Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

TERRY SHEA A BACKBONE IN KINDERSLEY JUNIOR HOCKEY HISTORY

By Mike Stackhouse Terry Shea and the Kindersley Klippers are synonymous. Shea was one of twelve people involved in securing the Saskatoon Titans franchise and moving them to Kindersley for the 1993-94 season.  He’s been involved with the club in various capacities every year since, with 2017-18 marking the first time he’s stepped away and […]

FESZCYN A LONG TIME BOMBER FAN

By Mike Stackhouse Larry Feszcyn moved to Flin Flon from Kelliher, Saskatchewan in 1985 when he was transferred by the company he worked for, Revelstoke Sawmill Company.  His time in the community was almost short lived.  Revelstoke went into receivership a couple of years later, but Feszcyn ended up running the Home Hardware store and […]

Playoff pieces are determined, but forming a final picture is far from finished

By Dave Leaderhouse The first mission of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s regular season has been accomplished as the 10 teams that will move on to the post-season have now been determined. That was finalized earlier in the week when the Melville Millionaires punched their ticket to the playoffs with a 7-0 victory over the […]

KEN CAMPBELL AUTO SALES AND MUSTANGS GO HAND IN HAND

By Mike Stackhouse Hard to envision the Melfort Mustangs and not also think of Ken Campbell Sales, one of their best long time corporate sponsors. In fact Ken and Grace Campbell have been involved with the team before there was even a team.  Their daughter, Kendra, who also has been extremely active with the club, […]

PRESCESKY A STAPLE IN HELPING NORTH STARS

By Mike Stackhouse Debbie and Jim Prescesky have been regulars at Battlefords North Stars games since 1984. In what is no small undertaking, the couple opened their home for 28 years in the form of billeting.  “Our first player that we ever had was Dwayne Bone.  His dad was the vet in Spiritwood and Dwayne […]

WINGS/KLIPPERS PUT THE HEAT ON

By Craig Stein Wednesday Recaps The standings tightened up once again on Wednesday, as the Weyburn Red Wings and Kindersley Klippers both picked up key road wins against teams they’re trying to chase down. The Wings (27-22-4-0) scored late to beat the Estevan Bruins 5-4 in regulation.  They’re now five points shy of Estevan for […]

SJHL YEAR-END AWARD NOMINEES

By SJHL Divisional Reps For 2017-2018 Season Awards Top Rookie Sherwood – Calvon Boots, D (FF) Global Ag – Jacob Wassermann, G (HUM) Viterra – Cade Kowalski, F (WEY) RBC Player Of The Year Sherwood – Loch Morrison, D (MFT) Global Ag – Layne Young, F (BAT) Viterra – Zach Goberis, F (EST) SGEU Most […]

MILLIONAIRES OFFICIALLY PUNCH PLAYOFF TICKET

By Craig Stein Entz Shuts Out Ice Wolves Regardless of sometimes-complicated tie-breaking formulas, the Melville Millionaires left no doubt on Tuesday, officially wrapping up a post-season berth, with a 7-0 win over the La Ronge Ice Wolves in the only game on the evening’s SJHL schedule. The win ensures that the Millionaires (20-29-1-2) can’t be […]

Hawks fall one spot while Melfort returns to weekly CJHL Top 20 list

By Dave Leaderhouse There was just one change at the top of the Canadian Junior Hockey League’s weekly rankings and it involved the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s top team. The Nipawin Hawks, who had their 30-game streak with at least one point come to an end on Saturday, swapped spots with the Steinbach Pistons to […]

SOURCE EMBROIDERY POWER RANKINGS (Feb 20)

By Mike Stackhouse 1-NIPAWIN HAWKS 38-7-2-4 (1) They finally lost. 2-MELFORT MUSTANGS 35-12-4-1 (3) Tyler Heidt is back from a season long shoulder injury to bolster the defense down the stretch. 3-BATTLEFORDS NORTH STARS 39-11-2-0 (2) A solid road game in Weyburn on Monday. 4-HUMBOLDT BRONCOS 31-17-3-2 (4) Broncos just keep getting better and are […]