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| Josh Roach had a pair of goals and an assist for the Huskies. |
On Saturday night at the ancient Rutherford Rink, fifth-year
winger Josh Roach scored a pair of goals and picked up an assist to power the
Huskies to a 4-0 victory over the Golden Bears. The Golden Bears, who were
rated first in the U Sports Top 10 rankings, had won their first 11 games of
the regular season before falling to 11-1 with their loss to the Huskies.
The Huskies, who are rated third in the U Sports Top 10
rankings, improved to 9-2-1 to sit second in the Canada West Conference three
points back of the Golden Bears.
When the two teams met on Friday night at Rutherford, the
Golden Bears skated away with a 6-1 victory.
The Huskies showed they have ample ability to reset, when
they took the ice and won Saturday’s game. They exited the first period with a
1-0 lead on a goal from centre Logan McVeigh.
At the 3:28 mark of the second, Carson Stadnyk potted his
second of the season to give the Huskies a 2-0 edge.
With 26 seconds remaining
in the second, Roach scored his first of the contest to put the hosts up 3-0.
He rounded out the game’s scoring with an empty-net tally with 40 seconds
remaining in the third.
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| Jordon Cooke made 29 saves to pick up a shutout win for the Huskies. |
Zach Sawchenko, who used to be the star goaltender of the
WHL’s Moose Jaw Warriors, turned away 31-of-34 shots to suffer his first loss
in eight starts in his rookie season with the Golden Bears. Jordon Cooke turned
away 29 shots to pick up his ninth career U Sports regular season shutout in
goal for the Huskies.
Games between these two “Forever Rivals” are usually filled
with extra-curricular activities after the whistle, but the two sides played
fairly under control on Saturday combining for 34 minutes in penalties. The
Golden Bears failed to score on six power-play chances, while the Huskies were
unable to cash in on four power-play opportunities.
The Huskies return to action this coming Friday, when they
travel to Calgary to take on the Mount Royal University Cougars (6-5-1).
Pandas’ Chamberlin slams door on Huskies
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| Emily Upgang had the Huskies lone goal on Saturday. |
On Saturday at the Clare Drake Arena in Edmonton, Chamberlin
made 32 saves to push the Pandas to a 3-1 victory over the Huskies. One night
earlier, Chamberlin turned away 16 shots to allow the Pandas to earn a 2-1 win
over the Huskies.
In Saturday’s encounter, the Huskies dumped everything they
could at Chamberlin and also came up dry on four power-play opportunities. The
Pandas netminder ensured the defending U Sports champions were going to have
every opportunity to escape with a win.
The Pandas went ahead 1-0 in the first period on a
power-play goal from Autumn MacDougall. Just 21 seconds into the second period,
sophomore forward Emily Upgang potted her fifth of the season to force a 1-1
tie.
Deanna Morin scored at the 13:08 mark of the second to put
the Pandas up 2-1. Hannah Olenyk gave the Pandas a two-goal lead scoring at the
11:09 mark of the third period.
The Huskies out shot the Pandas 26-13 over the second and
third periods.
Jessica Vance turned away 16 shots to take the setback in
goal for the Huskies.
The Pandas, who are rated first in the U Sports Top 10
rankings, have won three straight to improve to 8-2-2. The Huskies fell to
7-4-1.
The Huskies return action this coming Friday when they host
the Mount Royal University Cougars (3-9) at 7 p.m. at the Rutherford Rink.
Warriors third period surge sinks Blades
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| Libor Hajek had a goal and two assists for the Blades on Saturday. |
On Saturday night at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, the Blades
held a 3-2 lead in the second period, but the Warriors netted the equalizer to
force a 3-3 tie heading into the second intermission. The Warriors scored three
straight times in the third period to post a 6-3 victory before 3,243
spectators.
Tanner Jeannot had a hat trick, Brayden Burke had two goals
and two assists and Jayden Halbgewachs had a goal and an assist to power the
Warriors. Justin Almeida had four assists for the hosts.
Czech import defenceman Libor Hajek paced the Blades with a
goal and two assists. Michael Farren and Josh Paterson picked up singles for
the visitors.
Brody Willlms made 28 saves to pick up the win in goal for
the Warriors (18-5). Ryan Kubic turned away 31-of-36 shots taking the setback
in goal for the Blades (8-12-1). The Warriors, who are rated second in the
Canadian Hockey League’s Top 10 rankings, scored their final goal into an empty
net.
Last Wednesday, the Blades beat the Warriors 5-4 in
Saskatoon.
The Blades and Warriors will go at it again on Tuesday in
Moose Jaw.
Parker picks up 70th SFMAAAHL
career goal with OT winner
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| Mackenna Parker scored her 70th career goal on Sunday. |
On Sunday at the Co-operators Centre in Regina, Parker had a
pair of assists and the overtime winner to deliver the Stars to a 5-4 victory
over the Regina Rebels. The Stars improved to 11-0, while the Rebels fell to
5-3-1.
Parker’s overtime winner was her 70th career goal
in Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League regular season play. She became
just the third player in league history to record 70 career goals in regular
season play.
Saskatoon product Alyssa Wiebe, who played two seasons for
the Notre Dame Hounds from 2006 to 2008, had 74 career regulars season goals,
and Olivia Howe, who played four seasons for the Hounds from 2008 to 2012, is
the SFMAAAHL’s all-time leader in career regular season goals at 107.
In the Stars win over the Rebels on Sunday, Grace Shirley
had a pair of goals for Saskatoon, while Joelle Fiala and Anna Leschyshyn had
singles.
Brooklyn Stevely had a pair of goals for the Rebels, while
Tavia Terry and Jenna Merk had singles.
Arden Kliewer made 23 saves to pick up the win in goal for
the Stars. Sadie Hastings turned away 19 shots to take the setback in goal for
the Rebels.
Parker is closing in on another milestone. In 92 career
regular season games, the 17-year-old centre has 70 goals and 66 assists to sit
third on the SFMAAAHL’s career scoring list with 136 points.
The Clavet, Sask., product is just six points behind Wiebe
for second on the SFMAAAHL’s career scoring list. Wiebe recorded 74 goals and
68 assists for 142 points in 55 career regular season games for the Hounds.
Wiebe went on to star for the now defunct University of
North Dakota women’s hockey team. For the past two seasons, Wiebe took up
football and became a star receiver with the Saskatoon Valkyries of the Western
Women’s Canadian Football League.
Howe is the SFMAAAHL’s all-time leading scorer in career
regular season points recording 107 goals and 100 assists for 207 points in 106
career games with the Hounds.
In 11 games this season Parker has 21 goals and 17 assists.
Earlier in the campaign, she passed Lauren Zary as the all-time leading scorer
in the history of the Stars.
Zary played four seasons for the Stars from 2008 to 2012 collecting
44 goals and 82 assists for 126 points in 103 career regular season games. An
alumna of the Brown University Bears and U of Saskatchewan women’s hockey
teams, Zary is still the Stars leader in career regular season assists, and she
sits third all-time in the SFMAAAHL’s list for career regular season assists.
The Stars return to action on Saturday, when they host the
Melville Prairie Fire (4-7) at 7:45 p.m. at the Agriplace Arena.
Roughriders playoff run comes to a
bittersweet end
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| Argonauts QB Ricky Ray (#15) sunk the Roughriders with a late TD drive. |
On Sunday at BMO Field in Toronto, Ont., the Roughriders
appeared on the verge of pulling of a miraculous comeback in the East Final
against the host Toronto Argonauts. The Roughriders entered the fourth quarter
trailing the Argonauts 18-3 before rolling off 18 straight points.
The surge was capped by 79 yard punt return touchdown by Christian
Jones with 2:44 to play and a two-point conversion toss from quarterback
Brandon Bridge to Naaman Roosevelt to give the Roughriders a 21-18 lead.
Unfortunately for Roughriders fans, the Argonauts are led by
one of the CFL’s all-time greats at the quarterback position in 38-year-old
Ricky Ray. He proceeded to drive the Argonauts downfield on the ensuing series
on a 10-play scoring drive that covered 68 yards.
The drive included a critical 22-yard catch by running back
James Wilder on a third-and-five gamble. It was capped by a one-yard touchdown
run by short-yardage quarterback Cody Fajardo to give the Argonauts a 25-21 lead
with 23 seconds to play, which held up as the game’s final outcome.
In his CFL career, Ray quarterbacked the Edmonton Eskimos to
Grey Cup championships in 2003 and 2005 and the Argonauts to a Grey Cup title
in 2012. He is famous for coming though in big moments in big games. Sunday’s victory marked the 42nd time Ray has engineered a game winning fourth quarter drive in his CFL career.
Ray completed 28-of-39 passes for 266 yards, one touchdown and one interception in the win for the Argonauts.
Ray completed 28-of-39 passes for 266 yards, one touchdown and one interception in the win for the Argonauts.
Receiver Duron Carter had a solid night for the Roughriders hauling
in six passes for 99 yards and one touchdown.
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| Duron Carter brought a lot of excitement to the Roughriders in 2017. |
The Roughriders wrap up the 2017 campaign with an 11-9 overall record, which included going 10-8 in the regular season. Before the season started, the Roughriders were predicted at best to just scrape into the CFL playoffs.
They became an exciting team that contained a cast of
characters that were fun to cheer for like Carter, defensive back Ed Gainey and
Willie Jefferson. Everything positive that happened in the playoffs was a
bonus. When the team came so close to making the Grey Cup, you start to realize
how much you hoped to see them in that game on a fan front.
Overall, the Roughriders had a good season, and they make a
number of good memories in their first season at new Mosaic Stadium. It
included Carter giving a touchdown ball to young cancer survivor Paige Hansen
early in the campaign and the facility’s first Labour Day Classic win.
Optimism has to be high for the Roughriders in 2018.
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