The Weyburn Red Wings returned to the ice tonight for their first game since December 19 and did not disappoint the 928 fans in attendance as they skated to a 3-1 win over the Estevan Bruins.
The two teams were scoreless through two periods as Bruins goaltender Karsten Felske and Wings goaltender AJ Whiffen were both on fire making some huge saves. The Wings finally cracked the goose egg at 2:53 of the third period on a power play. Stephen Simms took a blistering slap shot from the point with the rebound coming out to Craig Cornelson who buried it for his fourth of the season. Josh Bray also assisted on the goal. Just a 1:07 later, Preston Shupe would make it 2-0 as he poked the puck past Felske. Felske tried arguing his case to referee Chad Marshall that the play should have been blown dead as he felt he had control of the puck. Marshall disagreed and the goal stood. Torrey Lindsay and Rhett Bly assisted on the goal. The Bruins would cut the lead in half at 12:24 as Chad Filteau picked up his eighth of the season from Payden Benning and Kyle Garagan. The Wings would respond however just 52 seconds later as Rhett Bly would pick up the goal. Lindsay and Shupe would assist as the Wings would go on to capture the inaugural Tommy Huston Classic. AJ Whiffen made 33 saves to pick up the win. Karsten Felske had 28 saves in the Estevan goal.
Game Notes: The Estevan Bruins had Colton MacPherson back on the blue line. MacPherson played with the Bruins last year before starting this season with the WHL's Saskatoon Blades. ...... As MacPherson was coming in, another defenseman was leaving town. Gabriel Carle has elected to return home to play in the QMJHL after his rights were traded from Gatineau to Drummondville. However, Carle is in limbo right now as Bruins GM/Coach Karry Biette refuses to give Carle his release according to a story in last week's Estevan Mercury newspaper......... Biette unleashed a verbal tirade on referee Chad Marshall at the conclusion of the game. Biette was still steaming from a couple of incidents earlier in the third period including a cross checking penalty to Bruins defenseman Riley Hughes which he did not agree with........ It was one of the largest crowds of the season on hand tonight at the Colosseum..... It was great to see some of the family members of Tommy Huston in attendance tonight for the inaugural Tommy Huston Classic. It is just not the same having Tommy coming around selling squares on the Red Wing board or sitting in his special seat up in Section B............ The Red Wings were without Luke Johnson tonight who is banged up a bit after suffering an injury against La Ronge in the game before the Christmas break...... Eric Calibaba also continues to be out with his hand injury suffered earlier in the season in a game played in Yorkton.
In Melfort, the Mustangs jumped out to a 2-0 lead before holding on to win 3-2 in overtime over the Flin Flon Bombers. Matt Hill scored twice for the Mustangs while Jordan Morgan was the overtime hero. Tommy Brown added two assists for the Stangs with single helpers going to Cameron Larson and Riley Clark. Cole Wilson and Dennis Kubat replied for the Bombers. Scott Day added an assist. Ilia Ejov made 33 saves for the win. Calvin Bartel stopped 24 of 27 shots faced in the Flin Flon goal.
The Humboldt Broncos picked up where they left off before the break as they hammered the struggling Nipawin Hawks 6-1. Brady Wacker and Matthew Kirzinger scored twice each for the Broncos. Laurent Benjamin had a goal and an assist while Tanner Vandesype also scored for Humboldt. Torrie Dyck had the lone goal for the Hawks. Taylor Nelson made 30 saves for the win. Daniel DiCamillo stopped 35 shots in the Nipawin goal and was charged with the loss.
Tonight's Three Stars:
* Preston Shupe - Weyburn Red Wings (2 point night - I know I am biased towards Weyburn but I thought Shupe has a great game as did his linemates Lindsay and Bly)
** Matt Hill - Melfort Mustangs (2 goals)
*** Brady Wacker - Humboldt Broncos (2 goals, game winner versus Nipawin)
- Brad M.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Wings Wear Off Turkey Versus Estevan!
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Attendance looked a lot higher than 928... I was thinking along the lines of 1,100. Cause it looked alot more packed than the home opener, which was 1,085.
Fantastic game boys,, Way to make Mr. Huston proud!
Fantastic game boys,, Way to make Mr. Huston proud!
BRAD I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE WINGS ON WINNING LAST NIGHT ON TOMMY HUSTON NIGHT.I CAME TO THE WINGS IN 1973 AND TOMMY WAS THE FIRST GUY FROM THE EXECUTIVE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF. 33 YEARS LATER I WALKED INTO THE RINK WITH MY SON IAN WHO PLAYED FOR THE WINGS LAST YEAR AND THE FIRST GUY WE MET AT THE DOOR WAS TOMMY WITH HIS BRIEF CASE AND HIS HAND OUT WELCOMING IAN TO THE WINGS.THIS SHORT LITTLE MAN WAS THE WEYBURN RED WINGS.HIS HARD WORK,DESIRE AND LOVE FOR THE WINGS AND THE GAME WAS INCREDIBLE.I KNOW LAST NIGHT IN HEAVIN HE HAD HIS RED WING JACKET ON AND HAD EVERYBODY CHEERING FOR THE WINGS.MY PARENTS SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE HUSTON HOUSE WHEN THEY CAME TO GAMES IN WEYBURN AND AFTER MY FATHER PAST AWAY EVERY TIME I CAME TO A GAME TOMMY WOULD ALWAYS ASK HOW MY MOM WAS DOING.TO THE HUSTON FAMILY THE LAZAR FAMILY WIIL NEVER FORGET THAT OR HIM.IT WAS GUYS LIKE TOMMY THAT GAVE ME A CHANCE TO PLAY JUNIOR HOCKEY IN SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY.BRAD WOULD YOU PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO HUSTON FAMILY AND THE RED WING ORGANIZATION.THAT RED WING CREST WAS WORN PROUDLY BY TOMMY AND ALSO MYSELF.YOURS TRULY,FORMER PLAYER 1973 TO 1977 WAYNE LAZAR
That was a thrilling third period! Way to go boys!
Tommy Huston, Now that was a man with dedication & love for the wings, a big part of the red wings history!
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