Monday 30 September 2019

Stampeders; Wolverines earn victories in their MJHL Showcase Openers in Winnipeg


The Swan Valley Stampeders earn their 4th victory of the season as they kicked off their 2019 MJHL Showcase on Monday with a 3-2 victory over the Dauphin Kings in Winnipeg. 

Trevor Schroder and Callum Fortin each scored their first MJHL goals for Swan Valley while Luke Beerman had the other for the Stamps. 

Michael Davis turned aside 36 of 38 shots to improve his record to 3-1 on the season.

Parker Fofonoff and Cole DeKonick replied for the Kings. 

The Stampeders look for their 4th straight win on Tuesday night at 5PM MB time when they finish off their Showcase taking on the Winnipeg Blues for their first meeting of the season.

Post Game with Stamps Asst. Coach Suneil Karod 



Elsewhere, 

The Waywayseecappo Wolverines improved their season mark to 5-1 on the season after opening up in Winnipeg with a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Blues. 

Gerrik Ripley, Tyler Leibl and Noah Westgate led Waywayseecappo with 1G 1A while Matthew Swanson, Dylan Soosay and Conrad Phillips chipped in with the other markers. 

Mikol Sartor led the Blues with 2G in the loss. 

The Wolverines will take on the Selkirk Steelers in the Showcase finale at 6PM MB time on Tuesday evening. 


Other Monday results:

Selkirk 4 Steinbach 1

Portage 5  Winkler 2 

OCN 2 Virden 4 

Sunday 29 September 2019

Local Weekend Junior A Recap


SATURDAY 

The Melville Millionaires dropped their 2nd straight overtime decision after they fell 5-4 to the Weyburn Red Wings.

Ben Hiltz scored the game winner with 38 seconds left in the extra frame.

Max McPeak, Nic Porterfield, Luke Nkwama, and Booker Chacalias scored for the Mils while Hunter Adams made 34 saves in the loss.

The Mils will return to action on Wednesday night when they host the Battlefords North Stars from the Horizon Credit Union Center. Puck drop at 7:30

Other Saturday results:

Nipawin 2 Flin Flon 6

Battlefords 4 La Ronge 3

Melfort 3 Notre Dame 1


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FRIDAY 

The Swan Valley Stampeders handed the Waywayseecappo Wolverines their first loss on Friday night, defeating them on home ice, 4-1.

Frazer Dodd led the way for Swan with 1G 1A while Luke Beerman, Leyson Coleman and Nathan Carl chipped in with singles.

Tyler Leibl scored the lone goal for Wayway, in his 1st game as a Wolverine.

Michael Davis got the start for Swan Valley and made 25 saves on 26 shots in the win while Liam Tereposky turned aside 21 shots in the loss.

The Stamps will return to action on Monday at the MJHL Showcase in Winnipeg when they take on the Dauphin Kings.  GX94 will broadcast the game from the Seven Oaks Center, joining the game in progress at 7PM MB time.

Meanwhile for the Wolverines, they kick off their showcase also on Monday against the Winnipeg Blues.


SJHL/Yorkton Terriers announce they've cut ties with Greg Mulhall

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and the Yorkton Terriers have announced they've cut ties with F Greg Mulhall for the remainder of the 2019/20 season.

In a release that came out on Sunday (seen below) the league says a video came out that showed Mulhall "speaking with disrespect and profanity laced words towards Melville Millionaires goaltender Berk Berkeliev."



Mulhall was suspended 25 games by the league for his hit on the Mils net minder earlier this season.

Mulhall has also issued an apology on Twitter:


Friday 27 September 2019

Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show - September 27th edition

Wolverines' capture 4th straight victory to begin MJHL regular season

The Waywayseecappo Wolverines are now winners of 4 straight games to start their 2019/20 regular season.

Thomson Phinney made 27 stops to win his fourth straight start while Logan Wotton's 1st career MJHL goal stood up to be the game winner as the Wolverines defeated the OCN Blizzard 3-1 on Thursday night.

Matt Kasowski and Jaymes Knee also scored for the Wolverines who improved to 4-0 to start the campaign.

Waywayseecappo will be back on the ice tonight (Fri) when they visit the Swan Valley Stampeders. Puck drop will be at 7:30PM MB time from the Centennial Arena in Swan River.

Thursday 26 September 2019

Foxwarren's Barteaux inks 3 year Entry-level deal with Dallas Stars

The Dallas Stars announced today (Thurs) that the club has signed defenseman Dawson Barteaux to a three-year, entry-level contract.


Barteaux, 19, registered 34 points (7-27=34) in 67 regular-season games with the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League (WHL) last season. Barteaux finished fourth on the team in assists (27) and sixth in points (34) in 2018-19, ranking second among club defensemen in both categories. He also ranked third on Red Deer and led team blueliners with six power play goals.

The defenseman has recorded 70 points (10-60=70) in 174 career regular-season WHL games over four seasons with Regina and Red Deer. Barteaux has also skated in 12 career WHL postseason contests, tallying five assists (0-5=5).

The 6-foot-1, 185-pound native of Foxwarren, Manitoba was originally selected by Dallas in the sixth round (168th overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft.

(Stars Press Release)

Wednesday 25 September 2019

Mils; Terriers both fall on final day of SJHL Showcase in Warman

The Melville Millionaires got a point in the SJHL Showcase finale but they fell 3-2 in overtime to the La Ronge Ice Wolves.

Grant Longtin scored twice including the OT winner for the Ice Wolves while former Millionaire Jordan Mish also chipped in with a single.

Nic Porterfield and Ryan Butler replied for the Mils.

Hunter Adams was solid in the Moneymen net turning aside 42 of 45 shots.

The Mils' next game will be on Saturday night when they visit the Weyburn Red Wings at Crescent Point Place.


The Yorkton Terriers wrapped up their SJHL Showcase on Wednesday afternoon with a 4-1 loss to the Humboldt Broncos.

Max Gudnason, Logan Foster, Tristan Shewchuk and Bryson Cecconi scored for the Broncos while 20 year old Chantz Petruic had the lone goal, his 4th goal of the season for the Terriers.

Cooper Kennedy made 49 saves on 53 shots in the loss for Yorkton in his 1st SJHL start.

The Terriers will look to return to the win column on Friday night when they visit the Weyburn Red Wings.

2019/20 SMAAAHL Season Preview with Maulers Head Coach Ed Zawatsky

Caught up with Yorkton SeCon Maulers (SMAAAHL) Head Coach Ed Zawatsky ahead of their season opener tonight (Wed).

Puck drop will be at 7:30PM from the Farrell Agencies Arena

Tuesday 24 September 2019

Tuesday Night Junior A Recap

Millionaires; Terriers both fall in their SJHL Showcase Openers in Warman 

The Melville Millionaires let a 2-1 lead slip away as Nipawin scored 4 unanswered to lead the Hawks to a 5-2 victory on Tuesday night.

Zach Cox scored twice for the Hawks while Carson Erhardt, Jake Tremblay,  and Jack Lenchyshyn chipped in with singles.

Jonathan Krahn and Jacob Bourchier replied for the Moneymen.

Rookie net-minder Kaleb McEachern turned aside 32 shots in the loss.

The Mils wrap up their Showcase on Wednesday at 2PM vs. the La Ronge Ice Wolves.

Elsewhere,

The Yorkton Terriers dropped their 4th straight game on Tuesday, losing 6-2 to the Melfort Mustangs in Warman.

Kenzie Arnold, Zach Anderson, Luc Marleau, Jake Hobson, Braydon Clayton and Ben Chase scored for the winning side while Chantz Petruic and Alec Zawatsky led the Terriers with 1G 1A each.

Phillipe Bond made his 5th straight and turned aside 32 shots in the loss.

The Terriers will face the Humboldt Broncos at 11AM on Wednesday morning to wrap up the event.


OTHER TUESDAY SJHL RESULTS:

Battlefords 10 Flin Flon 3

Kindersley 6 Estevan 5 (OT)



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Wolverines capture their 3rd straight with win over Dauphin 

Thomson Phinney stopped 27 shots and Ryley Cardinal scored the game winner to lead the Waywayseecappo Wolverines to their 3rd straight win, a 4-2 decision over the Dauphin Kings.

Anthony Bilka, Matt Kasowski and Matthew Swanson also scored for the Wolverines.

Cole DeKonick and Avery Smith replied for the Kings.

The Wolverines will return to action on Thursday night when they visit the OCN Blizzard at 7PM MB time


Dodd plays hero as Stampeders edge Virden in overtime 

Frazer Dodd netted the OT winner just 3:43 into the extra frame to lead the Swan Valley Stampeders to a 5-4 victory over the Virden Oil Capitals.

Carter Cockburn, Josh Beauchemin, Mattias Dal Monte and Nathan Carl also scored for Swan who got Mikael Foucher made 33 saves for his 1st MJHL win.

Hunter Cloutier had 2 goals and 2 assists to lead the Oil Caps offensively.

The Stamps will return to action on Friday night when they take on the Wayway Wolverines on home ice.


Other Tuesday MJHL matchup:

Neepawa 4 Winnipeg 5

Waywayseecappo Wolverines Coaches Show - September 24th edition

Sperling; Bear named to Team Saskatchewan U18 Girls hockey squad

The Saskatchewan Hockey Association and SaskFirst High-Performance program has announced the 20 players that will don the green and gold for Team Saskatchewan at the National Women’s Under-18 Championship this November.

Among those selected include defenceman and Theodore product Chace Sperling and forward & Ochapowace's Jordyn Bear.

First up for the team will be a stop in Carman, MB to take part in a pre-tournament game against Team Ontario Blue on Sunday, November 3rd.

Then the team will open the preliminary round on Tuesday, November 5th against Team Alberta in Winkler, MB.

The National Women’s Under-18 Championship is co-hosted by Winkler and Morden, MB and will be played November 5-10, 2019

Monday 23 September 2019

Local Junior A News and Notes

Terriers' swing deal with Notre Dame to acquire 20 year old Zawatsky

The Yorkton Terriers swung a deal on Saturday night with the Notre Dame Hounds to add some offence.

The Terriers acquired 20 year old local product Alec Zawatsky from the Notre Dame Hounds in exchange for a player development fee.

Zawatsky split last year with the WHL's Swift Current Broncos and Moose Jaw Warriors where in 64 regular season games he compiled 14 goals, 14 assists for 28 points.

He last played in the SJHL during the 2017/18 season where with the Hounds he had 19 points in 14 games.



The September 23rd edition of the Terriers Coaches Show with Mat Hehr


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Mils' F Porterfield named SJHL's Rookie of the Week
2001 F Nic Porterfield (Calgary AB) got his SJHL career off with a bang by ripping 6-goals and 2-assists in 4-games as he helped the Mils get off to a 2-1-0-and-1 start.  Porterfield has scored in each game so far this season, but his breakout performance was Wednesday night against Weyburn when he scored three times as part of a five point night.  He also scored in back to back games against Yorkton to open the season as well as this past weekend in a loss to Melfort. 

Meanwhile Mils D James Philpott was a runner-up for SJHL Defenceman of the Week

Friday 20 September 2019

Friday Night Local Junior A Recap

Wolverines; Stampeders kick-off 2019/20 MJHL season with victories 


The Swan Valley Stampeders opened up their 2019/20 MJHL season on a winning note on Friday night as they doubled up the Dauphin Kings 6-3 at the Centennial Arena in Swan River.

After a 1st period that the Stamps played pretty well, it was the visiting Kings that got the fortunate break to strike first as Cole DeKonick's long point shot would go off a leg in the high slot and go right back-door to 18 year old Nakodan Greyeyes who made no mistake to get the only goal of the 1st.

Shots after 1 were 14-7 for Swan.

The Stampeders would even it up 2:33 into the middle frame as 19 year old Nathan Carl would nab his 1st as a Stamp after taking a nice feed from Carter Cockburn. They would then grab their first lead of the night as 20 year old Quebec product Tommy Cardinal buried his 1st after a nifty feed from Luke Beerman to make it a 2-1 game. But the Kings would respond as after a big rebound, Leaam Tivers would grab it and beat a sprawled out Michael Davis to make it 2-2. Leyson Coleman who was named Captain of the Stamps earlier in the day would regain his team their one goal lead by taking a dish from Josh Maucieri (pictured above)  and sniping it home. Cardinal would add his 2nd of the period late to help his team take a 4-2 advantage after 40 minutes of play.

After some great chances earlier in the game on the powerplay, they would finally convert on the PP as newcomer Frazer Dodd would re-direct a nice pass from Josh Maucieri again to make it a 5-2 game just 4:57 into the 3rd. But just under a minute later, Nakodan Greyeyes would add his second of the night to make it a one goal once again. But some insurance would be added late, as while on the penalty kill, Maucieri would cause a turnover at his own line and then go in alone on the breakaway and convert to complete the scoring and complete his 4 point opening night.

20 year old Michael Davis earn the victory between the pipes making 32 saves on 35 shots while his counterpart Mattias Smith turned aside   shots in the losing cause.

The two teams will meet in the back-end of their season opening home and home on Saturday night from Dauphin's Credit Union Place with puck drop at 7:30PM MB time.

Elsewhere,

Jack Kennedy scored twice while Lonan Bulger netted his 1st MJHL goal as the Waywayseecappo Wolverines began their new season with a 4-1 victory over the Neepawa Natives on the road.

Jaymes Knee also scored for Wayway who got 15 stops from Thomson Phoney in the win.

Eli Lieffers had the lone marker for Neepawa.

The two teams will meet up once again on Saturday this time in Waywayseecappo.


Other Friday MJHL results:

Winnipeg 2 Portage 4

Virden 5 Selkirk 2

Winkler 2 Steinbach 3

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Mils; Terriers both fall on home ice on Friday night 

The Melville Millionaires had their 2 game win streak come to a end after falling 6-3 to the Melfort Mustangs in the Rail City.

Braden Larochelle, Jaden Hewes (1st SJHL goal) and Nic Porterfield (6th of the year) scored for the Mils in the loss.

Hunter Adams started for Melville and allowed 3 goals on 16 shots before being relieved by Kaleb McEachern who made 19 stops in relief.

The Mils' next game will be at the SJHL Showcase in Warman on Tuesday night at 7PM when they take on the Nipawin Hawks.

Meanwhile,

The Yorkton Terriers dropped their 3rd straight game losing 5-1 on home ice to the Notre Dame Hounds.

Jarrett Penner and Jake Dale scored twice to lead the Hounds while Chantz Petruic's 2nd of the season was the lone piece of offence for Yorkton.

Riley Kohonick won his 3rd straight start making 35 saves in the win while Terriers' G Phillipe Bond made 38 saves on 43 shots in the loss.

The Terriers' will kick off their SJHL Showcase in Warman on Tuesday morning at 10AM vs. the Melfort Mustangs.

Elsewhere in SJHL on Friday,

Humboldt 3 Flin Flon 5

Estevan 1 Kindersley

Nipawin 5 La Ronge 3

Thursday 19 September 2019

Porterfield & Spadafora lead Mils to convincing victory over Weyburn on Wednesday night

The Melville Millionaires won their 2nd straight in convincing fashion on Wednesday night hammering the Weyburn Red Wings 6-2 at the Horizon Credit Union Center.

The Wings got out to an early 2-0 lead on goals by Kai Studler and Ben Hiltz before the Mils scored 5 goals in the 2nd period led by Nic Porterfield who had 2 of them while Jacob Bouchier, Luke Spadafora and Booker Chacalias chipped in with singles.

Porterfield added his hat-trick goal with 5:00 left in the third to round up the scoring.

19 year old Hunter Adams made 27 saves on 29 shots in the Mils' net to earn his 1st SJHL victory while Aaon de Kok started for the Wings and was pulled after allowing 5 goals on 21 shots and he was relieved by Noah Decottignies who made 9 saves on 10 shots.

The Mils' will return to action on Friday night when they entertain the Melfort Mustangs to HCUC with game time at 7:30PM.

Tuesday 17 September 2019

Terriers drop to 1-2 after road loss in Estevan on Tuesday night

The Yorkton Terriers dropped their 2nd straight on Tuesday night, a 4-2 decision on the road to the Estevan Bruins at Affinity. Place

The Bruins would get on the board at the 12:16 mark of first as Tyson Manz's shot would produce a big rebound that would come up high in the air in the crease area and it would be batted home by 20 year old Devon Cyr for his 1st of the season to make it 1-0.

Then in the final minute of the first they add another as Austin King-Cunningham's long point shot would get re-directed home by youngster Griffin Asham-Moroz for the Winnipeg product's first SJHL goal to give the Bruins a 2 goal lead after 1.

Shots were 17-10 Bruins.

The Terriers would respond from the deficit in a big way in the 2nd as Carson Henry would get the visitors within one just 6:05 in as his wrist-shot would beat Keenan Rancier short-side for his 2nd of the young season to make it 2-1.

Then just under 9 minutes later, Henry would see a trailing Kurri Woodford coming late into the Estevan zone & find him and the Littleton, Colorado would make no mistake going top-shelf to make it even at 2-2 after 40 minutes.

After a back and forth start to the 3rd the Bruins would break through to get the eventual game winner with 2:24 remaining in regulation as Eddie Gallagher would be left wide-open in front and his snap shot would squeak through the glove of Terrier G Phillipe Bond and into the back of the net.

Jayden Davis would seal the game with an empty-netter with 40 seconds left to help the Bruins improve their record to 1-1.

19 year old Bruins net minder Keenan Rancier stopped 23 of 25 shots to earn his 1st victory in the SJHL while fellow 19 year old Phullipe Bond in the Terrier cage made 31 stops in the loss.

The Terriers will look to snap their 2 game slide on Friday night when they entertain the Notre Dame Hounds on Friday for a 7:30 puck-drop. Don't forget to get your tickets at www.yorktonterriers.com


Post Game with Terriers Head Coach/GM Mat Hehr

Elsewhere in the SJHL,

Melfort 6 La Ronge 4

Waywayseecappo Wolverines Coaches Show - Sept 17th edition

National Junior Hockey Championship now rebranded to the "Centenntial Cup" starting in 2020

As Canada’s National Junior A Championship prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in May in Portage la Prairie, Man., Hockey Canada, in partnership with the CJHL, has announced that Canada’s National Junior A Championship will return to its original name - the Centennial Cup starting in 2020.


“There is a long-standing and deep-rooted history of this event that brings together the top Junior A teams from across the country and we look forward to honouring that history by returning to the event’s original name,” said Dean McIntosh, vice-president of events and properties with Hockey Canada. “For 49 years, hockey fans from across the country have embraced this tournament, and we are excited to officially reintroduce the Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie in 2020 and celebrate the 50th edition of the event.”

The first Centennial Cup was launched in Manitoba. In 1971, the Red Deer Rustlers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League claimed the inaugural championship and Centennial Trophy with a win over the Charlottetown Islanders. The final Centennial Cup was awarded to the Calgary Canucks in 1995, with the tournament being re-named the Royal Bank Cup from 1996 to 2018. 

“Within the CJHL, we are exceedingly excited about reactivating the Centennial Cup,” said Canadian Junior Hockey League president Brent Ladds. “It represents a cherished memory from our past and will capture the period of the RBC Cup to maintain the history of the road to the National Junior A Championship, which is so important to our members.”

Schedule and ticket information:

Hockey Canada also announced schedule and ticket information for the 2020 Centennial Cup, set for May 9-17 at the 1,675-seat Stride Place.

The schedule features 10 preliminary-round games, including the host Portage Terriers’ tournament-opener at 2 p.m. CT on May 9 against the East region champions, along with two semifinals and the championship game. Hockey Canada’s official broadcast partners, TSN and RDS, will broadcast the championship game while all other games will be available via livestream at video.hockeycanada.ca

Full-event ticket packages, which include one ticket to all 13 games, can be purchased at HockeyCanada.ca/Tickets for $200 plus applicable fees. As with other Hockey Canada national championships, the net proceeds from all ticket sales remain in the host community of Portage la Prairie to assist with hockey programs that encourage the growth of the game in the city and surrounding communities. Historically, this event has generated more than $2 million in local economic impact.

The 2020 National Junior A Championship represents a partnership between Hockey Canada, the Canadian Junior Hockey League, Manitoba Junior Hockey League and Hockey Manitoba.
For more information on the 2020 Centennial Cup, please visit HockeyCanada.ca, or follow along via social media on Facebook or Twitter.

(Hockey Canada Press Release)

Monday 16 September 2019

Yorkton Terriers Coaches Show - September 16th edition





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SJHL gives Terriers F Mulhall 25 game suspension 


The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s disciplinary committee has announced their suspension for Yorkton Terrier forward Greg Mulhall for his hit on Melville Millionaire’s netminder Berk Berkeliev during Saturday’s game in Melville.
The league has suspended the Fort McMurray, Alberta product for a total of 25 games for the match/attempt to injure penalty.
Mulhall who had 2 points in 2 games is eligible to return to the Terrier lineup on Wednesday, November 22nd against the La Ronge Ice Wolves.
Meanwhile Mils forward Jonathan Krahn was handed a 3 game suspension for a slash during Friday’s season-opening game.
The Chilliwack, BC product served his first game on Saturday and he’ll be eligible to return to Tuesday, Sept. 24th when the Mils open up the SJHL Showcase in Warman against the Nipawin Hawks.

Saturday 14 September 2019

Millionaires take 2nd Highway 10 battle on Saturday, 7-2 over Yorkton

The Melville Millionaires got a little revenge over their Highway 10 rivals on Saturday night defeating the Yorkton Terriers 7-2 at the Horizon Credit Union Center.

19 year old Luke Nkwama led the way for the Moneymen with the Hat-Trick while Nic Porterfield, Braden Larochelle (1st SJHL goal), Aidan Steinke and Jacob Bouchier chipped in with singles.

Rin Beny had 3 helpers also for Melville while Booker Chacalias and Payton Jerome supplied two assists each.

Ryan Granville and Ethan Robson (1st SJ goal) replied for the Terriers.

Berk Berkeliev made 19 saves on 20 shots in the Mils net before going down to injury, rookie Kaleb McEachern made 3 stops in relief.

Phillipe Bond got the start for the Terriers in goal and surrendered 5 goals before pulled for 1st year 1st year goaltender Cooper Kennedy.

The Mils return to action on Wednesday night when they host the Weyburn Red Wings at the Horizon Credit Union Center with puck drop at 7:30.

The Terriers will head back on the road on Tuesday night when they travel to take on the Estevan Bruins. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, pregame starts at 7:20 with play by play getting underway at 7:30.

Other Saturday SJHL results:

Nipawin 3 Melfort 0

Flin Flon 4 La Ronge 1

Notre Dame 4 Humboldt 1

Kindersley 4 Battlefords 7


Terriers earn shootout victory over Melville in SJHL Season Opener

The Yorkton Terriers won the 1st instalment of the Highway 10 battle on Friday night defeating the Melville Millionaires 5-4 in the shootout to open up the 2019/20 season.

The Terriers would strike first just 8:19 into the 1st as newcomer Carson Henry would finish off a nice passing play from Chantz Petruic and make no mistake for his 1st SJHL goal to make it 1-0. They would make it 2-0, just under 6 minutes later as Ryan Ries would pick up a loose puck and slip it over top of Mils net-minder Berk Berkeliev for his 1st as a Terriers to give them a two goal lead.  The visiting Mils would respond though in the late stages of the opening frame as first off Luke Nkwama would slip one five-hole through Phillipe Bond to make it a one goal game. Aidan Steinke would draw his team even with 58 seconds to go as after a scramble in front the puck would squirt out to him and he would make it 2-2 after 1 period.

Shots after 20 minutes were 21-9 Yorkton.

After a scoreless 2nd, the Mils would grab their first lead 12:36 into the 3rd when Nic Porterfield would take a nice saucer pass from Luke Spadafora and make no mistake past Bond for his 1st SJHL goal to make it a 3-2 game. Then just a few moments later, Jonathan Krahn would add to the Mils lead with 1st as a Millionaire just 31 seconds later to make it a 2 goal game. The Terriers would respond though as Ryan Ries would add his 2nd of the game then Chantz Petruic would sneak one over top of Berk Berkeliev in the final minute to force the overtime period.

After overtime solved nothing, Chantz Petruic would get the only move in the shootout beating the Mils net minder to give the home side the extra point.

Phillipe Bond made 31 saves to earn his 1st SJHL win while Mils G Berk Berkeliev was solid making 45 saves on 49 shots in the loss.

The two teams will meet in the back-end of the home and home series on Saturday in Melville at 7:30PM.

Elsewhere on Friday:

Battlefords 7 Kindersley 1

La Ronge 2 Flin Flon 5

Weyburn 2 Estevan 0

Melfort 0 Nipawin 3


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Stampeders blank OCN to wrap up Preseason 

The Swan Valley Stampeders got a 30 save shutout from 20 year old Michael Davis as they finished up their preseason with a 3-0 victory over the OCN Blizzard on Friday night.

Carter Cockburn, Callum Fortin and Josh Maucieri scored the goals for Swan.

The Stamps finish up the exhibition schedule with a 4-0-1 record and they will now shift their focus to next Friday when they open up the 2019/20 MJHL regular season hosting the Dauphin Kings at the Centennial Arena. We will broadcast that game on GX94 with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, pregame show begins at 7:20 with the Play by Play getting underway at 7:30PM MB time.

Elsewhere in Friday's MJHL preseason schedule:

Dauphin 2 Neepawa 1

Steinbach 6 Winkler 4


Thursday 12 September 2019

Wednesday Night Local Hockey Recap

Schroder's OT winner leads Swan Valley to preseason victory over OCN


20 year old Des Moines, Iowa product Trevor Schroder scored the game winner 3:16 into overtime to lead the Swan Valley Stampeders to a 2-1 preseason victory over the OCN Blizzard on Wednesday night.

Ethan Hersant also scored for the Stamps who got 25 stops from Carson Close in the win.

Wes Dobbin had the only marker for the hometown Blizzard.

The Stampeders will wrap up their exhibition schedule on Friday night when the two teams meet once again, this time at the Centennial Arena in Swan River with a puck drop of 7:30PM MB time

Other Wednesday MJHL result:

Winkler Flyers 4  Virden Oil Capitals 3


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Maulers' stay perfect in SMAAAHL preseason after home victory over Hounds

The Yorkton SeCon Maulers improved their preseason record to 3-0 after a 3-0 victory over the Notre Dame Hounds at the Farrell Agencies Arena last night (Wed).

Hunter Weber, Anthony Roebuck and Blake Duquette each had a goal and an assist to lead the way offensively while returning net-minder Kael DePape had to make only 13 stops for the shutout in the Mauler goal.

The Maulers will continue their preseason on Saturday afternoon in Wilcox at 2PM when they battle Hounds once again.

Melville's Sass traded to Kelowna (WHL)

Melville product Carson Sass is on the move in the Western Hockey League.

The Tri-City Americans dealt the 20 year old defenceman to the Kelowna Rockets in exchange for 2022 10th round draft pick.

Sass spent the past 3 seasons with the Red Deer Rebels before he was released by the Rebels and picked up by the Americans before the start of this year's training camp.

In 202 career WHL games he has notched 36 points (nine goals, twenty-seven assists) with 98 penalty minutes.

Tuesday 10 September 2019

Waywayseecappo Wolverines Coaches Show - Sept 10th




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Wolverines earn 4th preseason victory in Neepawa on Tuesday
The Waywayseecappo Wolverines improved their preseason record to 4-2 after a 5-3 road victory over the Neepawa Natives on Tuesday night.


Noah Westgate and Charlie Kashmark had 1G 2A for the Wolverines who got singles from Gerrick Ripley, Jaymes Knee and Ryley Cardinal.


The Wolverines will wrap up their preseason on Saturday night when they visit the Virden Oil Capitals.

Mils drop preseason finale in Dauphin on Monday

The SJHL's Melville Millionaires finished up their preseason schedule with a 2-2 record after dropping a 7-0 decision on Monday night to the MJHL's Dauphin Kings.

Carter Eha had 2 goals to lead the Kings who got singles from Cole DeKonick, Braeden Young, Nakodan Greyeyes, Leeam Tivers and Avery Smith.

Kings netminder Matthias Smith made 28 stops for the shutout.

The Mils split their netminder duties with Hunter Adams getting the start allowing 4 goals on 15 shots before being relieved for Kaleb McEachern who made 19 saves on 22 shots.

Melville will now shift their focus to their 2019/20 SJHL regular season opener on Friday night when they visit the Yorkton Terriers. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, "Sask Milk" pregame show starts at 7:20 with PXP getting underway at 7:30 from the Farrell Agencies Arena.

Monday 9 September 2019

Yorkton Terriers Coaches Show - Sept 9th edition




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Terriers acquire D Granville from Battlefords

The SJHL's Yorkton Terriers have traded a 2020 4th round pick and a player development fee to the Battleford North Stars for D Ryan Granville.
 
Granville was a member of the 2018-19 SJHL champion North stars, where he posted 8 points in 32 games.
 
The Sherwood Park, AB native also played in 3 games during last year Anavet Cup.

Saturday 7 September 2019

Swan Valley & Melville make Weekend Trades

Millionaires acquire a pair 

The SJHL's Melville Millionaires have picked up 18 year old F Jonathan Krahn from the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) and 19 year old D Dylan Wells from the AJHL's Olds Grizzlys, both in exchange for future considerations.

Wells who hails from St. Albert, AB had 3 goals and 9 assists for 12 points in 57 games split between the Grizzlys and Whitecourt Wolverines.

Meanwhile for Krahn (Chilliwack, BC) he played 50 games last season with the Silverbacks and had 4 goals, 4 assists for 8 points.


Stampeders acquire goalie from the East 

The Swan Valley Stampeders have acquired 2000-born goaltender Mikael Foucher from the CCHL's Brockville Braves for future considerations.

The St. Hubert, Quebec product played last season with the St. Louis Jr. Blues of the NA3HL where in 32 games, he had a 2.24GAA & 0.920 SV%.


Friday 6 September 2019

Swan Valley Stampeders Coaches Show - September 6th edition



Wolverines; Stamps & Millionaires all earn Preseason victories on Thursday night

Wolverines 5, Terriers 1 The Waywayseecappo Wolverines scored 5 power play goals,  4 of them coming in the 3rd period en route to a 5-1 road victory over the Yorkton Terriers on Thursday night.

Charlie Kashmark led the way with a goal and 2 assists while Jack Kennedy, Matthew Swanson, Jaymes Knee and Anthony Bilka chipped in with singles.

Evan Sare scored the only marker for the hometown Terriers.

The Wolverines' next preseason game will be on Saturday night when they host the Virden Oil Capitals at the Wayway Arena Complex.


The Terriers' next action will be their home and season opener next Friday night when they host the Melville Millionaires. GX94 will broadcast the game with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey, pregame show kicks off at 7:20 with the play by play starting at 7:30 from the Farrell Agencies Arena.


Stampeders 5, Bombers 3 Josh Maucieri and Frazer Dodd each scored twice and added an assist to lead the Swan Valley Stampeders to their 3rd straight preseason win after a 5-3 victory over the Flin Flon Bombers at the Centennial Arena.

Caleb Parkhouse scored the other for the Stampeders.

Mason Martin, Caleb Franklin and Donavon Houle replied for the Bombers.

The next exhibition matchup for the Stampeders will be next Wednesday night when they visit the OCN Blizzard.




Millionaires 5, Kings 2
The Melville Millionaires earned their 2nd victory of the preseason on Thursday after defeating the hometown Dauphin Kings 5-2.

The line of Luke Spadafora (1G 2A), Dylan Abbamont (1G 1A) and Luke Nkwama (1G 1A) combined for 7 points in the win.

Ryan Butler and Jaden Hewes also scored while returning netminder Berk Berkeliev made 39 saves to earn the victory.

The Mils will wrap up their preseason visiting the Kings once again on Monday night at Credit Union Place.


Thursday 5 September 2019

Stampeders; Wolverines victorious in Sept. 4th Local SJHL/MJHL Preseason recap


Stampeders 6, Bombers 3
The Swan Valley Stampeders earned their 2nd straight preseason win on Wednesday night after firing 6 2nd period goals en route to a 6-3 victory over the Flin Flon Bombers.

Parker Johnson (2G 2A) and Trevor Schroder (2G 2A) led the way with 4 points each while Jamie Valentino and Frazer Dodd chipped in with singles.

Carson Close made 27 saves on 30 shots to earn the victory for Swan Valley who'll host the back half of the home and home series with the Bombers on Thursday with puck drop at 7:30PM MB time from the Centennial Arena in Swan River.

Neepawa 2, Waywayseecappo 3
Dylan Soosay scored twice to lead the Waywayseecappo Wolverines to a 3-2 home victory over the Neepawa Natives.

Xavier Halterman had the other marker for Wayway.


Terriers 3, Red Wings 6
The Yorkton Terriers dropped their first road preseason match-up on Wednesday after falling 6-3 to the Weyburn Red Wings.

Ryan Ries, Riley Egan and Chase Gallant scored for the Terriers while Kael DePape and Phillip Bond split the duties in goal.

The Terriers will go right back at it tonight (Thurs) when they host the Waywayseecappo Wolverines at 7:30PM MB time from the Farrell Agencies Arena.

Wednesday 4 September 2019

Melville Millionaires Coaches Show - Sept 4th edition



Swan Valley gets first win of Preseason after 3-2 victory over Dauphin on Tuesday

The Swan Valley Stampeders got their first victory over the MJHL preseason on Tuesday after a 3-2 victory over the visiting Dauphin Kings.

Trevor Schroder led the way for Swan with 2 goals while 20 year old Tommy Cardinal chipped in with the other.

Mitchell Joss and Avery Smith replied for the Kings.

The Stampeders will continue their exhibition schedule as they go right back at it tonight (Wed) when they visit the Flin Flon Bombers with a 7:30 face-off at the Whitney Forum.


Other Junior A Preseason results:

Virden Oil Capitals 3 @ Portage Terriers  4 SO

Flin Flon Bombers 3 @ OCN Blizzard 5

Humboldt Broncos 3 @ Kindersley Klippers 4
Melfort Mustangs 2 @ Nipawin Hawks 3 (OT)

Weyburn Red Wings 3 @ Estevan Bruins 1                    

Tuesday 3 September 2019

Monday 2 September 2019

Sept 1st Local MJHL/SJHL Preseason Recap

Terriers 3, Millionaires 1


The Yorkton Terriers got some revenge from yesterday's loss on Monday afternoon when they defeated the Melville Millionaires 3-1 at the Farrell Agencies Arena.

20 year old vet Chantz Petruc had a goal and an assist while newcomer & fellow 20 year old Jordan Guiney opened the scoring for the home-side while Chase Gallant had the winner in the 3rd frame.

Booker Chacalias chipped in with the lone goal for the visiting Moneymen.

The Terriers' next preseason action will be on Wednesday night when they visit the Weyburn Red Wings while the Mils will visit the Dauphin Kings on Thursday night

SCORING SUMMARY: 


1st: Yorkton- Jordan Guiney (99) from Chantz Petruic (99) and Tanner Sklaruk (01)    4:00

2nd: Melville- Booker Chacalias (99) from Brett Fogg (02) and Will Pond (01)     3:31
2nd: Yorkton- Chantz Petruic (99) from Carson Henry (01) and Tanner Sklaruk (01)  6:23  (PP)

3rd: Yorkton- Chase Gallant (01) from Riley Egan (00) and Gavin Ingram (01)    11:24

GOALTENDING: 

Yorkton: 

Cooper Kennedy (01)- 13 saves on 14 shots
Jacob Herman (02)- 13 saves on 13 shots

Melville: 

Hunter Adams (00)- 20 saves on 22 shots
Kaleb McEachern (01)- 14 saves on 15 shots

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Kings 3, Stampeders 2 (SO)
The Swan Valley Stampeders sent 58 shots on net but they only managed to beat the Dauphin Kings netminders twice as they fell in their preseason opener, 3-2 at Credit Union Place. 


Parker Johnson and Owen Harris scored for the Stamps while Drayden Kurbatoff and Owen Wareham replied for the home side.

Brayden Stevenson had the shootout winner for Dauphin


The two teams will meet in the back-end of their preseason home and home series tonight (Tues) in Swan River with puck drop at 7:30PM MB time.


Full Scoring Summary CLICK HERE


Wolverines 5, Blizzard 4
The Waywayseecappo Wolverines kicked off their preseason on a high note edging the visiting the OCN Blizzard 5-4 in the annual Rookie Game.


Andrew Boucher led the way for the Wolverines with 2G 1A while Tyson Smith, Matt McLeod and Beau Kennedy also hit the back of the net.


Mikey Baron, Riley Zimmeran, Ben Mitchell and Chris Mingus replied for the Blizzard.

The Wolverines' next preseason action will be tomorrow night (Wed) when they host the Neepawa Natives.

Full Scoring Summary CLICK HERE





Sunday 1 September 2019

Millionaires 4 Terriers 3 in 2019/20 SJHL Preseason Opener

The Melville Millionaires and Yorkton Terriers kicked off their 2019/20 preseason with the annual Rookie game on Sunday afternoon and it was the Moneymen that came out on top.

The Mils got the game winning game from Ethan Lang (02) with 53.6 seconds left to give them a 4-3 over the Terriers.

Melville products Colby Lubachowski & Payton Kostshyn and Davis Fry also scored for the Mils while Josh Groenwold, Kylen Taphorn and Prescott Senger replied for the Terriers.

You can expect a little more veteran line-up on Monday afternoon when the two teams wrap up their preseason home and home from the Farrell Agencies Arena. Puck drop will once again be at 2PM


SCORING SUMMARY: 


1st- Melville: Colby Lubachowski (02) from Nathan Flodell (03)  & Samuel McPeak (03)  11:01
1st- Yorkton: Prescott Senger (02) from Kirk Mullen (03) & Ryan McCleary  18:43

2nd- Melville: Davis Fry (03) from Dalton Garcia (01)  11:57

3rd- Yorkton: Josh Groenwold (02) from Kody Norberg (04) & Jackson Mark (03)    2:00
3rd- Yorkton: Kylen Taphorn (03) from Cole Youngman (02) & Park Jasper (03)    5:54  (PP)
3rd- Melville: Payton Kostyshyn (03)  Unassisted     12:17
3rd- Melville: Ethan Lang (02) from Nathan Flodell (03) Brenden Wade (01)     19:07

GOALTENDING:

Melville
#31 Ty Shumanski (04): 8 saves on 9 shots
#35 Kyle Groff (02): 9 saves on 11 shot

Yorkton 
#30 Jacob Herman (02): 28 saves on 29 shots
#29 Kael DePape (03): 22 saves on 25 shots