By Craig Stein The Yorkton Terriers erased a late 4-2 deficit and beat the Estevan Bruins 5-4 in a shootout on Wednesday night. In his first game as a Terrier since being traded from Weyburn in exchange for Yorkton captain Dexter Robinson this week, Matthew Jones started the comeback in the third period and would later […]
By Craig Stein (Photo Credit: Clark Stork – Northeast NOW) The Battlefords North Stars line of Layne Young, MacGregor Sinclair and Elijah Loon-Stewardson combined for an incredible 6-goals and 18-points as the Stars beat the visiting La Ronge Ice Wolves 10-2 on Tuesday night. Sinclair and Young racked up seven points each, as Sinclair had […]
By Dave Leaderhouse Hawks get honourable mention with Mustangs and North Stars remaining on Top 20 list All teams at the top of the Canadian Junior Hockey League’s weekly Top 20 rankings had perfect weeks resulting in no changes from one week ago and leaving the Battleford North Stars in the sixth spot overall. The […]
By Mike Stackhouse 1-BATTLEFORDS NORTH STARS 18-3-1-0 (1) Latest winning streak is six and counting. 2-NIPAWIN HAWKS 16-5-1-2 (4) Winners of five straight and stingy on defense. 3-MELFORT MUSTANGS 18-5-3-1 (3) They let their guard down against Yorkton, but have second best win percentage in the league. 4-NOTRE DAME HOUNDS 15-7-1-3 (7) Dropped two in […]
By Mike Stackhouse CANALTA HOTELS SJHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: MacGregor Sinclair, Battlefords North Stars 1998 F MacGregor Sinclair (Irma AB) scored four goals and three assists in three games played this past week. He had all three of his team’s goals on Friday night in a 3-2 decision over Notre Dame. He scored one […]
By Craig Stein There were three one goal games, and a pair that weren’t so close in Saturday’s five game SJHL schedule. MacGregor Sinclair followed up his hat trick from Friday night with another goal and an assist on Saturday, as the Battlefords North Stars edged the Humboldt Broncos 3-2 in a shootout. Layne Young […]
By Mike Stackhouse Rob Johnson scored his first two goals as a Bomber and Nick Shumlanski also picked up a pair of goals and added two assists as Flin Flon emerged 7-4 winners over the high scoring Estevan Bruins on Friday night at the Whitney Forum. The Bombers opened up a 4-1 first period lead […]
By Dave Leaderhouse They are not only the two hottest teams in the league at the moment, but when the Notre Dame Hounds take on the Battlefords North Stars on Friday, first place in the Olympic Building’s Division is also on the line. A share of first place overall is also possible for the Hounds […]
By Craig Stein Terriers Snap Losing Streak Chantz Petruic scored all three of his teams goals for his first SJHL hat trick, newly acquired goaltender Joe Marcouiller made 29/31 saves to win his first SJHL start, and Mat Hehr picked up his first SJHL win as a Head Coach, as the Yorkton Terriers beat the […]
BATTLEFORDS NORTH STARS, D Stars’ defenseman Levi Kleiboer eclipsed his career high in goals, when this season was barely a month old. The 19-year-old is already in his third full season, and he’s hoping that experience pays off when he looks for a roster spot with Team Canada West at the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge […]
