Wings get help from Hawks!

There were three games on the SJHL schedule tonight and Weyburn Red Wing fans had particular interest in the Kindersley - Nipawin result as the Wings lead the Klippers by 7 point for first going into the evening.

The Wings magic number to clinch first is now 2 as the Hawks downed the Klippers 4-3 in Kindersley. Torrie Dyck scored twice for the Hawks while Blair Toms and Matt Schneider added singles. Jordon Miller and Taylor Thiessen each had two assists for Nipawin. Jonathan Redlick, Ben Ritchie and Travis Eggum scored for the Klippers while Eggum also added an assist for the Klippers. Derek Kleinsteuber picked up the win in goal for Nipawin while Matt Weninger took the loss for the Klippers. Ryan Nieszner was not even in the Kindersley lineup tonight as Josh Thorimbert was dressed as the backup goaltender.

In Melville, the Millionaires moved within two points of the second place Klippers after defeating the Flin Flon Bombers 2-1 in overtime. Daniel Hope scored both goals for the Mils on the night as he tied the game early in the third before scoring the winner just over a minute into the extra frame. Levi Lind added two assists for Melville who also got an assist from Chris Shudo. David Linsley had the lone goal for the Bombers with Scott Day assisting on the marker. The Millionaires played without Scott Hennings who was injured last night in Weyburn. Joe Rodwell stopped 19 of 20 shots to pick up the win for Melville. Calvin Bartel had a good night for the Bombers as he stopped 37 Melville shots but that was not good enough as the Bombers could not muster much offense. Despite the overtime loss, the Bombers do gain a point on the third place La Ronge Ice Wolves in the Itech conference.

The Melfort Mustangs completed a home and home sweep of the La Ronge Ice Wolves tonight as they downed the Wolves 4-1 in Melfort. Mike Kirby, Riley Clark, Nick Kalnicki and Brady Gordon (empty netter) scored for the Mustangs. Kyle Fraser added two assists for Melfort. Jules Boucher had the lone La Ronge goal with Jarrid Dowhay getting the lone assist. Ilia Ejov kept up his impressive play as he made 22 saves in the Melfort goal. Jonathan Jobin stopped 32 Melfort shots in the loss.

- Brad M.