Terriers wrap up 2023 schedule with home win over Melville

 

MILLIONAIRES 1, TERRIERS 4

Jeff Hammond scored three times to lead the Yorkton Terriers to a 4-1 victory over the Melville Millionaires to wrap up the 2023 portion of their schedule.

David Coyle also scored for the Terriers, who got 28 saves on 29 shots from Ethan Farrow.

Euan Morrison replied with the only goal for the Mils.

William Dyke started for the Moneymen and 12 saves on 16 shots while Ethan Rau stopped all 9 shots in relief.

The two teams will meet again on Monday afternoon in Melville. 

Eight rinks pre-qualify for 2024 Sasktel Tankard in Saskatoon

The 2024 SaskTel Tankard will be held in Saskatoon, January 30 – February 4, 2024, and 8 mens rinks have pre-qualified for the event.

Team McEwen (Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon), Team Kleiter (Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon), Team Knapp (Highland Curling Club, Regina), Team Kalthoff (Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon) have qualified based on their Curling Canada CTRS Points, while qualifying from their Sask Curling Tour points include Team Laycock (Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon), Team Jacobson (Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon), Team Hartung (Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon) and Team Bryden (Callie Curling Club, Regina).

Teams nine-twelve will qualify through the SaskTel Tankard Last Chance Event January 11-14, 2024 held
at the Prince Albert Curling Club. This will be a 17 team triple-knockout event.

These twelve teams will compete at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, January 30 – February 4, 2024
in Round Robin Play with 2 Pools of 6 with a four-team page-playoff.

The winner will represent Saskatchewan at the Montana’s Brier March 1-10, 2024, in Regina.

Russell, MB's Tweet named 2023 WCBL Most Outstanding Canadian

 

A local product has collected one of the major awards from the 2023 Western Canadian Baseball League season. 

Russell, Manitoba's Dawson Tweet was named the WCBL's Most Outstanding Canadian after leading the league in hitting with a .411 batting average, 61 runs scored and 90 hits for the Moose Jaw Miller Express.

Tweet, also named the Express Most Valuable, also established a new league record hitting safely in 36 straight games. 

Tweet just completed his first year with the William Jewell College Athletics in Liberty, Missouri. 

Regina's Knapp captures SCT Spiel in Wadena over weekend

 

The defending Saskatchewan Men's Curling champions continued their winning ways over the weekend in Wadena. 

Kelly Knapp's Regina foursome which also includes Trent Knapp, Mike Armstrong and Brennen Jones beat Saskatoon's Jason Jacobson 6-2 in the Final yesterday (Sat) of Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty Tour Spiel. 

Knapp advanced to the Final after beating Dustin Kalthoff in one Semi-Final, while Jacobson defeated Riku Yanagisawa of Japan in the other Semi. 

Stampeders fall on Friday night in Virden

The Swan Valley Stampeders dropped their third straight on Friday night, falling 5-2 on the road to the Virden Oil Capitals. 

The Oil Caps struck first just 8:58 into the 1st on the powerplay as Naton Miller took a nice feed in the slot and beat Gage Stewart for his 10th of the season to make it 1-0.

Stampeders responded by quickly though as Trey Sauder led a short-handed rush & sent a nifty pas across to Griffin Ayotte and he tucked it by Liam Bechtold for his 6th of the year to knot things up. 

But it was Miller again that helped the home team regain their lead as he beat Stewart five-hole to make it 2-1 Oil Caps through 20 minutes.

After a scoreless 2nd frame, Alex Walicki pulled the Stampeders even just 4:47 into the third period deflecting  Truman Boetteger point shot for his 10th to make it 2-2.

But the Oil Caps powerplay finally woke up as they scored a pair of powerplay goals just 1:11 apart off the sticks of Trevor Hunt and Josh Lehto to make it a 4-2 game before AP Tyson Draper added an empty-netter in the final minute. 

Liam Bechthold made 27 saves on 29 shots to earn a win in his Virden debut, while Stamps' G Gage Stewart turned aside 50 of 54 shots in the loss. 

The Stampeders return to action on Saturday hosting the Neepawa Titans to wrap up their pre- Holiday break schedule. 

Other Friday results: 

Steinbach 2, Winnipeg Freeze 1 (OT) 

Niverville 2, Winkler 1 (OT) 

Portage 9, Winnipeg Blues 1 

The Blizzard 6, Waywayseecappo 3 

Selkirk 3, Dauphin 2 

Terriers' earn big road win on Wednesday over division rival Bruins

The Yorkton Terriers put an end to their 8 game slide on Wednesday night with a 5-2 road win over the Estevan Bruins.

Anthony Domina got the Terriers' on the board just 36 seconds into the 1st period as he deflected home his 8th of the season to make it 1-0. 

The Bruins responded a short time later and it would be a familiar face as former Terrier Cade Kennedy got the home-side even as he tapped home his first as a Bruin & 7th of the season to make it 1-1.

Terriers though regained their lead just over four minutes later as Dalton Mayes' long pass found a sprinting Dylan Ruptash & he went forehand-backhand five-hole on Cam Hrdlicka to give his team a 2-1 lead after 1 period.

In the 2nd period the two exchanged goals off the sticks of Tyson Perkins (YKT) & a PP goal from Ilia Chmelevski to put Yorkton up by 1 through 40 minutes.

After a back & forth start to the final frame, the Terriers got the much needed insurance they needed as with 3:11, Domina added his 2nd of the night before Cooper Algajer finished it off with an empty-netter just over a minute later to wrap up the win.

Terriers' G Ethan Farrow made 29 saves on 31 shots to improve his record to 5-5-0 on the season while Cam Hrdlicka made 36 stops in the loss.

Yorkton will go for back to back wins on Saturday as they wrap up their pre-Christmas break visiting another division rival in the Weyburn Red Wings at Crescent Point Place. 

Other Wednesday matchup:

Notre Dame 0, Kindersley 5
(Logan Linklater (KIN) with 1G 2A in win) 

Millionaires close off 2023 home schedule with loss to Melfort

The Melfort Mustangs captured their 6th straight win on Tuesday night doubling up the Melville Millionaires 4-2 at the CN Community Center. 

The Mustangs got on the board first as Aidyn Hutchinson finished off a nice passing play for his 12th of the season just 4:15 in to make it 1-0 for the visitors. 

Just 3:42 later, Flynn Maxcy would let the Teddy Bears fly for the Moneymen as he deflected a Boston Harkness point-shot  through the five-hole of James Venne for his 9th to tie things up 1-1.

But just 40 seconds later, the Mustangs regained their one goal lead as Chase Friedt-Mohr's one-timer on a feed across from Leith Olafson squeaked through Will Dyke for his 11th.

Euan Morrison brought the Millionaires back even though before the 1st frame ended as he tapped home a loose puck in the crease for his 6th to make it even through 20. 

After a scoreless 2nd period, the Mustangs got the eventual game winner 4:09 into the 3rd as a pair AP's would connect as Jaxon Kehrig used a good fore-check and then found his Tisdale Trojan teammate Tristan Ziola in front and he made no mistake for his 1st SJHL goal to give the Mustangs lead, before Zac Somers added insurance in the final seconds to wrap up the scoring. 

Mustangs' netminder James Venne made 25 saves on 27 shots to earn his 17th victory of the campaign, while William Dyke turned aside 23 shots in the loss. 

The Millionaires' are now on their holiday break and they'll return to action on Dec. 30th visiting the Yorkton Terriers while the Mustangs wrap up their pre-break schedule with a home & home with Nipawin, starting on Friday night at the Northern Lights Palace. |


Post Game Audio with Mils Asst. Coach Geordie Wudrick 

bennywalchuk2 · GeordIe Post Game - DEC 12 2023

Elsewhere on Tuesday, 

Notre Dame Hounds 4, Battlefords North Stars 7
(Rylan Williams with 2G for BFD) 

Sunday SJHL/MJHL Trades

 

 Yorkton Terriers trade captain Sleeva to Melfort (SJHL) in 4-player deal; Terriers trade F Kennedy to Estevan

The Yorkton Terriers completed a big deal on Sunday night with the Melfort Mustangs (SJHL).

The Terriers traded their 20 year old captain Clay Sleeva (pictured above) to the Mustangs in exchange for F David Coyle ('04), prospects D Thomas Ries ('06), F Kale Johns ('07) and a 2025 2nd round draft pick.

Sleeva, a Canora product suited up in 137 career games in a Terrier uniform compiling 39 goals, 46 assists for 85 points. So far this season he has 10 goals, 12 assists for 22 points in 28 games.

In return for the Terriers, Coyle (North Vancouver, BC) has 13 goals, 14 assists for 27 points in 31 games.

Reis (Humboldt, SK) is a member of the Estevan Bears (SK U18 AAA) and has 19 points in 28 games this season, while Johns (Lumsden, SK) has 1 assist in 3 games with Yorkton Maulers U18 AAA.

Also,

The Terriers then traded 19 year old forward Cade Kennedy (Regina, SK) to the Estevan Bruins in exchange for the CJHL rights to 2004-born forward Carter Dereniwsky and a player development fee.

Kennedy played in 86 career games with the Terriers notching 14 goals, 17 assists for 31 points. So far in 2023/24 he had 6 goals, 7 assists for 13 points in 27 games.

Dereniwsky, a Canora product is currently a member of the WHL's Lethbridge Hurricanes and has 4 points this season in 17 games.

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Stampeders send F Warnick to the Selkirk Steelers (MJHL)

The Swan Valley Stampeders traded 17 year old F Owen Warnick to the Selkirk Steelers in exchange for a 2024 2nd round & 5th round draft picks and a player development fee.

Warnick was selected in the 1st round of the 2024 MJHL Prospects draft by the Stamps, and had 4 goals, 2 assists for 6 points in 25 games with the Stampeders this season.

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Wolverines acquire 20 year old F Bochek from Niverville (MJHL)

The Waywayseecappo Wolverines added some more experience to their forward unit. 

The Wolverines picked up 2003-born forward and Moosomin product Kyle Bochek from the Niverville Nighthawks for future considerations. 

Bochek, a former Melville Millionaire has 16 points in 27 games with the Nighthawks this season.

He also has 93 total games of WHL experience with the Vancouver Giants.

Also, 

The Wolverines acquired 19 year old forward Tyler Dale from the Grande Prairie Storm (AJHL) for future considerations. 

The product of Waukesha, Wisconsin chipped in with 5G 4A for 9 points in 25 games this year. 

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Millionaires acquire F Norris from Melfort

The Melville Millionaires have acquired 20 year old F Hudson Norris from the Melfort Mustangs for a player development fee.

Norris was acquired by the Mustangs from the Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL), and chipped in with 6 points in 18 games with the Mustangs.

Dec. 9th Local SJHL/MJHL Scoreboard

MJHL:

Kaycee Coyle scored the game winner with 3:02 left in regulation to lead the Niverville Nighthawks to a 4-3 win over the visiting Swan Valley Stampeders on Saturday night.

Ty Kennett, Luke McKenzie and Luke McCrady also scored for the Nighthawks while Trey Sauder, Darren Hunt (1st MJHL goal), and Riley Fequet replied for the Stampeders.

Raiden Legall made 27 saves on 30 shots for Niverville in win, while Stamps' G Gage Stewart made 41 stops in the losing cause

The Stampeders wrap up their road-trip on Sunday afternoon at 3:00PM visiting the Winkler Flyers. 

Elsewhere on Saturday,

Selkirk 3, Portage 5

Winnipeg Blues 1, Dauphin Kings 4

The Blizzard 9, WPG Freeze 2

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SJHL:


Jaron Desnoyers had 1G 1A, while Brett Butz scored the Teddy Bear Toss goal for Yorkton but it wasn't enough as the Terriers dropped their 8th straight, 4-3 to the visiting Melfort Mustangs. 

Anthony Domina also scored for the Terriers who got 20 saves from Ethan Farrow in the losing cause. 

Chase Friedt-Mohr, Hudson Norris, Nolan Henderson and Logan Belton replied for the Mustangs, while James Venne made 29 stops in the Mustangs net.

The Terriers return to action on Wednesday night visiting the Estevan Bruins on GX94.

Elsewhere, 

The Melville Millionaires dropped their final road game before the Holiday break, a 5-3 decision to the Humboldt Broncos. 

Ben Constantino led the Broncos with 2G 1A while Marik Mamic, Dylan Nazareth and Spencer Bell also scored.

Colby Ball, Liam Cox-Smith and Euan Morrison replied for the Millionaires who got 26 saves from Wll Dyke in the loss.

Broncos G Ben Motew was the difference making 39 saves in the win including 20 of 21 in the third period.

Other Saturday results:

Kindersley 2, La Ronge 3

Weyburn 2, Flin Flon 6

Estevan 4, Nipawin 3 (SO)

 

Stampeders' earn big road win on Friday in Winnipeg

STAMPEDERS 8, FREEZE 3 

The Swan Valley Stampeders got three points each from Josh Danis (2G 1A) & Griffin Ayotte (1G 2A) as they returned to the win column on Friday night with a 8-3 road victory over the Winnipeg Freeze. 

Callum Halls, Trey Sauder, Ashton Fishley, Landen Gulutzan and Amar Powar also scored while Gage Stewart made 29 saves on 32 shots in the win. 

Elliot Perrault, Xyon Kiemeney and Kyle Grysiuk replied for the Freeze. 

The Stampeders continue their road swing on Saturday visiting the Niverville Nighthawks. 


Elsewhere, 

The Blizzard @ Winkler Flyers PPD
Portage Terriers 1 Steinbach Pistons 6
Waywayseecappo Wolverines @ Neepawa Titans PPD
Virden Oil Capitals @ Selkirk Steelers PPD

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Stampeders move 20 year old F Jones to Winkler (MJHL)

The Swan Valley Stampeders have announced they've dealt 20 year old F Jakob Jones to the MJHL's Winkler Flyers in exchange for future considerations. 

Jones, a Vernon BC product suited up 97 career games in a Stamps' uniform compiling 46 goals, 58 assists for 104 points. 

Currently this season, Jones has 11 goals 9 assists for 20 points in 27 games. 

Millionaires acquire 20 year old F Mabin; G Dyke named SJHL Goalie of the Week

 

The Melville Millionaires have added some veteran experience & grit after completing a trade with the Nipawin Hawks. 

The Millionaires have acquired 20 year old forward Joel Mabin from the Hawks in exchange for a player development fee.

Mabin is a veteran of 142 career Junior A games including 136 as Hawk, compiling 32 goals, 50 assists for 82 points. 

So far in 26 games during the 2023/24 campaign, he has 6 goals, 11 assists for 17 points & accumulating 84 minutes in penalties. 


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DYKE NAMED SJHL GOALIE OF THE WEEK: 


Surprisingly for the first time this year 20-year-old goaltender William Dyke of the Melville Millionaires is being recognized as Sasktel Goalie of the Week.

The veteran netminder was rock solid in between the pipes for the Mills who bounced back in Battlefords with a come from behind win over the North Stars.

 Dyke has an 11-7 record on the season and is a big reason why the Mills have had so much success in the first half of the year.

(SJHL Release) 

Dec. 2nd SJHL/MJHL Scoreboard

MJHL:

STEELERS 5, STAMPEDERS 1

After a home victory on Friday, the Swan Valley Stampeders couldn't complete the perfect weekend after dropping a 6-1 decision to the Selkirk Steelers.

Jakob Jones opened the scoring 5 minutes into the 1st to give the home team an early lead before the Steelers scored six unanswered from Mathieu Moreira, Mathieu Catellier, Roco La Cara, Nick Giasson, Rhett Marchand, and Ethan Brown. 

Noel Olsonawski made 35 saves on 36 shots to get the win for Selkirk while Stamps' G Gage Stewart allowed 6 goals on 36 shots. 

Stampeders return to the ice on Tuesday night hosting The Blizzard at the Centennial Arena.

Other Saturday results: 

Dauphin 1, Steinbach 4 

Waywayseecappo 2, Portage 4 

Winnipeg Freeze 3, Neepawa 6 

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SJHL:

MILLIONAIRES 4, NORTH STARS 3 (OT) 

Euan Morrison scored his 2nd of night at 2:42 of overtime to lead the Melville Millionaires to a 4-3 comeback win over the Battlefords North Stars.

Kole Keen and Colby Ball also scored to power the third period comeback while William Dyke made 27 stops in the Mils net. 

Kian Bell, Brad Blake and Josh Medernach replied for the North Stars. 

The Millionaires return to action next Saturday visiting the Battlefords North Stars. 

Elsewhere, 

TERRIERS 4, ICE WOLVES 6

The Yorkton Terriers score four times in the 3rd to make it a one goal game but wasn't enough as they fell 6-4 on the road to the La Ronge Ice Wolves. 

Shaden Duliak led the way for Yorkton with 2 goals while Jeff Hammond and Cooper Algajer also scored. 

Ty McKay scored three times for La Ronge while Mason Bueckert, Jacon Hufty and Rylan Silzer had singles. 

The Terriers return to the ice on Tuesday night visiting the Humboldt Broncos. 

Other SJHL scores: 

Humboldt 2, Flin Flon 6

Estevan 4, Kindersley 5 

Melfort 7, Melfort 2 

Dec.1st SJHL/MJHL Recap

 

SJHL


MILLIONAIRES 0,  KLIPPERS 2

The Melville Millionaires kicked off their weekend road trip with a 2-0 loss in Kindersley.

The Klippers got the eventual game winner just half-way through the first as Keenan Ingram's shot just squeaked through Will Dyke's arm and in for his team-leading 16th of the season to make it 1-0 after 1 period.

After a scoreless 2nd period, the Mils came out firing early in the 3rd with a number of quality chances from Luc Bydal but Klippers' G Cody Jaman was equal to the task before Easton Inglis added some insurance late on a powerplay for his 5th of the season.

Jaman ended the game with 25 stops for his 1st shutout of the season while Mils' netminder William Dyke also made 25 saves in the loss.

The Millionaires will go right back at it on Saturday night visiting the Battlefords North Stars.

Elsewhere,

TERRIERS 4, BOMBERS 8

The Flin Flon Bombers got the best of the Yorkton Terriers for the third time in less than week, coming out with a 8-4 home-ice victory.

Carter Anderson led the Bombers with a 4G 1A night while Anthony Pincininno scored twice and Alexi Sylvestre and Justin Lies chipped in with singles.

Terrier Captain Clay Sleeva had two goals for the Terriers while Jaron Desnoyers and Jye Zawarsky also scored.

The Terriers wrap up their road trip on Saturday night in La Ronge.


OTHER SJHL RESULTS:

Estevan 5, Battlefords (OT)

Humboldt 5, La Ronge 2

Melfort 5, Notre Dame 4

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MJHL


TITANS 2, STAMPEDERS 6

Aidan Taylor scored his first two goals as a Stampeders in a 6-2 home ice win for Swan Valley over the Neepawa Titans.

Trey Sauder, Dobie Unrau, Jakob Jones and Josh Danis also scored while Gage Stewart made 38 saves on 40 shots in the win.

Tim Tychonick and Keenan Skrupa repled for the Titans.

The Stampeders will once again be in action on Saturday night hosting the Selkirk Steelers.


Elsewhere in MJHL:

Selkirk 3, The Blizzard 1

Virden 5, Winkler 4 (OT)

Terriers' drop 4th straight after home ice defeat to Nipawin

 

HAWKS 6, TERRIERS 3 

The Yorkton Terriers dropped their 4th straight on Tuesday night falling 6-3 to the Nipawin Hawks at the Westland Arena. 

Finley Radloff led the way for the Hawks with a Hat-Trick while Artem Hrabovetskyi, Jacob Michelson and Braxton Buckberger also scored. 

Anthony Domina powered the Terriers' offence with 1G 2A, while Anthony McIntosh scored twice for the Terriers who got 19 saves from Adam Kelly in the loss. 

Hawks netminder Damon Cunningham made 23 saves on 26 shots to earn the victory. 

Yorkton returns to action on Friday night visiting the Flin Flon Bombers at the Whitney Forum. 

Elsewhere, 

Notre Dame Hounds 2, Kindersley Klippers 5 

Yorkton golfer Kozak commits NCAA Division 1's Western Carolina Catamounts

 

A letter of intent has been signed by Yorkton golfer Ella Kozak to play Division 1 golf next year. 

Kozak announced late last week she has committed to the Western Carolina University Catamounts in Cullowhee, North Carolina starting in the Fall of 2024. 

"It's feeling really good, I chatted with a lot of schools leading up to my decision but in the end Western Carolina was the right fit for me, and it checked off all the boxes", Kozak said. 

Kozak has accomplished a lot so far in her young but successful career, including 3 straight Saskatchewan High School Girls titles, Saskatchewan Junior championship and her first Women's Amateur win in 2021. 

The sky is the limit and there will be plenty of stops along Kozak's golf journey but she says she'll always remember home. 

"Deer Park in Yorkton will also be my home course, it's where I picked up the game for the first time, it's where I fell in love with the game of golf and I'll always be grateful" 

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Full Chat with Kozak below: 

bennywalchuk2 · ELLA KOZAK - Nov 27th 2023

Esterhazy Warriors capture SHSAA 3A Boys Provincial Volleyball title

The Saskatchewan High School Provincial Boys Championships took place across the province this past weekend, and it was a golden weekend for the Esterhazy Warriors. 

The Warriors captured the 3A Boys Provincial Championship in Unity on Saturday after 25-11 & 25-21 victory over Assiniboia in Gold Medal Game. 

The Warriors went undefeated at 4-0 in pool play, before beating Clavet (2-0) & Osler (2-1) in the Quarter-Final and Semi-Finals respectively en route to the title. 

Full look at Provincial Results CLICK HERE

Local SJHL Weekend Recap

MILLIONARES DEFEAT LEAGUE-LEADING BOMBERS FOR 2ND TIME THIS SEASON

The Melville Millionaires earned their 2nd win of the season over the CJHL's best, as they beat the Flin Flon Bombers 2-1 in overtime on Saturday night. 

Liam Cox-Smith scored the game winner with just 17 seconds left in overtime lead the Mils to their 12th win of the season. 

Brendan Olson tied the game up for the Moneymen in third, while William Dyke turned aside 36 of 37 shots in the win. 

Carter Anderson scored the lone goal for the Bombers. 

The Millionaires return to action on Friday night visiting the Kindersley Klippers. GX94 will broadcast the game with the pregame show starting 7:20PM and play by play play kicking off at 7:30PM from the WCEC. 


TERRIERS DROP TWO AGAINST LEAGUE-LEADING BOMBERS 

The Yorkton Terriers had multi-goal leads in both their weekend match-ups with the Flin Flon Bombers, but dropped both in regulation. 

The Terriers on Friday, lead 3-0 in the 1st on goals from Dylan Ruptash, Anthony Domina and Jeff Hammond just 5:56 in,  but then surrendered 4 unanswered to fall 4-3. 

Then on Sunday, Clay Sleeva and Aiden Knutson scored in the first half of the opening frame to give Yorkton a 2-0 lead but 3 powerplay goals from the Bombers powered them to a 4-2 victory to wrap up their weekend road-trip. 

The Terriers' will look to return to the win column on Tuesday hosting the Nipawin Hawks at the Westland Arena. 

Stampeders' drop 5th straight after home ice defeat to The Blizzard

The Swan Valley Stampeders dropped their 5th straight on Wednesday night, falling 4-3 to The Blizzard in the 2nd annual Stamps' "Hockey is Everyone" game. 

Jakob Jones got the Stamps in front just 14 seconds into the opening period tucking home his 8th of the season to make it 1-0.

The Blizzard replied though just over three minutes later as Matthew Langdon snuck one through post & left arm of Swan netminder Gage Stewart to tie things up.

But the Stampeders came back with back to back goals just 1:28 apart late in the first by Riley Fequet & Griffin Ayotte to give the home team a two goal lead through 20 minutes.

Shots 18-8 Blizzard through 1 period.

In the 2nd just 4:50 in, Eric Mork cut the Blizzard deficit to within one as pounced on a loose puck and beat Stewart on the powerplay to make it 3-2.

Brett Ward tied things up just over half-way through the middle frame as his big slapshot went post and in by Stewart for his 4th before Mork added his second powerplay of the period which would stand up to be the game winner. 

Loic Morin turned aside 20 of 23 Stampeder shots in the win, while Stamps' G Gage Stewart made 37 stops in the loss.

The Stampeders' return to action next Friday night hosting the Neepawa Titans.

Elsewhere on Wednesday,

Portage 4, Winkler 0

Niverville 3, Neepawa 2

Yorkton's Deer Park will host the 2024 Sask. Jr Golf Championships next July

For the first time since 2015, the Saskatchewan Junior Golf Championships will return to Yorkton.

The city's Deer Park Municipal Golf course will host the best Junior girls and boys golfers from across the province from July 3rd to July 5th, 2024.

“It’s been a few years, so it is exciting. It’s always nice to host a provincial tournament or a national tournament every few years. It’s exciting because people from other areas come to the golf course, also the new clubhouse, it’s also a good opportunity to get some fresh faces in there as well,” Deer Park's Director of Golf Al Sauser said.

The registration for the 54 hole event will open on April 15th, 2024.

Millionaires' two game win streak snapped after home loss to Nipawin on Tuesday

The Melville Millionaires' saw their two game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday night after a 6-1 home loss to the Nipawin Hawks at the CN Community Center.

Luc Bydal's 11th goal of the season opened the scoring for the Mils just 3:18 into the 1st, but the Hawks fired 6 unanswered after that including two each from Artem Hrabovetskyi and Braeden Jockims.

Joel Mabin and Finley Radloff also scored for the Hawks who got 24 saves from Tyson Endall in the win.

Mils' netminder William Dyke made 34 stops on 40 shots as his team had their record drop to 11 and 10 on the season.

The Millionaires' return to action on Saturday hosting the league-leading Flin Flon Bombers.

Elsewhere,

Humboldt Broncos 8  Weyburn Red Wings 6

Stampeders kick-off 6 game home stand with loss to Steinbach

 PISTONS 4, STAMPEDERS 1 

The Swan Valley Stampeders kicked off their 6 game home-stand on Friday night with a 4-1 loss to the visiting the Steinbach Pistons. 

Yorkton product Grady Hoffman led the way for the Pistons with 2 goals while Kirk Mullen and David Cote also scored. 

Cole Plowman made 25 saves on 26 shots in the win for Steinbach. 

Callum Halls scored the lone goal for the Stampeders who got 41 saves from netminder Gage Stewart. 

The Stampeders return to action on Saturday night at 7:00PM hosting the Virden Oil Capitals. 

Elsehwere,

Winnipeg Blues 2 Winkler Flyers 7

Portage Terriers 5 Dauphin Kings 3

Selkirk Steelers 0 Neepawa Titans 6

Terriers' win again on the final day of the 2023 SJHL Showcase

TERRIERS 5, HAWKS 4 

The Yorkton Terriers exploded for a four goal third period en-route to their 4th straight win, a 5-4 decision over the Nipawin Hawks on the final day of the 2023 SJHL Showcase. 

Dylan Ruptash lead the way offensively for the Terriers with 1G 2A, while Anthony McIntosh, Harrison Aldridge, Clay Sleeva and Jeff Hammond also chipped in with markers. 

Ethan Farrow made 33 saves on 37 shots to earn his 4th straight win in the Terriers goal. 

Chase Visser, Eric Hoiness, Evan Forrest and Braeden Jockims replied for the Hawks. 

The Terriers return to action on Saturday night on the road visiting the Melfort Mustangs. 


Other Thursday game:

Weyburn Red Wings 1, Battlefords North Stars 6 
(Kian Bell with 2 goals to lead BFD) 

Millionaires; Terriers both winners on Day 3 of SJHL Showcase

 

(Photo from SJHL.ca)


BRONCOS 4, MILLIONAIRES 5 

The Melville Millionaires snapped their 4 game losing streak in thrilling fashion on Wednesday at the SJHL Showcase in Warman. 

Jaydon Jessiman capped off a three goal 3rd period with game winner with 7:47 left to lead the Moneymen to a 5-4 comeback win over the Humboldt Broncos. 

Liam Cox-Smith, Zach Bansley, Kole Keen and Flynn Maxcy also scored for the Millionaires who got 43 saves from goaltender William Dyke in the win. 

Maddox Amaral (2G 1A) and Lipton's Connor Miller (3A) lead the way offensively for the Broncos with 3 points each while Quinn Myles and Patrick Lanthier also scored scored. 

Broncos G Benjamin Motew stopped 22 of 27 shots in the loss for Humboldt who lost for only the 2nd time in regulation this season. 

The Millionaires return to action on Saturday night entertaining the Estevan Bruins from HCUC.


TERRIERS 5, MUSTANGS 2 

Ethan Farrow made 29 stops to lead the Yorkton Terriers to their 3rd straight win, a 5-2 decision over the Melfort Mustangs in their SJHL Showcase opener. 

Jaron Desynoyers, Jye Zawatsky, Tylan Henrikson, Jeff Hammond and Brett Butz scored for the Terriers, while replying for the Mustangs was Logan Belton and Mathieu Pigeon. 

Mustangs goalie James Venne made 33 stops in the loss.

The Terriers wrap up their showcase on Thursday taking on the Nipawin Hawks starting at 10:30AM. 


Other Wednesday results: 

Nipawin Hawks 7, Notre Dame Hounds 5 

(Finley Radloff led NIP with 1G 2A) 

Kindersley Klippers 4, La Ronge Ice Wolves 2
(Logan Falk makes 29 saves on 31 shots in KIN goal) 

Full Scoring Summaries HERE

Ochapowace's Sparvier captures National MJT Junior Division title in Arizona

 

(Sparvier with Canadian PGA tour star Adam Hadwin)

It was a triumphant trip over the Remembrance Day long weekend to Arizona for Ochapowace First Nation's Drayjon Sparvier. 

Sparvier captured the Maple Leaf Junior Golf tour's Junior division compiling a 54-hole score of 212 after carding rounds of 67, 76 and 69, to finish with a three stoke victory over Ryan Garbutt of Edmonton. 

Kipling’s Winston Grayson and Carter Degelman of Saskatoon tied for 20th in the age group at 236.

Day 2 Recap of 2023 SJHL Showcase; Stampeders complete two trades

DAY 2 RECAP OF 2023 SJHL SHOWCASE

The Melville Millionaires were 20 minutes away from their 10th win of the season but the Kindersley captain Logan Linklater scored two 3rd period goals to help the Klippers beat the Moneymen 3-2 on Day 2 of the SJHL Showcase in Warman. 

Easton Inglis also scored for the Klippers who got 26 saves from Cody Jaman in the win. 

Kole Keen and Flynn Maxcy replied for the Millionaires while Mils netminder William Dyke also turned aside 26 shots but in a losing cause. 

The Millionaires' return to action on Wednesday at 10:30AM against the Humboldt Broncos. 

Elsewhere, 


Notre Dame Hounds 1 Melfort Mustangs 3
(Wyatt Day with GWG; James Venne stops 19/20 in the win) 


La Ronge Ice Wolves 0 Humboldt Broncos 7
(Aidan Fischer with 28 save shutout; Spencer Bell with 2G 1A to lead HUM) 

Flin Flon Bombers 6 Estevan Bruins 1
(Carter Anderson with 3 points (2G 1A) to lead FF offensively) 

Full Scoring Summaries HERE

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STAMPEDERS COMPLETE PAIR OF DEALS 

The Swan Valley Stampeders made a couple of moves yesterday, trading 20-year-old goalie Liam Vanderkooi to the Dryden Ice Dogs of the SIJHL, and 18-year-old defenseman Foxx McColl to the Red Lake Miners of the SIJHL, receiving a player development fee in return in both cases.

Vanderkooi suited up in 7 games for the Stampeders compiling a record of 1-4-1 with 5.04GAA & 0.877 SV%.

Meamwhile McColl, a Elkhorn MB product played in 18 career games with the Stamps over 2 season chipping in with 1 assist. 

Nov. 12th Local SJHL News & Notes

TERRIERS' G FARROW WINS SJHL GOALIE OF THE WEEK.

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League are out with their weekly award winners and a Yorkton Terrier netminder has been rewarded. 

19 year old Ethan Farrow has been named the SJHL Goalie of the Week after leading the Terriers to road victories over the Notre Dame Hounds & Nipawin Hawks this past week. 

Farrow in 2 games has a 2-0 record with a 1.98 goals against average and 0.939 save percentage since being picked up.

Other SJHL weekly award winners included:

F Jerome Maharaj - Weyburn Red Wings (MVP of the Week)

F Braxton Buckberger - Nipawin Hawks (Forward of the Week)

D Tanner Gold - Battlefords North Stars (Defenceman of the Week) 

D Landon Pappas - Nipawin Hawks (Rookie of the Week)

F Keagon Little - Estevan Bruins (Saskatchewan Player of the Week)

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MILLIONAIRES MAKE A COUPLE DEALS

The Melville Millionaires have announced a couple deals to re-tool their backend.

The Millionaires have acquired 20 year old defenceman Cameron Emigh from the Melfort Mustangs in exchange for a player development fee, while dealing 2004-born defenceman Easton Debray to the Kam River Fighting Walleye (SIJHL) for a PDF.

Emigh, a Bonnyville, AB product suited up in 72 career games with the Mustangs compiling 4 goals, 15 assists for 19 points. 

So far this season he has three assists in 9 games.

Meanwhile, Debray (Meadow Lake, SK) had 1 helper in 9 games with the Mils this season.

Nov. 10th Local SJHL/MJHL Recap

MJHL 

The Swan Valley Stampeders battled back a couple times on home ice but eventually fell 4-3 in overtime to the visiting Winkler Flyers. 

The Flyers got off to an early 2-0 lead as Tanner George and Jayce Legaarden before Trey Sauder cut their deficit late in the first to make it 2-1 after 1. 

In the 2nd, the Stamps tied things up as Alex Walicki's long point shot was tipped home by Darius Makse for his team-leading 8th to make it 2-2 before Spencer Shugrue sniped home the go-ahead goal just over 40 minutes later to help Winkler to another one goal lead through 40 minutes. 

The Stamps' powerplay came up in the third as they tied things up as captain Ashton Fishley's point shot beat a screened Malachi Klassen for his 5th of the season. 

In overtime, just over half-way in Noah Diemer would call game as he weaved his way through the attacking zone & then slip it over the left shoulder of Stamps' G Gage Stewart to help the visitors earn the extra point

Malachi Klassen turned aside 18 of 21 shots in the Flyers net for the win, while Gage Stewart made 40 saves on 44 shots for Swan Valley.

The Stamps return to action on Sunday night visiting the The Blizzard in The Pas while the Flyers are battling the Blizzard on Saturday night. 

Elsewhere in MJHL: 

Waywayseecappo 2, Selkirk 3 

Niverville 4, Winnipeg Freeze 1 

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SJHL

The Yorkton Terriers got 28 stops from Ethan Farrow as they won their 2nd straight on Friday night defeating the Nipawin Hawks 5-2 at the Cage. 

Brett Butz, Jaron Desnoyers, Dalton Mayes and Aiden Knutston each had 1G 1A for the Terriers, while captain Clay Sleeva also scored. 

Ronan Buckberger and Landon Pappas replied for the Hawks. 

The Terriers return to action on Wednesday at the SJHL Showcase in Warman against the Melfort Mustangs. 

Elsewhere, 

Flynn Maxcy scored twice but it wasn't enough as the Melville Millionaires dropped their 2nd straight, a 4-3 home decision against the Estevan Bruins. 

Luc Bydal's 7th marker of the season was the other marker for the Mils, while Kole Keen and Colby Ball had 2 assists each. 

Ilya Chmelevski, Ben Wright, Tristan Dussault and Zach Burfoot replied for the Bruins who got 34 saves from Cam Hrdlicka in the win. 

Millionaires netminder William Dyck turned aside 26 shots in the loss. 

The two team will meet once again on Saturday night at Affinity Place in Estevan.

Other Friday SJHL matchups:

Humboldt 4, Kindersley 5 

Weyburn 3, Battlefords 4 (SO) 

La Ronge 3, Melfort 5 

North Valley Eagles get set to host 2023 SHSAA 1A 6-a side Provincial Final on Saturday

 

For the first time ever this weekend,  the North Valley Eagles will host a SHSAA Provincial Football Final. 

The Eagles will entertain the 4-time defending 1A 6- a side provincial champion Hafford Vikings on Saturday from Lemberg. 

"The community has really came together and got behind our team, and to win a title on home field would be pretty special', said Eagles Head Coach Bob Mayo. 

This will be rematch of the 2022 Provincial Final which the Vikings won at home, 38-16 for their 4th straight title. 

"They are gonna be tough, their offence is very good with a great quarterback & group of receivers, but I think if we play our game at our best we will be right there", Mayo added. 

Kick-off will be at 1:00PM on Remembrance Day Saturday with admission being $8 for Adults, $6 for Students while Legion members get in FREE. 

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Full chat with North Valley Eagles Head Coach Bob Mayo below:

bennywalchuk2 · Bob - NVH Eagles (Nov 10)

Farrow backstops Terriers to big road victory over Notre Dame on Wednesday

TERRIERS 3, HOUNDS 2 (OT) 

Brett Butz scored the game winner 2:22 into overtime, while Ethan Farrow made 34 saves in his debut to lead the Yorkton Terriers to a 3-2 OT victory over the Notre Dame Hounds on Wednesday night. 

Jye Zawatsky and Harrison Aldridge also scored for the Terriers who snapped their three game losing streak and improved to 5-10-1-1 on the season. 

Matteo Speranza and Cole Wirun replied for the Hounds. 

The Terriers' return to action on Friday night visiting the Nipawin Hawks at the Cage. 


Elsewhere on Wednesday, 

Weyburn Red Wings 3, Kindersley Klippers 2 (OT)  

Millionaires drop road decision on Tuesday night in Nipawin

SJHL

MILLIONAIRES 2, HAWKS 4 

The Nipawin Hawks got the best of their former bench boss on Tuesday night doubling up Doug Johnson & the Melville Millionaires 4-2 at the Cage. 

Cole Fox and Artem Hrabovetsky got the Hawks out to a 2-0 lead in the first before Zach Bansley's shorthanded marker cut the Mils deficit to one through 20 minutes.

The Hawks added to their lead in the 2nd late as Evan Forrest banged home a rebound past Ethan Rau making it 3-1 after 2 periods.

It stayed like that until 3:55 left in regulation as Millionaires' rookie Luc Bydal sniped home his 6th of the season to make it 3-2 but Hrabovetsky added another PP goal late to wrap up the scoring.

Hawks goalie Damon Cunningham turned aside 32 of 34 Millionaire shots to earn his 6th win of the season, while Ethan Rau made 34 saves in the loss.

The Millionaires return to action on Friday night on home ice against the Estevan Bruins. 

bennywalchuk2 · MLV Coaches Show - Nov 8th 2023

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MJHL

After dropping 10 straight, the Swan Valley Stampeders are now winners of back to back games after a 5-2 road win on Tuesday over The Blizzard. 

Linden Perry, Darius Makse, Trey Sauder, Jakob Jones and Griffin Ayotte scored for the Stampeders while Quincy Supprien and Miguel Bouvier replied for the Blizzard. 

Gage Stewart earned his 2nd straight win in goal making 29 saves on 31 shots.

The Stampeders' next action is on Friday night hosting the Winkler Flyers. GX94 will broadcast the game with the pregame show starting at 6:50 and play by play kicks off at 7:00PM.

Elsewhere in the MJHL,

Selkirk Steelers 3, Winnipeg Blues 2

Makse's two goals leads Swan Valley to victory in Winnipeg to snap losing streak

    STAMPEDERS 5, BLUES 2 

Darius Makse (pictured above) scored twice, while Gage Stewart turned aside 33 shots for his 1st MJHL win as the Swan Valley Stampeders snapped their 10 game losing streak with a 5-2 win on Sunday night over the Winnipeg Blues. 

Jakob Jones, Trey Sauder and Ashton Fishley also scored for Swan Valley who earned their 4th win of the season. 

Cole Penner and Dawson Zeller replied for the Blues. 

The Stampeders return to action tomorrow (Tues) in The Pas against The Blizzard. 

Elsewhere, the game between the Waywayseecappo Wolverines and Portage Terriers scheduled for Sunday was postponed due to the weather conditions. 

 

Nov. 4th Local SJHL/MJHL Recap

SJHL:

MILLIONAIRES 5, HOUNDS 4

The Melville Millionaires used a three goal 3rd period en route to coming back to defeat the Notre Dame Hounds 5-4 on Saturday night in Lumsden.

Luc Bydal led the way for the Moneymen with 2 goals, while Caden Drury and Liam Cox-Smith chipped in with 2 assists. 

Jaden Iyogun, Payton Kostyshyn and Tucker Buhay also scored for the Millioniares, while Davis Sato, Cyprus Smith-Davis, Cole Wirun and Carson Reagan replied for the Hounds. 

William Dyke got the win for Melville stopping 24 of 28 shots, while Johann Tremblay-Kau turned aside 29 shots in the loss. 

The Millionaires look for their 10th win of the season on Tuesday night visiting the Nipawin Hawks. GX94 will broadcast the game with the pregame starting 6:50 and the play by play kicking off at 7:00PM.

TERRIERS 6, KLIPPERS 7 

Logan Linklater scored his 2nd goal of the game with 15 seconds left to lead the Kindersley Klippers to a wild 7-6 victory over the Yorkton Terriers on Saturday.

Zach Anderson and Brock Evans also scored twice for the Klippers while Keenan Ingram also scored. 

Anthony Domina (2G 1A) and Jaron Desnoyers (3A) led the Terriers with 3 points each, while Aidan Knutson, Tyson Perkins, Jeff Hammond and Jye Zawatsky chipped in with singles.

Logan Falk and Cody Jaman both were between the pipes for the Klippers and both allowed three goals, while Dodsland product Blake Sittler allowed 7 goals on 35 shots in the losing cause.

The Terriers return to action on Wednesday night in Wilcox against the Notre Dame Hounds.


Other Saturday SJHL results:

Estevan Bruins 4, La Ronge Ice Wolves

Nipawin Hawks 3, Humboldt Broncos 5 

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MJHL: 

The Swan Valley Stampeders dropped their 10th straight on Saturday night falling 2-1 on the road to the Steinbach Pistons.

Dawson McCann scored the game winner just 3:20 into the third period while Jackson Kostiuk opened the scoring for the Pistons in the 1st. 

Newcomer Dobie Unrau scored his 1st goal as a Stampeders to even the score in the opening frame.

Gage Stewart made 40 saves on 42 shots in the loss for the Stampeders who wrap up their road-trip on Sunday night at 6:00PM visiting the Winnipeg Blues. 

Elsewhere in the MJHL:

Winkler Flyers 10, Winnipeg Freeze 0

Niverville Nighthawks 1, Selkirk Steelers 2

Dauphin Kings 3, Virden Oil Capitals 2 (SO)

Neepawa Titans 1, OCN Blizzard 3

 

Nov. 3rd Local SJHL/MJHL Recap

 SJHL

TERRIERS 5, NORTH STARS 8

The Yorkton Terriers dropped the 2nd game of their road-trip, 8-5 to the Battlefords North Stars on Friday night.

Kian Bell led the way for the North Stars with 2G 2A while Jordan Grill, Kobie Anderson, Andrew Casellato, Brayden Sinclair, Rylan Williams and Evan Waldie also scored for Battlefords who got 28 stops from Justin Maric in the win.

Jaron Desnoyers, Cooper Algajer and Jeff Hammond led offensively for the Terriers with 1G 1A while Jye Zawatsky and Quintin Unreiner also had singles.

The Terriers wrap up the road trip on Saturday night visiting the Kindersley Klippers.

HOUNDS 2, MILLIONAIRES 1

The Melville Millionaires had their perfect home record snapped on Friday night after falling 2-1 to the Notre Dame Hounds at the HCUC.

Cyprus Smith-Davis and Kyle Kalamaras scored for the Hounds while Cale Nachai scored for the Mils late but it wasn't enough.

Johann Tremblay-Kau made 20 saves on 21 shots to earn the W while Ethan Rau stopped 29 shots in the loss.

The two teams will meet again on Saturday night in a neutral site game in Lumsden.

Elsewhere,

Humboldt 6, Nipawin 3

Estevan 5, La Ronge 1

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MJHL

STAMPEDERS 0, STEELERS 2

The Swan Valley Stampeders dropped their 9th straight on Friday, losing 2-0 on the road to the Selkirk Steelers.

Mathieu Moreira and Nick Giasson scored for the Steelers while Jack Hodgins made 26 saves for the shutout.

Stamps G Gage Stewart was very good making 40 saves on 41 shots in the losing cause. 

The Stamps continue the road trip on Saturday night against the Steinbach Pistons.

Other games in MJHL,

Portage 3, Niverville 4 (OT)

Neepawa 2, OCN 3

Winkler 2, Winnipeg Blues 1 (OT)

Waywayseecappo 3, Dauphin 5

Steinbach 6, Winnipeg Freeze 2

Terriers drop opener of 3 game road trip to Battlefords

TERRIERS 2, NORTH STARS 9

The Yorkton Terriers dropped the opening game of their 3 games in 3 night road-trip falling 9-2 to the Battlefords North Stars.

Ben Portner (2G 2A) and Kian Bell (1G 3A) led the way for the North Stars with 4 points each while Riley Girod also had 2 goals and 1 assist & Brad Blake chipped in with 1G 2A for Battlefords who won their 3rd straight.

Andrew Casellato, Hunter Burgeson and Gavin Granger also scored while Cade Kennedy and Aidan Knutson replied for the Terriers. 

Justin Maric made 29 saves on 31 shots to earn the win in goal, while Terrier starter Blake Sittler allowed 4 goals on 19 shots before being relieved by Adam Kelly who stopped 20 of 25 shots.

The two teams will meet once again on Friday night, in a game being broadcasted on GX94.

Full Scoring Summary HERE

Wolverines acquire G Allen from Yorkton Terriers (SJHL)

 

The SJHL's Yorkton Terriers have traded 19 year old goaltender Caleb Allen to the Waywayseecappo Wolverines in exchange for a player development fee. 

The product of Lone Tree, Colorado suited up in 51 career games as a Terriers compiling a 17-28-3 record with 3.92GAA, 0.893 SV% and 1 shutout. 

So far this season he has a 1-3-1-1 record with a 3.92GAA and 0.866 save percentage. 

Yorkton Sacred Heart sweeps SHSAA 4A Provincial Soccer titles

 

It was a clean sweep for the Yorkton Sacred Heart Saints at the 2023 Saskatchewan High School Provincial Soccer Championships.

The Sacred Heart ladies captured the 4A Girls event in Regina after beating Martensville, 8-1 in the Gold medal game.

Meanwhile the Sacred Heart boys won Gold after blanking Lake Lenore 3-0 in the title game, after hammering host Humboldt in the Semi-Final.

The Yorkton Regional Ladies earned the Bronze medal in the 5A Girls championships in Yorkton after a 1-nil victory over Swift Current.

St. Joseph’s won the all-Saskatoon Gold Medal match by doubling up Saskatoon Holy Cross 4-2.

Millionaires capture 4th straight win after home ice triumph over Melfort on Tuesday

SJHL

MUSTANGS 3, MILLIONAIRES 5 

The Melville Millionaires improved their record to 7 and 2 on the season after a 5-3 victory on Tuesday night over the visiting Melfort Mustangs. 

Euan Morrison (1G 1A), Colby Ball (1G 1A), Caden Drury (2A) and Luc Bydal (2A) led the Mils offensively with 2 points each, while Matt Kjemhus, Jaden Iyogan and Kole Keen also scored. 

Chase Friedt-Mohr, Ryan Duguay and Hayden Prosofsky replied for the Mustangs, who got 32 saves from James Venne who suffered his first defeat in between the pipes on the season. 

Mils netminder William Dyke improved to 6-1 on the season after stopping 32 of 35 shots. 

The Millionaires' will embark on a three game in three nights road-trip starting on Friday night at the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon. 


Post Game audio with Mils Asst.Coach Geordie Wudrick 

bennywalchuk2 · Mils Post Game - OCT 25TH

Elsewhere last night, 

Flin Flon 3, Nipawin 

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MJHL


Kyle Grysiuk had 1G 1A as the Winnipeg Freeze used a three goal first period earn their 1st win, a 4-3 victory over the Swan Valley Stampeders at the MJHL Showcase. 

Kylow Monkman, Nicholas Cullen, and Jayden Ward also scored for the Freeze who got 35 stops from Braxton Burdeny in the win. 

Owen Warnick, Alex Walicki and Amar Powar replied for the Stampeders whose record dropped to 3-9-1 on the season. 

Swan Valley returns to action on Friday night hosting the red-hot Virden Oil Capitals at the Centennial Arena. 


other Tuesday results: 

Winkler Flyers 2 Dauphin Kings 3 (SO)

Niverville Nighthawks 4 The Blizzard 0 

Waywayseecappo Wolverines 3 Portage Terriers 6

Virden Oil Capitals 7 Winnipeg Blues 3