Rebels’ Focht a great made in Regina story

Lauren Focht is the Rebels all-time leading scorer.

    Lauren Focht keeps piling up the highlights and milestones with her elite hometown team.

    On Tuesday at Crescent Point Place in Weyburn, Focht became the all-time leading scorer in regular season for her Regina Rebels female midget AAA hockey team. The skilled forward, who turned 18-years-old in January, picked up a goal and an assist as the Rebels thumped the host Richardson Pioneer Gold Wings 8-2 in a Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League regular season game.

    The effort gave Focht 66 goals and 56 assists for 122 points in 102 regular season games. That put Focht one point ahead of Emma Waldenberger for top spot on the Rebels all-time regular season scoring list.

    Waldenberger collected 60 goals and 61 assists for 121 points playing in 109 career regular season games for the Rebels from 2010 to 2014.

    Besides being the Rebels all-time leader in career points, Focht, who stands 5-foot-3, is also the Rebels leader in all-time career goals. Her 66 tallies ranks eighth on the SFMAAAHL all-time career regular season goals list.

Lauren Focht is the Rebels all-time leader in career goals.

    Focht’s 122 career points are good for 11^th place on the SFMAAAHL’s all-time career regular season points list. Over the Rebels final three games, she has a chance to move past former Saskatoon Stars captain Lauren Zary for 10^th on the SFMAAAHL’s all-time scoring list.

    Zary piled up 44 goals and 82 assists for 126 points playing 103 regular season games with the Stars from 2008 to 2012.

    Focht hasn’t just burst on the scene with the Rebels. She has produced consistent offensive numbers with the team over her four seasons never falling below 23 points in any campaign.

    This season, Focht currently sits second in team scoring with 14 goals and 22 assists for 36 points. Her assist total is a career high showing her playmaking abilities can be just as good as her scoring touch around the net.

    Focht is a Rebels co-captain along with gifted offensive defender Sydney Pedersen.

Actually, Focht doesn’t actively pay attention to her personal statistics and is more focused on team success. You get the feeling she relishes the fact she gets to be one of the sparkplugs that makes the deep Rebels machine go.

    Last season, the Rebels showed they were ready to play with Canada’s best in the female midget AAA hockey ranks. 

Lauren Focht been one of the Rebels most consistent players.

    They finished second in the SFMAAAHL with a 17-7-4 record, advanced to the league championship series and fell to a powerhouse Stars club that was loaded with superstar veterans.

    The Rebels gave the Stars their only regular season loss in the 2018-19 campaign.

    With another year of experience under their collective belts, the Rebels have already locked up first place in the SFMAAAHL with an impressive 26-1-1 record and they are Canada’s top rated female midget AAA hockey team according to the My Hockey Rankings site. The Rebels last topped the SFMAAAHL standings in the 2013-14 campaign.
    The current Rebels have a drive and self-belief that is powerful and beyond the teenage years of the players.

    In Tuesday’s win over the Gold Wings, the Rebels offensive output came from a number of sources. Pedersen and Neena Brick both had two goals and an assist. Kaylee Dyer had a goal and an assist, while Megan Hayhurst and Shaelyn Myers had singles.

    Alexis Petford had a pair of assists, while Penny Bellefontaine and Jasmine Lamotte had single assists.

    Jayden Baker and Lauren Demmans both had a goal and an assist for the Gold Wings.

Lauren Focht (#22) doesn’t actively follow her personal statistics.

    Payton Schlamp made 16 saves to pick up the win in goal for the Rebels. Veteran Chloe Burt turned away 49 shots to take the setback in net for the Gold Wings, who fell to 5-22-2.

    The Rebels return to action this coming Thursday, when they host the Battlefords Sharks at 8 p.m. at the Co-operators Centre.

    Brick, who has been Focht’s linemate for much of the current campaign, leads the SFMAAAHL in scoring with 28 goals and 27 assists for 55 points skating in her sophomore 16-year-old campaign.

    With all that noted, Focht has produced a great made in Regina story. Her family is talented in the game too, as older brother Carson has 31 goals and 20 assists in 55 regular season games with the Calgary Hitmen heading into WHL action on Friday.

    It is almost too bad Carson, who turned 20-years-old in February, didn’t play for the WHL’s Regina Pats.

    When the Rebels season wraps up, Lauren Focht will continue her hometown journey in hockey joining the University of Regina Cougars women’s hockey teams in the U Sports ranks. Focht’s addition is a huge addition for the Cougars.

Many more special moments could awaiting Lauren Focht and the Rebels.

    While it is a big jump to play in the U Sports ranks and success is in no way guaranteed, you have to love that the chance is there for the hometown product to do big things with her hometown university team.

    Until then, Focht and the Rebels are well positioned to make a memorable post-season. With the WHL’s Pats still going through a massive rebuild, Focht and her teammates can capture the imagination of the sports scene in “the Queen City” along with the Regina Pat Canadians, who topped the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League standings.

    Some more special hockey memories are just waiting to be made in the Saskatchewan capital.

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Pedersen takes charge for SFMAAAHL leading Rebels

Late grandfather a big influence for standout defender

Sydney Pedersen weaves her way to a highlight goal for the Rebels.

    Sydney Pedersen always sees herself a “granddaddy’s girl.”
    The 16-year-old star defender for the powerhouse Regina Rebels of the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League still thinks a tonne about one of her biggest supporters and influences in her late grandfather, Jim Pedersen.

    Jim had a lengthy career as a hockey scout, which included working for 26 years with the NHL’s Dallas Stars and being part of their Stanley Cup winning team in 1999. He was part of Prince Albert Raiders organization when they won the WHL title and Memorial Cup as CHL champions in 1985. He passed away in July of 2018 at age 81.

    Growing up in Milestone, Sask., Sydney felt destined to play the sport. Her father, Lee, played the sport as well as her uncles, Reid and Rod. Reid would work for a time in management with the WHL’s Regina Pats, while Rod worked as a play-by-play voice for about two decades in the WHL with the Raiders for two seasons and the Pats for a very lengthy stretch.

Sydney Pedersen, right, cuts past a Stars defender.

    When it comes to lacing up the skates herself, Sydney said the reasons she started out in hockey will lead back to her late grandfather in Jim.

    “It was kind of almost decided before I was even born that I would play hockey,” said Sydney, who is skating through her third full season with the Rebels. “I am the second oldest grandchild.

    “I am the only one that decided to play hockey, and that is kind of how my grandpa and I’s relationship built too.”

    Sydney likely would have gotten high grades from her late grandfather with her play on Saturday at Merlis Belsher Place. She has a huge outing collecting a goal and four assists as the Rebels blanked the host Saskatoon Stars 7-0 in a SFMAAAHL regular season clash.

Sydney Pedersen rushes the puck up ice with confidence.

    After 16-year-old defender Emma DeCorby scored to give the Rebels a 1-0 lead in the first period, Pedersen picked up assists on all four of the Rebels goals in the second frame as the visitors increased their edge to 5-0.

    She picked an assist on Neena Brick’s goal just 49 seconds into the second. Pedersen teamed up with Brick to set up Alexis Petford for a power-play on a backdoor setup.

    Following that tally, Pedersen combined with Tavia Terry to send Hanna Bailey into the Stars zone on a rush that resulted in Bailey netting a short-handed goal.

    Pedersen picked up her fourth assist feeding a point shot through a maze of players that was tipped home by Rebels sophomore 15-year-old forward Molly Flynn.

Sydney Pedersen, right, is having a career season with the Rebels.

    With 6:24 remaining in the third, Pedersen scored her goal by taking the puck in the centre ice zone, weaving through Stars defenders on an individual rush and smartly tucking the puck home from tight quarters in front of the Saskatoon net. That tally gave the Rebels a 6-0 lead.

    Petford rounded out the scoring with her second tally of the contest a short time after Pedersen’s goal.

    Besides the offensive fireworks, Pedersen turned some heads finishing one of her checks hard in the defensive zone in the third period.

    Jim was able to see Sydney play for the Rebels during her rookie season. She said it felt different when she hit the ice for her second season in Regina knowing Jim wouldn’t physically be in the crowd anymore.

Sydney Pedersen, left, is strong close out opposition player in the D-zone.

    “We were extremely tight,” said Sydney, who stands 5-foot-7. “When he passed on, it was really hard to get used to that with him not being there all the time.

    “He hardly ever missed a game, and he would be at the rink every practice and everything, when I played in Milestone in my younger years. I was the only grandchild to play, so that even made it more of a relationship kind of thing.”

    Before embarking on her third season, Sydney verbally committed to playing for the Robert Morris University Colonials women’s hockey team in the NCAA ranks for the start of the 2021-22 campaign.

Sydney Pedersen, left, celebrates a goal from Molly Flynn (#16).

    After making that commitment, she has followed with a stellar campaign netting career highs in goals (six), assists (12) and points (18) appearing 13 out of the Rebels 14 regular season games. Pedersen has helped Rebels rise to first in the SFMAAAHL with a 13-0-1 record.

    Pedersen was named one of the Rebels two main captains along with 17-year-old star forward Lauren Focht. During road games, Pedersen serves as the club’s captain, and Focht takes up those duties during home games.

    Rebels head coach Mike Merk said Pedersen was named one of the club’s captains due to her character and the fact she leads by example.

    “She shows up every game,” said Merk. “I think that was one thing for me.

    “I like to look at players that are going to kind of take my lead and reiterate the messages going in. Early in the season when we made the decision, she was one that kind of stood out. She does a really good job with that leadership role.”

Sydney Pedersen is an anchor on the back end for the Rebels.

    Merk said Pedersen is a pretty consistent performer on the ice too and is pretty fun to watch. She came through on both those fronts in Saturday’s win.

    “She (Pedersen) had a really good game,” said Merk. “Sydney is strong defensively, but she also had a lot of offensive punch to her game as well.

    “She is really an anchor on the back end. I’ve got a good defensive corps right now that we can either play a run and gun style or we can actually sit back and shut down. It is nice having girls like her back there.

    “Her confidence right now with the puck and ability to rush the puck I think is where I am seeing her growth happen.”

    Pedersen said she had to come out with a little more jump on Saturday. She didn’t think she was at her best, when the Rebels rallied from a 3-1 third period deficit to down the Stars 4-3 on Friday at Merlis Belsher Place.

Hanna Bailey had a short-handed goal for the Rebels.

    “I didn’t have a great game yesterday, so I knew that I have to come out and play better today,” said Pedersen. “I think as a whole we played better today, and it is way easier to get going, when you have good forwards and good D-partners beside you.”

    Arden Kliewer turned away 32-of-37 shots starting in goal for the Stars (5-11-2). Kaitlyn Cadrain played the third period in relief turning away 14-of-16 shots sent her way.

    Chantel Weller turned away all 11 shots she faced to pick up the win in goal for the Rebels and earn her fourth shutout of the season.

    The Stars now head off on their Christmas break, and they will return to regular season action on Jan. 11 in the new year, when they host the Weyburn Richardson Pioneer Gold Wings at 1:45 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place.

    The Rebels travel to Prince Albert on Sunday to take on the Northern Bears at 1 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. After that contest, both of those squads will head out on their respective Christmas breaks.

Alexis Petford watches her power-play goal find its way home.

    Last season, the Rebels finished second overall in the SFMAAAHL regular season standings with a 17-7-4 mark. They advanced to the best-of-five SFMAAAHL championship series and were swept 3-0 by Stars squad that had a lot of veteran star players.

    Pedersen believes her team learned a lot from that experience.

    “Last year we were actually really young, so I think coming into playing the Stars in the final we were quite immature towards that,” said Pedersen. “I think that just gave us that much more experience for this coming up year in playoffs.

    “Our younger players now know what it is like. Playoff hockey is completely different from league, so they have a little taste of what it is.”

    This season, Pedersen is trying to enjoy each moment as much as possible. She felt privileged the coaches named her the captain for road games, and she believes she is surrounded by a special bunch of teammates out on the ice.

The Rebels celebrate their win on Saturday.

    “There is a super great group of girls in there,” said Pedersen. “We’re all tight-knit and were all equal, so it is awesome to be part of that.”

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Cheering for Dach to rock ’n’ roll in the NHL

Kirby Dach in action for the Blades last season.

    Kirby Dach is in the NHL and here is hoping he rock ’n’ rolls it in “The Show.”

    The Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., product is one of the rare players who has made it to the NHL on a full-time basis at age 18. The skilled centre will turn 19-years-old on Jan. 21 in the new year.

    Last season with the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades, Dach piled up 25 goals, 48 assists and a plus-15 rating in the plus-minus department in 62 regular season games. He netted five goals and three assists in the Blades 10 post-season games as they advanced to the second round of the WHL playoffs and fell 4-2 in a best-of-seven series to the eventual league champion Prince Albert Raiders.

    At the NHL Entry Draft that was held last June in Vancouver, B.C., Dach, who stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 197 pounds, was selected in the first round and third overall by the Chicago Blackhawks. The national television cameras received a priceless picture of surprise and joy from Dach.

    After that selection, there were questions about whether Dach would return to the Blades for his 18-year-old campaign. In most cases, an 18-year-old can train all they want, but the body physically isn’t capable or is only starting to be capable of holding the strength and power that young athlete wants to build.

Kirby Dach has played 20 regular season games in the NHL this season.

    With that in mind, players that young are usually returned to junior instead of playing against other NHLers, who are built like fast, tank-like machines.

    If you are gifted at playing the sport, you can overcome the physical limitations of strength and power to play in the NHL at a young age.

    Dach is one of the most gifted 18-year-olds you will meet being both a great player on the ice and a super person off the ice. He is one of those that does really well in school too and is really bright.

    During an interview before last season’s playoffs, I asked Dach if he would like to be a hero in Saskatoon forever like Adam Brooks and Sam Steel are in Regina for their post-season exploits with the Pats and Glenn Gawdin and Tyler Steenbergen are in Swift Current for winning a WHL title with the Broncos in 2018.

    You could see the light go on in Dach’s head, and he admitted he wanted that. In total, he spent two full seasons in Saskatoon and part of the 2016-17 campaign with the Blades as an underage player. He was ready to what he had to in order to be part of something special with his team.

Kirby Dach in action for the Blades in February of 2017,

    The Blackhawks likely saw that characteristic too. That was probably another factor that helped Dach make it to the NHL.

    If an NHL team lays out a path for him to make it into the circuit, he is one of the few at age 18 that has the drive and the smarts to make it happen.

    As time has gone on, it is apparent the Blackhawks have had a love in with Dach. The signed him three-year, entry-level contract on July 8.

    He didn’t report to Blades training camp and went straight to Blackhawks training camp activities.

On Sept. 10, Dach was on the receiving end of a dirty hit during a game at a rookie tournament in Traverse City, Michigan, and was placed in concussion protocol.

    Despite that setback, the Blackhawks showed patience in allowing him to heal up and proceeded to give him an opportunity to show he was ready to stay with the NHL club.

    Dach has now played in 20 NHL regular season games with the Blackhawks posting five goals, five assists and a plus-one rating. He had points in five straight games during a stretch from Nov. 10 to 19 where he netted four goals and three assists.

    In Chicago, Dach is playing under a head coach in 34-year-old Jeremy Colliton, who can identify with Dach’s path through the game.

Kirby Dach in action for the Blades in 2017-18.

    Colliton, who stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 201 pounds, was a star at every level of minor hockey growing up in Blackie, Alta., and became a star in the WHL with the Prince Albert Raiders from 2001 to 2005. He was a two-time member of Canada’s world junior team and played for the gold medal winning super squad in the 2004-05 campaign that contained Sidney Crosby.

    While Colliton wasn’t a first round draft selection, he was taken in the second round and 58^th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Colliton isn’t that far removed from all those experiences and can easily help Dach navigate all the ups and downs in joining professional hockey.

    Right from the time Dach was drafted, the Blackhawks allowed him to have his foot in the door. Dach saw the opportunity and is seizing it. That is a great thing for him.

    While supporters of the Blades would have loved to have Dach back in Saskatoon, you still have to be happy Dach is getting a real chance to make it in the NHL.

    On any major junior team on any single year in Canada, I estimate about three players on average will get the chance to play one game in the NHL. The NHL is a tough business that tends to give up on and cycle numerous players out of the league or even out of the game quickly.

    Former Blades standout defenceman Darren Dietz played four seasons in the professional ranks in North America from 2013 to 2017 before departing to the Kontinental Hockey League. 

Kirby Dach had 73 points for the Blades last season.

    During the 2015-16 campaign, Dietz played 13 NHL regular season games with the Montreal Canadiens recording one goal, four assists and a minus-one rating.

    He didn’t play himself out of the North American professional ranks but was cycled out of them for teams to focus on the next crop of draft selections and free agent signings.

    As a reminder, Dietz had a strong final campaign with the Blades in 2012-13 posting 24 goals, 34 assists and a plus-nine rating appearing in all of the club’s 72 regular season games.

    At age 26, Dietz is the captain of Barys Nur-Sultan of the KHL.

    Nikita Scherbak skated for the Blades as an import forward for one season in 2013-14 playing sensationally on a club that was at the start of going through a major rebuild after hosting the Memorial Cup the previous season. The Russian product piled up 28 goals, 50 assists and a minus-six rating in 65 regular season games.

    He was selected in the first round and 26^th overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. After playing one more season of major junior with the Everett Silvertips, Scherbak played professionally for four seasons in North America starting in 2015-16 to this past season.

Kirby Dach taking advantage of his chance in Chicago.

    Scherbak played 37 regular season games in the NHL over that time with the Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings collecting six goals, two assists and a minus-eight rating. He returned home to play in the KHL this season at age 23 and is with his second club on that circuit in the current campaign.

    Tommy Vannelli, who was an offensive defenceman, was selected in the second round and 47^th overall in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He starred for two seasons in the WHL with the Medicine Hat Tigers from 2013 to 2015 to prepare for a career in the professional ranks.

    Following his time with the Tigers, Vannelli played three seasons in the North American professional ranks from 2015 to 2018 and never once skated in an NHL regular season or post-season game. After the 2017-18 campaign, Vannelli was out of hockey as a player at age 23.

    Emerson Etem joined the Medicine Hat Tigers as the skilled speed demon from Long Beach, Calif., as a 17-year-old in the 2009-10 campaign. 
    He had an amazing three season with the Tigers from 2009 to 2012 piling up 143 goals, 109 assists and a plus-78 rating in 202 regular season games. He was selected in the first round and 29^th overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

    Including being a call up for the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch at the end of the 2011-12 campaign, Etem spent time over eight seasons in the North American professional ranks concluding with nine appearances with the AHL’s Ontario Reign last season.

Kirby Dach is one of the few 18-year-olds to play in the NHL.

    Etem skated in 173 regular season games in the NHL with the Ducks, New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks recording 22 goals, 24 assists and a minus-seven rating.

    At age 27, Etem is working as a hockey coach in Medicine Hat and plays senior hockey in the White Mud Hockey League, where he has picked up seven goals and seven assists in three regular season games with the Cabri Bulldogs.

    You can go on and on listing players that were cycled out of the NHL quickly or played in the minor professional ranks and never saw the ice for an NHL regular season or post-season game.

    What Dach is doing at age 18 is incredible. Players never know when they will get a real chance to make the NHL.

    Dach is receiving his, and he is making the most of it at age 18. It should make you want to chant, “go Kirby go!”

Rebels’ Focht joins SFMAAAHL’s 100-point club

Lauren Focht in action with the Rebels last season.

    A one-assist game turned into a memorable outing for Regina Rebels captain Lauren Focht.

    On Sunday at the Co-operators Centre in Regina, the 17-year-old forward assisted on her team’s fifth goal scored by linemate Neena Brick in a 6-0 win over the Prince Albert Northern Bears. That assist allowed Focht to become the 21^st player in the history of the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey league to score 100-or-more points in their regular season career.

    Starting in her rookie campaign in 2016-17, Focht has appeared in 87 regular season games collecting 57 goals and 43 assists for 100 points. She becomes the fifth member in the history of the Rebels to score 100-or-more points in SFMAAAHL regular season play along with Emma Waldenberger, Kennedy Bobyck, Chelsea Perepeluk and Delaney Frey.

    Waldenberger is the Rebels all-time leading scorer piling up 60 goals and 61 assists for 121 points in 109 regular season games played from 2010 to 2014.

Lauren Focht has 100 points in 87 regular season games.

    Brick scored twice on Sunday for the Rebels, and Focht registered her assist for her 100^th point on Brick’s second tally. Sydney Pedersen, Molly Flynn, Tavia Terry and Shaelyn Myers all had singles for the Rebels.

    Chantel Weller made 14 saves to pick up her third shutout of the season for the Rebels, who lead the SFMAAAHL with an 11-0-1 record.

    Janae Neufeld turned away 27 shots to take the setback in goal for the Bears (7-6).

    The Rebels return to regular season action on Friday, Dec. 20, when they travel to Saskatoon to take on the Stars at 7:30 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place.

    The Bears return to regular season play on Saturday, Dec. 14, when they travel to Saskatoon to face the Stars at 2:15 p.m. at Merlis.

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Stars one win away from SFMAAAHL title repeat

Jockims’ monster night gives Saskatoon 4-1 win in Game 2

Kaitlin Jockims had three points for the Stars on Monday.

    Kaitlin Jockims took her turn to become the latest star to step up in a big moment for the Saskatoon Stars.

    On Monday at the Co-operators Centre in Regina, Jockims had a pair of goals and an assist to help the visiting Stars erase a 1-0 first period deficit and down the host Rebels 4-1 in Game 2 of the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League championship series.

    With the win, the Stars take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. They will have their first chance to close out the series and win the Fedoruk Cup for a second straight year in Game 3 on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon.

    In Monday’s game, the Rebels opened the scoring at the 10:51 mark of the first period on a goal from 15-year-old sophomore defender Sydney Pedersen.

    The Stars evened things up at 1-1 at the 3:34 mark of the second, when Jockims netted her first of the contest.

    With under three seconds to play in the second period, Jockims teamed up with captain Grace Shirley to set up Anna Leschyshyn for the go-ahead goal on the power play to give Saskatoon a 2-1 advantage.

Sydney Pedersen scored for the Rebels on Monday.

    Jockims proceeded to score a huge insurance marker to give the Stars a 3-1 edge with 2:50 remaining in the third period. Sophomore forward Calli Arnold rounded out the Stars scoring with an empty-net goal inside of the final 50 seconds of the third.

    Arden Kliewer made 20 saves to pick up the win in goal for the Stars. Chantel Weller turned away 23-of-26 shots to take the setback in net for the Rebels.

    Saskatoon finished first in the SFMAAAHL regular season with a 27-1 mark, while Regina was second with a 17-7-4 record.

    The Stars are trying to win their fourth SFMAAAHL title in the last five years. The Rebels won their lone SFMAAAHL title in 2013.

    If the Rebels win Game 3 on Tuesday to stay alive in the series, they would force a Game 4 to be held in Regina on Thursday at 7:45 p.m. at the Co-operators Centre. If a series-deciding Game 5 is required, it will be held on Sunday at 5:15 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place.

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