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