Wings take game one versus the Bruins

The Wings keep on with their winning ways as they travelled down highway 39 to Estevan where they were looking to take over top spot in the Sherwood Conference versus the Bruins.

With a 3-2 victory over the Bruins, the Wings were in first place for maybe 10 minutes as Melville disposed of the Yorkton Terriers in a shootout to remain one point up on the Wings.

Rhett Bly opened up the scoring for the Red Wings in the first period with the assist going to Joel Langevin. The Wings then took control of the game in the second as Langevin was on the receiving end of a pass from Torrey Lindsay and scored on the powerplay to give them a two goal lead heading into the third.

Estevan finally got to Whiffen early in the third as Liam Brennan scored at 2:30 into the period to cut the lead down to one. It didn't take long for the Wings to regain their two goal advantage as Brayden Nargang scored six minutes later with the assist going to Connor Krukowski. Estevan did manage to keep things close as Kyle Stroh put one more past Whiffen halfway through the period but that's as close as they would get as the Red Wings held the Bruins off in the late stages of the third, killing off two penalties in the process.

AJ Whiffen picked up the win in the Red Wings net, making 31 saves on 33 shots while his counterpart Karsten Felske made 27 saves on 30 shots for the Bruins.

* Forward Josh Bray left the game midway through the second and did not return. He has been battling a hip injury lately and is questionable for tomorrow nights game.

- Troy K


*** Update ***

There were three other SJHL games on Friday night. As Troy mentioned above, the Melville Millionaires defeated the Yorkton Terriers 3-2 in a shootout as the Mils maintain a one point advantage over the Red Wings. Daniel Hope was the shootout hero for the Mils and also scored a goal in regulation. Levi Lind also scored for Melville while ex-Wing Brad Johnston had two assists. Derek Serdachny and Kirk Byczynnski replied for the Terriers who could not beat Mils goaltender Kyle Cantlon in the shootout. Cantlon did not have a very busy night as the Terriers could only manage a minuscule 12 shots on goal in 65 minutes of action and certainly were lucky to even pick up the single point. Lynden Sammartino made 28 saves in the Yorkton goal.The Terriers pick up a single point and are one point behind third place Kindersley.

Speaking of thoes Klippers, they were in action in North Battleford tonight, and much to the chagrin of Stars123 the one game winning streak is over for the Stars as they fall 4-0 to Kindersley. Brett Leedahl had three assists to pace the Klippers offensively. Jonathan Redlick scored two goals. Jayde Dunser had a goal and an assist and Jeremy Beller scored the other Klippers goal. Ryan Sawka also had two assists for Kindersley. Matt Weninger picked up the shutout for the Klippers as he stopped all 29 shots he faced. Ryan Kerpan was under fire all night and managed to turn aside 49 of 53 Kindersley shots. Kerpan appears to be one positive on the Stars roster as of late. The Klippers now have sole possession of third in the Sherwood and are two points back of second place Weyburn.

In Flin Flon, the Humboldt Broncos dropped their second straight game as they were dumped 4-1 by the hometown Bombers. Reid MacLeod added to his SJHL leading totals as he had two goals and an assist for Flin Flon. Dennis Kubat chipped in with a goal and an assist. Barrett Penner also scored for Flin Flon. Matt Kirzinger had the lone Broncos goal. Calvin Bartel made 26 saves for the victory. Taylor Nelson had a rare off night as he allowed four goals on 25 shots.

Tonight's Three Stars:

* Reid MacLeod - Flin Flon Bombers (2 goals, 1 assist to lead Bombers over Broncos)
** Brett Leedahl - Kindersley Klippers (3 point night to lead Klippers)
*** Brayden Nargang - Weyburn Red Wings (I was at the game in Estevan and thought Brayden had a great game. Not only scoring the winning goal but his penalty killing work was also top notch)

- Brad M.