Monday, 1 January 2018

Blades run winning streak to five games

Nolan Maier won his eighth straight start playing goal for the Blades.
    The Saskatoon Blades rang in the new year with a victory.
    On Monday, the Blades ran their winning streak to five games downing the visiting Swift Current Broncos 4-2. The Blades have won eight of their last night outings and their current winning streak is their longest of the season.
    Saskatoon and Swift Current traded goals to exit the opening frame locked in a 1-1 tie with Dryden Michaud scoring for the Blades and Ethan Regnier replying for the Broncos. The two sides traded goals in the second exiting that frame locked in a 2-2 tie with captain Evan Fiala scoring for the Blades and Kole Gable replying for the Broncos.
    Winger Josh Paterson scored the winner for the Blades at the 5:36 mark of the third. The Edmonton product has been on fire recording points in each of the Blades last five games recording eight goals and three assists over that stretch.
Captain Evan Fiala scored for the Blades in Monday’s game.
    Overage winger Braylon Shmyr sealed the win with an empty-net goal with 1:44 remaining in the third. Shmyr also had a helper on Fiala’s goal.
    Nolan Maier turned away 20 shots to pick up the win in goal for the Blades. The 16-year-old rookie has won his last eight straight starts for Saskatoon.
    Overager Logan Flodell stopped 38-of-41 shots taking the setback in goal for the Broncos.
    The Blades improved to 19-17-2-1 to hold one of the two wildcard playoff spots in the WHL’s Eastern Conference. The Broncos have lost three straight falling to 26-10-2.
    The Blades return to action on Friday, when the host the Red Deer Rebels at 7 p.m. at the SaskTel Centre.

Bears fall in Mac’s final

Camryn Amundson scored for the Bears in the Mac’s final.
    The Prince Albert Northern Bears came away with a silver medal finish at the prestigious Mac’s Midget AAA Hockey Tournament in Calgary.
    The Bears made it to the final of the Female Division and fell 6-2 to the Alberta based Rocky Mountain Raiders at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday. The Raiders won the Mac’s final for a second straight year having downed the Saskatoon Stars 5-4 in overtime in last year’s championship game.
    In Monday’s championship game, the Bears got out to a good start as speedy star forward Camryn Amundson scored 79 seconds into the first period to give Prince Albert a 1-0 lead.
    The Raiders responded with five straight goals to take a 2-1 into the first intermission and 5-1 edge into the second intermission.
    Kassidy Kicia scored early in the third for the Bears to cut the Raiders edge to 5-2 before the Alberta side rounded out the scoring with a goal late in the third.
    Kara Kondrat scored twice for the Raiders, while Isabella Pozzi, Chloe Puddifant, Josie McLeod and Nicole Fry netted singles. Gabriella Durante turned away 19 shots to pick up the win in goal for the Raiders.
    Ryan Fontaine took the setback in goal for the Bears.
    The Raiders posted a 6-0 record at the tournament, while the Bears went 3-2-1.
    Prince Albert went into the title game have downed the Regina Rebels 5-4 in a marathon double overtime game on Sunday. Kate Ball netted the winner for the Bears in that encounter.
    The Bears had three players named to the tournament’s two all-star teams. Defender Hannah Koroll was named to the first all-star team, while Amundson and defender Jordan Ashe were named to the second all-star team.
    Koroll was named the top defender in the tourney on the female side, while Bears head coach Jeff Willoughby was named the top coach among the teams in the female field.
    The Bears resume their Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League regular season schedule on Jan. 13, when they travel to Melville to take on the Prairie Fire.

Clouston moves to top of Tigers career wins list

Shaun Clouston, centre, became the Tigers leader in coaching victories.
    Shaun Clouston moved into the top spot on the Medicine Hat Tigers career coaching wins list on Saturday.
    Clouston, who is the Tigers head coach and general manager, picked up his 324th career regular season win behind the Medicine Hat bench, when the Tigers downed the visiting Red Deer Rebels 4-3 in overtime before 3,361 spectators at the Canalta Centre. Willie Desjardins, who guided the Tigers as head coach from 2002 to 2010, is second on the Tigers career regular seasons wins list with 323 victories. Desjardins was also the Tigers general manager from 2005 to 2010 as well as the club’s head coach.
    In Saturday’s game with the Rebels, Tigers captain Mark Rassell scored twice including the winner in overtime, while Gary Haden and Tyler Preziuso had singles for Medicine Hat. Michael Bullion turned away 23 shots to pick up the win in goal for the Tigers.
    River Fahey, Arshdeep Bains and Mason McCarty replied with singles for the Rebels. Ethan Anders started the game in goal for Red Deer and turned away 23 of 26 shots in the game’s first two periods. Riley Lamb played the third period and overtime in a relief appearance turning away 16 of 17 shots sent his way.
    On Monday, the Tigers traveled to Cranbrook, B.C., and downed the Kootenay Ice 5-4 in overtime for Clouston’s 325th victory as the Tigers head coach. Kristians Rubins netted the overtime winner for Medicine Hat. James Hamblin scored twice for the Tigers, while Ryan Chyzowski and Rassell had singles.
    Alec Baer scored twice for the Ice, while Brett Davis and Cameron Hausinger had singles.
    Jordan Hollett turned away 35 shots to pick up the win in goal for the Tigers (21-15-2). Bailey Brkin turned away 31 shots to take the setback in goal for the Ice (18-17-3) before 2,426 spectators at Western Financial Place.
    The Tigers return to action on Wednesday, when they travel to Calgary to take on the Hitmen.

Clark assists Huskies in “Play for a Cure” game


    The University of Saskatchewan Huskies women’s hockey received a sweet assist from Emily Clark in their upcoming “Play for a Cure” game.
    Clark, who is a member of Canada’s senior national women’s hockey team and will play in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February, donated a stick autographed by all the members of the women’s senior national team to be used for the silent auction at the Huskies “Play for a Cure” game. The Huskies will hold their 10th annual “Play for a Cure” game on Friday at 7 p.m. against the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns at the ancient Rutherford Rink.
    The Huskies will be wearing special pink jerseys for that contest which will be silent auctioned off as well. The Huskies are raising money for breast cancer research.
    Clark, who is from Saskatoon, never played for the Huskies but is friends with numerous members of the team. The skilled forward used to be teammates with current fifth-year Huskies forwards Kennedy Harris and Kori Herner, when all three were members of the Saskatoon Stars female midget AAA team.
    At the university level, Clark has played three season with the University of Wisconsin Badgers women’s team and is slated to return to the Badgers for her final campaign with the team in 2018-19 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ranks.
    The Huskies sit fourth in the Canada West Conference of U Sports with a 9-6-1 record, while the Pronghorns are seventh with a 5-9-2 mark.

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