Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

SJHL Players of the Year

RBC PLAYER OF THE YEAR and SGEU MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Chantz Petruic, Yorkton Terriers The SJHL’s RBC Player Of The Year, and SGEU Most Valuable Player this season goes to this year’s league scoring champion, Chantz Petruic of the Yorkton Terriers. Petruic had a healthy lead in the goals and points department from start to […]

RBC & SJHL Community Ambassador Nominees

Kade McMillen, Estevan Bruins Leading by example on the ice is one form of leadership, but voluntarily being part of the community is another and Estevan Bruins’ defenceman Kade McMillen exemplifies both of those in an amazing way. The 19-year-old product from Carievale, Sask., has nearly tripled his offensive numbers in his second season in […]

WEDNESDAY WRAP

The Humboldt Broncos won their fourth straight game on Wednesday, 6-1 over the Battlefords North Stars, meaning the Broncos still have a shot at moving up from eighth place heading into the final weekend of the regular season. The Broncos (26-21-7-2) are three points back of both Nipawin and Estevan for sixth place, with two […]

Canalta Hotels Coach of the Year – Kevin Kaminski

After missing the playoffs in each of the last three seasons the La Ronge Ice Wolves were looking for someone to lead them in a different direction when they made a coaching change at the end of the 2018-19 campaign. It certainly looks like they selected the right person as Ice Wolves’ head coach and […]

Canalta Hotels Coach of the Year – Brayden Klimosko

Second year bench boss Brayden Klimosko, of the Battlefords North Stars, has been named a co-winner for Canalta Hotels Coach of the Year by his peers. Klimosko led the Stars to a 35-13-5-and-5 record last year and then took the team to the Canalta Cup title. He followed that up with a 44-9-and-2 ledger in […]

TERRIERS TIGHTEN GRIP ON HOME PLAYOFF SPOT

The Yorkton Terriers helped their chances of staying in third place, or at the very least top four in a big way on Tuesday, beating the visiting Melfort Mustangs 3-1. With Yorkton’s win, both Melfort (four points back, three games left) and La Ronge (three points back, two games left) can still overtake them, but […]

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (Feb 25)

CANALTA HOTELS SJHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK:  Michael Makarenko, Nipawin Hawks 2000 F Michael Makarenko (Calgary AB) paced the Hawks with four goals and three assists in three games played this past week, doing so without regular linemate and team captain Jake Tremblay, who is dealing with an injury.  Makarenko had back to back two […]

SOURCE EMBROIDERY POWER RANKINGS (Feb 24)

1-BATTLEFORDS NORTH STARS (1) 44-9-2 Impact player since Jan 10 – Ben Hiltz 14-4-17-21 2-FLIN FLON BOMBERS (2) 36-13-6 Impact player since Jan 10 – Tristan Lemyre 17-12-14-26 3-YORKTON TERRIERS (3) 33-19-2-1 Impact player since Jan 10 – Keenan Taphorn 10-4-10-14 4-ESTEVAN BRUINS (4) 29-22-3-1 Impact player since Jan 10 – Eddie Gallagher 18-8-15-23 5-LA […]

LA RONGE BACK TO FOURTH

Daylon Mannon had a goal and an assist in the last six minutes of third period and the La Ronge Ice Wolves erased a 3-1 deficit and went on to beat the Notre Dame Hounds 4-3 in a shootout, picking up a huge two points in the standings. Mannon set up Jake Gudjonson to get […]

SCOREBOARD SATURDAY

The Estevan Bruins came into the weekend in eighth place, moved to seventh and clinched a playoff spot on Friday, and they might not be done moving on up.  The Bruins had another offensive outburst Saturday, in a 6-5 win in Nipawin, pulling to within two points of the sixth place Hawks, with a game […]