of SJHL Semi-Final round

The Yorkton Terriers have pushed the defending champion Nipawin Hawks to the brink of elimination after winning Game 4 on Wednesday night, 5-2 at the Farrell Agencies Arena.

The Terriers would get off to their best start of the series as just 4:35 in, Mason Mullaney would add his 4th goal in as many games on the PP to get out in front 1-0. Then two goals just 24 seconds just under 4 minutes later Chantz Petruic and Quin Hobbs would give the home-side a 3-0 lead and that would draw a goalie change from the Hawks as Declan Hobbs was pulled after allowing 3 goals on 10 shots. Before the 1st intermission would come the Hawks cut their deficit to just two once again as  Walker Cote would hammer home a rebound off a Jaxsen Wiebe shot and would get it past Ryan Ouellette for his 2nd of the series to make it 3-1 after 1 period.

In the 2nd, the Hawks add some good chances at the beginning of the period but just didn't get the results and it would be Yorkton getting the only marker as Colby Brandt would capitalize on a Hawks' turnover at the Terrier blue-line and he would go in one beat Patrick Pugliese five-hole to make it a 3 goal lead after 40 minutes.

Josh Lester would cut the Hawks within two once again as he would chip it past Ouellette for his 1st SJHL playoff goal but in the end it would Colby Brandt wrapping up a big night icing the game with his 2nd of the night into the empty net to give the Terriers their 3rd straight win.

Terriers goaltender Ryan Ouellette improved his record to 5-2 in the playoffs after making 32 saves on 34 shots. Meanwhile Hawks starter Declan Hobbs was pulled after allowing 3 goals on 10 shots and he was relieved for Patrick Pugilese who was solid stopping 29 of 30 shots.

So the Terriers have a chance to advance to the SJHL's Final Four on Friday night with a victory in Game number 5 from the Cage in Nipawin. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Playoff Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame show is on the air starting at 7:20 with the PXP kicking off at 7:30.


Game 4 Star Colby Brandt spoke Post Game




Game 4 Post Game with Terriers Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr



In Wednesday's other SJHL game,

Brandson Hein scored the OT winner just 17 seconds into the extra frame as the Flin Flon Bombers stayed alive with a 2-1 win over the Battlefords North Stars.

The Stars still lead the series, 3-1 and will host Game 5 on Friday night

Roblin's Brook named a nominee for WHL's Top Defenceman; Local products named to WHL All-Star teams

The Western Hockey League is out with their Eastern and Western Conference nominees for their major individual awards for the 2018/19 season.

Among the nominees was Moose Jaw Warrior defenceman and Roblin, Manitoba product Josh Brook who is up as a nominee for the league's Top Defenceman.

The 19 year old Montreal Canadiens prospect had 16 goals, 59 assists for 75 points in 59 games which tied him with Saskatoon Blades D Dawson Davidson for the points lead among Dman.

Brook will go up against Canadian Junior teammate Ty Smith of the Spokane Chiefs for the award.

Other WHL award nominees can be found HERE:

Meanwhile also today (Wed), the league announced his 1st and 2nd team All-Star teams for their respective conferences.

Brook, Moosomin's Dawson Davidson (Saskatoon Blades), and Swan River's Tristan Langan of the Moose Jaw Warriors were all named to the Eastern Conference's 1st All-Star team while the Pas, MB's Connor Dewar (Everett Silvertips) was selected to the 1st All-Star team for the Western Conference.

To take a look at the full list of All-Star teams Click Here

Waywayseecappo Wolverines Coaches Show - March 19th edition

In the final Waywayseecappo Wolverines' Coaches show of 2018/19, Head Coach/GM Taylor Harnett recaps the season that came to an end over the weekend, talks about their improvement and talks about what the graduating 20 year olds meant to the organization.

Bruchkowski's 2 goals leads Terriers to Game 3 home ice win over Nipawin

The Yorkton Terriers have won their 2nd straight in the SJHL Quarter-Final series defeating the Nipawin Hawks 3-2 in Game 3 from the Farrell Agencies Arena.

The Hawks like they did in Game 1 would strike first as Jaxsen Wiebe would beat Ryan Ouellette over the far side for his 1st of the playoffs to make it 1-0. But the Terriers would respond just 1:10 later as Colby Brandt's long shot would hit the stick of Cody Bruchkowski and get past Declan Hobbs for the Cochenour, Ontario's 2nd of the playoff to make it even at 1-1 after 20 minutes.

In the 2nd, Nipawin would regain their one goal lead as Jake Tremblay would find a loose puck and slide past Ouellette for his 3rd of the postseason to make it 2-1. But once again the Terriers would come back to even it up as on the PP, Mason Mullaney took a nice feed from Branden Klatt and walked to the high-slot and beat the Hawks netminder for his 3rd to even it up at 2-2 after 2 periods.

The Terriers would get the only marker of the 3rd at the 4:29 mark and it would stand up as the game winner as Colby Brandt made a nice inside-out move around a Hawks defender and would send it on net where Cody Bruchkowski would tap in for his 2nd of the postseason to give the Terriers the home ice victory.

Terriers G Ryan Ouellette turned aside 29 of 31 shots to earn his 4th playoff win while his counterpart in veteran Declan Hobbs made 24 stops in the loss.

The two teams will go right back at it in Game 4 on Wednesday night from the FAA. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame show begins at 7:20 with the PXP starting at 7:30.

If you want to get your tickets for Game 4, you can do so by clicking HERE


Post Game with Terriers F Cody Bruchkowski



Post Game with Terriers HC/GM Mat Hehr



Other SJHL Quarter-Final results:

Estevan Bruins 4 Humboldt Broncos 8
(Humboldt leads Best of 7 series, 3-1)


Melfort Mustangs 1 Kindersley Klippers 2 (OT)
(Melfort leads Best of 7 series, 3-1)


Battlefords North Stars 3 Flin Flon Bombers 2 OT
(Battlefords leads Best of 7 series, 3-0)

Two Wadena rinks capture Curl Sask Provincial titles over weekend

It was a pretty successful weekend for rinks out of the Wadena Curling Club.

First off, Delores Syrota captured their 2nd straight Saskatchewan Master's Womens Curling Championship after a 8-3 victory over Moose Jaw's Lorraine Arguin in the Final yesterday (Sun) from Watrous.

Meanwhile, Jayden Bindig and his Wadena foursome won the Optimist U18 Men's Provincial title in Regina after a 5-2 victory over Daymond Bernath of Saskatoon.

Bindig will play in U18 Nationals this April in Sherwood Park, AB while Syrota advances to the Canadian Masters Championships that runs next month in Saskatoon

Keenleyside's Hat-Trick helps Terriers earn road split after Game 2 victory in Nipawin on Saturday

The Yorkton Terriers captured a wild Game 2 on Saturday defeating the Nipawin Hawks 5-4 to even up their Best of 7 Quarter-Final at 1-1. 

The Terriers would get the only goal of the opening frame as Cole Keenleyside (pictured above) would get his 1st of playoffs with 1:36 left in the 1st period to give the visitors the early 1-0 lead. 

In the 2nd, the Hawks would explode with 3 goals in first 4:28 off the sticks of Austen Flaman, Jordan Simoneau and Michael Makarenko to give Nipawin a 3-1 lead. But the Terriers would respond with two more quick ones just a short time later both off the stick of Cole Keenleyside who completed his Hat-Trick to make it 3-3 after 40 minutes. 

Mason Mullaney would pull the Terriers back in front just 3:17 into the 3rd as his long shot would beat Declan Hobbs to make it 4-3. Then just over 5 minutes Mullaney would add his 2nd of the period as he would take a nice feed in front from Chantz Petruic and make no mistake to make it a two goal lead. The Hawks would try and battle back but they would only be able to get one by Ryan Ouellette from Jake Tremblay as the Terriers hung on for the road win.

Terriers G Ryan Ouellette turned aside 40 of 44 shots to earn his 3rd SJHL playoff win while Declan Hobbs made 30 saves in the loss. 

The series will now shift back to the Farrell Agencies Arena for Games 3 & 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday. GX94 will broadcast both games with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey with the "Sask Milk" pregame kicking off at 7:20 and PXP beginning at 7:30. 

**If you want to get your tickets for Games 3 and 4 in Yorkton you can do so by clicking HERE 

Elsewhere in the SJHL Playoffs,

Flin Flon 1 Battlefords 2 (OT) 

**Kaden Boser with winner 11:01 into overtime

(Battlefords leads Best of 7, 2-0) 

Kindersley 2 Melfort 5 

**Carson Albrecht with 2G for MFT

(Melfort leads Best of 7, 2-0) 

Humboldt 2 Estevan 4

**Jayden Davis with 2 goals for EST

(Best of 7 Series tied at 1-1) 

March. 15th MJHL/SJHL Local Recap

Stamps' earn sweep over Dauphin; Wolverines' season ends on home ice in Friday's MJHL Playoff Recap 

The Swan Valley Stampeders punched their ticket into the MJHL's Semi-Final round on Friday night after a 7-5 victory over the Dauphin Kings to complete the 4 game sweep of their Parkland rivals.

The Stamps would get the early lead in Game 4 as Brad Goethals would hammer one over the right shoulder of Bryan Landsberger for his 3rd of the playoffs, to make it an 1-0 for the visitors just 32 seconds in. But the Kings would respond in a big way in the period as they notched two straight PP goals off the sticks of Cole DeKonick and Eamonn Miller to help Dauphin earn a 2-1 lead after 1 period with shots even at 12-12.

Avery Smith would give the Kings an early two goal lead in the 2nd, but shortly after back to back goals jut 1:58 apart from Tucker Scantlebury and Josh Tripp pulled Swan back even at 3-3. But an answer back marker from Nakodan Greyeyes gave Dauphin a 4-3 advantage after 40 minutes.

In the 3rd, big Alex Uryga (pictured above) would continue his hot play as he would tuck in his 2nd of the playoffs to pull them all event at 4-4. But once again the Kings would grab another one goal lead, this time it was from Carter Sawchuk who went top shelf on Merek Pipes to make it 5-4. The Stamps though would explode 3 unanswered goals including 2 from Kasyn Kruse and a empty netter from Matt Osadick to help them complete the comeback to advance on.

Stamps' G Merek Pipes made 36 saves to improve to 4-0 in the postseason while on the other side, Bryan Landsberger turned aside 43 shots in the loss.

The Stamps' now advance to the MJHL Semi-Finals which will most likely begin next weekend in Swan River, their opponent though is still to be determined.

Elsehwere,

The Waywayseecappo Wolverines had their 2018/19 season come to an end on Friday as they 5-2 on home ice in Game 4 of their Best of 7 Quarter-Final.

20 year olds Jake Bestul and Brandon Lawson scored for the Wolverines in their final games of Junior hockey while Isaac Labelle in his Junior finale turned aside 25 of 30 shots.

Sam Huston had 2 goals to lead the Terriers who'll join the Stamps in the Semi-Final round.

With the Wolverines' season coming to an end, the Junior careers also came to an end for graduates: Isaac Labelle, Brandon Lawson, Greg Lee, Karstin McDonald, and  captain Jake Bestul. I just would like to congratulate them on their Junior careers and wish them the best going forward!

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Terriers drop opener in SJHL Quarter-Final matchup with Nipawin in Friday's SJHL Playoff Recap 

The Nipawin Hawks scored two goals 6:50 apart in the 2nd period to lead them a 3-0 Game 1 victory over the Yorkton Terriers to open up their SJHL Quarter-Final matchup.

Jake Tremblay, Walker Coter and Arik Breton (empty netter) scored for the Hawks while Declan Hobbs turned aside 30 shots for the shutout.

18 year old Ryan Ouellette made 29 saves for the Terriers in the loss.

The two teams will meet in Game 2 of their Best of 7 series on Saturday night from Nipawin. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame show kicks off at 7:20 with PXP starting at 7:30PM.


Other SJHL Quarter-Final openers:

Kindersley 1 Melfort 2

Humboldt 4 Estevan 1

Flin Flon 0 Battlefords 3

(Nipawin, Melfort, Humboldt and Battlefords now lead their Best of 7 series, 1-0 with Game 2's happening on Saturday night)

Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show - March 15th edition

In this weeks edition of the Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Barry Wolff recaps the teams first 3 games of their series and preview's Game 4 tonight (Fri) in Dauphin

Local teams competing in SHSAA Regional Championships this weekend!

It's a busy weekend for Saskatchewan High School Basketball as Boys and Girls Regional Championships will be held all over the province.

1A Boys Regional
(In Middle Lake)
2:45PM - Preeceville vs. Paradise Hill

(In Coronach)
8PM- Rocanville vs. Thunderchild

2A Boys Regional
(in Norquay)
6PM- Wynyard vs. Norquay
8PM- Balcarres vs. Saskatoon Christian

3A Boys Regional
(in Regina)
6:15PM- Churchbridge vs. Watrous
8PM- Melville vs. Caronport

(at Valley Christian Academy)
8PM- Indian Head vs. Sandy Bay

4A Boys Regional
(In Moose Jaw)
6PM- Yorkton Sacred Heart vs. Saskatoon Bedford Road

5A Boys Regional
(at Yorkton Regional)
8PM- North Battleford vs. Yorkton Regional



1A Girls Regional
(at Middle Lake)
8PM- Rocanville vs. Middle Lake

2A Girls Regional
(In Canora)
6PM- Canora vs. Redvers
8PM- Foam Lake vs. Rosthern

(In Wynyard)
6PM- Wynyard vs. Turtleford
8PM- Norquay vs Osler VCA

3A Girls Regional
(in Melville)
6PM- Melville vs. Moosomin

(in Caronport)
6PM- Esterhazy vs. Caronport
8PM- Indian Head vs. Kindersley

5A Girls Regional
(in Prince Albert)
7:30PM- Yorkton Regional vs. Weyburn


Results and Schedule here Click Here

 

Local players taking part in 2019 University Cup in Lethbridge this week!

The 2019 University Cup (USports Men's Hockey Championships are taking place this Thursday to Sunday at the Enmax Center in Lethbridge, Alberta with some local flavour taking part.

The host Lethbridge Pronghorns will be the host team for the event and the squad features 5th year F and Swan Valley Stampeder alumni Justin Valentino.

"It's obviously a great opportunity to be a part of and it's huge for our University, the athletics program and for our hockey team to participate in a first class event like this", Valentino said in a phone interview with GX94. The Pronghorns will open up their event in the Quarter-Finals tonight (Thurs) against the top-ranked & defending national champion Albert Golden Bears and Valentino knows it'll be a tough test.

"They are the defending champions for a reason, and we had some tough games against this year but we also played them tough at the end of the year taking them to overtime, and in a tournament like this in a single-game elimination anything can happen so we will stick to our structure and see what happens tonight."

Meanwhile the 2nd-ranked Saskatchewan Huskies who feature Hudson Bay's Levi Cable, Grenfell's Donovan Neuls, Moosomin's Dakota Boutin and Yorkton Terrier alum Tanner Lishchynsky, they open up their play this afternoon (Thurs) at 1PM SK time against the Guelph Gryphons

Dakota Odgers (Spy Hill), Moosomin product Rykr Cole and Wayway Wolverines' alumni Troy Martyniuk & the Carleton Ravens will play their Quarter-Final on Friday afternoon at 1PM SK time vs. the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds.

For Schedule and Results Click Here


Chat with Swan Valley Stampeder alum and Lethbridge Pronghorns F Justin Valentino




Chat with Yorkton Terrier alum and Carleton Ravens F Dakota Odgers

SJHL Quarter-Final Preview: #8 Yorkton Terriers vs. #1 Nipawin Hawks

REGULAR SEASON

Nipawin's Leaders

Points: Flaman (44), Simoneau (33), Tremblay (33)

Goals: Flaman (19), Erhardt (18), Simoneau (16)

Assists: Flaman (25), Tremblay (25), Breton (23), Misskey (23)

D-Man Points: Misskey (25), Gerlib (23), Lenchyshyn (15)

Rookie Points: Girod (26), Wiebe (26), Makarenko (17)


Yorkton's Leaders

Points: Petruic (84), Legien (65), Klatt (65), Brandt (65)

Goals: Legien (35), Petruic (32), Klatt (28)

Assists: Petruic (54), Brandt (41), Mark (40)

D-Man Points: Mark (51), Dubas (20), Janzen (17)

Rookie Points: Bulych (49), Gervais (19), Janzen (17)




PLAYOFFS

Yorkton's Leaders


Points: Petruic (5), Brandt (4), Klatt (4), Bruchkowski (4)

Goals: Brandt (3), Klatt (3), Petruic (2)


Season Series (4 games)

Sept 24th-- 5-3 Nipawin (at SJHL Showcase)

Oct 30th-- 7-2 Nipawin (in Yorkton)

Dec 7th-- 2-1 Nipawin (in Yorkton)

Feb 23rd-- 5-2 Nipawin (in Nipawin)



Nipawin: 4-0-0
Yorkton: 0-4-0


Goaltending

Nipawin (Regular Season)

#1 Patrick Pugliese-- 20GP 16-2-1 1.95GAA 0.931SV%
#31 Declan Hobbs-- 39GP 22-13-1-2 1.84GAA 0.937SV% 6SO


Yorkton (Regular Season)

#29 Andrew Henderson-- 12-16-0-3 1SO 3.39GAA 0.902 SV%
#30 Ryan Ouellette-- 17-13-0-0 3.72GAA 0.897 SV%


Yorkton (Playoffs)

#30 Ryan Ouellette-- 3GP 2-1 3.67GAA 0.904SV%



Special Teams

Nipawin

Reg Season PP: = 10th- (16.2%)

Reg Season PK: = 1st- (88.8%)


Yorkton

Reg Season PP: 3rd- (20.4%)

Reg Season PK: 9th- (79.2%)



Playoffs PP: (1/8)= 12.5%
Playoffs PK: 4 PPG against = 63.6%



Series Schedule:

GM 1 (Fri. March 15th) – Yorkton @ Nipawin 7:30

GM 2 (Sat. March 16th)- Yorkton @ Nipawin 7:30**

GM 3 (Tues. March 19th)- Nipawin @ Yorkton 7:30

GM 4 (Wed. March 20th)- Nipawin @ Yorkton 7:30

*GM 5 (Fri. March 22nd)- Yorkton @ Nipawin 7:30

*GM 6 (Sun. March 24th)- Nipawin @ Yorkton 7:30

*GM 7 (Tues. March 26th)- Yorkton @ Nipawin 7:30

*If necessary

**On GX94