By Craig Stein Justen Close stopped all 31 shots he faced, for his second shutout this season, as the Kindersley Klippers blanked the visiting Notre Dame Hounds 3-0 on Saturday night. The Klippers hit a rough patch in December and Saturday was their second win since December 5th, and the first personally for Close since that […]

By Craig Stein The Flin Flon Bombers have their third straight win since Christmas, and their fourth straight overall, after Friday night’s 8-2 win over the Yorkton Terriers. It was 2-2 after two periods before the Bombers piled up six goals in the third.  Chrystopher Collin had five point night with two goals and three […]

By Dave Leaderhouse Generally speaking, a mid-season rest is a great opportunity to regroup and prepare for the stretch run, but it can also add a layer of rust and the Nipawin Hawks are hoping that none of the latter has built up as they return to action after a 17-day break. The Hawks entered […]

By Mike Stackhouse RBC PLAYER OF THE MONTH:  Logan Schatz, Humboldt Broncos 1997 F Logan Schatz (Allan SK) led all forwards with 4-goals and 13-assists in 9-games played during the month of December.  Schatz, a four year Bronco, kicked off the month by recording points in six straight games.  His biggest single output came on […]

By Dave Leaderhouse There is a very real misconception out there that players from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League often get overlooked for potential scholarship opportunities to various post-secondary institutions. The league has been very focused on ensuring its players have every chance to get a scholarship as evidenced by the Showcase event held every […]

By Craig Stein A big part of the New Year’s Eve / New Year’s Day SJHL weekend schedule saw the two teams currently on the outside of the playoff picture, Yorkton and La Ronge, play home and home sets with their rivals, who each happen to occupy the final two playoff spots, in Melville and Flin […]

By Mike Stackhouse CANALTA HOTELS SJHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK:  Nick Shumlanski, Flin Flon Bombers 1997 F Nick Shumlanski (Tisdale SK) was hot in the final few games leading into Christmas and picked up after Christmas where he left off, scoring 4-goals and 7-assists in 4-games played.  He set up two goals on December 18th […]

MELVILLE MILLIONAIRES, D 20-year-old defenseman Clayton Eisler is poised to lead the Melville Millionaires in points by a blueliner this season.  He enters the New Year with 25 points (12g-13a) in 36 games.  That already gives him career highs, after an impressive 11-goals and 22-points a year ago, when he played in all but one […]

NOTRE DAME HOUNDS, F In Chance Longjohn’s 20-year-old season, he will more than likely eclipse the goal and point totals of his previous two seasons, combined!  The forward from Maskwacis, AB had very respectable outputs in first two campaigns, putting up 12-goals and 28-points as a rookie, and then bettering that last year, with 14-goals […]

LA RONGE ICE WOLVES, G After keeping his suitcase packed early on in the season, Merek Pipes appears to have found a nice landing spot in La Ronge.  Pipes began the year in Yorkton, and moved on to Nipawin where he played (and won) one game, before ending up with the Ice Wolves.  There, despite […]