By Craig Stein
FIVE GAMES KICK OFF BUSY WEEKEND
It’s rivalry weekend, for the most part, in the SJHL, as three divisional home and home series’ opened up.
That includes a home and home between the Melfort Mustangs and Nipawin Hawks, and the Hawks took round one on Friday, 7-2 on home ice.
Tanner Thompson scored a hat trick and added one assist, while Keegan Kjargaard added a goal and two assists. Grant Baetsen, Brett Harasymuk and Michael Grant rounded out the scoring and Kristian Stead made 22/24 saves. The Hawks (13-8-2-0) scored two powerplay goals and two more short-handed.
Dakota Boutin continued his recent hot streak with a goal and an assist for the Mustangs (9-13-1-3) and Miles Warkentine added a powerplay goal.
The teams meet again Saturday in Melfort.
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The Flin Flon Bombers (15-7-2-2) stayed six points up on Nipawin for the Sherwood Division lead, winning their sixth straight game, 4-1 over Humboldt.
Humboldt’s Chris Van Os-Shaw scored his league-leading 20th goal of the season, through 26 games.
Greyson Reitmeier followed up Thursday’s hat trick with another goal and an assist, and now has 17 points (8g-9a) in eight games in November. Jason Lavallee, Tyler Nyman and Kristian St. Onge also scored and Zac Robidoux made 21/22 saves.
Carter Seminuk made 50/54 saves for the Broncos (15-11-0-1), who’ve now dropped five in a row and travel to La Ronge Saturday night.
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The Estevan Bruins (20-7-0-1) also lengthened their lead atop the Viterra Division, picking up the extra point in a 5-4 shootout win in Weyburn.
Kaelan Holt scored twice, his 17th and 18th goals of the season. Jason Miller (1g-1a) and Michael McChesney also found the net and Matt McNeil scored the only goal of the five round shootout.
Cole Woodliffe (1g-1a), Carson Rose, Jacob Wozney and Ian Parker scored for the Red Wings (13-11-0-3).
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The Melville Millionaires kicked off a home and home with the Terriers, winning 7-4 in Yorkton on Friday.
Keegan Milligan led the way with two goals and an assist. Milligan leads the Millionaires with 8 goals and 21 points. Jackson Nauss, Damian Bentz and Aaron Aragon all added a goal and an assist, with Dryden Wust and Mathieu Jallabert finishing off the scoring. Colby Entz picked up the win with 47/51 saves for the Millionaires (12-12-1-0).
The Welke twins did much of the damage for the Terriers (10-12-3-0). Carson had two goals and an assist, and his brother McKenzie notched a goal and a helper. Jordan Ross rounded out the goal scoring and Jared Legien added two assists.
The Millionaires host the Terriers Saturday.
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Ben Allen scored twice as the Battlefords North Stars doubled up the visiting Notre Dame Hounds 4-2.
Coby Downs and Kendall Fransoo each added a goal and an assist and Joel Gryzbowski stopped 23/25 shots, as the Stars improved to a league-best 23-6-0-0.
Ben Duperreault (1g-1a) and Brandon Sookro scored for the Hounds (13-9-3-1). Duperreault has a healthy lead at the top of the league scoring chart, with 43 points (18g-25a).
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