SJHL Tuesday Results!

After a day off around the league, there were three games on tap tonight in the SJHL.

In Yorkton, the Terriers gave Joel Danyluk the start in goal as they downed the Battlefords North Stars 3-2. Michael Trebish, Cam Hopkins and Carter Smith scored for the Terriers. Bryan Hull and Kevin Stringfellow each contributed two assists with single helpers going to Trebish and Chris Cook. Makstr Lacoursiere and Barrett Penner replied for the Stars. Richard Cameron, Tyrell Schulko, Nickolaus Dvorak and Matt Restoule all had assists for the Stars. Danyluk made 22 saves on 24 shots to pick up his first SJHL victory. Ryan Kerpan made 26 saves for the Stars. Battlefords' Tony Oak was ejected for checking from behind just 8 seconds into the first period. Needless to say he should be well rested for the Stars game tomorrow night in Melville. The Terriers move to 8-7-1-2 with the win and leap past Kindersley for sole possession of fourth in the Sherwood conference with 19 points, one point back of Weyburn for third. The Stars continue to slide as they now drop to 2-13-1-1.

In Kindersley, the Humboldt Broncos won yet again as they posted a 4-1 victory over the hometown Klippers. Twin brothers Steven and Scott Schroeder scored 15 seconds apart in the first period to give the Klippers an early lead which they would never relinquish. The Schroeder's also assisted on each others goals. Brayden Klimosko and Laurent Benjamin, with an empty-netter, also scored for the Broncos. Russ Nielsen, Benjamin, Blayne Stevenson and Jordan Schindel also had assists for the Broncos. Matt Sawa scored the Klippers lone goal from Casey Rempel and Milo Miller. Taylor Nelson won another start as he made 22 saves. Ryan Nieszner was named the game's second star despite the loss and made 26 saves. The Broncos improve to 13-2-0-0 and have a 7 point lead on the second place Flin Flon Bombers in the Itech Conference. The Klippers sit fifth in the Sherwood with a record of 8-6-0-1.

If you like offense, Nipawin was the place to be tonight as the high flying Flin Flon Bombers piled on more goals tonight on their way to an 8-4 shellacking of the Nipawin Hawks. The Hawks were playing their first game in 10 days. Reid MacLeod, the SJHL's leading scorer, added to his totals has he had a three goal night. Dustyn Clegg added two goals for the Bombers who got singles from Dennis Kubat, Robert Beaudry and David Linsley. Myles Masse had two assists for the Bombers who also got helpers from Beaudry, Kubat, Jean-Michel Allard, Tommy Castonguay, Dominic Martel, Cameron MacKinnon, Cole Wilson, Linsley and Harley Garrioch. Somewhat surprising from this game was that Pierre - Luc Boucher was kept off the scoresheet for the Bombers even though they put up 8 goals. Steve Mason had a big night for the Hawks as he had three goals and an assist for the four point night. His linemates were the only other Hawk forwards to figure in on the scoring as Torrie Dyck had a goal and two assists and Brent Ottmann had two assists. Taylor Thiessen added an assist for Nipawin. Carsen Chubak made 31 saves in the Flin Flon goal. Mason Sawatzky, who has been in camp in the past with Weyburn Red Wings, got the start for the Hawks and stopped 33 of the 41 shots he faced. Not sure on what is going on with the goaltending situation in Nipawin right now. Can any Hawks fans out there fill me in? With the win, the Bombers improve to 9-5-0-1. The Hawks drop to 7-5-0-1 with the loss.

Tonight's Three Stars:

* Reid MacLeod - Flin Flon Bombers (3 goals)
** Steve Mason - Nipawin Hawks (4 point night including 3 goals)
*** Michael Trebish - Yorkton Terriers (goal and assist for Terrier d-man who has picked it up offensively as of late)

Wednesday night in the SJHL: Flin Flon @ Notre Dame; Battlefords @ Melville; La Ronge @ Melfort

Next Action for Red Wings - Friday night when they host the Flin Flon Bombers 7:30 at the Colosseum.

- Brad M.