By Craig Stein O’BRIEN TAKES PROMOTION AFTER CASSAN LANDS IN WHL The Yorkton Terriers are entering year three of a rebuild that started after capturing their second straight Canalta Cup and first ever RBC Cup in 2014, and they appear poised to take another step in the right direction, but they’ll have to do so with […]
By Craig Stein ADAM DAWE HEADLINES 1999-BORN ROOKIE GROUP The Notre Dame Hounds are known for giving underage players a shot, and this year appears to be no different, as the Wilcox-based club is shaping up to be one of the youngest teams in the SJHL once again. The Hounds have a unique set up, in […]
By Craig Stein WINDLE TAKES OVER BEHIND THE BENCH After 12 seasons as Coach & GM of the Melville Millionaires, Jamie Fiesel’s contract was not renewed after the Millionaires missed the playoffs in 2015-2016. The Millionaires are going a new direction, hiring 28-year-old Devin Windle, after the Alberta product spent the past two seasons on Doug […]
By Craig Stein CASSAN JOINS LIST OF SJHL COACHES TO WHL There will be four new Head Coaches in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League this season, and three of them will be in the Viterra Division. Wes Rudy (Weyburn) and Devin Windle (Melville) are set to debut as Junior ‘A’ bench bosses, and Casey O’Brien will do […]
By Mike Stackhouse Cassan resigns It is with mixed emotions the Yorkton Terrier Board of Directors announces the resignation of Head Coach and General Manager Trent Cassan. Fortunate for Trent but unfortunate for the Terriers is the fact that he has accepted an Assistant Coach position with the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League. Trent […]
FORMER NORTH STAR HEADED TO TRAVERSE CITY ROOKIE TOURNAMENT Battlefords North Stars graduate Igor Leonenko will suit up in the Traverse City Prospects Tournament in mid-September, after earning an amateur tryout agreement with the St. Louis Blues. Leonenko had a league-high 47 goals, and was second in points with 88 last season in Battlefords. He […]
By Craig Stein Members of the media are being provided Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Passes. Below are the media members that are listed as being employees of your organization. These members are allowed usage of the pass, misuse of the pass or allowing other person(s) not listed will constitute your organization to surrender all passes provided […]
By Dave Leaderhouse The passing of Gordie Howe has given everybody time to reflect on what is arguably the most dynamic hockey career and person the sport has ever seen. Tributes have come from around the globe for the 88-year-old legend and fittingly it is the Junior “A” circuit from his home province that is about […]
By Dave Leaderhouse Photo credit: Robert Murray/Fort McMurray Today/Postmedia Network (Part of the story was inadvertently omitted from the original post. Below is the original article in its entirety.) The current calendar year has been challenging, to say the least, but finally Nate Bedford has something positive to build on. After watching his former job at Keyano College […]
By Dave Leaderhouse Sometimes things are just meant to be! Wes Rudy was a fan of the Weyburn Red Wings more than 30 years ago when his older brother Tom was a member of the 1984 Centennial Cup championship squad from that southeastern Saskatchewan city and now he is the head coach of that same franchise. […]
