By Dave Leaderhouse MELFORT MUSTANGS At his current pace Justin Ball will set personal bests in every offensive category before the season is half over as the 20-year-old winger with the Melfort Mustangs has gotten off to a torrid start in his third Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season. Ball, a 6-foot-0, 207-pound product from Saskatoon, has been held […]
By Dave Leaderhouse NOTRE DAME HOUNDS Moving his way through the western provinces during his junior career, Andrew Henderson has landed in the hockey hotbed of Wilcox and so far the 20-year-old has been the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s workhorse in goal while with the Notre Dame Hounds. The native of Maple Ridge, B.C., who has spent time […]
By Dave Leaderhouse MELVILLE MILLIONAIRES The Melville Millionaires have struggled out of the gate for the current Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season and despite recording just two wins in their first 13 outings there have been some encouraging signs with one of those being the play of 18-year-old rookie winger Jaxon Tait. The homegrown product has two […]
By Dave Leaderhouse LA RONGE ICE WOLVES The La Ronge Ice Wolves got a glimpse into what the future might hold when they summoned defenceman Dylan Thackeray for five games last year and from that brief audition, in which he collected a pair of assists, the team was obviously pleased with what it saw. So far, the 18-year-old […]
By Dave Leaderhouse FLIN FLON BOMBERS A trade at the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League deadline in January, 2017, is paying some nice dividends for the Flin Flon Bombers. On that day the Bombers sent overage forward D’Ondre Watson to the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Canmore Eagles in exchange for an untapped 18-year-old centre by the name […]
By Dave Leaderhouse YORKTON TERRIERS It didn’t take Aiden Bulych long to figure out that he could compete at a higher level. At just 16 years of age, he won’t turn 17 until next month, Bulych was held off the scoresheet in the Yorkton Terriers’ first two games but since then he has been scoring at a two-points-per-game […]
By Dave Leaderhouse NIPAWIN HAWKS After the Nipawin Hawks won their first league title in 28 years last spring they knew they were going to lose a bunch of offensive production to graduation so to fill in some of that void they swung a trade with the Yorkton Terriers in early September and so far the […]
By Dave Leaderhouse KINDERSLEY KLIPPERS It took a couple of seasons and a bunch of different stops, but Kindersley Klipper winger Caden Benson appears to have found a home in west-central Saskatchewan. The Stoney Plain, Alta., product was on four different Alberta Junior Hockey League teams in the last two seasons before landing in Kindersley this fall and […]
By Dave Leaderhouse WEYBURN RED WINGS It is going to take quality shots to beat Cody Levesque in the Weyburn Red Wings’ goal and his high skill level is just one reason for making that assumption. The 18-year-old rookie is 6-foot-5 and weighs in at 209 pounds making the target area that much smaller for opposing shooters. So […]
By Dave Leaderhouse ESTEVAN BRUINS It certainly looks like Estevan Bruins winger TJ Irey is feeling more comfortable in his second Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season. In just six games this season the Bismarck, ND, product is within three points of matching his entire output in 48 regular-season and 13 playoff games played with the Bruins last year. […]
