CANALTA HOTELS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Donavan Houle, Flin Flon Bombers 1999 F Donavan Houle (Montreal PQ) has always been a streaky scorer, but he took that to a whole new level to start the season as he led the Bombers with a four goal game on opening night against La Ronge and then followed it […]
ICE WOLVES HIT THE WIN COLUMN Sunday afternoon at the SJHL Showcase in Warman saw the La Ronge Ice Wolves earn their first victory of the season, 4-2 over the Kindersley Klippers. The Ice Wolves (1-5-0-0) trailed until late in the second period when Zach Bannister tied things up with a short-handed goal with 46 […]
The Humboldt Broncos picked up their first win of the season on Saturday, a big 9-3 win in Flin Flon. Tristan Shewchuk picked up a hat trick and Logan Foster added four assists. Josh Paulhus chipped in a pair of goals, while Bryson Cecconi (1g-2a), Spencer Weinkauf (1g-1a), Justin Jamer and Braiden Koran added singles. […]
BOMBERS, HOUNDS, HAWKS MOVE TO 3-0 Donavan Houle-Villeneuve had another goal and two assists, bumping his early season totals to an SJHL best 6-goals and 9-points, leading the Flin Flon Bombers to their third straight win to start the year, 5-3 over the visiting Humboldt Broncos on Friday night. Cole Rafuse remains right behind Houle-Villeneuve with […]
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 […]
The Melville Millionaires are unbeaten in regulation three games into the season, after a 6-2 win over the Weyburn Red Wings on Wednesday night. Nic Porterfield had three goals and an assist, and now has five goals on the season, scoring in all three games as a Millionaire. Luke Spadafora had a goal and three […]
By Craig Stein After a pair of shutout losses to Nipawin on opening weekend, the Melfort Mustangs hit the win column for the first time this season on Tuesday, beating the La Ronge Ice Wolves 6-4 on the road. Defenseman Alex Rondeau led the charge with two goals and an assist, while Kenzie Arnold also […]
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 Craig Stein HAWKS, STARS, BOMBERS MOVE TO 2-0 Ethan Slobodzian and the Nipawin Hawks are perfect through the SJHL’s opening weekend, posting back to back 3-0 shutouts over their rivals from Melfort, including Saturday’s victory on the road. For Slobodzian, he’s stopped all 51 shots he’s faced in the SJHL, including all 26 on […]
By Craig Stein TWO SHUTOUTS & A SHOOTOUT PART OF A FIVE GAME SET A pair of goaltenders picked up shutouts in their SJHL debuts on opening night of the 2019-2020 season on Friday. The Nipawin Hawks, with Patrick Pugliese heading back south of the border in the off-season, saw Ontario product Ethan Slobodzian stop […]
