Friday 23 January 2015

Stamps stung by former teammate Thomas & the Winkler Flyers 4-1


(Linden McCorrister)

After a convincing 6-0 win on Tuesday night, the Swan Valley Stampeders dropped a 4-1 decision on home ice on Friday night to the Winkler Flyers.

After a scoreless 1st period, the Flyers wouldn't take long to open the scoring just 38 seconds into the middle frame as Patrice Wren would deflect home his 12th goal of the season to give them an early 1-0 lead. Short time later, Lawson McDonald would gobble up on a rebound in front after Stamps goalie Graham Hunt made some good saves for his 9th of the year to put Winkler up 2. The Flyers weren't done there as former Stampeder Bryce Enns would snipe one top shelf on Hunt for his 9th to give them a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes.

In the 3rd, the Flyers would increase their lead to 4 with the 2 man aFdvantage as McDonald would take a nice feed in front and snap home his 2nd of the night and 10th of the season to push the Flyers up 4-zip. The Stampeders would get on the board before the final buzzer as Linden McCorrister (pictured above) would slip it five-hole on Flyers netminder Dasan Sydora to put the Stamps on the board but that's as close as they would get as Winkler Flyers won their 25th game a 4-1 win over Swan Valley, and their 3rd straight win over the Stamps.

Jagger Thomas, who was dealt from Swan to Winkler just before the Trade Deadline had 2 assists in his return to Swan River as a Flyer.

Dasan Sydora turned aside 34 Swan Valley shots for his 21st victory of the season while Graham Hunt made 31 saves in a losing cause.

The Stamps still sit one point behind the Selkirk Steelers for 6th in the MJHL standings and they will go right back at it on Saturday night when they host the Virden Oil Capitals from the Centennial Arena while Winkler will continue roady in OCN also tomorrow (Sat).

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Also in the MJHL,

The Wayway Wolverines won their 2nd straight and their 17th game of the season as they got a 3-2 road victory over the Selkirk Steelers.

Kristjon Finnson led the way for Wayway with 1G 1A while Alex Keena and Robert Briem had singles for the Wolverines.

Mitch Wiebe once again was very solid between the pipes stopping 30 shots for the victory.

The Wolverines finish off their roady on Saturday when they visit the Steinbach Pistons.

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Over in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League,

In a showdown for 1st place in the Viterra division, the Melville Millionaires were able to get a point but they fell 2-1 in the shootout to the Weyburn Red Wings.

Dalton Menke (MLV) and Braden Mellon (WEY) had the goals for their respective squads.

Jack Burgart made 35 saves for the Wings in goals while Trevor Martin stopped 31 shots in the loss. Martin now has a record of 4-3-1 with 1.10GAA and a 0.963 SV%.

The Wings/Mils are now tied for top spot in the Viterra divison standings at 42 points, with the Mils having a game in hand.

That game in hand with be on Saturday night when the Mils entertain the Notre Dame Hounds at 7:30 from the Horizon Credit Union Center.

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Also in the SJHL,

The Yorkton Terrier started off their road trip on a rough note as they lost 7-1 to former Terrier Brett Boehm and the Flin Flon Bombers on Friday night.

Boehm had 1G 1A against his former team while Brandon Switzer and Danys Chartrand also had 3 points each for the Bombers. Josh Ellis had the lone marker for the Terriers. (Kevin Wolf got his 1st point as a Terrier with an assist)

The Terriers netminders split the duties with Dawson MacAuley giving up 5 goals on 26 shots while Matt Kustra made 14 saves on 16 shots.

These two teams will go right back at it at the Whitney Forum on Saturday at 7:30.

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