Two different nights - two different teams. The Wings were skating, hitting and playing smart hockey as they throttled the Yorkton Terriers 7-2 on Friday night. Dwight McMillan rewarded Tanner Erickson's patience by dressing and starting him in goal for the first time this season and he did not disappoint. Erickson made 28 saves to earn his first SJHL victory. The Wings chased SJHL all time shutout leader Lynden Sammartino from the net just over the half way point of the first period after he allowed 2 goals on only 4 shots. Joel Danyluk relieved Sammartino and went the distance. Kyle Haines had a huge game for the Wings as he was a leader defensively and also put up a career high four points with a goal and three assists. Preston Shupe had a goal and two assists for the Wings. Rhett Bly, Torrey Lindsay, Michael Seib, Josh Bray and Nick Needham also scored for the Wings. Stephen Simms had a pair of assists for the Wings who also got helpers from Needham, Connor Krukowski, Brayden Nargang and Luke Johnson. Corey Silverson and Jock Sutter each had a goal and an assist for the Terriers. The Wings special teams were deadly as they went an astounding 3/5 on the power play while potting a pair of short-handed goals (including the game winner by Lindsay). The Wings improve to 8-6-1-1 and leap frog the Terriers into a share of second place with the Estevan Bruins. The Terriers are now 7-6-1-2. The two teams renew acquaintances Saturday night in Yorkton. I should note that the game featured a spirited affair between Wings forward Michael Seib and Terriers forward Derek Serdachny which I will call a draw. The Terriers Kyle Block was ejected in the first period for a checking from behind infraction.
Side Note: If anyone was wondering why the Terriers were using a south side dressing room tonight, the reason was that the hot water was not working in the north side dressing rooms. This also affected the officiating crew as they were forced to use a dressing room in the Sports Arena.
*** UPDATE ***
In La Ronge, the Ice Wolves continued their winning ways of late as they knocked off Sherwood division leading Melville 3-2 in La Ronge last night. Jordie Johnston and Bruno - Pierre Gosselin led the way for the Wolves with a goal and an assist. Adam Moar had the game winner for the Ice Wolves, his second game winner in consecutive games. Jarrid Dowhay, Jules Boucher, David Lawrence and Joel Belair all added assists for La Ronge. Justin Klassen had a goal and an assist for Melville. Derek Edwards had the other Melville goal while Kale Dolinski added an assist. Brian Kaval got the start for La Ronge and stopped 26 of 28 shots he faced. Travis Bosch got the start again for Melville as Kyle Cantlon continues to recover from illness. Bosch was busy again tonight as he faced 39 shots. The Ice Wolves continued their climb up the standings as they now sit in second in the Itech with a record of 8-6-1-0. The Millionaires drop to 11-2-1-0.
In Humboldt, the Broncos outscored the Estevan Bruins by a score of 6-4. The Broncos led 5-1 at one point and had to hang on for the win. Evan Bryksa and Tory Allan each had a goal and an assist for the Broncos. Russ Nielsen, Scott Schroeder, Laurent Benjamin and Dane Lindskog also scored for Humboldt. Matthew Kirzinger added three assists while Justin Stoski and Steven Schroeder each had a pair of assists. Trevor Mock and Kyle Ermel each had a goal and an assist for the Bruins. Brennan Wrigley and Kyle Stroh also scored for the Bruins. Payden Benning contributed two assists. Andrew Bodnarchuk picked up the win for the Broncos as he made 18 saves. Karsten Felske started for the Bruins and stopped 34 pucks. The Broncos now have the SJHL's top record as they improve to 12-2-0-0. The Bruins are now 8-5-2-0 and tied with the Wings for second in the division.
In North Battleford, the Kindersley Klippers improved to 8-5-0-0 as they dumped the Stars 5-2. Ryan Sawka led the way offensively for the Klippers as he had four assists. Brett Leedahl scored a pair of goals for the Klippers. Jerrett Bicknell, Ben Ritchie and Milo Miller also scored for the Klippers. Scott Linnell added a pair of assists while other assists went to Casey Rempel, Miller, Matt Sawa and Jonathan Redlick. Nick Kalnicki and Brody Malek replied for the Stars. Ryan Nieszner stopped 29 of 31 shots faced to pick up the win. Ryan Kerpan made 22 saves for the Stars who drop to 2-11-1-1. One has to think that Stars boss Gary Clark is looking at moving some of his 20 year olds like Jason Walker or Barrett Penner to build towards the future much like I expect Notre Dame to do in the next little while as well.
Saturday's Three Stars:
1. Kyle Haines - Weyburn Red Wings (1 G, 3A, solid defensive game)
2. Ryan Sawka - Kindersley Klippers (4 point night)
3. Preston Shupe - Weyburn Red Wings (3 point night, strong offensive prescense in one of his best games of the year)
There are four games tonight in the SJHL as the Wings head up to Yorkton for the return game of the home and home. Meanwhile, Estevan continues there northern road trip as they are in Kindersley, Melfort heads to La Ronge to play the red hot Ice Wolves while Melville looks to rebound as they visit the Flin Flon Bombers.
- Brad M
Saturday, October 20, 2007
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Haha weeoo... that felt good to watch!
And Erickson has improved A LOT since last year. He made a couple great saves.
Hopefully they can come out with that much intensity tonight in Yorkton!
What a game for the Wings, Very solid offense & defense, physical, awsome!
If they play with this intensity consistently, they will be a hard team to beat.
PP was efective. If the Wings continue to play with a strong PP then the wings will win a lot more games. Especially with Whiffen in the net. As good as he is now he is only going to get better. Give him some personal training, He is a future NHL potential. Cudo's to Erickson. He played very well last night
Good to see the Wings pick it up. I hope they can continue this streak. I would like to see Whiffen play though. I am a little biased though. I'm from NL and I watched AJ play all the way through. On a couple of occasions I coached him. I predict he will be the back bone of your team in the future. Much like he was with all the teams he played on down here. Go Wings Go!!!!
Nfld Fan!
Good game for the Wings, were was that effort on Wed. night.I think we lack a big power forward a guy who stands in front of the net and takes the roughing from the opposing Defence. We'll get more goals I guarantee it.
In regards to our goaltending, I think we are fortunate to have three pretty good goalies, but the two young guys can be great if they get more playing time. ( It's nice to see another local kid playing goal I think the last one was Ballard. Look at all the players sitting in the stands every game. Lets make some decisions and put our best team on the ice every night and build towards the playoffs.
Go Wings Go !
It was a great game to watch. It's been too long since the hometown fans got to see a game like that or a win even.
It was the first time I have got to see Tanner play net. I was glad it was a good outing for him.
Also, good job to Kyle Haines who picked up the first star. Keep it up man!
Take it to the Terriers tonight in Yorkton boys!!
- Troy K
Nfldfan:
Believe me. AJ will be a big part of this team. He has played great everytime given the opportunity and I think has a great future ahead with this organization. Nfld has been kind to us as Whiffen, Stephen Simms and Scott Doody have all been big parts of this team.
- Brad M.
Good job everyone! Hope to see you after christmas, hoping to see some of your games. GO WINGS GO!!!
GO SIMMS, DOODY, WHIFFEN GO!!!!
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