Wild and Wacky Tuesday Across the SJHL!

Third period rallies, lots of offense, pulled goaltenders, and excitement are all descriptions of the games around the league on Tuesday nigth.

We will start in Melville where the Millionaires were looking to grab a share of first in the Sherwood. However, the La Ronge Ice Wolves had other ideas as they led 4-0 after two periods before having to hold on for a 5-4 win. Everette Lerner scored twice, including the game winner to lead the way for the Ice Wolves. Jordie Johnston and Jarrid Dowhay each added a goal and an assist. Calvin Fiddler had the other La Ronge goal. Shane Stanicky had a big third period as he scored his first career SJHL hat trick for the Millionaires. Dion Campbell also added a goal with 37 seconds to play to make for an exciting finish. Derek Edwards and Matt Kinnunen each had two assists for the Millionaires. Jonathan Jobin went the distance for the Ice Wolves and stopped 29 of 33 shots. Travis Bosch got the start for the Mils and allowed 4 goals on 27 shots before making way for Kyle Cantlon in the third period. Cantlon stopped 12 of 13 shots in the third. The win moves the Ice Wolves within one point of second place Melfort in the Itech Conference. The Millionaires loss keeps them two games behind Weyburn with there next game against on Saturday night against the Red Wings in Melville.

Game Notes: I had a chance to listen to some of the third period on-line with Dallas Hicks of MBC radio. Great job as always Dallas who had Mike Stackhouse riding shotgun. Hicks had an interesting comment in the third period about the Ice Wolves bench having to keep an eye on the clock due to some hometown influence on the clock. The referee actually had to step in once while I was listening and have the clock operator run some time down. If there are actual clock issues I apologize but this kind of stuff should not be happening in our league. I run the clock here in Weyburn on occasion and as tempting as it is sometimes to have a slow or fast trigger finger depending on the circumstances, you have to do your job properly........ Cantlon's third period appearance was his first in 8 games as he was out with a closely guarded injury...... The Ice Wolves played without David Lawrence who is at the CJAHL prospects game in Manitoba.

Down in Estevan, the Bruins outshot the Hounds 29-9 in the first period enroute to an 8-3 thrashing of the Hounds. To put that in perspective, the Hounds only had 21 shots in the entire game. Kyle Ermel (2 goals, 1 assist), Kealin Wong (1 goal, 2 assists), Kyle Stroh (1 goal, 2 assists) and Niko Grose (1 goal, 2 assists) all had three point nights for the Bruins. Liam Brennan had a goal and an assist as well. Davis Brown and Chad Filteau also scored for the Bruins. Riley Hughes also had a multi-point night for the Bruins with two assists. Kyle Ireland scored twice for the Hounds while Grayson Brown added a goal and an assist. Travis Montgomery chipped in with two assists. Karsten Felske picked up the win for the Bruins making 18 saves. Andre-Michel Guay was peppered with 54 shots, stopping 46 of them. The Bruins leap frog the Kindersley Klippers into third in the Sherwood as now only four points separate first place Weyburn from fourth place Kindersley.

Game Notes: The Bruins avenged a 6-3 loss on Monday night in Wilcox.... The Hounds played without Rylan Schwartz who was participating with Team West at the CJAHL Prospects game....... Evan Bryksa has yet to dress in a game for the Notre Dame Hounds as his status remains a mystery. As you may recall, Bryksa was acquired by the Hounds on December 1 in the Tanner Vandesype - Eddie Gale trade.......... The week gets no easier for the Hounds as they will play neutral site games against Kindersley (in Kyle) and Humboldt (in Gravelbourg).

In Yorkton, the Nipawin Hawks had a quick start as they chased Lynden Sammartino from the game before it was even 5 minutes old. Sammartino allowed 2 goals on 3 shots as Steve Mason sniped two by him in the early part of the first. Sammartino was replaced by Joel Danyluk who went on to play flawless the rest of the night in turning aside all 19 Nipawin shots he faced. Derek Serdachny scored twice for the Terriers while Corey Silverson added a goal and an assist. Bryan Hull also scored for the Terriers. Kyle Block added two assists. Brent Ottmann and Torrie Dyck assisted on both of Mason's goals. Hawks goaltender Derek Kleinsteuber stopped 27 shots in the Nipawin goal. The Terriers move within three points of fourth place Kindersley with the win.

Game Notes: The four goals scored by the Terriers would have to be considered an outburst by their standards as the Terriers have struggled to score as of late........ The Hawks played two bodies short tonight. No word on whether this is injury, discipline or some other reason......... The Terriers are right back at it tomorrow as they host La Ronge.

In Flin Flon, the Battlefords North Stars put up a valiant fight but in the end could only pick up one point in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Bombers. The Stars I think wish they could play the Bombers more often as they are the only team that the Stars seem to have success against. Dennis Kubat had two goals and an assist for the Bombers while Dustyn Clegg added a goal and two assists. Pierre - Luc Boucher also scored while Brennan Cox was the shootout hero as the Whitney faithful went home happy. Mitch Wall and Joel Budd each had a goal and two assists for the Stars. Kirk Moore and Tony Oak also scored for the North Stars. Brody Malek added two assists for the North Stars. Carsen Chubak had a tough start for the Bombers as he allowed 4 goals on only 12 shots before making way for Calvin Bartel in the second period. Bartel made all 9 saves he was required to make the rest of the way. Ryan Kerpan made 28 saves in the Stars goal. Flin Flon continues to sit two points back of La Ronge in the Itech.

Game Notes: Reid MacLeod was participating at the CJAHL prospects game and was unavailable for the Bombers........ Colton Graf had his first point as a North Star as he assisted on Kirk Moore's goal in the first period........ The two teams meet again later in the week in North Battleford.

Tonight's Three Stars:

* Derek Serdachny - Yorkton Terriers (2 big goals should help his confidence as Terriers down Hawks)
** Dennis Kubat - Flin Flon Bombers ( 2 goals 1 assist)
*** Shane Stanicky - Melville Millionaires (3 goal night and had a chance at 4 in loss to La Ronge)

- Brad M.