By Craig Stein The Battlefords North Stars quickly forgot about their first loss of the season Tuesday in Yorkton, following it up with a 4-1 victory Wednesday in Melville, improving to 3-1-0-0 on the season. Layne Young scored twice, and now leads the way with 4 goals on the season. Reed Delainey added a pair […]
By Mike Stackhouse The Yorkton Terriers earned their first win under new head coach Casey O’Brien on Tuesday night by scoring four unanswered goals in downing the visiting Battlefords North Stars 5-1. First year Terrier netminder Greg Maggio kicked out 40-shots, including all twenty-four he faced over the final two periods when the Terriers mustered only […]
By Mike Stackhouse WEEK ENDING SEPT.18, 2016 CANALTA HOTELS SJHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Lynnden Pastachak, Estevan Bruins 1996 F Lynnden Pastachak (Bienfait SK) wasted no time getting his season started on the right foot as he contributed five points in two games, both victories over the Melville Millionaires. Pastachak enters the season a veteran […]
By Dave Leaderhouse The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s regular season is only one weekend old, but already the 12 teams will be taking their show on the road when the annual Showcase event is held next week in Warman. Following a slate of games this week the 12 teams will then move to the neutral-site location […]
By Dave Leaderhouse The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is becoming friendlier. In an attempt to reach out to more fans the SJHL has launched a Facebook page that will incorporate as much news and photos as possible from various sources within the league. Included in the package will be player highlights, game-day scores and summaries and […]
By Curtis Stepp Join us at an RBC Game Night near you and enter to win a trip to the 2018 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships! As a Premiere Sponsor of Hockey Canada, RBC is offering a chance to win a trip for two to the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championships in Buffalo, NY on December 26, […]
By Mike Stackhouse 1-FLIN FLON BOMBERS (2-0) Last season’s runner-ups had, arguably, the toughest weekend match up and won both games. 2-BATTLEFORDS NORTH STARS (2-0) Plenty of talent and a new face behind the bench, but the same old results. 3-MELFORT MUSTANGS (2-0) The two time defending champs have lost a lot of offense but it […]
By Curtis Stepp The Battlefords North Stars were presented September 16th, 2016 the KidSport Cup for being the Saskatchewan SJHL team that scored the most goals in the 2015/2016 season, 102 in total, with forward Layne Young being recognized as the 1,000th goal scorer. “What an exciting way for the league to give back to their […]
By Craig Stein ANOTHER HOME AND HOME SWEEP ON OPENING WEEKEND There were the six traditional home and home series’ to open up the SJHL regular season, and there wasn’t one single split. After five different clubs (Battlefords, Estevan, Flin Flon, Melfort & Weyburn) all won back to back games Friday/Saturday, the Humboldt Broncos made it […]
By Craig Stein BRONCOS OPEN SEASON WITH HOME ICE WIN In short, everyone who opened the season with wins on Friday night, made it back to back wins on Saturday, as five clubs improved to 2-0-0-0 on the young season. The Melfort Mustangs started their quest for a three-peat, sweeping La Ronge over the weekend by […]
