Monday 18 March 2024

SJHL Quarter-Final Preview - #5 Melville Millionaires vs. #4 Battlefords North Stars

 



5th- Melville Millionaires (32-23-0-1 = 65 points vs. 4th- Battlefords North Stars (36-15-4-1 = 77 points)  

"Regular Season Head to Head
"

Sept 30th/23 - 3-1 Melville 
Dec 2nd/23- 4-3 Melville (OT) 
Jan 23rd/24 - 7-4 Battlefords 
Feb 24th/24- 4-1 Melville 

Millionaires: 3-1-0
North Stars:  1-2-1


Top Scorers (Regular Season)

Millionaires: 

#77 Caden Drury - 55GP 17G 35A = 52 pts
#2 Luc Bydal - 50GP 23G 24A = 47 pts
#18 Jadon Iyogun - 48GP 23G 21A = 44 pts
#14 Colby Ball - 52GP 12G 25A = 37 pts
#17 Kole Keen - 52GP 10G 25A = 35 pts


"Goaltending"

#35 William Dyke - 40GP  24-13-1 record  2.88GAA  0.908 SV%  5SO
#30 Ethan Rau - 21GP 8-10-0 record  3.51GAA  0.890 SV%

North Stars:

#27 Kian Bell - 41GP 37G 57A = 94 pts
#18 Ben Portner - 50GP 28G 41A = 69 pts
#19 Bradley Blake - 55GP 20G 36A = 56 pts
#26 Alex Izyk - 50GP 17G 39A = 56 pts
#6 Tanner Gold - 51GP 11G 39A = 50 pts


"Goaltending"

#30 Logan Cunningham - 17GP 13-3-0 record  3.44GAA  0.895 SV%
#1 Matthew McArthur - 11GP 4-5-2 record  3.73GAA 0.895  1SO


Special Teams (Regular Season)

Power Play:

BFD-- 63/274 = 23% (3rd)
MLV-- 45/266 = 16.9% (10th)


Penalty Kill:

BFD-- 80.9% (4th)    6 SHG
MLV-- 77.2% (9th)    11 SHG



SERIES SCHEDULE


GAME 1- Fri. March 22nd - Melville Millionaires @ Battlefords North Stars - 7:30PM
 
GAME 2-Sat. March 23rd - Melville Millionaires @ Battlefords North Stars - 7:30PM

GAME 3- Tues. March 26th - Battlefords North Stars @ Melville Millionaires - 7:00PM
 
GAME 4- Wed. March 27th - Battlefords North Stars @ Melville Millionaires - 7:00PM

GAME 5-**Fri. March 29th - Melville Millionaires @ Battlefords North Stars - 7:30PM

GAME 6-**Sun. March 31st - Battlefords North Stars @ Melville Millionaires - 6:00PM

GAME 7-**Tues. April 2nd  - Melville Millionaires @ Battlefords North Stars - 7:30PM

**If Necessary

ALL GAMES WILL BE BROADCASTED ON GX94 RADIO 

Millionaires' defend Parks Cup with a road shootout win over Yorkton in Terriers' season finale



SJHL:

The Melville Millionaires' successful defended Parks Cup after defeating the Yorkton Terriers 4-3 in shootout in front of just over 1100 fans at the Westland Arena.

For the 2nd straight night the Millionaires struck first as with just 76 seconds to go in the opening period, Hudson Norris sent a nifty feed in front to Kole Keen in the slot & he made no mistake for his 9th of the year to give Melville a 1-0 lead after 1 period.

In the 2nd, the Terriers evened it up about half way through the period as Tate Schofer knocked home a rebound past Ethan Rau for his 4th of the season to make it 1-1 before Tyson Perkins rifled home his 3rd of the campaign to give Yorkton their first lead at 2-1.

The Millionaires though before the 2nd period buzzer went off answered short-handed as Hudson Norris stole a puck at his own blue-line & tucked it five-hole on Ethan Farrow for his 6th to make it even through 40 minutes.

The Terriers regained their one goal lead just 1:36 into the third and it would be Tyson Perkins yet again as his long point shot beat Rau again clean for his 2nd of the night making it 3-2.

But for the 2nd straight period it was the Mils responded with a short-handed marker as this time Kole Keen notched his 2nd goal of the day to make it 3-3.

After an entertaining overtime solved nothing, it went to a shootout where Colby Ball got the eventual game winner.

Ethan Rau earned his 8th win of the season making 26 saves on 29 shots in the win, while Terriers G turned aside 22 of 25 shots in shootout loss.

The Millionaires return to action in Game 1 of their first round playoff series on the road most likely on Friday night, their opponent is still to be determined.


Friday 15 March 2024

Drury's hat trick leads Millionaires to home ice win over Terriers

 TERRIERS 3, MILLIONAIRES 6

The Melville Millionaires prevailed in the 5th Highway 10 battle of the season beating the Yorkton Terriers 6-3 on Friday night. 

The Millionaires got off to a quick start with three goals in the 1st as Jadon Iyogun, Caden Drury and Bradley Banach twinkled the twine to give the Mils a 3-0 lead after 1 period. 

Aiden Knutson and Anthony Domina gave the Terriers some life in 2nd with 2 quick goals to make it a one goal game. 

The Mils regained their two goal lead when Caden Drury notched his second of the night with 9 seconds left before Terrier F Tate Schofer cut their deficit within one with just 0.9 seconds left in the period. 

But that's as close as the Terriers would get as Luc Bydal and the hat-trick goal from Drury pushed the Moneymen to the two points. 

William Dyke made 24 stops on 27 shots to earn the victory in Mils goal while Terrier starter Adam Kelly started making 3 saves on 4 shots before leaving with an injury while Ethan Farrow made 25 saves in the losing cause.

The two teams will meet once again in Yorkton on Saturday night afternoon.

Elsewhere, 

WEYBURN 4, ESTEVAN 0

FLIN FLON 2, HUMBOLDT 6

LA RONGE 0, NIPAWIN 6 

KINDERSLEY 3, BATTLEFORDS 5 

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Mar. 12th Local MJHL/SJHL Recap

WOLVERINES 4, STAMPEDERS 1 

The Swan Valley Stampeders dropped their final home game of the season on Tuesday night as Waywayseecappo kept their playoff hopes alive with a 4-1 road victory. 

After the scoreless first period the Wolverines struck just over half-way through the 2nd as Luc Cernohous finished off a 3 on 1 beating Elias Giaccari-Dimtriou over the left pad for his 2nd of the year to make it 1-0.

Sam McPeak and Sean Williams added to the visitors lead in the later stage of the period to give Waywayseecappo a three-goal advantage after 40 minutes.

In the 3rd, the Wolverines added to lead with 3:46 left in regulation when Thomas Kaufield tap home his 10th before Darren Hunt snapped the shut-out bid with a PP goal of his own to get the Stamps on the board.

Wolverines netminder Jase Wareham made 26 saves on 27 shots for the victory while Stamps' starter Elias Giaccarri-Dimitriou stopped 37/41 shots in the loss. 

The Wolverines go right back at it on Wednesday hosting Selkirk while the Stampeders wrap up their season on Saturday vs. Niverville. 

Elsewhere on Tuesday, 

PORTAGE 3, DAUPHIN 7 

NEEPAWA 10, WPG BLUES 2 

WINKLER 10, WPG FREEZE 0 

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SJHL:

HAWKS 5, MILLIONAIRES 2

The Melville Millionaires had their 6 game win streak snapped on Tuesday, 5-2 at the hands of the visiting Nipawin Hawks.

Finley Radloff scored twice for the Hawks while Braeden Jockims and Artem Hrabovetsky chipped in with singles.  Tyson Endall made 34 saves for the W. 

Bradley Banach and Jadon Iyogun replied for the Mils who got 29 saves from Ethan Rau in the win. 

The Mills return to action on Friday night hosting the Melville Millionaires on GX94. 

Three Millionaires rewarded with SJHL Weekly Honours

Three members of the Melville Millionaires were named as SJHL Weekly Award Winners from this past week. 

Forward Luc Bydal was named Rookie of the Week, Bradley Banach was the MVP of the Week while G Will Dyke captured his 3rd straight SJHL Goalie of the Week. 

Banach's  four-goal night at Notre Dame Tuesday was the first multi-goal outing of his SJHL career, and he followed that performance up with the all-important opening goal two nights later in hard-fought victory in Weyburn over the Red Wings.

Dyke earned another
 two wins put his personal start win-streak at five games, and his fifth shutout of the year, which came Saturday in a Division-clinching 1-0 victory over the Weyburn Red Wings

Meanwhile Bydal's two goals 
against Weyburn at Crescent Point Place Friday night were almost all the team needed.

He is now only five points behind and one goal ahead of, 19-year-old ‘rookie’ Travis Bryson of the Humboldt Broncos for the rookie scoring lead

Friday 8 March 2024

Millionaires' inch closer to division title after capturing 5th straight on Friday

The Melville Millionaires pushed even closer to clinching the Viterra division after winning their 5th straight on Friday night, 3-1 over the Weyburn Red Wings.

Bradley Banach continued his torrid week as he notched his 5th goal in as many nights as after a turnover in front, Luc Bydal found the 20 year old from Ontario back-door to tap home his 15th of season with 2:57 left in the first period to help the Mils lead 1-0 after 20 minutes.

In the 2nd, the Millionaires added to their lead as Luc Bydal scored a beauty for his 21st of the year with a snipe over the right shoulder of Dazza Mitchell to increase Melville's lead to two through 2 periods of play.

The Red Wings would get some life early in 3rd from their powerplay as 2:21 into the period, Jackson Ruthven banged home one through the five-hole of Will Dyke to cut the Mils lead in half.

But it would be Bydal icing it into the empty net in the final minute to help the visitors earn the two points.

William Dyke once again was solid in the Mils net making 23 saves on 24 shots to earn the win, while Wings netminder Dazza Mitchell turned aside 35 of 37 shots in the loss.

The two teams will meet once again on Saturday night from the CN Community Center for a 7:00PM face-off.


Other games in the SJHL:

NOTRE DAME 4, ESTEVAN 5

NIPAWIN 2, MELFORT 7


Yorkton Maulers (SMU18AAAHL) announce Gordon as new Head Coach

 



The Yorkton Maulers of the Saskatchewan Male Under-18 AAA Hockey league have announced the hiring of local product Jason Gordon as their new Head Coach.

"His dedication to the game, strategic mindset and ability to inspire young athletes make him an excellent addition to the program," Mauler President Greg Donnelly said in the release.




Gordon (pictured above) brings a wealth of experience in coaching including the last numbers of years as the bench boss of the Yorkton Under-18 AA Terriers and currently this season as Head Coach of Sask East Oilers U18 AA program.

"I'm honored and I'm looking forward to the challenge in working with the talented players, staff and supportive community to build on the achievements and contribute to the development of these young athletes both on & off the ice", Gordon said.

Gordon takes over Darrell Mann who held the position for the last two seasons.