Monday 31 December 2018

Yorkton Terriers Coaches Show - Dec. 31st edition

                 

In this weeks "Minute Muffler & Brake" Yorkton Terriers Coaches Show,  Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr recaps Sunday's home loss to Melville and previews the New Year's Day showdown in Melville

Sunday 30 December 2018

Borynec's Hat-Trick leads Millionaires to 4-2 road victory over Yorkton to wrap up 2018



The Melville Millionaires wrapped up the 2018 portion of the schedule on Sunday afternoon with a 4-2 victory over the Yorkton Terriers at the Farrell Agencies Arena.

The Terriers and Mils would exchange chances in the first period on the powerplay but it would be the home side who would get the lone goal as Chantz Petruic would take a back-door feed on the PP from Colby Brandt and make no mistake for his 20th of the season to give Yorkton a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes. Shots favoured the Millionaires 16-8 after 1 period.

The Mils would even it up at 1-1 just 4:51 into the 2nd period as Luke Spadafora would find Josh Borynec (pictured above) back-door and he would put home his 8th of the season. Just a few minutes later, the Mils would strike once again as they would grab their first lead of the night as Daniel Liberty would finish off a nice passing play for his 8th to make it 2-1 and that's where we would sit after 40 minutes. Shots after 2 were 24-17 Melville.

In the 3rd, the road team would add to their lead as a nice tic-tac-toe passing would be finished off by Josh Borynec, his 9th of the year to make 3-1 Mils just 5:07 into the 3rd period.  The Parkland County, Alberta product would complete his hat-trick just 2:58 later as he would take nice pass over from Damian Bentz and go in on a breakaway and would beat Ryan Ouellette with a nice snap shot to make it a 4-1 game. The Terriers would add a late powerplay goal from Cody Bruchkowski to make it a two goal game, but thats as close as they would get.

20 year old Colby Entz made 30 saves on 32 Terrier shots to earn his 8th victory of the season while Terriers net minder Ryan Ouellette turned aside 30 shots in the losing cause and had his record drop to 11-8-0-0 on the season.

The two teams will kick off the New Year on Tuesday afternoon for their 6th meeting of the season. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame show begins at 1:50, PXP kicks off at 2PM from the Horizon Credit Union Center.

Post Game Chat with Mils Head Coach/GM Kyle Adams


Other Sunday SJHL Results:

Weyburn 3 Estevan 5

Friday 21 December 2018

Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show - Dec. 21st edition

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In this weeks edition of the Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Barry Wolff talks about Wednesday's victory over Wayway and recaps the first half of their 2018/19 season

Thursday 20 December 2018

Early Bird Ticket Deadline is today (Dec 20) for the 2019 Sasktel Men's Tankard in Whitewood



Today (Dec. 20th) is the final day to grab your Event Passes at Early Bird pricing for the 2019 Sasktel Men's Tankard that will run from Februay 6th-10th, 2019 in Whitewood.

For more information or to grab your tickets check out www.saskteltankard.com


Chat with Co-Chair Matt Bahm

Melville Prairie Fire victorious over the Regina Rebels on "Pack the Rink" Night in Melville

Around 500 people turned out for the Melville Prairie Fire's "Pack the Rink" at the Horizon Credit Union Center last night (Wed), and fans were treated to the home team coming out on top.

Jordyn Bear scored twice while Heather Fiske iced the game with empty netter with 18 seconds left to lead the Prairie Fire, who got a 38 save victory from goaltender Cheyenne Jamieson.

Hanna Bailey replied with the only goal for the Rebels.

With the win, the Prairie Fire improved their record to 6-7-1-1 on the season, good for 21 points and 5th place in the SFMAAAHL standings.

Their next game will be on Friday night when they wrap up their pre-Christmas schedule visiting the Weyburn Gold Wings.

Post Game chat with Prairie Head Coach Casey O'Brien




**Also the Melville Prairie Fire will be holding their annual Alumni Game on Saturday afternoon at the Horizon Credit Union Center. Game time will be at 4PM

Tripp's heroics leads Stampeders to a OT victory over Wayway heading into the break


20 year old Josh Tripp had the OT winner with 7 seconds left in the extra frame to lead the Swan Valley Stampeders to a come from behind 5-4 victory on Wednesday night over the Waywayseecappo Wolverines. 

Brad Goethals, Alex Uryga, Quintin Sudom and Josh Maucieri also scored for the Stamps while goaltender Michael Davis made 29 saves on 33 shots to earn the win. 

Jaymes Knee led the way with 2 goals for the Wolverines who got singles from Brandon Lawson and Gerrick Ripley. 

Wolverines' goaltender Issac Labelle turned aside 43 shots in the losing cause. 

The Wolverines will play their final game before they head out on their Christmas break on Friday night when they entertain the Dauphin Kings. 

The Stamps wrapped up their pre-Christmas schedule with a 24-7-3-2 record and 53 points, good for 2nd place overall in the MJHL standings. 

Swan will kick off their schedule once again after the break on Sat. January 5th when they host the Selkirk Steelers. 


Other Wednesday MJHL results: 

Winkler 1 Portage 6 

Dauphin 2 Neepawa 3 



Wednesday 19 December 2018

Melville Millionaires Coaches Show - December 19th edition






In this week's "Future Ford" Melville Millionaires Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Kyle Adams recaps the home and home against Yorkton and talks about the teams play heading into the Christmas break


Legien's big night leads Terriers to 4-3 road victory over Estevan

                                                 Jared Legien

The Yorkton Terriers will head into the Christmas break on a winning note after a 4-3 shootout win on Tuesday night over the Estevan Bruins at Affinity Place.

The home-team would strike first just 2:30 into the 1st as Bruins veteran Johnny Witzke would get a nice pass in front and one-time home his 10th of the season to give Estevan a 1-0 lead. The Terriers would respond though just under 4 minutes later, as Jared Legien would walk across the Bruins' blueline and use that laser wrist-shot and beat Grant Boldt over the left pad for his team-leading 27th of the year to even it up at 1-1. That score wouldn't last long though as after a mad scramble in front one of the Terriers would cover the puck in their crease which would draw a penalty shot for the Bruins. On the penalty, rookie defenceman Devan Harrison would snipe home his 2nd beating Ryan Ouellette over the right pad to regain the Bruins their one lead after 20 minutes. Shots after 1 period were 12-9 in favor for Estevan.

In the 2nd, Bryce Platt would give the Bruins their first two goal lead of the night as he would capitalize on a Terrier defensive turnover and the former Regina Pat would beat Ouellette for his 12th marker of the season to make it 3-1. But the Terriers would respond at the tail-end of a lengthy power play as Jared Legien (pictured above) would take a nice feed in the high slot from Chantz Petruic and make no mistake for his 2nd of the night & 28th of the season to cut the Terrier deficit back to just one after 2 periods. Yorkton also led the shot column after 40 minutes at 19-18.

The Terriers would grab the only goal of the third as Aiden Bulych would drive hard to the Bruins' net and re-direct a nice cross ice pass from Branden Klatt past Grant Boldt with just over 4 minutes to go in regulation to tie things up at 3-3.

After overtime solved nothing, the Terriers would get 3 big stops in the shootout from Ryan Ouellette on Bryce Platt, Turner Ripplinger and Michael McChesney and the only goal from Jared Legien to lead them to the extra point.

The Terriers now go into the break with a 20-12-1 record on the season, good for 41 points and 6 point lead now on Estevan for top spot in the Viterra division standings.

Yorkton will have just under a couple weeks off in between games, with their next game happening on Sunday Dec. 30th when they host the Melville Millionaires for 5th Highway 10 battle of the season. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame show begins at 1:50, pxp starts at 2PM from the Farrell Agencies Arena.

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

Tuesday 18 December 2018

Waywayseecappo Wolverines Coaches Show - Dec.18th edition


On this weeks Wayway Wolverines Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Taylor Harnett recaps the MJHL Showcase, this past weekends road trip through OCN and about their final couple games before the break against Swan Valley & Dauphin.

Melville Prairie Fire holding "Pack the Rink" Night on Wednesday vs. Regina Rebels



The Melville Prairie Fire (SFMAAAHL) are hoping for a nice crowd on Wednesday night when they hold their "Pack the Rink" Night when they host the Regina Rebels from the Horizon Credit Union Center.

Back in early November it was announced by the Saskatchewan Hockey Association that the Prairie Fire hockey club would be dropped from the Female Midget AAA League and sent back down to AA.

Prairie Fire President Kevin Kirkwood says the night is all about rallying up some support for the girls and the club.

"The decision that was made kinda drains you as a player, so we want to show that as a community we will show up and say hey girls we are going to fight this for you and cheer you on."

Kirkwood has been involved with the Prairie Fire organization for a number of years and he says they are a club that won't go down without a fight.

"We just got to make sure we are loud and proud & to make sure our voice is heard and we will fight this until the decision is overturned."

Kirkwood also adds the team has got some great support from former players & coaches, local politicians and first nation communities since the decision was made.

Puck drop will be at 7:30PM and admission to the game is free of charge if you bring in a small toy or non-perishable food item for the Melville Food Bank.


Chat with Melville Prairie Fire President Kevin Kirkwood

Monday 17 December 2018

Pair of Millionaires grab SJHL Weekly Awards

                                      (Daniel Liberty)                                       (Luke Spadafora)



SJHL DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK: 

Daniel Liberty, Melville Millionaires

1999 D Daniel Liberty (Edmonton AB) helped guide the Mils to two wins in three games played last week and contributed a goal and two assists on offense as well.  The Mils, who need to play a tight defensive game to win, limited Estevan to 26 shots and 1 goal on Wednesday night. Liberty picked up a goal and an assist in that game.  He also had an assist in Friday’s loss to Yorkton and was a key factor in their win against the Terriers at home on Saturday as the club allowed just two goals. For the season, Liberty has 7-goals and 9-assists in 29-games played. 

DIRECTWEST SJHL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: 

Luke Spadafora, Melville Millionaires

2000 F Luke Spadafora (Calgary AB) scored goals in each of the Mils’ three games this past week and finished with 4 points.  He was the best player on the ice in scoring once and setting up another in a win over Estevan on Wednesday. He also picked up goals in Yorkton on Friday and back at home against the Terriers on Saturday to help the Mils win two of three and take over sole possession of the final playoff spot.  Spadafora has 5-goals and 5-assists in 15-games since being acquired from Humboldt and 8-goals, 16-assists in 32-games overall.


***Mils netminder Colby Entz was runner-up for SJHL Goalie of the Week

(SJHL Press Release)

Yorkton Terriers Coaches Show - Dec. 17th edition

                 

In this weeks "Minute Muffler & Brake" Yorkton Terriers Coaches Show,  Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr recaps the weekend home and home with the Melville Millionaires and previews their final game before the Christmas break on Tuesday in Estevan against the Bruins.

Big weekend for couple Roblin-born Hockey Players


Brook cracks Canadian World Junior Roster

(from Hockey Canada twitter)

Roblin, Manitoba's Josh Brook will have the chance to play for his country at the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championship.

Brook was one of players named to the Canadian roster that will compete in the tournament that takes place starting Boxing Day in Vancouver & Victoria, BC.

The 19 year old Moose Jaw Warriors defenceman is currently in his 4th year in the WHL and currently has 33 points in 25 games this season.

Brook and Team Canada open up the World Junior Hockey Championships in Vancouver on Dec. 26th against Denmark.


Hawryluk makes NHL debut with Florida


(from Hockey DB

It was a pretty special moment for Roblin's Jayce Hawryluk over the weekend.

The 22 year old former Brandon Wheat King made his National Hockey League debut over the weekend with the Florida Panthers on Saturday night in their 4-3 OT win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Hawryluk played just under 6 minutes in the game and had 2 shots on goal.

Currently this season with the AHL's Springfield Thunderbirds, he has 7 goals, 21 assists for 28 points in 25 games.

Stampeders' drop Sunday home game to Steinbach

The Swan Valley Stampeders dropped their 2nd to last game before the Christmas break on Sunday, falling 4-3 to the visiting Steinbach Pistons at the Centennial Arena.

The Pistons would get the only goal of the opening period as a Brandon Westbrook long shot would provide a big rebound in front and it would be Brady Tatro would be "Johnny on the Spot" & tuck home through the five-hole of Merek Pipes for his 16th goal of the season to make it 1-0 Steinbach after 1 period. Shots were 13-5 Stampeders.

Steinbach would continue their strong play into the 2nd and would add to their lead as just 3:21 in, Tanner Mole would deflect home a Brendan Martin pass past Pipes for his 13th of the season to make it 2-0. Then just 2:36 later, Brady Tatro would capitalize on a Stampeder turnover and snipe home his 2nd of the night to push their lead to 3. They would make it 4-0 just over half way through the 2nd as David Queree would pick up a rebound and beat the Stamps goaltender over the right shoulder. That goal would also spell a goaltender change as Michael Davis would come in for Merek Pipes. The Stamps would get one back before the 2nd buzzer would go off as Jaden Townsend would take a nice feed in the slot from Tanner McKechnie and put home his 12th of the year to cut the Stamps deficit to 4-1 after 40 minutes. Shots after 2 period were 21-15 Swan Valley.

In the 3rd, the MJHL's leading scorer Josh Tripp took over and almost brought his team back even. Tripp would kick things off with a PP goal just 1:28 into the final frame, his 25th of the season to make it a 4-2 game. He would then bring his team within one with his 2nd of the night with 3:11 to go in regulation but that's as close as they would get on this night.

Matt Lenz was solid in the Pistons' net making 29 saves on 32 shots. Meanwhile Stamps' starter Merek Pipes was pulled in 2nd after giving up 4 goals on 12 shots before being relieved by Michael Davis who turned aside all 10 shots he faced.

The Stampeders' will wrap up their pre Christmas schedule on Wednesday night when they host the Waywayseecappo Wolverines at the Centennial Arena. Puck drop will be at 7:30.

Post Game with Associate Coach/Director of Player Personnel Darren Webster





Elsewhere on Sunday in MJHL,

Waywayseecappo 2 OCN 3


Portage 5 Winkler 4 (OT)


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Stampeders' Osadick & Canada West capture WJAC Bronze Medal in Bonnyville


                  (from MJHLhockey twitter)
Team Canada West captured their 10th ever medal at the World Junior A Challenge on Sunday in Bonnyville, Alberta. 

Canada West which included Swan Valley Stampeder forward Matt Osadick (pictured above, 2nd from right) defeated the Czech Republic 3-1 in the Bronze Medal Game.

The Grande Pointe, MB product was held pointless in 6 games.


Osadick is expected back in the Stampeder line-up on Wednesday night in their pre-Christmas finale against the Waywayseecappo Wolverines.


Sunday 16 December 2018

Mils; Stampeders both home ice winners in Dec. 15th Local SJHL/MJHL Recap


It was a split of the Highway 10 home and home series this past weekend.

After the Yorkton Terriers won 6-2 on Friday, the Melville Millionaires came back with a 3-2 win on Saturday night at the Horizon Credit Union Center.

Colby Brandt got the Terriers on the board in the 1st period, but the Mils would score the next 3, Luke Spadafora and two from Luke Nkwama (pictured above) 

Jared Legien would add his 26th goal of the season with 16 seconds to go but thats as close as they would get. 

Colby Entz made 33 saves in the Mils net to earn his 7th victory of the season while Terriers net minder Ryan Ouellette turned aside 32 shots in the loss. 

The Mils are officially are on their Christmas break and they will return to action on Sunday Dec 30th when they visit the Yorkton Terriers. The Terriers wrap up their pre Christmas schedule on Tuesday night when they visit the Estevan Bruins. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame show begins at 7:20, pxp starts at 7:30. 

Elsewhere in the SJHL,

Kindersley 6 Flin Flon 1 

Nipawin 5 La Ronge 2 

Estevan 8 Weyburn 2 

Humboldt 2 Melfort 6 


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In the MJHL on Saturday, 

Merek Pipes made 32 saves for his 1st shutout in the MJHL as the Swan Valley Stampeders earned their 23rd victory over the season as they blanked the Steinbach Pistons 3-0. 

Quintin Sudom, Brad Goethals and Josh Maucieri scored for the Stampeders. 

The Stamps and Pistons will meet this afternoon (Sun) at 4PM from the Centennial Arena in Swan River. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, pregame show begins at 3:50.

Other MJHL Results:

Winnipeg 3 Portage 4

Neepawa 0 Selkirk 3

Wayway 1 OCN 3


Saturday 15 December 2018

Brandt's 4 point night leads Terriers to Highway 10 win over Melville


The Yorkton Terriers won the latest installment of the Highway 10 battle after their convincing 6-2 victory over the Melville Millionaires on Friday night.

The Terriers got off to a quick start as just 2:37 into the game Jared Legien would get the Terriers on the board re-directing home his 24th of the season to make it 1-0. Legien would make it 2-0 just under 7 minutes later sniping one past Berk Berkeliev. Chantz Petruic would add his 19th of the year late in the 1st frame to make it a 3 goal lead after 1 period.

The Mils would cut into their deficit just 2:25 into the second as John Elliot would take a nice feed in front from Damian Bentz and make no mistake for his 3rd goal of the season to make 3-1. But just over a minute later, the Terriers would respond as Colby Brandt (pictured above) would get his 9th banking home past Colby Entz who came in relief of Berkeliev late in the 1st. Brandt would add his second of the period short-handed just before the half-way point of the period to give the home team a 5-1. Then just before the second buzzer would go off, Luke Spadafora would put home his 7th that would make it a 5-2 Terrier advantage through 40 minutes.

In the third frame, the only goal would come short-handed with just over 2 minutes as with the goalie pulled and short-handed, Kishaun Gervais would flip it high and over the Mils defence and into the empty cage for his third to ice it for the Terriers.

Terriers' goalie Ben Laidlaw in his first start in 8 games, he made 26 saves to earn his 9th victory of the season while for the Mils, Berk Berkeliev allowed 3 goals on 13 shots before being relieved by Colby Entz who made 18 saves on 20 shots.

The two teams will go right back at tonight (Sat) at the Horizon Credit Union Center. Puck drop is at 7:30.

Elsewhere in Friday's SJHL schedule:

Melfort 7 Humboldt 2

Flin Flon 8 La Ronge 2

Notre Dame 7 Weyburn 2

Friday 14 December 2018

Yorkton's Korczak selected for 2019 CHL's Top Prospects Game in Red Deer


                                                      (from KelownaNow)


The Canadian Hockey League in association with National Hockey League Central Scouting announce on Thursday the 40 players, led by 16 players from the Western Hockey League, that will compete in the 2019 Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.

Among those selected is Yorkton product and Kelowna Rockets defenceman Kaedan Korczak.

The 17 year old is currently in his 2nd WHL season and has compiled 2 goals, 15 assists for 17 points in 33 games with the Rockets.


The 24th annual  CHL’s top prospects eligible for the NHL Draft will be played on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta.

Osadick & Canada West dropped preliminary round finale to Czech Republic at World Junior "A" Challenge; Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches - Dec 14th

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In this weeks edition of the Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Barry Wolff recaps their two showcase games and previews their two matchups this weekend with the Steinbach Pistons.




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Vojtek Strondala scored the winner in the shootout, and had a goal and an assist in regulation, and the Czech Republic went on to 5-4 victory over Swan Valley Stampeder F Matt Osadick and Canada West at the 2018 World Junior A Hockey Challenge in Bonnyville, AB on Thursday.

Harrison Blaisdell had two goals, while Riley Hughes and Austin Wong had singles for Canada West who finished preliminary round with a 2-1-1 record.

Canada West has advanced to Saturday's Semi-Finals but their opponent has yet to be determined.

Thursday 13 December 2018

Mils win; Stamps lose in OT in Dec 12th Local SJHL/MJHL Recap


The Melville Millionaires used a 3 goal opening period on Wednesday night as they won their 2nd straight game with a decisive 5-1 victory over the Estevan Bruins at the Horizon Credit Union Center. 


Daniel Liberty, Aidan Steinke and Luke Spadafora (pictured above) led the way with 1G 1A each while Cory Schillo and Josh Borynec chipped in with singles.

Colby Entz made 25 saves on 26 shots to earn his 2nd straight win in goal for Melville.

Kolton Leslie replied with the only goal for the Bruins while Kadin Kilpatrick stopped 13 of 18 shots in the loss.

The Mills' next game will be in Yorkton on Friday night for the 3rd Highway 10 battle of the season. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame begins at 7:20, pxp starts at 7:30 from the Farrell Agencies Arena.

Other Wednesday SJHL results:
Nipawin Hawks 3  Kindersley Klippers 2 (SO)

Humboldt Broncos 2  Notre Dame Hounds 4




The fourth and final day of the MJHL Showcase took place on Wednesday in Winnipeg,


The Swan Valley Stampeders earned 3 out of a possible 4 points at the Showcase.

After their win over Portage on Tuesday, the Stamps got a point on Wednesday afternoon but fell 5-4 in overtime to the Selkirk Steelers.

The Stamps got out to a 4-1 deficit after 2 periods but stormed back with goals from Troy Quinn (2) and Josh Tripp in the third to tie it up at 4-4 and force overtime.

Connor Barley would get the game winner for the Steelers just 2:22 into the extra frame.

 Tripp would open the scoring for Swan in the 1st while Michael Davis made 25 saves for Swan in the overtime loss.

The Stampeders return to action at home on the weekend for a couple games on Saturday and Sunday against the visiting Steinbach Pistons.

Other Wednesday showcase matchups:
Dauphin Kings 3  Portage Terriers 4
Steinbach Pistons 1 Virden Oil Capitals 2 OT


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Swan Valley's Osadick and Canada West drop first game at World Junior "A" Challenge in Bonnyville


Yaroslav Askarov made 31 saves as Russia blanked Swan Valley Stampeder forward Matt Osadick & Canada West 3-0 on Wednesday at the 2018 World Junior A Hockey Challenge.

Nikolai Burenov, Aleksandr Gordin and Maksim Groshev supplied the offence for Russia (3-0-0), which sits atop the standings at the five-team tournament.

Matthew Davis started in net for Canada West (1-1-1) and was pulled after allowing three goals on 12 shots.

Steinbach Piston netminder Matthew Radomsky played the final 35 minutes and stopped all 16 shots his way.

Preliminary-round action continues Thursday with Canada West against the Czech Republic. Puck drop is at 8PM MB time

Tuesday 11 December 2018

Stamps' storm back to beat Portage 4-3 to open up MJHL Showcase



The Swan Valley Stampeders opened up their 2018 MJHL Showcase on Tuesday afternoon with a 4-3 come from behind win over the Portage Terriers.

The Terriers got off to a hot start with two first period goals from Braden Billaney and Orca Wiesblatt to give them an early 2-0 lead after 1 period.

The Stamps would get one bak early in the 2nd as Alex Uryga would knock home his 6th of the season past former Stampeder Ethan Peterson. But just 1:44 later, Jay Buchholz would regain Portage's one goal lead 3-1. But two more 2nd period goals by Quintin Sudom and Josh Tripp would pull Swan even at 3-3 after 40 minutes.

In the 3rd it would Captain Jaden Townsend providing the heroics as he would bang home a rebound past his former teammate for his 11th goal of the season to give the Stamps the two points.

Campbell Balk (pictured above) also had a big night for Swan with 3 assists while Swan G Merek Pipes made 28 saves to earn the victory.

Swan improved their record to 22-6-2-2 on the season going for 48 points and into a first place tie with Portage atop MJHL standings.

Swan Valley will wrap up their MJHL Showcase on Wednesday afternoon at 1PM from the Seven Oak Rec Center when they face off with the Selkirk Steelers.


Post Game with Stamps Associate Coach Darren Webster:




Other Tuesday MJHL showcase results:


Wayway 3 Dauphin 0

Virden 4 Winkler 2


Wednesday's Showcase Schedule:

1PM - Swan Valley vs. Selkirk

4PM- Dauphin vs. Portage

7PM- Steinbadh vs. Virden

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SJHL

Chantz Petruic scored twice including the OT winner as the Yorkton Terriers beat the Melfort Mustangs 5-4 on Tuesday night at the FAA.

Branden Klatt, Kishaun Gervais, and Kurri Woodford also scored Yorkton who got a 36 save performance from goaltender Ryan Ouellette in the win.

The Mils next action will be on Friday night when they host the Melville Millionaires for their 3rd meeting of the season. "Sask Milk" Pregame begins at 7:20, pxp starts at 7:30 with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey on GX94.

Other Tuesday score:

Battlefords 2 Nipawin 0


Monday 10 December 2018

Local Hockey Players crack rosters for 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer



Saskatchewan Hockey Association announced their Male and Female rosters on Monday that will represent Saskatchewan at the upcoming 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alberta.

The U18 Female roster includes Melville Prairie Fire defenceman and Wapella product Allison Hayhurst and Theodore's Chace Sperling of the Saskatoon Stars.

Meanwhile Moosomin's Kyle Bochek (Notre Dame Midget AAA Hounds) cracked the U16 Male roster.

The 2019 Canada Winter Games will run from Feburary 15th to March 3rd in Red Deer, AB.

For more information on the Sask hockey rosters Click Here

Yorkton Terriers Coaches Show - Dec. 10th edition; Ouellette named SJHL Goalie of the Week

                 

In this weeks "Minute Muffler & Brake" Yorkton Terriers Coaches Show,  Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr recaps Friday's loss to Nipawin and previews Tuesday's showdown against the visiting Melfort Mustangs & the weekend Highway 10 home and home with Melville




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Ouellette named SJHL Goalie of the Week




2000 G Ryan Ouellette (Colorado CO) backstopped the Terriers with 74-saves on 78-shots in two games played this past week as the rookie netminder has assumed the number one role on the team, in part, through his performance over the last month. Ouellette went 1-and-1 this week, with his loss being a 2-1 defeat to the Nipawin Hawks. He led the Terriers to a 3-2 overtime win over Estevan earlier in the week and he’s allowed three goals or less in five straight starts. Overall, he’s lowered his GAA to 3.59 and his SPCT sits at an even .900 to go along with a record of 9-and-6. Runner-up: Joel Grzybowski, Battlefords.

**Mils defenceman Jacob Bourchier was named runner-up for SJHL Rookie of the Week

Swan Valley's Osadick & Canada West open up World Junior A Challenge with victory over USA

Canada West opened its quest for a second-straight gold medal at the World Junior A Challenge the same way it ended last year's with a win over the U.S.

Matthew Davis made 41 saves in regulation and overtime before stopping six-of-seven attempts in the shootout and Alex Newhook scored the winner as Canada West held off the U.S. for a 2-1 victory on Sunday.

The next game for Swan Valley Stampeder forward Matt Osadick & Canada West will be tonight (Mon) at 8PM SK time when they face off with Canada East.

Canada East dropped their opener on Sunday to the Russians.

Results/Schedule Here

Sunday 9 December 2018

Local Weekend MJHL/SJHL Recap

SWAN VALLEY STAMPEDERS




The Swan Valley Stampeders captured their only game of the weekend coming back to beat the Dauphin Kings 5-4 on Sunday night on the road.

The Stamps would get the only goal of the 1st period on the power play as a long point shot from Quintin Sudom would draw a big rebound in front and it would be Captain Jaden Townsend jumping on it and tucking it home for his 10th of the season to give Swan a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes. Shots were 13-11 Swan Valley.

Just 5:16 into the 2nd, the Kings would even it up as Byron Fobair would jam one home to make it 1-1. Just over 2 minutes later, the Kings would grab their first lead of the night as Avery Smith would defect home a Riley Shamray point shot to beat Merek Pipes to make it 2-1. But 3:04 later on the PP, Josh Tripp would walk out and wrister would beat Ethan Slobodzian over the left pad for his 21st of the season to even it back up at 2-2. The Kings would grab their one goal lead with just over a minute left when Carter Sawchuk's back-hander would sneak through pipes with his 9th of the year to make it 3-2 Dauphin after 2 periods.

The home team would grab their first two goal lead of the night just 7:31 into the 3rd on the PP as Wayde Johannesson would take a big rebound off the end boards and bang it past a sprawled out Stampeder goaltender to make it 4-2. But the Stampeders would once again come back with a late game comeback. First Brian Harris would cut the Stamps within one with his 6th goal of the season to make it 4-3 with just 2:52 left. Then it would be reigning MJHL Player of the Month Brad Goethals pulling the visitors even taking advantage of a Kings' turnover and putting home his 19th of the season and 5th goal in as many nights to make it 4-4.

After a back and forth start to overtime, it would be Swan Valley completing the comeback. After an intense forecheck, Quintin Sudom would walk out from behind the Kings' net and send it on net and it would be re-directed in by Campbell Balk (pictured above) through the five hole of Slobodzian to give the Stamps' the extra point.

Merek Pipes made 39 saves on 43 shots to earn the victory for Swan while Ethan Slobodzian had 24 saves in the loss.

Both teams' next action will be at the MJHL Showcase in Winnipeg on Tuesday. Swan Valley will take on the Portage Terriers at 1PM while Dauphin meets the Wayway Wolverines at 4PM.

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The Melville Millionaires earned a split in their 2 games this past weekend.

The Mils dropped a 3-1 decision on Friday night to the Melfort Mustangs but rebounded with a big 4-3 win on Saturday in Weyburn against the Red Wings.

Damian Bentz (pictured above) scored the eventual game winner for the Mils who got singles from Jacob Bourchier, Mike Wong and Sam De Melo.

Colby Entz turned aside 26 of 29 shots to earn the victory in goal for the Moneymen.

The Mils next game will be another Viterra division showdown on Wednesday night when they host the Estevan Bruins at 7:30 from the Horizon Credit Union Center.

YORKTON TERRIERS 

The Yorkton Terriers had their 4 game winning streak snapped on Friday night losing 2-1 on home ice to the defending champion Nipawin Hawks.

Former Terrier Austen Flaman and Branden Klatt exchanged goals early on to make it 1-1 before Hawks' F Christian Bosa scored the eventual game winner with 5:50 left in the 2nd period.

The Terriers will try and return to the win column on Tuesday night when whey they host the Melfort Mustangs at the Farrell Agencies Arena. Puck drop is at 7:30.


Friday 7 December 2018

Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show - Dec. 7th edition

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In this weeks edition of the Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Barry Wolff talks about Wednesday's win in OCN, F Matt Osadick cracking Canada West and previews Sunday's matchup in Dauphin

Wednesday 5 December 2018

Swan Valley's Osadick cracks Canada West for 2018 World Junior "A" Challenge; Stamps' snap 4 game slide with big win in OCN




Hockey Canada announced their roster on Wednesday that will represent Canada West at the upcoming 2018 World Junior A Challenge that runs December 9th-16th in Bonnyville, Albeta.

Among those selected was Swan Valley Stampeder forward and 18 year old Matt Osadick. 

The Grande Pointe, MB product has had a career year this season, compiling 18 goals, 24 assists for 42 points in 27 games, which puts him behind his linemate Josh Tripp in 2nd spot in the MJHL scoring race. 

Osadick was one of 3 MJHLers named to the Canada West roster which also includes F Reilly Funk (Portage Terriers) and G Matt Radomsky (Steinbach Pistons). 

Canada West will open up their tournament on Sunday at 7PM against the USA before taking on Canada East on Monday, Russia on Wednesday and the Czech Republic to wrap up their round robin schedule on Thursday. The Playoffs will go on the weekend. 

For more information or to look at the rest of the Canada West roster Click Here 



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Stamps' snap 4 game slide with big road win in OCN


The Swan Valley Stampeders' returned to the win column in a big way on Wednesday as they hammered the OCN Blizzard 6-2 on the road.

Reigning MJHL Player of the Month Brad Goethals had a big night with 4 goals while line-mate Josh Tripp (pictured above) chipped in 1G 4A of his own to lead the way.

Alex Uryga had the other goal for Swan while 20 year old Merek Pipes made 29 saves on 31 shots to pick up his 5th victory of the season.

Darren Gisti and Dodge Long replied with the goals for the Blizzard.

The win snapped Swan's 4 game losing streak and pulled them back within 2 points of Portage for top spot in the MJHL standings after the Terriers fell on Wednesday 5-3 on home ice to the Virden Oil Capitals.

The Stamps' return will look for back to back wins when they return to action on Sunday afternoon in Dauphin against the Kings. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, pregame begins at 3:50, pxp will start at 4PM.


Other MJHL result from Wednesday,

Nathan Reay made 29 saves to earn his 3rd win of the season as the Waywayseecappo Wolverines defeated the visiting Neepawa Natives 3-2 at the Wayway Arena Complex.

Brandon Lawson, Bryce Krauter and Riley Vautour all scored for the Wolverines while Tom Sweeney and Noah Carson replied for Neepawa.

The Wolverines' next game will be on Friday night when they visit the Dauphin Kings at 7:30 from Dauphin's Credit Union Place.

Melville Millionaires Coaches Show - December 5th edition





In this week's "Future Ford" Melville Millionaires Coaches Show, Interim Head Coach/GM Kyle Adams talks about the new role, recaps Friday's loss to Nipawin & Dec 1st roster deadline and previews this weekend's matchups with Melfort and Weyburn

Goethals named MJHL Player of the Month; Stamps trade Dyck to Kindersley

Stamps' Goethals named MJHL Player of the Month

The Manitoba Junior Hockey League came out on Tuesday with monthly award winners for November.

Swan Valley Stampeder 20 year old forward Brad Goethals was named the MJHL's Player of the Month.

The Ile des Chenes MB product had 17 points in 12 games in the month, highlighted by two game winning goals.

Currently this season, the former Saskatoon Blade has 12 goals and 30 points in 21 games.

Other monthly award winners were:

Defenceman of the Month- Caelan McPhee (Portage Terriers)

Goaltender of the Month- 
Dalton Dosch (Virden Oil Capitals)

Rookie of the Month- Owen Murray (Portage Terriers)

Peak Performer of the Month-
Xavier Halterman (Waywayseecappo Wolverines)


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Stamps' trade Dyck to Kindersley (SJHL)
The Swan Valley Stampeders made a deal on Tuesday with SJHL's Kindersley Klippers.

The Stamps' dealt 18 year old defenceman Matthew Dyck to the Klippers for future considerations.

The Calgary, AB product played in 19 games with the Stampeders this season registering 7 assists .

Ouellette shines; Bruchkowski plays hero as Terriers win 4th straight with home ice win over Estevan


The Yorkton Terriers captured their 4th straight victory on Tuesday night by coming back to defeat the Estevan Bruins 3-2 at the Farrell Agencies Arena.

Turner Ripplinger (EST) and Karsten McDonald (YKT) exchanged first period goals before Jayden Davis gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead at the 14:26 mark of the 2nd period but then with just 1:08 left in regulation Colby Brandt evened it back up at 2-2 to force overtime. 

In the overtime just 1:46 in Chantz Petruic would send a nice saucer pass over to Cody Bruchkowski who tapped it home by Grant Boldt to get the game winner. 

The Terriers with the win now sit 4 points ahead of the Bruins for top spot in the Viterra division with 6 games still in hand. 

Yorkton will be back on home ice on Friday night when they host the defending SJHL champion Nipawin Hawks at 7:30 from the Farrell Agencies Arena. 

OTHER TUESDAY SJHL RESULTS:

Humboldt Broncos 2 Battlefords North Stars 1 (SO)

Kindersley Klippers 4  La Ronge Ice Wolves  2

Flin Flon Bombers  Nipawin Hawks - Postponed due to a bus problems



Tuesday 4 December 2018

Waywayseecappo Wolverines Coaches Show - Dec. 4th edition


On this weeks Wayway Wolverines Coaches Show, Head Coach/GM Taylor Harnett recaps this past weekends road trip through Steinbach and Portage, also talked about the Dec. 1st roster deadline and previews Wednesday match-up against Neepawa

Roblin MB's Brook named to 2019 Canadian World Junior Selection Camp Roster


(Photo from: Elite Prospects)

Canada has named its roster for world junior selection camp, and it's heavy on Canadian Hockey League talent.

Hockey Canada selected 34 players for camp, with 29 of them currently playing in either the W-H-L, O-H-L or Q-M-J-H-L.

Among those invited is Roblin MB product and Moose Jaw Warriors Captain Josh Brook.

Brook is currently in his 4th season with the Warriors and so far this year has 8 goals, 21 assists for 29 points in 22 games.

Camp begins December 10th in Victoria.

The Canadians play their first world junior game on Boxing Day in Vancouver against Denmark.

Yorkton Terriers' Coaches Show - Dec 3rd edition; Petruic named SJHL Player of the Week


                                





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Terriers' Petruic named SJHL Player of the Week


CANALTA HOTELS SJHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: 

Chantz Petruic, Yorkton Terriers

1999 F Chantz Petruic (Moose Jaw SK) helped the Terriers win two tough games on the road by compiling 2-goals and 4-assists in 2-games played.  On Friday, he scored once and set up two others in a 5-2 win over the Melfort Mustangs, snapping Melfort’s 10-game winning streak. On Sunday, He got another three point outing with a goal and two assists as the Terriers won 6-3 at Humboldt.  For the season, Petruic has 16-goals and 18-assists in 26-games. Runner-up: Ty Enns, Kindersley.


**Terriers' netminder Ryan Ouellette was runner-up for SJHL Rookie of the Week

(SJHL Press Release)

Sunday 2 December 2018

Dec. 2nd Local SJHL/MJHL Recap



SJHL

Chantz Petruic and Jared Legien (pictured above) each had a 1G 2A to lead the Yorkton Terriers to their 3rd straight win on Sunday afternoon as they defeated the Humboldt Broncos 6-3.

Mason Mullaney, Colby Brandt Cody Bruchkowski and Quin Hobbs also scored while G Ryan Ouellette made 28 saves to win his 3rd straight start.

The Terriers improved their record to 16-10-1 on the season and pulled back two points ahead of the Estevan Bruins for the Viterra division lead, with 6 games in hand.

Those two teams will meet on Tuesday night at the Farrell Agencies Arena in Yorkton. Puck drop is at 7:30.


MJHL

The Swan Valley Stampeders dropped the final game of their 3 game weekend weekend road trip on Sunday, falling 6-3 to the Portage Terriers .

The Stamps lost 3-2 on Friday in Selkirk and dropped a 3-2 OT decision in Winnipeg on Saturday.

Jake Besnilian, Matt Osadick and Brian Harris scored for the Stamps while Michael Davis made 24 saves in the loss.

Logan Calder and Joey Moffatt scored twice to lead Portage.

The Stampeders had their record drop to 19-6-2-2, which sits them in the solo 2nd place, 4 points back of the Terriers for top spot in the MJHL standings.

Swan will get a couple days off and will return to action on Wednesday night when they visit the OCN Blizzard at 7PM.

Friday 30 November 2018

Terriers' go streak snapping on Friday night in Melfort



The Yorkton Terriers snapped a 9 game losing streak at the Northern Lights Palace on Friday night defeating the hometown Melfort Mustangs 5-2.

The loss also snapped the Mustangs league-high 10 game winning streak. 

The Terriers struck first just 6:25 into the hockey game as Chantz Petruic (pictured above) would beat Hunter Arps for his 15th goal of the season to make it 1-0. The Mustangs would respond just 1:31 later as SJHL leading goal scorer Justin Ball would go post and in by Ryan Ouellette for his 27th goal of the year to tie it up at 1-1. But before the 1st period would expire it would be the Terriers regaining their one goal lead as Cody Bruchkowski would take a long stretch pass from linemate Chantz Petruic and he would beat Hunter Arps over the left shoulder for his 12th to make it 2-1 Yorkton after 1 period. 

In the 2nd, the Terriers would get their first two goal lead of the night, as Cody Bruchkowski would take a nice feed in the slot and once again go top shelf for his 2nd goal of the night and 13th of the season to give the visitors a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes. 

Yorkton would start the 3rd with a bang and put the game out of reach scoring 2 goals in the first 80 seconds as first just 30 seconds in, Kurri Woodford would wrist home his 2nd, to make it 4-1 then just 32 ticks later, it would be Branden Klatt once again going high blocker on the Mustangs goaltender for his 16th that game the Terriers a 5-1 lead early in the 3rd. The Mustangs would get one in the final minute from Braeden Young, but it was a little too late. 

Terriers netminder Ryan Ouellette earned his 7th victory of the season making 30 saves while Hunter Arps suffered the loss stopping 21 shots. Shawn Parkinson came in, in relief of Arps and made 11 saves on 11 shots. 

The Terriers get the day off on Saturday before travelling to Humboldt on Sunday afternoon to tangle with the Broncos. Puck drop will be at 3PM. The Mustangs' are back in action on Saturday night when they host the Estevan Bruins.

Elsewhere in the SJHL, 

John Elliot scored and Colby Entz made 23 saves in goal but it wasn't enough as the Melville Millionaires fell on home ice, 2-1 to the Nipawin Hawks. 

It was the first game for the Mils under newly named interim Head Coach/GM Kyle Adams who took over for Devin Windle who was relieved of his duties with hockey club on Thursday. 

Austen Flaman and Carson Erhardt scored for the Hawks in the in while Declan Hobbs turned aside 15 of 16 shots to get the W.

The Mils' next game will be on Friday night when they host the Melfort Mustangs from the Horizon Credit Union Center. while the Hawks return back to home ice on Saturday hosting the Weyburn Red Wings. 


Other SJHL scores:

Flin Flon 1 Estevan 0

Weyburn 1 La Ronge 0 

Notre Dame 1 Battlefords 5 

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In the MJHL, 

The Swan Valley Stampeders' third period lead came up short as they dropped they 2nd straight, 3-2 on the road against the Selkirk Steelers.

Brian Harris and Josh Tripp pulled the Stamps within one with 3rd period goals while Merek Pipes stopped 26 shots in the loss. 

Carter Barley, Nolan Ferguson and Ryan Piwniuk scored for Selkirk who got a 30 save victory in goal from Zach Bennett. 

The Stamps continue their weekend road-trip on Saturday in the Manitoba capital against the Winnipeg Blues at 7PM while the Steelers' next game will be on Tuesday night in Virden. 

Meanwhile in Steinbach, 

The hometown Pistons used a 3 goal seocond period en route to a 5-2 victory over the visiting the Waywayseecappo Wolverines. 

Steinbach used 5 different goal scorers to lead them victoriously while Matt Radomsky got the win making 34 stops. 

Jake Bestul and Bryce Krauter replied with the Wolverines' goals. 

The Wolverines wrap up their weekend road trip on Saturday in Portage against the Terriers. 

Other Friday MJHL score: 

Virden 3 Dauphin 2 (SO)




Dec.1st SJHL/MJHL Moves

Try to keep up to date on the movement going on in MJHL and SJHL as the Dec. 1st roster deadline hits:

The Swan Valley Stampeders trade G Jackson Hjelle (99) to the Blind River Beavers for futures.


The Dauphin Kings acquire F Kolby Johnson (98) from the La Ronge Ice Wolves for F Sammy
Mouland (99) and futures.



The Steinbach Pistons acquire D Doug Johnson (98) from the Flin Flon Bombers for futures.



The Steinbach Pistons acquire F Trent Halfdanson (00) from the Winkler Flyers for F Marcel Berube (99)


The Neepawa Natives have acquire F Zak Yewchuk (00) from the Nipawin Hawks in exchange for Future Considerations.

The Dauphin Kings have traded G Brendan Benoit (00) to the Dryden Ice Dogs in exchange for Future Considerations.

The Neepawa Natives acquire F Mackenzie Walkington (00) and Eli Lieffers (00) from the Portage Terriers for F Scott Mickoski (98)

The Kindersley Klippers Grade D Noah Turanski (98) to the Cochrane Crunch (NOJHL)

The Dauphin Kings trade G Brennan Kitchen (98) to the Pembroke Lumber Kings for futures

The Humboldt Broncos acquire D Max Johnson (00) from the Calgary Canucks for D Zach Bokenfohr (99)

The Portage Terriers acquire F Orca Wiesblatt (00) from the Brooks Bandits for futures.

The Neepawa Natives acquire F Tom Sweeney (00) from the Estevan Bruins for futures

The Battlefords North Stars acquire F Dayton Heino (98) from the Neeapwa Natives for F Tanner Robin (00)

The Neepawa Natives trade F Michael Boutoussov (99) and F Kurtis Luke (00) to the Winkler Flyers for futures.

The Estevan Bruins trade G Jake Anthony (99) to the Dryden Ice Dogs (SIJHL) for futures.

The Humboldt Broncos acquire F Tyler Petrie (99) from the Grande Prairie Storm for futures

The Humboldt Broncos trade Jackson Kobelka (00) to the Waywayseecappo Wolverines for Brad Girard (98) and a player development fee.

The La Ronge Ice Wolves trade F Mitchell Zambon (98) to the Humboldt Broncos for prospects F David Wiens (01), F Boston Maxwell (02), D Drayton Hvidston (03) and a player development fee. 

Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show - Nov 30th edition

                                                     

Joined this week once again for the Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show with Head Coach/GM Barry Wolff

Thursday 29 November 2018

Melville Millionaires relieve Windle of duties as Head Coach/GM

 


The SJHL’s Melville Millionaires have announced they have let go Head Coach and General Manager Devin Windle (pictured above left).

Assistant Coach Kyle Adams (pictured above right) will take over as Interim Head Coach/GM

Windle was in his third season as bench boss with Melville who currently sit with a 8-16-4, good for a third-place tie with the Weyburn Red Wings in the Viterra Division.

"There's a few reasons, but standings-wise its not where we want it to be, I'm sure Devin would say the same thing. But it was just something we wanted to step forward and that's why we made the move," Mils President Dwayne Kraft said in a phone interview with GX94 this morning.

Kraft also said he would like to thank Devin for his time and dedication to the organization and wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

Adams' will make his debut as Interim Head Coach/GM tonight tonight (Fri) when they host the Nipawin Hawks at the Horizon Credit Union Center.

Chat with Mils President Dwayne Kraft below: