By Dave Leaderhouse NORTH STARS AND BOMBERS RENEW ACQUAINTANCES IN NORTHERN MANITOBA WEEKEND DOUBLEHEADER The Battlefords North Stars will have their hands full this weekend if they want to keep the surprising Humboldt Broncos in their sights for top spot in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Finning Division. The North Stars, who trail the Broncos by […]
By Craig Stein Wednesday night’s SJHL schedule saw three games, including the Kindersley Klippers back in action after a full week off. With some teams hitting double digits in games played already, the Klippers played just their sixth game of the year Wednesday, and got back to .500 (3-3-0-0) with a 4-3 shootout over the Melfort […]
By Craig Stein Chris Van Os-Shaw scored four straight goals for his Humboldt Broncos on Tuesday night, and did it by time the game was roughly half done, in the Broncos’ fourth straight win, a 7-1 decision over La Ronge. The win marked the second straight game the Broncos have scored seven, and they’ve managed four […]
By Darren Zary, Saskatoon StarPhoenix Photo credit: Gord Waldner / The StarPhoenix Nate Bedford lost his job and then he lost his house. Continue reading here… http://thestarphoenix.com/sports/hockey/zary-all-is-not-lost-for-bedford-as-battlefords-north-stars-coach Tag(s): Home
By Mike Stackhouse 1-HUMBOLDT BRONCOS (7-1) Fantastic start, great top six forwards, team speed looks excellent. 2-FLIN FLON BOMBERS (6-1-1) Terrific record and they haven’t even hit their stride yet. 3-ESTEVAN BRUINS (5-1-0-1) Full marks to the coaching and scouting staff for, quickly, replenishing the talent pool after last year. 4-NIPAWIN HAWKS (4-2-2) A slow start, […]
By Mike Stackhouse CANALTA HOTELS SJHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brett Harasymuk, Nipawin Hawks 1997 F Brett Harasymuk (Yorkton SK) erupted for five goals and three assists in the final four games of the week, including three straight games of one goal and one assist followed by a two goal effort Sunday, at home, against Melville. […]
By Craig Stein After going winless through their first four games of the season (0-2-2-0), the Nipawin Hawks have now rattled off four straight victories, and three in the last three nights, after they beat Melville 3-1 in Sunday’s lone SJHL contest. Brett Harasymuk has had a huge hand in the turnaround. He was held pointless […]
By Craig Stein Facing 53 shots and stopping 51 of them would normally be enough to for a first star performance and a victory, but Melville’s Brandon Wells didn’t get the necessary run support on Saturday night in Flin Flon, as the Bombers beat the Millionaires for a second straight night, this time 2-0, out-shooting the […]
By Craig Stein BRONCOS CONTINUE TO ROLL The Humboldt Broncos (6-1-0-0) have won six of their first seven games to start the season after Friday night’s 6-1 victory in Melfort. The Broncos out-shot the Mustangs 38-16, including 17-2 in the third period when they put the game away with three goals. Josh Roberts and Parker Wakaruk […]
By Dave Leaderhouse PARITY COMES TO THE FORE DURING SUCCESSFUL SHOWCASE EVENT IN WARMAN The annual Showcase accomplished many things, but the most apparent result of the four-day event was that parity has definitely arrived in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Just two teams left Warman with victories in both of their games and the Melville […]
