He did it, 1000 wins for Mac!

With four games on the SJHL schedule last night, the only one on everyone's mind was Weyburn versus the La Ronge Ice Wolves as head coach Dwight McMillan was just one win away from capturing his 1000th regular season win.

After a scoreless first period,the Ice Wolves opened the scoring just 22 seconds into the second when Jarrid Dowhay scored on the powerplay to make it 1-0. That seemed to spark the Red Wings and they roared back with a goal from Erick Ruud at 2:19 with the assists going to Doody and Calibaba. Then just over a minute later Luke Johnson scored to give the Wings a one goal lead heading into the third period.

The Red Wings added two more goals in the third, the first by Nick Needham at 4:40. Then Josh Bray finished things off by scoring a powerplay goal at 7:36 to give the Red Wings a 4-1 lead that they would never relinquish, as well as helping coach McMillan pick up win number 1000.

AJ Whiffen held down the fort as he saved 42 of 43 shots while Jonathan Jobin of the Ice Wolves had a tough night saving 24 of 28 shots.

The Weyburn Red Wings will take on the Flin Flon Bombers tonight in hopes of getting win number 1001 for Dwight.


In other SJHL news, Humboldt defeats Melville by a score of 4-2, Estevan defeats Yorkton by a score of 4-3, Melfort defeats Battlefords by a score of 5-1.

- Troy K