It has been nearly two weeks since the Estevan Bruins last played a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League contest and this weekend they will get a huge dose of the upper echelon as the league-leading Battlefords North Stars pay a visit to Affinity Place on Friday followed by the league’s stingiest defence in the Nipawin Hawks […]
Last year when the Battlefords North Stars captured their second Canalta Cup championship in three years, Brett Gammer was an 18-year-old rookie getting his feet wet at the Junior “A” level. Despite being more of a role player he still managed to collect 34 points in 57 games, but his production was noticeably on the […]
Two years ago Daylon Mannon had a mindboggling 150 points in 51 games with the Fresno Monsters of the Western States Hockey League so there was little doubt he had a nose for the net. Last year when he tallied 32 points in 49 games with the Maryland Black Bears of the United States Hockey […]
With another very successful Showcase in the rear-view mirror the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League returns to its home arenas for a busy weekend schedule, but the top two teams will continue to take their show on the road as the Nipawin Hawks and Battlefords North Stars have dates in the northern-most outposts when they return […]
Over the course of the last two seasons, while playing Midget AAA hockey with the Calgary North Stars, Nic Porterfield got a taste of Junior “A” hockey with a pair of call-ups to the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Grand Prairie Storm. The 18-year-old forward picked up one assist in five games during that span, but […]
For the last two years the Nipawin Hawks have allowed the fewest goals against in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Their goaltenders – Declan Hobbs and Jake Anthony in 2017-18 and Hobbs and Patrick Pugliese last year – sported the best goals-against averages and as a result the Hawks were regular-season pennant winners in each […]
There was a little bit of everything during the first week of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s regular schedule. Some of it was spectacular; some of it made the national news. Nipawin Hawks’ goaltender Ethan Slobodzian turned in a perfect performance stopping all 51 shots he faced in helping the Hawks post back-to-back 3-0 victories […]
By Dave Leaderhouse Two major characteristics of a Doug Johnson coached team are team defence and strong goaltending. Those traits have propelled his Nipawin Hawks to back-to-back regular-season pennants, one league title and three coach-of-the-year honours in his first nine seasons in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Team defence and strong goaltending were also on […]
By Dave Leaderhouse Let the games begin! After more than four months away from the rink – in some cases it has been six months – the 12 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League teams get back to work for real this weekend with the first batch of 348 regular-season games taking to the ice in five […]
