By Craig Stein Stars, Hawks Headline Winners There were four games in the SJHL Friday night, and a pair of them featured four of the league’s hottest clubs, as Melfort travelled to Battlefords and Nipawin opened a road swing in Estevan. Layne Young (1g-1a) scored midway through overtime and the Battlefords North Stars edged the Melfort […]
By Shannon Doka, SaskEnergy One month into the season and we have had a few exciting things occur. Five games have produced seven or more goals and that contributes to the 184 goals total to date or $3680 for KidSport! Flin Flon leads the way in the home goals scored with 25, closely followed by […]
By Dave Leaderhouse The Nipawin Hawks will find out in a big way how they stack up against the rest of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League when they take on three of the hottest teams on consecutive nights to highlight a very busy weekend schedule. Nipawin, which has points in its last eight games and […]
By Dave Leaderhouse Photo credit: Stefanie Davis, Yorkton This Week The Yorkton Terriers have stumbled out of the starting gate early in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League regular season, but the team did get some good news on Tuesday when it was announced that rookie netminder Nolan Maier has been picked to represent Canada at […]
By Craig Stein Keillan Olson scored two goals and an assist, and Thomas Lenchyshyn added three helpers and the Nipawin Hawks went into Yorkton and defeated the Terriers 6-2 on Tuesday night. Carter Doerksen and Daven Smith added second period goals for the Hawks (7-1-1-1) before Olson, Brandan Arnold and Austin Mikesch added third period […]
By Dave Leaderhouse The Estevan Bruins and Weyburn Red Wings have both been acknowledged for their solid starts in the most recent Canadian Junior Hockey League rankings of its 132 teams with Estevan claiming the No. 17 position while the Red Wings gets an honourable mention. The Bruins and Red Wings join the Battlefords North […]
By Mike Stackhouse 1-BATTLEFORDS NORTH STARS 6-0-1 (1) The only thing about the Stars you can pick apart is that they haven’t played that many games. 2-ESTEVAN BRUINS 10-2-1 (2) No regulation losses in their last eight and continuing to fill the net. 3-NIPAWIN HAWKS 6-1-1-1 (4) Hawks haven’t lost in regulation since opening weekend. […]
By Mike Stackhouse CANALTA HOTELS SJHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Zach Goberis, Estevan Bruins 1997 F Zach Goberis (Arvada CO) continued his assault on SJHL goaltenders last week by firing 6-goals in 3-games played, increasing his SJHL scoring lead to 16-goals and 12-assists in 13-games played. Goberis had a goal in Yorkton on Tuesday, added […]
By Craig Stein Jacob Wassermann stopped 36 of the 37 shots he faced and the Humboldt Broncos (6-5-1-0) knocked off the league-leading Melfort Mustangs (10-1-1-1), 2-1 in a shootout. Melfort’s Evan Plotnik made 30/31 saves at the other end, as he stopped everything in regulation and overtime after Humboldt’s Kaleb Dahlgren opened the scoring in the […]
By Craig Stein Going into Friday night’s action, some SJHL teams had as many as 12 games under their belts, while the Battlefords North Stars had played just six. The Stars played their first game in 10 days on Friday, and still remain without a regulation loss, defeating the visiting Melville Millionaires 5-2. Keith Anderson, […]
