Tuesday 31 December 2019

Berkeliev; McIntyre lead Mils to home victory over Yorkton in final meeting of 2019

The Melville Millionaires took the 5th installment of the Highway 10 battle on Monday night, doubling up the Yorkton Hyundai Terriers 4-2 at the Horizon Credit Union Center.

The Mils would strike first in the final Highway 10 battle of 2019 as Dylan Wells' long point shot was stopped by Ryan Ouellette but Melville captain Aidan Steinke would bury the rebound for his 8th of the season to make it 1-0.

Just under 3 minutes later, the Terriers would respond as Kaeden Taphorn would finish off a nice passing play from Chantz Petruic and he snuck it through Berk Berkeliev for his 8th of the campaign to make it a 1-1 game after 20 minutes.

The home team regained their one goal lead early in the 2nd when Zach McIntyre would grab a loose puck in the slot and slide home his 11th of the season to make it 2-1 just 1:35 into the middle frame.

Keenan Taphorn would even it up for the Terriers with a PP goal at the 12 minute mark to tie it up at 2-2 through 2 periods.

In the 3rd, the Mils would get the eventual game winner, 4:50 as Rin Beny received a long stretch pass and his long shot would sneak through the left arm of Ryan Ouellette and into the back of the net for his 4th  to give the home team the one goal lead.

Zach McIntyre would ice the game with an empty-netter, his 2nd of the night with just 10 seconds left to play.

Berk Berkeliev recorded his 8th victory of the season in the Mils net stopped 32 of 34 Terrier shots while his counterpart Ryan Ouellette made 19 saves in the loss.

The two teams will meet once again on Wednesday to kick off 2020 with a New Years Day showdown at the Farrell Agencies Arena. GX94 will broadcast the game with the "Sask Milk" pregame starting at 1:50 and the play by play kicking off at 2PM.


Post Game with Terrier Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr



Elsewhere in the SJHL,

Estevan over Weyburn 7-1

Friday 20 December 2019

Terriers' 4 game win streak snapped after falling on home ice to Weyburn

The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers had their 4 game win streak snapped on Friday night as they were shutout, 3-0 by the Weyburn Red Wings at the Farrell Agencies Arena.

The Red Wings would get the games first goal as Shayde Peterson would capitalize on a rebound in front and get it past Phillipe Bond for his 4th of the season to make it a 1-0 lead.  They would add to their lead just under 8 minutes later as they would capitalize on another Terrier turnover, this time though would be Braden Birnie who notched home his team-leading 7th of the season to give the visitors a two goal lead after 20 minutes of play.

After a scoreless 2nd period the only goal of the 3rd would be a empty netter by Jaxon Tait to ice the game for the Wings.

Joseph Young turned aside 35 Terrier shots to earn his 2nd shutout of the season while Terrier G Phillipe Bond made 22 saves in the loss.

The Terriers will wrap up their pre-Christmas schedule on Saturday night when they visit the Estevan Bruins with puck drop at 7:30 from Affinity Place.

SJHL partners with STARS for new 50/50 Lottery

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with STARS air ambulance to form the STARS/SJHL 50-50 Lottery.


The Lottery will last through the remainder of the 2019-2020 SJHL season. Each SJHL team will host a STARS game night, in which 50-50 lottery tickets will be sold. Half of the proceeds will go to the winner, and the rest will be divided equally by STARS and the SJHL.

Bill Chow, President of the SJHL, stated, “STARS has made a significant impact across Saskatchewan, saving many lives with their air ambulance service. We hope that the 50-50 Lottery partnership with STARS helps raise the funds needed to replace the STARS air ambulance fleet in Saskatchewan.”

Since its inception in 1985, STARS has flown over 42,000 missions across Western Canada. Last year alone, STARS flew 812 missions in Saskatchewan. The proceeds to STARS from the SJHL partnership will support the non-profit’s fleet renewal efforts in the province through a community-based initiative called The Pegasus Project.

“Just as the SJHL was built for communities by communities, so was STARS. Both organizations want to invest in our communities and so the progressive 50-50 fundraiser is a good way, said Tammy Beauregard, development officer with the STARS Foundation.  “The 50/-0 is a win-win for both organizations and a lucky winner!”

In addition to ticket purchases at the games, people can support the initiative and get a chance at winning by going to SJHL5050.ca to purchase tickets.

 The 50-50 lottery runs until March 6.

(SJHL Press Release)

Wednesday 18 December 2019

Stampeders' win 5th straight after big home ice victory over OCN

The Swan Valley Stampeders earned their 5th straight victory in a big way on Wednesday night after a 7-2 win over the OCN Blizzard at the Centennial Arena.

Ryley Lanthier would open the scoring for the Stampeders in the 1st just 2:33 in as he chipped in with his 4th marker of the season to make it an early 1-0 lead.

The Blizzard would respond though quickly as Aidan Litke would finish off a nice passing play from Ryan Butler and Boston Bird for his 2nd career MJHL goal to pull OCN even at one goal apiece.

But the Stamps came back with 3 unanswered off the sticks of Luke Beerman (12), Tommy Cardinal  (12) and Daunte Fortner (4) to give the home-side a 3 goal lead at 4-1 after 20 minutes of play.

Swan Valley would continue their offensive outburst very early in the second as just 3:37 in, Crosby, Minnesota product Josh Maucieri would walk in from the OCN blue-line and snipe home his 4th of the campaign over the left shoulder of Zack Cloutier, then after that Frazer Dodd added another to make it a 6-1 Stamps advantage, 8:34 into the middle frame.

The two teams would exchange goals towards the 2nd half of the period off the sticks of Jaxon Blight (OCN) and Nathan Carl (SV) to wrap up the scoring summary on this night.

Mikael Foucher made 27 saves on 29 shots in the Swan net to earn his 14th victory of the season while Danick Rodrigue started the game for OCN & allowed 4 goals on 18 shots through 1 period before Zack Cloutier came in and turned aside 18 shots in relief.

The Stampeders' will wrap up their pre-Christmas schedule on Saturday night when they entertain the Portage Terriers at the Centennial Arena.

The Blizzard's next opponent will also be the Terriers' when they host them on Friday night.

Dec. 17th Local Junior A Recap

SJHL
Captain Chantz Petruic cashed in with 4 goals to lead the Yorkton Hyundai Terriers to a 5-3 victory over the Nipawin Hawks on Tuesday night.

Petruic's big night now puts him at a league leading 42 goals on the season.

Steven Norum had the other goal for the Terriers while Kaedan Taphorn & Tanner Sklaruk chipped in with 3 and 2 assist nights respectively.

Carson Erhardt, Jordan Simoneau and Michael Makarenko replied for the Hawks.

The Terriers' will play their final home game before the Christmas break on Friday night when they host the Weyburn Red Wings. GX94 will broadcast the game with the "Sask Milk" pregame show kicking off at 7:20 and the play by play starting at 7:30 from the Farrell Agencies Arena.


Other Tuesday SJHL result:

Battlefords North Stars defeated the Humboldt Broncos 7-4.


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MJHL
The Waywayseecappo Wolverines let a 4 goal lead slip away as they fell on home ice, 5-4 to the Winnipeg Blues.

Jaymes Knee had 1G 2A to lead the Wolverines while Rayman Bassi, Kris Bladen, and Conrad Phillips chipped in with singles.

Liam Tereposky made 18 saves on 23 shots in the losing cause.

Logan Danis (2), Mikol Sartor, Braden Fischer and Mitchell Joss scored for the Blues.

The Wolverines return to action on Saturday night when they visit the Dauphin Kings.


Elsewhere,

Selkirk Steelers slipped by the Dauphin Kings 5-2. 

Wednesday 11 December 2019

Duck Mountain Curling Report- Dec. 11th

The Duck Mountain Super League, featuring men’s curling teams from Canora, Benito, Norquay
Madge Lake and Kamsack, is back for another season.

Play for all eight teams got underway at the Broda Sportsplex in Kamsack November 12. Two
more draws were completed in Kamsack November 19 and November 26. Curling then shifted to
Norquay December 03.

League leaders, both with 3 wins, are the Ken Newell team of Norquay, sponsored by Challoner
Farm, and Fred Perepiolkin’s crew of Kamsack, sponsored by Nykolaishen Farms.

Tied for second place with 2 wins each are Rick Kinaschuk of Benito, sponsored by W.F.
Schneider and Son, Richard Jordens of Madge Lake, sponsored by Ritchie Industries, and Tyson
Leis of Kamsack, still looking for a $300 backer.

Duck Mountain Super League curling action resumes in Canora December 10th when Richard
Jordens faces Ken Newell, Tyson Leis goes against hometown favorite Bob Kolodziejski, Fred
Perepiolkin plays Rick Kinaschuk, and Craig Carnduff shakes hands with Brad Knutson.

The good people of Benito, Manitoba host DMSL Draw Six December 17 and regular season
action concludes in Norquay December 19.

It should be noted that Ken Newell and Brad Knutson, both of Norquay, who were unable to
compete in Kamsack Novevmber 19, have scheduled a make-up game December 20. The
outcome of this game will determine final league standings.

Duck Mountain Super League teams are awarded $50 per win in regular season play. The top 4
teams advance to A-Side Playoffs set for January 03 in Kamsack where they will compete for
$830 in prize money. A B-Side Playoff will also take place.

The public is welcome to attend these curling events. Admission is free.

(Submitted)

Tuesday 10 December 2019

Berkeliev's 1st SJHL shutout leads Mils to road victory in Wilcox

The Melville Millionaires' earned their 2nd straight victory on Tuesday night as they blanked the Notre Dame Hounds in Wilcox by a score of 2-0.

The Mils would get the only goal of the first and it would come a man short as Luke Nkwama would show off his good speed and get a partial break and his shot go that went off the blocker of Riley Kohonick right into the slot for Rin Beny who made no mistake over his right shoulder for his 3rd of the season to give the Mils the 1-0 advantage after 20 minutes.

Shots after 1 were 11-10 Notre Dame.

In the 2nd, the Mils would continue to lead the game 1-0 for most of the period until they would add their 2nd short-handed goal of the game as captain Aidan Steinke playing in his 1st game since Nov. 5th would get his 7th of the season slipping it over the shoulder of Kohonick to make it a two goal through 2 periods of play.

Shots after 2 was 25-16 Hounds (14-6 for ND in 2nd)

Both teams had some chances in the 3rd but it would end up as a scoreless period.

Mils' netminder Berk Berkeliev made 36 saves to earn his 1st SJHL shutout while Riley Kohonick made 20 saves on 22 saves in the loss in the Hounds' net.

The Mils will wrap up their pre-Christmas break schedule on Saturday night when they visit the Humboldt Broncos.



Elsewhere in the SJHL,

Melfort Mustangs edged the La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-3 in the shootout.

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In the MJHL,

Conrad Phillips recorded a Hat- Trick to lead the Waywayseecappo Wolverines to a 5-2 victory over the Dauphin Kings.

The win also snapped the Kings 7 game winning streak.

Rayman Bassi and Jack Kennedy also scored for the Wolverines while Liam Tereposky turned aside 25 shots in the win.

Grady Hobbs and Austin Lamotte replied the Kings.

The Wolverines will return to action on Thursday night when they visit the Virden Oil Capitals.

Other MJHL result:

Steinbach Pistons doubled up the Winnipeg Blues 4-2.


Monday 9 December 2019

Local Junior A Weekend Recap

SUNDAY
The Swan Valley Stampeders wrapped up their 3 game in 3 nights road-trip on Sunday on a high note as they used a 6 goal third period to lead them to a 7-3 victory over the Winnipeg Blues.

The Stamps fell 3-2 in OT on Saturday in Steinbach after defeating the Pistons on Friday night, 5-2.

Nathan Carl (2G 1A) and Mattias Dal Monte (1G 2A) led the Stamps with 3 points each while Ryley Lanthier also scored twice.

Parker Johnson and Frazer Dodd chipped in with singles while Stamps' G Jayden Little made 19 saves on 22 shots to earn his 1st MJHL victory.

The Stampeders' will head on the road for another 3 game trip this weekend starting on Friday night against the Selkirk Steelers.


SATURDAY

The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers snapped a 2 game losing streak on Saturday night defeating the Melfort Mustangs on the road, 5-3.

Chantz Petruic scored his league-leading 34th and 35th goals of the season for the Terriers while Alec Zawatsky also had a big night with 1G 2A.

Kaeden Taphorn and Jordan Guiney also scored for the Terriers who got a solid performance from Ryan Ouellette who stopped 38 shots in the win.

The Terriers return to action on Wednesday night when they host the Estevan Bruins at the Farrell Agencies Arena with puck-drop at 7:30PM.

Friday 6 December 2019

Dec. 6th Local Junior A Hockey Recap

The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers dropped their 2nd straight on their 3 game road-trip, losing 4-1 to the Nipawin Hawks on Friday night.

The Hawks would strike first with 4:40 to go in the 1st as he would bang home his 10th of the season by Ryan Ouellette to make it 1-0 for the home-team after 20 minutes.

Cox would add his 2nd of the night just 4:38 into the 2nd as he beat Ouellette over the right shoulder to make it a two goal game.

But just two minutes later, the Terriers would cut their deficit in half and it would be Kaedan Taphorn tapping home a rebound in front past Dalton Dosch for his 5th of the season and 3rd in as many nights to make it a 2-1 game (With an assist on the goal, Terrier captain Chantz Petruic recorded his 200th career SJHL point).

The Hawks though would respond with a PP goal of their own as Max Johnson would send in a point shot and the rebound came out to Jordan Simoneau right in front of the crease and he poked it five-hole on Ouellette for his 5th to make it a 3-1 Hawks lead through 40 minutes of play.

Nipawin would add some more insurance late in the 3rd as 20 year old Carson Erhardt would sneak one in short-side to make it a 3 goal game.

Hawks netminder Dalton Dosch made 26 saves on 27 shots to earn his 4th victory of the season while in a losing cause, Ryan Ouellette made 30 stops in the loss.

The Terriers' wrap up their road-trip on Saturday night with a visit to the Northern Lights Palace in Melfort against the Mustangs.

Elsewhere in the SJHL,

Luke Nkwama recorded a Hat-Trick while Zach Bannister (1G 2A) also had a 3 point night to the Melville Millionaires' to a 5-2 win over the Estevan Bruins.

Rin Beny also scored for the Mils who got a 30 save performance from Berk Berkeliev in the victory.

The Mils' will look for their 2nd straight W on Tuesday night when they visit the Notre Dame Hounds.  We will broadcast the game on GX94, with the "Sask Milk" pregame starting at 7:50 and the play by play kicking off at 8PM.


Other SJHL results:

Kindersley over Battlefords 3-2 (OT)

La Ronge over Flin Flon 6-5 (OT)

Melfort blanked Humboldt 3-0


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MJHL 

The Swan Valley Stampeders' began their 3 game weekend road-trip with a 5-2 victory over the Steinbach Pistons.

Mattia Dal Monte led the Stamps with 2G 1A while Leyson Coleman, Dante Fortner and Tommy Cardinal also scored.

Mikael Foucher made 26 saves in the win for Swan Valley.

Ty Naaykens and Bryce Young replied with markers for the Pistons.

The Stamps/Pistons will meet once again on Saturday from the T.G Smith Center at 7:30.

Meanwhile,

Rayman Bassi scored his 2nd goal of the game just 2:29 into overtime to lead the Waywayseecappo Wolverines to a 4-3 OT win over the Neepawa Natives.

Jacob Charko and Kris Bladen also scored for the Wolverines while Liam Tereposky made 20 saves on 23 shots to earn the victory in the Wayway goal.

Eli Lieffers, Konnor Carlson and Rylan Gudnason replied for Neepawa.

The Wolverines will return to action on Saturday when they travel to Neepawa for the back-end of the home & home series.

Also on Friday in MJHL,

Virden slipped by Winkler 4-3

Dauphin over Winnipeg 5-4 (OT)

Swan Valley Stampeders (MJHL) announce Grimwood steps down; Wolff returns as Head Coach/GM



The MJHL's Swan Valley Stampeders announced on Friday that Head Coach/GM Geoff Grimwood has stepped down from his position with the hockey club and that Barry Wolff will return to team as Head Coach & General Manager.

Grimwood was named as bench boss of the hockey club earlier this year and led the team to a 16-11-2-2 record, good for 36 points and in a tie for 4th overall in the MJHL standings.

Meanwhile for Wolff, who was let go earlier this year by the BCHL's Merritt Centennials, returns to the Swan Valley after leading the Stamps to a 42-13-3-2 record in 2018/19 and a berth in their first ever MJHL Turnbull Cup Final which they eventually fell in 7 games to against the Portage Terriers.

Associate Coach Suneil Karod and Director of Hockey Operations Darren Webster will man the bench for the Stampeders when embark on a 3 game in 3 nights road-trip this weekend starting tonight (Fri) against the Steinbach Pistons.

Wolff is expected to re-join the hockey club in Swan River on Monday.


Thursday 5 December 2019

Yorkton Terriers' drop road decision to La Ronge in Pinehouse

The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers kicked off their 3 game in 3 night road-trip on a losing note as they fell 5-4 to the La Ronge Ice Wolves in a neutral site game from Pinehouse Lake.

The Terriers would strike early just 49 seconds into the 1st as Kaedan Taphorn would finish off a nice feed in front from Chantz Petruic for his 2nd of the season to make it a 1-0 lead for the Terriers.

Then with 6:38 left in the 1st, Petruic would go bar-down on Liam McGarva for his league-leading 33rd goal of the season to give the Terrier a two goal lead.

But before the 1st period buzzer could go, Aaron Greyeyes would pull his team within one with his 10th of the campaign to pull the Ice Wolves within one after 20 minutes of play.

Yorkton would get the lone goal in the 2nd as after a scramble in front it would would Kaedan Taphorn being able to bang it home for his second of the evening to regain the Terriers' their two goal lead after 2 periods.

But in the third, the Ice Wolves would start their comeback with 4 unanswered goals, 5:31 apart to begin the period as they would get two goals from Daylon Mannon & singles from Chad Mcllwain and Jake Gudjonson to give them a 5-3 lead.

Ethan Robson would cut the Terriers' deficit within one, but that's as close as they would get.

The Terriers' will continue their road swing on Friday night when they visit the Cage in Nipawin to take on the Hawks. GX94 will once again broadcast the game with the "Sask Milk" pregame show starting at 7:30.

The Ice Wolves meanwhile return to home ice on Friday to hose the Flin Flon Bombers at the Mel Hegland Uniplex.

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Wolverines win; Mils fall on Tuesday night

MJHL
The Waywayseecappo Wolverines snapped their 3 game losing streak on Tuesday night by defeating the visiting Winkler Flyers 3-2.

Nick Doyle and Gerrick Ripley led the Wolverines with 1G 1A each while Matt Kasowski chipped in with a single.

Carson Pawlenchuk and Jayden McCarthy replied for the Flyers.

Liam Tereposky made 25 saves to earn the win in goal.

The Wolverines will return to action on Friday night when they entertain the Neepawa Natives.

Other MJHL result:

Dauphin over Selkirk 9-3
(Grady Hobbs with 3G 1A; Austin Lamotte with 1G 4A for Kings)


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SJHL
The Melville Millionaires fell on home ice on Tuesday night, 2-1 to the Melfort Mustangs.

Luke Nkwama opened the scoring for the Mils in the first before they allowed two unanswered Mustang goals from Adam Nobes in the 2nd and the eventual game winner on the PP from Nolan Kadachuk in the 3rd period.

Tanner Martin made 24 saves in the win for Melfort while Mils' netminder Berk Berkeliev turned aside 25 of 27 shots in the loss.

The Mils will return to action on Friday night when they host their Viterra division rivals the Estevan Bruins at the Horizon Credit Union Center.
*(It will also be the Mils' Christmas Toy Drive game and the Skate with the Mils after completion of Friday's contest)


Also in the SJHL on Tuesday,

Notre Dame Hounds beat the Battlefords North Stars, 3-2 in overtime
(Guillaume St. Onge scored game winner just 47 seconds into overtime)

Sunday 1 December 2019

Local December 1st Deadline Recap

MELVILLE MILLIONAIRES 

The Melville Millionaires were the busiest of our local teams before the Dec. 1st roster deadline hit.

First off the Mils traded F Luke Spadafora (00) and a 2020 4th round SJHL Draft pick to the Humboldt Broncos in exchange for forwards Zach McIntyre (01) & Spencer Weinkauf (01) and a player development fee.

McInytre who hails from Rhein, SK had 24 points in 30 games with the Broncos this season while Weinkauf, a Calgary product had 6 points in 19 games.

Meanwhile Spadafora was in his 2nd season with the Millionaires and in 69 career games in a Mils uniform he scored 25 goals and added 46 assists for 71 points.

So far this season, the Calgary product had 39 points in 30 games.

The Mils then traded 18 year old forward Jaden Hewes to the Truro Bearcats (MHL) in exchnage for future considerations.

Hewes netted two goals and two assists for 4 points in 22 games with the Mils.

Melville also sent G Ethan Lahmon (01) to the Waywayseecappo Wolverines of the MJHL in exchange for a player development fee.

Lahmon suited up for one game with the Mils and made 36 saves on 39 shots in a Mils victory over the Melfort Mustangs on November 6th.

That means the goalie tandem for the Mils will be that of 19 year old Berk Berkeliev and 18 year old Kaleb McEachern.


The Mils also announced that they released F Jack Verstraete (99).

YORKTON TERRIERS

The Yorkton Terriers dealt 19 year old F Jaxon Blight to the OCN Blizzard (MJHL) in exchange for a player development fee.

The Oakville, MB product was in his 2nd season with the Terriers and in 42 career games he had 1 goal, 8 assists for 9 points.


SWAN VALLEY STAMPEDERS 

The Swan Vallley Stampeders traded F Kasyn Kruse (99) and F Cordell Coleman (01) to the Dauphin Kings for future considerations.

Coleman (Lac La Biche, AB) was pointless in 9 games with the Stamps this season.

Meanwhile Kruse who hails from Luverne, MN had 22 points in 53 games last season with the Stamps while this season he was held without a point in 2 games.

The Stamps then acquired F Ryley Lanthier (99) from the Canmore Eagles (AJHL) for a player development fee.

The Surrey, BC product had 7 goals, 9 assists for 16 points in 21 games with the Mustangs this season


WAYWAYSEECAPPO WOLVERINES 

The Waywayseecappo Wolverines' added some experience and size to their blue-line after picking up 20 year old defenceman Cody Thompson from the Portage Terriers in exchange for prospects F Brody Wilson (02) , D Ethan McColm (02) and future considerations.

Thompson played in 196 career games with the Terriers compiling 18 goals, 60 assists for 78 points while helping them capture 2 MJHL Championships and an Anavet Cup.

Wilson (Birtle, MB) has 22 points in 19 games with Yellowhead U18 AAA Chiefs while McColm (Oakbank, MB) has 6 points with the Eastman Selects (Manitoba U18 Hockey League)

The Wolverines also picked up G Ethan Lahmon (01) from Melville (SJHL) as mentioned above.

Local Junior A Weekend Recap

SUNDAY 

The Melville Millionaires dropped in their 7th meeting of the season against Weyburn on Sunday night, falling 2-1 to the Red Wings on the road.

Braden Birnie and Rhett Frey got the Red Wings an early 2 goal lead before Max McPeak got the Mils on the board with a goal midway through the 3rd but that's as close as they would get.

Joseph Young in the Wings' goal made 37 saves on 38 shots to earn the victory while Mils' net minder  Berk Berkeliev made 26 saves in the losing cause.

The Mils will return to action on Tuesday night when they host the Melfort Mustangs in a rescheduled game from November. Puck drop will be at 7:30PM

SATURDAY: 

SJHL leading scorer Chantz Petruic scored two goals including the game winner just 50 seconds into overtime to lead the Yorkton Hyundai Terriers to a 3-2 comeback win over the Kindersley Klippers in  a neutral site game played in Canora.

Alec Zawatsky had the other goal for Yorkton while Ryan Ouellette made 34 saves to earn the victory.

Jaxon Georget and Noah Lindsay replied for the visitors who opened up a 2-0 lead in the 1st.

The Terriers' will return to action on Thursday night when they begin a 3 game in 3 night road-trip visiting Pinehouse to take on the La Ronge Ice Wolves.

Elsewhere in the MJHL,

The Swan Valley Stampeders got goals from Nathan Carl and Leyson Coleman but it wasn't enough as they dropped a 5-2 decision to the visiting Portage Terriers.

Mikael Foucher made 28 saves on 32 shots in the loss.

Logan Christensen scored twice for the Terriers while Nathan Moore made 26 saves in the Terrier net.

The Stampeders' will return to action on Wednesday when they host the OCN Blizzard.


Meanwhile after a 4-3 loss to the Steinbach Pistons on Friday, the Waywayseecappo Wolverines fell 6-4 to the Winnipg Blues.




FRIDAY: 

The Melville Millionaires scored the tying goal with just 1 second left but they couldn't get the extra point as they fell in the shootout, 3-2 to the Kindersley Klippers.

Jonathan Krahn scored that tying goal for the Mils while Andrew Smiley's 1st as a Millionaire was other offence.

Berk Berkeliev was outstanding making 55 saves in the loss

Liam Fraser and Tyler Traptown replied with the goals for the Klippers.


In the MJHL,

The Swan Valley Stampeders dropped a 2-1 decision on the road against the Neepawa Natives.

Ethan Smith and Bradley Marshall scored for Neepawa who got 25 saves from Dawson Green in the win.

Parker Johnson notched the only marker for Swan while Mikael Foucher made 24 stops in the loss.


December 1st MJHL/SJHL Trade Tracker

The Selkirk Steelers have traded Brett Namaka F (1999) to the Portage Terriers in exchange for Sheldon Howard F (2001), the MJHL List Rights to Adam Ingram F (2003) and Future Considerations.
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The Dauphin Kings have traded Koby Morrisseau F (2000) to the Portage Terriers in exchange for Bryson Cecconi F (1999) and Future Considerations.
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The Virden Oil Capitals have traded Jacob Evans D (1999) to the Truro Bearcats in exchange for Future Considerations.
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The Dauphin Kings have traded the MJHL List Rights to Ashton Romaniuk F (2003) and Future Considerations to the OCN Blizzard in exchange for the MJHL List Rights to Luke Seremet F (2001).

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The Melville Millionaires trade F Luke Spadafora (00) and 2020 4th round pick to the Humboldt Broncos in exchange for F Zach McIntyre (01), F Spencer Weinkauf (01) and a player development fee. 

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The Yorkton Terriers trade F Jaxon Blight (00) to the OCN Blizzard for a player development fee. 

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The Weyburn Red Wings trade F Ben Hiltz (99) to the Battlefords North Stars for F Dace Prymak (01) , D Jordan Gagnon (01)  and a player development fee.

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The Melfort Mustangs acquire D Ryan MacLean (01) from Grand Prairie Storm (AJHL) for a player development fee.

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The Melfort Mustangs acquire F Tian Rask (99) from the Canmore Eagles (AJHL) for F Ryley Lanthier (99) and a player development fee

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The Melville Millionaires trade G Ethan Lahmon (01) to the Waywayseecappo Wolverines for a player development fee. 

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The OCN Blizzard trade D Adam Drolet (99) to the Blind River Beavers for futures 

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The Melville Millionaires trade F Jaden Hewes (01) to the Truro Bearcats (MHL) for a player development fee

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The Estevan Bruins acquire F Erik Boers (01) from the Camrose Kodiaks for a player development fee. 

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The Kindersley Klippers trade F Drayson Collyer (01) to the Virden Oil Capitals for a player development fee. 

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The Estevan Bruins trade F Kolton Leslie (00) to the Portage Terriers for futures. 

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The Waywayseecappo Wolverines acquired D Cody Thompson (99) from the Portage Terriers for F Brody Wilson (02) and F Ethan McColm (02) 

Friday 29 November 2019

Stamps' deal 20 year old G Davis to Neepawa (MJHL)

The Swan Valley Stampeders have traded Michael Davis to the Neepawa Natives of the MJHL for future considerations.

The 20-year-old from Edmonton, AB played in 38 games with the Stampeders over the course of a season and a half. He  posted a 2.97 GAA and a .904 SV% in 2018-19. The 5’11” 150 lbs goalie has played in 14 games so far this season posting a 3.11 GAA and a .902 SV%.

““The entire Stampeders organization would like thank Michael and his family for his contributions to the team,” said Head Coach and General Manager Geoff Grimwood. “He has been a consummate teammate and first class person and had played a significant role in the teams success over the past two seasons. We wish him all the best with his career going forward.”


In a corresponding move, the Stampeders have signed 19 year old G Jaden Little from the KIJHL's Fernie Ghostriders.

(Stamps Press Release)
Stamps Coaches Show with Geoff Grimwood below:

Wednesday 27 November 2019

Stampeders; Terriers and Millionaires all victorious on Wednesday night

The Swan Valley Stampeders moved into 4th place in the MJHL standings on Wednesday night after a 6-1 win over the Neepawa Natives at the Yellowhead Center.

Trevor Schroder's hot hand would continue just 3:51 into the 1st as he would deflect home a point shot from the line past Dawson Green for his 11th of the year to make it 1-0.

The Stamps before the 1st period buzzer would go off as Josh Beauchemin would finish off a nice passing play from Callum Fortin to snipe home his 6th of the season to make it a two goal Stamps' lead after 20 minutes.

In the 2nd, the visitors would continue their offensive burst just 4:34 into the 2nd as Parker Johnson's shot would get stopped but Jackson Betcher would be there to chip in the rebound for his second of the year to make it 3-0 then just 23 seconds later, Luke Beerman would add his 10th to make it a 4-0 game.

The Stamps and Neepawa would exchange late 2nd period goals by Mattias Dal Monte and Eli Lieffers respectively to make it a 5-1 Swan Valley lead after 40 minutes.

Swan Valley would score the only goal in the 3rd as Josh Beauchemin would add his 2nd of the night to round out the scoring.

Michael Davis made 25 stops in the Swan net to earn his 7th win of the season while Dawson Green made 21 saves on 27 shots in the loss.

These two teams will meet once again on Friday night from Neepawa. GX94 will broadcast the game with the pregame show starting at 7:20, play by play beginning at 7:30.

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In the SJHL,

The Battlefords North Stars have fell only 3 times this season and all three losses have come at the hands of the Yorkton Hyundai Terriers.

Alec Zawatsky (1G 2A) and Ryan Granville (3A) led the Terriers with 3 points each while Ryan Ouellette made 42 saves in the win.

Chantz Petruic, Kaedan Taphorn, Steven Norum and Jordan Guiney also scored for the Terriers.

Quin Loon-Stewardson had the lone marker for the Terriers.

The Terriers will return to action on Saturday night for a neutral site game in Canora when they host the Kindersley Klippers


Meanwhile in Melville,

The Millionaires got the overtime winner from Zach Bannister as they defeated the Kindersley Klippers 2-1 at the Horizon Credit Union Center.

Jaden Hewes (MLV) and Liam Fraser (KIN) exchanged goals during regulation time.

Berk Berkeliev turned aside 38 of 39 shots in the Mils' crease to earn the victory.

The two teams will battle again on Friday night from the Horizon Credit Union Center.


Other SJHL result:

Flin Flon 3 Notre Dame 1




Nov. 26th Local Junior A Recap

SJHL

Noah Lindsay scores the game winning goal with 2:07 left in regulation while Matt Sankner made 40 saves to lead the Kindersley Klippers to a 3-2 victory over the Yorkton Terriers at the Farrell Agencies Arena.

Liam Fraser also scored for the Klippers while Keenan Taphorn and Ryan Granville replied for the Terriers.

Terrier net-minder Philippe Bond made 31 saves on 34 shots in the loss.

Yorkton will once again be on home-ice tonight (Wed) when they host the league-leading Battlefords North Stars at 7:30.

Elsewhere,

The Flin Flon Bombers used a three goal 3rd period to defeat the Melville Millionaires 5-2 at the Horizon Credit Union Center.

Donavan Houle-Villeneuve and Easton Haygarth led the Bombers with 1G 2A each while Tristan Lemyre, Chase Haygarth and Caleb Franklin chipped in with singles.

Tanner Brown (1st SJHL goal) and Luke Spadafora replied for the Mils who got 26 saves from Berk Berkeliev in the losing cause.

The Mils will return to action tonight (Wed) when they host Kindersley

Mils Coaches Show with Head Coach/GM Kyle Adams





MJHL

The Waywayseecappo Wolverines' got 1G 2A from Conrad Phillips but it wasn't quite enough as they fell 5-4 to the visiting Portage Terriers.

Jack Kennedy, Jaymes Knee, and Matt Kasowski also scored for the Wolverines who got 22 saves from Thomson Phinney in the loss.

The Terriers were led by Riley Bruce (1G 2A) and Jacob Piller (3A) who had 3 points each.

The Wolverines will return to action on Friday night when they visit the Steinbach Pistons.


Other Tuesday results:


OCN Blizzard 2  Dauphin Kings 5
Selkirk Steelers 1  Winnipeg Blues 4

Monday 25 November 2019

Local Weekend Sports Recap

SJHL
The Melville Millionaires earned their 8th victory of the season on Saturday night after a 5-1 victory over the visiting La Ronge Ice Wolves.

Luke Nkwama led the way for the Mils who had 3G 1A while former Ice Wolf Grady Birk and Payton Jerome chipped in with a goal and an assist.

Mils netminder Berk Berkeliev turned aside 40 of 41 shots to earn the win in goal.

The Mils' will return to action on Tuesday when they host the Flin Flon Bombers at the Horizon Credit Union Center with puck drop at 7:30PM.


MJHL
Swan River product Carter Cockburn scored twice but it wasn't quite enough as the Swan Valley Stampeders dropped a 4-3 home-ice decision to the Portage Terriers on Saturday.

Newcomer Daunte Fortner also scored for the Stamps while Mikael Foucher made 38 saves in the loss.

Riley Bruce led the Terriers with 2 goals in the win.

The Stampeders' next game will be on Wednesday night when they visit the Neepawa Natives. GX94 will broadcast the game with pregame show starting at 7:20 and the play by play kicking off at 7:30PM.

Bulych brothers reunited in Swift Current
The Swift Current Broncos completed a trade over the weekend with the Vancouver Giants that has reunited brothers 19 year old Kaleb and 18 year old Aiden Bulych.

The Broncos acquired the elder Bulych from the Giants in exchange for 2001-born defenceman Connor Hornung.

Kaleb so far this season has 4 assists in 24 games.

Aiden who spent last season with the SJHL's Yorkton Terriers is currently in his 1st season with the Broncos and currently through 21 games he has compiled 6 points.


Curl Sask Junior Girls Qualifier held in Yorkton
2019 CurlSask Junior Women's Qualifying spiel was held this past weekend at the Yorkton Curling Club.

The A-Qualifer was Team Thevenot while the B-Qualifier was Team Ackerman & qualifying out of the C was Team Thies and Team Remeshylo.

The qualifiers have all earned a berth into the 2020 Saskatchewan Junior Girls Curling Championship held Dec. 27- Jan. 1st in Saskatoon

Friday 22 November 2019

Terriers; Wolverines score victories on Friday night

SJHL 

The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers playing their first home game since Oct. 30th, would return to home ice on Teddy Bear Toss night to defeat the La Ronge Ice Wolves 3-2 in the shootout.

Keenan Taphorn and Alec Zawatsky scored 2nd period goals for the Terriers to give them the 2-0 lead after 2 before Jake Gudjonson and Nolan Doell replied with markers for the Ice Wolves to tie things up at 2-2 and send it to the extra time.

After the game wasn't decided in overtime, it would head to the shootout where the only goals came from Chantz Petruic and Alec Zawatsky to lead the home-side to the extra point.

Both goalies were solid in between the pipes with Terrier net minder Ryan Ouellette turning aside 36 of 38 shots in the win while Liam McGarva made 32 saves in the shootout loss.

The Terriers will return to action on Tuesday night when they host the Kindersley Klippers while the Ice Wolves continue their trip in Melville on Saturday.


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MJHL 

The Waywayseecappo Wolverines put a halt to their 2 game losing streak on Friday night defeating the Virden Oil Capitals 3-2 on the road.

Matt Kasowski, Gerrick Ripley, and Kris Bladen scored for the Wolverines while Liam Tereposky made 35 saves in the win.

The Wolverines will return to action on Tuesday night when they host the Portage Terriers.

Thursday 21 November 2019

Foucher makes 26 saves to lead Stampeders to road victory over Waywayseecappo

The Swan Valley Stampeders earned their 15th victory of the season as they moved into 4th place in the MJHL standings after a 4-1 victory over the Waywayseecappo Wolverines.

It didn't take long for the Stamps to strike as Luke Beerman would snipe home a PP goal just 97 seconds into the 1st period to make it 1-0. The Stamps would add their 2nd power play goal of the period late in the first as Mattias Dal Monte's shot would provide a rebound in front and Trevor Schroder would mop up the loose puck and shove it home for his 10th to give Swan a two goal lead after 20 minutes.

The Stamps would add to their lead with a couple late goals in the middle frame. First up it was Tommy Cardinals making a nice defensive play back at his own blue-line and then going in alone on a short-handed breakaway and making no mistake for his 8th goal of the year to make it a three goal game.

Josh Beauchemin would make it 4-0 on penalty shot with just 1:06 left in the 2nd for his 5th of the campaign.

The Wolverines would get on the board and get the only goal in the 3rd off a powerplay goal from Anthony Bilka but that's as close as they would get.

Mikael Foucher captured his 9th win of the season after stopping 26 shots in the Stamps' goal while the Wolverines' split goaltending duties with Thomson Phinney allowed 2 goals on 15 shots while in relief Liam Tereposky made 17 saves on 19 shots.

The Wolverines' will go right back at it on Friday night when they visit the Virden Oil Capitals while the Stampeders' looking for their 3rd straight win will host the Portage Terriers on Saturday night.

Post Game with Stamps Asst. Coach Suneil Karod




Other Thursday MJHL result:

Steinbach 1 Virden 5


Wednesday 20 November 2019

Terriers' wrap up 9 game road-swing with victory over Notre Dame

The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers wrapped up their 9 game road swing with a 3-1 victory over the Notre Dame Hounds at the Duncan McNeil Arena.

The Hounds would strike first on home ice as a long point shot from Gabriel LeBlanc would draw a rebound right in the crease and it would be Captain Jared Hamm banging in his 9ht of the season with just 1 second left in the 1st to make it 1-0 after 20 minutes.

The Terriers would respond with a powerplay of their own in the 2nd as on their 2nd PP opportunity, Keenan Taphorn would slide across ice to the right circle to Alec Zawatsky who rifled one through Hounds net minder Logan Dyck to tie it up at one goal apiece through 2 periods.

Chantz Petruic would add the eventual game winner with 9:12 to go as he would find the loose puck in the slot and go top-shelf for his league leading 29th to make it 2-1.

Fellow 20 year old Jordan Guiney would add some insurance with 2:39 to go as he would take a terrific feed from Alec Zawatsky and tap in his 10th goal to make it a two goal game.

Ryan Ouellette earned his 7th win of the season between the pipes for the Terriers making 29 saves on 30 shots while Hounds' G Logan Dyck was solid in the loss stopping 37 shots.

The Terriers would finally return back home after taking 13 out of a possible 18 points on the road, on Friday when they host the La Ronge Ice Wolves at the Farrell Agencies Arena with puck drop at 7:30.

It's also the club's annual Salvation Army "Teddy Bear Toss" game as fans are asked to bring a new stuffed toy to the game and you can throw the stuffed toy on the ice when the Terriers' score their first goal on Friday night.

Elsewhere,

The Melville Millionaires began their 5 game home-stand with a 4-2 loss to the Nipawin Hawks at the Horizon Credit Union Center.

Brodie Girod led the Hawks with 2G 1A in the win.

Luke Spadafora and Jack Verstraete replied for the Mils who got a 23 save performance from Berk Berkeliev in the loss.

The Mils will look to return to the win column on Saturday night when they entertain the La Ronge Ice Wolves.


Terriers' Petruic named CJHL's 1st star for month of October

                              

The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced Wednesday that forwards Chantz Petruic (Yorkton Terriers, SJHL), Tristan Lamothe (Collège Français de Longueuil, LHJAAAQ) and Ken Johnson (Trail Smoke Eaters, BCHL) have been named its Gongshow Gear 3 Stars of the Month for October
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1ST STAR: CHANTZ PETRUIC, (F) YORKTON TERRIERS (SJHL)

Suiting up on 11 occasions last month, the 20-year-old Moose Jaw, Sask., native etched his name on the scoresheet in each game, while scoring 13 times and dishing out a dozen assists for a 25-point run during the time frame. … The Terriers captain had at least one point in every match-up in October and produced eight multi-point affairs for Yorkton. … Despite recently having an impressive 23-game point streak dashed, Petruic has only been held pointless twice in his first 26 SJHL contests so far in 2019-20. … His efforts see him lead his league in goals (28) and points (54).

(CJHL Press Release)

Tuesday 19 November 2019

Mils' Porterfield named Canada West selection camp roster for 2019 World Junior A Challenge



The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) and NHL Central Scouting have identified a list of 44 players who have been invited to Team Canada West selection camp ahead of the 2019 World Junior A Challenge.

One of those players is Melville Millionaires' rookie forward Nic Porterfield (pictured above).

The Calgary product currently leads all SJHL rookies in goals with 14 and sits in 2nd in rookie scoring with 22 points in 17 games.

From Dec. 1-3, 44 Team Canada West hopefuls will come together in Calgary for three days of games and practices as part of the evaluation process.

The 2019 event will take place from Dec. 7th to 15th in Dawson Creek, BC.

For a full look at the list  CLICK HERE

Hockey Canada changes names of age groups ahead of 2020/21hockey season


Hockey Canada changes names of age groups ahead of 2020/21hockey  season
Hockey Canada is changing its traditional age group names a year after some other sports organizations stopped using the terms.

The governing body of hockey in Canada announced that novice, peewee, atom, bantam and midget will be replaced by the ages of the players starting in the 2020/21 season.

Age change breakdown below:

YEAR OF BIRTH            AGE ON DEC. 31           AGE DIVISION

2014 and before             6 and under                            Under-7 (U7)

2012-2013                        7-8                                              Under-9 (U9)

2010-2011                     9-10                                            Under-11 (U11)

2008-2009                     11-12                                         Under-13 (U13)

2006-2007                     13-14                                         Under-15 (U15)

2003-2004-2005             15-16-17                                 Under-18 (U18)

2000-2001-2002             18-19-20                                 Under-21 (U21)

Monday 18 November 2019

Local Weekend Sports Recap

MJHL
The Swan Valley Stampeders earned 4 out of a possible 6 points during their 3 game weekend road-trip that wrapped up yesterday (Sun).

Tommy Cardinal had 1G 2A while Mikael Foucher made 40 stops to lead the Stamps to a 6-2 victory over the Portage Terriers on Sunday night.

Callum Fortin, Frazer Dodd, Nathan, Trevor Schroder and Josh Beauchemin also scored for Swan.

On Saturday, Parker Johnson scored a couple of goals but Swan Valley fell 5-4 in Winkler.

The Stamps opened up the trip on Friday with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Flyers.

Swan Valley will return to action on Thursday night when they visit the Waywayseecappo Wolverines. GX94 will broadcast the game with the pregame show kicking off at 7:20 and the play by play starting at 7:30PM.


Meanwhile the Waywayseecappo Wolverines split their two road games over the weekend.

On Saturday, Kris Bladen and Nick Doyle had a goal an an assist each to lead the Wolverines toa 5-4 victory over the Selkirk Steelers.

Then on Sunday, the Wolverines got goals from Gerrik Ripley, Rayman Bassi and Jaymes Knee as they stormed back from three goals down before falling 4-3 to the Steinbach Pistons.

Zach Purcell scored the game winner for the Pistons with only 2:27 left in regulation time.


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SJHL
The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers had their record drop to 5-2-1 on their stretch of 9 road games after falling on Saturday, 2-0 to the Weyburn Red Wings.

Liam Rutten and Rhett Frey scored for the Wings who got a 34 save shutout from Joseph Young in the win.

Ryan Ouellette turned aside 33 of 35 shots in the loss.

The Terriers' next game will be on Wednesday as they wrap up their road-stretch visiting the Notre Dame Hounds. GX94 will broadcast the game with the "Sask Milk" pregame show kicking at 7:50 from Wilcox.


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SHSAA Provincial Girls Volleyball were held this past weekend.

2019 Saskatchewan High School Provincial Girls Volleyball Championships was held across the province this past weekend.

In the 2A Girls Championship in Foam Lake, Macklin captured the Gold Medal after a 2 set victory over Rocanville.

In the Bronze Medal game, it was Pierceland sweeping Wakaw in 2 sets.

In the 3A Girls Provincials from Assiniboia, Kipling captured a Bronze Medal after defeating the Unity Lazers 2 sets to none.

Meanwhile Moose Jaw Vanier won the Gold medal in the 4A Girls Championships in Fort Qu'Appelle after a 3 set victory over the Nipawin Bears.

Moose Jaw Peacock earned the third place after defeating Meadow Lake 2 sets to 1 in the Bronze Medal game.

Friday 15 November 2019

Mils lose; Stampeders prevail in Nov. 15th Local Junior A Hockey Recap

The Melville Millionaires dropped their 6th meeting of the season against the Weyburn Red Wings on Friday night, 2-1 in the shootout at Crescent Point Place.

The Red Wings would strike first 4:56 into the 1st period as Ben Hiltz picked off a Mils' clearing attempt and then went in to beat Mils' G Berk Berkeliev for his team-leading 9th of the season to make it 1-0.

The Mils after getting out-played for most of the 1st period they were able to get a late goal to tie things up as 19 year old D Dylan Thackeray would go end to end and his wrap-around would beat Joseph Young for his 4th to make it a 1-1 game after 20 minutes.

There would be no scoring in the 2nd, 3rd and overtime periods before the game was solved in the shootout when Quentin Hill was the only shooter of 16 shooters to score in the shootout to give the home team the extra point.

Red Wings G Joseph Young made 29 saves on 30 shots and turned aside all 7 shooters in the shootout to earn his 1st SJHL win while Berk Berkeliev in the Mils net made 30 saves.

The Mils will return to action on Wednesday night when they begin a stretch of a 5 straight home games against the Nipawin Hawks.


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Trevor Schroder scored the winner while Mikael Foucher made 29 saves including stopping all 3 shooters in shootout to lead the Swan Valley Stampeder to a 3-2 victory over the Winkler Flyers to begin a 3 game weekend road trip.

John Jebamani and Josh Beauchemin scored in regulation for Swan while Everett Bestland and Mateo Albinati replied for Winkler.

The Stampeders and Flyers will meet once again on Saturday night before Swan wraps up their road-trip on Sunday in Portage.

Taphorn twins join Yorkton Terriers (SJHL)

                                                       (Photo from Yorkton Terriers)

The SJHL's Yorkton Terriers have announced a couple local products will be joining their roster.

19 year old forwards Kaeden and Keenan Taphorn have signed with the club after spending the last few seasons in the Western Hockey League.

Keenan, played in 210 career games in the WHL with the Kootenay ICE and Moose Jaw compiling 62 points while brother Kaedan had 36 points in 180 games with the ICE and Warriors.



Terriers Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr talks about the additions.

Wednesday 13 November 2019

Petruic's 6 point leads Terriers to victory over top-ranked North Stars

For the 2nd time this season the Yorkton Hyundai Terriers handed the Battlefords North Stars' a loss, this time a 6-4 decision on Wednesday night to snap the North Stars' 15 game winning streak.

The North Stars would strike first early in the 1st as Timon Prexler's long point shot would beat Ryan Ouellette over the right pad for his 1st SJHL goal to make it 1-0

But the Terriers would respond with 7:13 to go in the first frame as Chantz Petruic was left back-door and the puck would go off a foot in front and right to the Terrier Captain who banged it home for his league leading 25th of the season to make it a 1-1 game after 20 minutes.

Shots after 1 was 7-7.

Quin Loon-Stewardson would regain the one goal lead back for the North Stars as he would beat Ryan Ouellette short-side for his 18th of the season to make it 2-1, 7:12 into the 2nd

But the Terriers after killing off three straight Battlefords PP's, they would strike with two late from Chantz Petruic as he would add his 26th and 27th goals of the season to complete the Hat-Trick to make it 3-2 Yorkton after 40 minutes.

The North Stars led the shot column 21-12 after 2 periods. (14-5 shots in favour of Battlefords in 2nd).

In the 3rd, Petruic would add his 4th of the night just 30 seconds in on nice feed from Jordan Guiney for his 4th of the night to push the Terrier lead to 4-2.

The North Stars would start the comeback as Kaden Boser with make it 4-3 with 9:42 to go before Quin Loon-Stewardson would tie it up at 4's with his 2nd of the night with 3:26 left in regulation

The Terriers' would get the game winner on the powerplay with 1:46 left when Steven Norum would deflect home a Chantz Petruic point shot past Adam Dmyterko for his 5th to make it 5-4 and then Jordan Guiney late would ice it into the empty net to wrap up the scoring.

Chantz Petruic would assist on the final Terrier to finish the night with a career-high 6 points.

Terriers' netminder Ryan Ouellette made 29 saves on 33 shots to improve his record to 6-0-1 on the season while Parker Rey got the start for Battlefords and allowed 3 goals on 12 shots through 2 period before being relieved for Adam Dmyterko who made 11 saves on 13 shots.

The Terriers with the win improved to 5-1-1 on the recent road-swing that will continue on Saturday night when they visit Crescent Point Place in Weyburn to take on the Red Wings.

Terriers Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr's Post Game comments:

https://soundcloud.com/bennywalchuk2/mat-post-game-nov-13

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MJHL 

For the 2nd straight night the Waywayseeappo Wolverines were victorious on home-ice as they defeated the OCN Blizzard 4-2 on Wednesday.

Gerrick Ripley, Anthony Bilka, Jack Kennedy and Conrad Phillips scored for the Wolverines while Thomson Phinney made 22 stops in the win.

The Wolverines will return to action on Saturday night when they visit the Selkirk Steelers.

Tuesday 12 November 2019

Terriers; Mils and Wolverines all victorious on Tuesday night

The Yorkton Terriers' came from behind to earn their 13th victory of the season on Tuesday night as they defeated the Kindersley Klippers 3-2.

The Klippers would strike first on home ice on the power play as Scott McKenzie would walk across the blue-line and beat Phillipe Bond over the right pad for his 5th of the season to make it 1-0.

But the Terriers would have a nice quick response as just 50 seconds later, Kurri Woodford's long point shot would get deflected in nicely in front by 20 year old Jordan Guiney for his 7th to tie the game up at 1-1 after 20 minutes with shots in favour of Kindersley at 17-11.

Klippers forward Tyler Traptow would get the lone goal in the middle frame he would jam in a loose rebound off a Dane Hirst's close range shot past Bond for the Calgary products 4th of the season to give his team a 2-1 lead after 2 period with the Kindersley continuing leading in shots 33-19.

The Terriers would tie the game up with 4:08 left in the 3rd when Jordan Guiney would finish off a nice individual effort for his 2nd of the night to make it 2-2.

Then for the first time in the game they would take the lead as Chantz Petruic would bat down a pass out of mid-air and then go in alone and make no mistake for his league-leading 24th of the season to give his team the two points.

Phillipe Bond made 45 saves on 47 shots to earn his 6th victory of the season in the Terrier net.

The Terriers will wrap up their overnight road-trip with a stop in North Battleford against the Battlefords North Stars. GX94 will broadcast the game with the "Sask Milk" pregame show beginning at 7:20 and the play by play starting at 7:30.

Elsewhere,

Jake Spak and Jonathan Krahn scored twice while Luke Spadafora (1G 2A) and Dylan Thackeray (3A) had 3 points each to lead the Melville Millionaires to their 2nd straight win a 6-2 decision over the Weyburn Red Wings.

Jack Verstraete also scored for the Mils who got 30 saves from Berk Berkeliev for his 2nd straight win.

The Mils and Red Wings will have a rematch on Friday night from Crescent Point Place. GX94 will broadcast the game with the "Sask Milk" pregame show starting at 7:20.


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MJHL


Jack Kennedy, Rayman Bassi and Keiran Thiessen all scored to lead the Waywayseecappo Wolverines to a 3-2 victory over the Virden Oil Capitals on home ice.

Thomson Phinney made 27 stops to get the victory.

The Wolverines will go right back at it on Wednesday night when they host the OCN Blizzard.

Monday 11 November 2019

Local Weekend Sports Recap

SJHL 

The Yorkton Terriers continued their stretch of road games by getting split at the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon.

On Friday, the Terriers fell 6-2 to the Bombers.

Carson Henry and Jordan Mis scored for the Terriers while Phillipe Bond turned aside 44 shots in the loss.

Meanwhile the Terriers responded on Saturday with a 4-1 victory.

SJHL leading scorer Chantz Petruic and Ryan Ries each had a pair of goals for the Terriers who got a 47 save performance in the win from Ryan Ouellette.

The Terriers will continue their road trip on Tuesday and Wednesday this weekend in Kindersley and Battlefords respectively.  GX94 will broadcast the game with the pregame show both nights beginning at 7:20, with the play by play starting at 7:30.


The Melville Millionaires' also had a split of their two games this past weekend.

After almost being out for 2 months, Berk Berkeliev made his return to the Melville Millionaires' crease and make 35 saves but the Mils fell on Friday, 2-0 to the Notre Dame Hounds.

But the Mils came back in a big way on Saturday in Estevan, hammering the Bruins 5-1 at Affinity Place.

Nic Porterfield led the way with a Hat-Trick for Melville while Payton Jerome and Zach Bannister replied with singles.

Berkeliev got his 2nd straight start and made 41 saves on 42 shots to earn his 1st victory of the season.

The Mils will return to action on Tuesday night when they entertain the Weyburn Red Wings at the Horizon Credit Union Center. Puck drop will be at 7:30PM and admission to the game will only be $5.

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MJHL 

The Swan Valley Stampeders got a goal and an assist from Leyson Coleman and Nathan Carl on Sunday night as they defeated the Selkirk Steelers 3-1.

Mattias Dal Monte also scored for the Stamps while Mikael Foucher made 25 saves in the win.

The Steelers got the upper-hand on Saturday night defeating Swan Valley 7-3.

Trevor Schroder had 2 goals for the Stamps in the loss.

Swan Valley will return to action on Friday night when they visit the Winkler Flyers.


The Waywayseecappo Wolverines dropped both of their games on their weekend road-trip.

On Friday, the Wolverines dropped a 3-2 decision to the Winnipeg Blues.

Jaymes Knee and Brody Moffatt had the goals for Wayway.

Then on Saturday, the Wolverines dropped a wild one, 7-5 to the Portage Terriers.

Former Terrier Nick Doyle had 1G 2A to lead the Wolverines while Anthony Bilka, Matthew Swanson, Conrad Phillips and Brody Moffatt also scored.

The Wolverines will return to action on Tuesday night when they welcome the Virden Oil Capitals to the Wayway Arena Complex.


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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 


Yorkton Regional Raider Gridders capture first Provincial title since 1994 




After trailing 23-8 with just over 4 minutes remaining, the Yorkton Regional Raider Gridders scored 22 unanswered points including the go-ahead rushing touchdown from Garrett Ellis in overtime to lead them to a 30-23 victory over the Saskatoon Bishop James Mahoney Saints at Kinsmen Century Field in Yorkton to capture the 5A 12-Man High School Provincial title.

The title was the first provincial title for Yorkton Regional since 1994.

 Raider Gridder Head Coach Roby Sharpe comments after win below:




Indian Head slips by Notre Dame to capture 3A 9-Man Football crown

The Indian Head Broncs held on for a 14-6 victory over the Notre Dame Hounds on Saturday afternoon to earn their first Provincial title since 2013.


The other team competing on Saturday was the Wynyard Golden Bears who dropped the 2A 6-Man High School Football Provincial title game, 86-20 to the Hafford Vikings.




Wednesday 6 November 2019

Lahmon makes 36 saves in debut to lead Mils to road win in Melfort

The Melville Millionaires snapped their 8 game winless skid on Wednesday night defeating the Melfort Mustangs 4-3 at the Northern Lights Palace.

The home team would get on the board first as Alex Rondeau's long point shot would beat a screened Ethan Lahmon for his 5th of the season to give Melfort an early 1-0 lead.

It would stay like that until 15:32 mark of the 1st as Zach Bannister would send a shot on goal and the rebound would come out to Luke Spadafora who made no mistake for his 8th to tie things up.

The Calgary, AB product would give the Mils their first lead of the night as he would capitalize on a turnover by a Mustangs turnover and then slide it around Tanner Martin to make it 2-1 Melville after 1 period.

Melfort would even up the game at 2-2 just 3:13 into the middle frame when Ben Tkachuk would grab a loose puck after a Mils turnover right in the crease and slip it through the Melville net minder for his 3rd of the season.

But before the 2nd period buzzer would go off, the Moneymen would grab their one goal lead back when just a few seconds into their 2nd PP of the night Jonathan Krahn would pick up a rebound in the high-slot and beat Tanner Martin five-hole for his 6th of the year to make it a 3-2 Mils advantage after 40 minutes.

In the 3rd the home team would once again able to tie the game earlier on the period as Seth McCulloch's low angle would sneak in through Ethan Lahmon for his 1st SJHL goal.

But once again it would be the road team would respond but this time for goo as with just 5:45 left in regulation, Jaden Hewes would find the trailer-man Andrew Smiley and his snap shot would be stopped but Jack Verstraete would be there to snipe home the rebound for his 1st as a Millionaire to give the Mils the 2 points.

Newcomer Ethan Lahmon in his 1st SJHL start ended up getting his 1st SJHL victory after making 36 saves in the Mils' net while Mustangs goaltender Tanner Marting made 18 stops in the loss.

The win at the Palace was also the 1st victory by the Mils since December of 2013

The Mils will look to keep the momentum going on Friday night when they entertain the Notre Dame Hounds from the Horizon Credit Union Center with the puck drop at 7:30.


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In the MJHL,

Leeam Tivers scored the game winner on the powerplay with 58 seconds left in regular as the OCN Blizzard beat the Swan Valley Stampeders 2-1.

Jaden Peshe (OCN) and John Jebamani (SV) exchanged goals earlier in the game.

Danick Rodrigue made 29 saves to get the win in the Blizzard while Michael Davis stopped 31 shots in the loss.

The Stampeders will return to action on Saturday night when they host the Selkirk Steelers for the 1st of two meetings over the weekend.

Tuesday 5 November 2019

Henry's OT winner lead Terriers to a big road victory over Nipawin on Tuesday night

The Yorkton Terriers' earned their 11th victory of the season on Wednesday night as they defeated the Nipawin Hawks 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday in Nipawin.

The Hawks would get off to a quick start as they would strike short-handed 6:38 into the 1st as Brodie Girod would bury home his 7th of the season to make it 1-0.

Then just under 4 minutes later they would get a PP goal off the stick of Zach Cox, his 6th of the year to give the home team a two goal lead.

But the Terriers would respond not even 2 minutes later as Chantz Petruic would cause a turnover on the fore-check and then feed Brett LeGrandeur in front who would make no mistake for his 3rd of the season to make it a one goal game. Then with 3:35 left in the 1st, Petruic would continue his torrid pace as he back-hand home his league-leading 20th of the season to make it a 2-2 game after 1 period.

Just 6:06 into the 2nd period, the visitors grabbed their first lead of the night as just 6 seconds into their 2nd power-play of the night, the Terriers Captain Chantz Petruic's long point shot would beat a screened Ross Hawryluk for his 2nd of the night making it 3-2.

But before the 2nd period buzzer could go off the Hawks would respond with a PP goal of their own as Carson Erhardt would pounce on a loose rebound and flip it by Ryan Ouellette to even the game up again after 40 minutes of play.

After a scoreless 3rd period, the Terriers would get the extra point netting the OT winner as Brett LeGrandeur fed it across to Carson Henry who snuck it through the left arm and the post of the Hawks goaltender for his 6th of the year to help them to pull ahead for good.

Ryan Ouellette made 45 saves on 48 shots in the Terrier net to earn his 4th victory of the season while Ross Hawryluk turned aside 25 shots in the losing cause in the Hawks' net.

The Terriers' next game will be on Friday night when they begin 2 game series in Flin Flon against the Bombers.

Elsewhere,

The Melville Millionaires dropped a Viterra division showdown on Tuesday night, 4-3 to the Weyburn Red Wings on home ice.

Jonathan Krahn, Aidan Steinke and Dylan Wells scored for the Mils while Luke Spadafora added 2 assists.

Dante Ballarin scored twice to the Red Wings offensively.

Kaleb McEachern made 24 saves on 28 shots in the loss for the Moneymen.

The Mils will be visiting the Melfort Mustangs on Wednesday night and we will broadcast the game on GX94 with the "Sask Milk" pregame show starting at 7:20 while the play by play kicks off at 7:30 from the Northern Lights Palace.

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In the MJHL,

Conrad Phillips scored the game winner, 2:37 into overtime to lead the Waywayseecappo Wolverines to a 4-3 road win over the Dauphin Kings.

Kris Bladen also scored for the Wolverines who got single marker from Ryley Cardinal.

The Kings' were led offensively by Grady Hobbs who scored twice for the home-side.

The Wolverines' will return to action on Friday night when they travel to Winnipeg to tangle with the Blues.


Sunday 3 November 2019

Local Weekend Sports Recap

SJHL 

The Yorkton Terriers began a stretch of 9 straight road games this weekend collecting 3 of a possible 4 points. 

The Terriers got 1G 3A from Captain Chantz Petruic to lead them to a 7-6 win in the shootout over the Kindersley Klippers. 

Then on Saturday, the Terriers earned a point but fell in overtime to the 1st place Battlefords North Stars. 

Jordan Guiney and Chantz Petriuc scored the Terrier markers. 

The Terriers will return to the ice on Tuesday night when they visit the Nipawin Hawks. GX94 will broadcast the game with the pregame begins at 7:20 and the play by play kicks off at 7:30.


Meanwhile the Melville Millionaires dropped both of their games on the road.

Aidan Steinke and Dylan Thackeray had 1G 1A each but the Mils dropped a 5-2 decision on the road against the La Ronge Ice Wolves. 

Then on Saturday, Luke Spadafora (2G) and Zach Banniser (2A) each had 2 points each as the Moneymen fell 4-2 to the Nipawin Hawks. 

The Mils will return to action on Tuesday night when they entertain the Weyburn Red Wings at 7:30 from the Horizon Credit Union Center.


MJHL 

The Swan Valley Stampeders played a 3 games in 3 night stretch this past weekend earn 5 out of a possible 6 points. 

Friday, Mattias Dal Monte had 3G 1A to lead the Swan Valley Stampeders to a 7-4 victory over the Virden Oil Capitals. 

On Saturday, the Swan Valley Stampeders let a 4 goal lead slip away as they fell 6-5 in overtime to the Portage Terriers. 

Callum Fortin scored twice to lead the Stamps offensively. 

Meanwhile on Sunday, 

Tommy Cardinal scored with just 39 seconds left in overtime to lead the Stamps to a 2-1 victory over the Selkirk Steelers. 

Carter Cockburn also scored for the Stampeders who return to action on Wednesday night when they entertain the OCN Blizzard at the Centennial Arena. 


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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL on Saturday 


Rural 12-Man High School Football League Final (1)

Swift Current Colts 17 Yorkton Regional Raider Gridders 31
(Yorkton will host the Provincial Final on Saturday against Saskatoon Bishop James Mahoney Saints) 

Rural Manitoba 9-Man Football League
**Championship Final**

Southwest Sabres 13 Swan Valley Tigers 59 


**Consolation Final**

Dauphin Clippers 8 Neepawa Tigers 10



1A 6 Man-High School Football Semi-Finals

Kerrobert Rebels 41 Raymore Rebels 25



2A 6-Man High School Football Semi-Finals 

Wynyard Golden Bears 84 Birch Hills Marauders 63
(Wynyard will host Hafford on Saturday in Provincial Final)


3A 9-Man High School Football Semi-Finals 

Indian Head Broncs 22 Delisle Rebels 10
(Indian Head will take on Notre Dame Hounds in Provincial Final on Saturday)


4A 9-Man High School Football Semi-Finals

Fort Qu'Appelle Bison 52
Martensville Royals 22

Saturday 2 November 2019

Local High School Footbal Playofs on Saturday!

Rural 12-Man High School Football League Final (1)Swift Current Colts @ Yorkton Regional Raider Gridders 2PM (at Kinsmen Century Field)



Rural Manitoba 9-Man Football League
**Championship Final**
Southwest Sabres @ Swan Valley Tigers 2PM MB time


**Consolation Final**Dauphin Clippers @ Neepawa Tigers 2PM MB time



1A 6 Man-High School Football Semi-Finals

Kerrobert Rebels @ Raymore Rebels 1PM



2A 6-Man High School Football Semi-Finals Wynyard Golden Bears @ Birch Hills Marauders 1PM



3A 9-Man High School Football Semi-Finals I

ndian Head Broncs @ Delisle Rebels 1PM



4A 9-Man High School Football Semi-Finals

Fort Qu'Appelle Bison @ Martensville Royals 1PM