Red Wings split last two home games, ready for playoffs
The Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings recorded a win and a loss in their last two home games at Crescent Point Place, with a 4-1 win over the Flin Flon Bombers on Thursday evening, and a close 2-0 loss to the Nipawin Hawks on Saturday night.
Shutting the door on a scoring chance
Review Photo 8515 – Greg Nikkel
Red Wings defenceman Jordan Edwards helped keep Francois-Xavier Bedard from scoring on Dazza Mitchell on this first-period play, during Saturday night’s SJHL match at Crescent Point Place, as Mitchell closed off any opportunity to pop the puck in. The two teams were very close as there was no scoring until the Hawks scored late in the third period, and it was capped off with an empty-net goal for a 2-0 win by the Hawks.
Weyburn Gold Wings drop pair of road games
The Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Gold Wings were on the road for a pair of games over the weekend, including in North Battleford on Saturday and Saskatoon on Sunday.
The Gold Wings earned one point in an overtime shootout loss to the Battlefords Sharks, by the score of 4-3.
Rori Dickie scored unassisted and shorthanded in the first period to tie
the game, after the Sharks were first on the board.
The two teams traded a goal each in the second period, with Hadley Revenko scoring unassisted to tie the game at 2-2.
The Sharks went up 3-2 on the power play in the third period, and Kiah Shields tied the game, with assists by Julianne Girardin and Ashton Bender.
The game went to a shootout after there were
no goals in the overtime period. Revenko scored out of the four players who attempted, while the Sharks had two goals from their shooters.
Hailey Sibbald was in net for the Gold Wings, and saved 45 of the 48 shots made on her in game play.
In Sunday’s game, the Gold Wings’ lone goal came halfway through the second period on the power play, with Abigail Manz
Team Saskatchewan ready to shine at Canada Winter Games
They say when you look good, you play good.
If that’s the case, Team Saskatchewan’s confidence should be high entering the PEI 2023 Canada Winter Games. The uniform kit designed for Team Sask athletes and support staff to wear during the games was unveiled on February 11.
The kit includes: green jacket with beautiful white Team Saskatchewan logo on the chest and PEI 2023 Canada Winter Games logo on the left sleeve, Under Armour long sleeve heatgear shirtt that features a bold “Team Sask” logo across the chest, and black joggers feature “SASK” down the calf.
There are knit toque and mitts. The mitts feature
“Team Sask” logo with a touch of yellow while toque has the games logo on the front and “SASK” featured above on the top.
There is also a Team Sask bunnyhug - featuring Saskatchewan flag on the front pouch, “Team Sask” logo across the chest and the PEI Games logo on the left sleeve. Finally, there is a Team Sask Backpack, which is black with a touch of yellow across the top and green on the bottom. The Saskatchewan Prairie Lily is featured prominently on the side and recognition for Team Saskatchewan’s sponsors is also present on the front of the bag.
The games begin with the opening ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 18 and con-
clude with the closing ceremony on Mar. 5.
Athletes who compete at the Canada Games represent the country’s next generation of national, international, and Olympic and Paralympic champions. Team Sask will consist of a total of 317 athletes, coaches, managers, and support staff and will participate in all 20 Canada winter games sports. Team Sask results will be updated daily throughout the Games on the Team Sask website at teamsask.ca. The official 2023 Canada Winter Games website is: 2023canadagames.ca. Team Sask is active across social media: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
scoring with assists by Shields and Jacey Farr.
Sibbald was in net once again for the full 60 minutes, and made 38 saves on the 45 shots on goal.
Coming up this weekend, the Gold Wings will have two games in Swift Current. On Saturday, Feb. 18 and Sunday, Feb. 19. Their last two regular season games will be against Notre Dame on the weekend of Feb. 24-25.
In the victory, the Bombers scored their lone goal in the first period, then it was all Weyburn in the second and third periods.
Ryley Morgan scored on the power play, assisted by Nick Kovacs and Ty Mason, then Jakob Kalin scored with assists to Nolan Henderson and Max Monette.
In the third, Kovacs got on the score sheet, assisted by Kalin and Carter Briltz, and Elijah Anderson scored unassisted on the power play late in the game to seal the win.
Dazza Mitchell was in net for the Wings, saving 31 of the 32 shots on net.
On Saturday night, the game was very tight and close, with no scoring in the first and second periods with both teams get -
ting good scoring chances.
The Hawks scored late in the game, with 1:25 left on the clock, so the Wings pulled Mitchell from the net for the extra attacker, but the Hawks scored on the empty net to clinch the 2-0 win. Mitchell saved 27 of the 28 shots.
The Red Wings were in Yorkton for a Tuesday night game, and will host the Notre Dame Hounds on Friday, Feb. 17, and Yorkton on Saturday, Feb. 18.
The Wings will then play Notre Dame in Wilcox on Monday, Feb. 20, a pair of games in Flin Flon on Feb. 24 and 25, and back in Notre Dame on Feb. 28.
There will be two games in Kindersley, on March 4-5, and in Humboldt on March 8, before their final two regular season games will be held at home on March 9 and 11 versus Notre Dame and Estevan respectively.
The Red Wings are currently second place in the Viterra Division, as teams are hustling to clinch a playoff position in the Sask. Junior Hockey League.
Passing to a teammate
Review Photo 7812 – Greg Nikkel WCS Eagles player Mya Knibbs, at right, passed the ball from the back line to her teammate, Assiya Benabdallah (No. 11), who promptly threw the ball up for a basket. This was part of the action in the junior girls game vs Melville on Friday evening. The junior girls lost this game, but won on Saturday to end up in second place overall.
Weyburn Comp Eagles junior boys win third tournament in a row
The Weyburn Comp Eagles junior boys and girls hosted their second basketball tournament over the weekend, and the boys won their third tourney in as many weeks.
On Friday night the girls lost to a tough team and the tournament champions from Melville by the score of 51-22.
On Saturday morning the girls cruised to a victory over Oxbow 47-13 and then defeated Moosomin 49-24 to finish second in the tournament.
The boys faced a tough opponent from Swift Current on Friday night but they were able to pull out a 55-45 victory. On Saturday they defeated Oxbow
58-39 and Moosomin 7527 for their third tournament championship in as many weekends.
The junior girls will host St. Michael in the Cugnet gym for an exhibition game on Thursday, Feb. 16, and the boys will be travelling to Moosomin for a tournament on the Feb. 17 and 18 weekend.
Mustangs swept from Big Six playoffs
The Midale Mustangs lost out to the Redvers Rockets with a pair of losses over the weekend in the opening round of playoffs for the Big Six Hockey League. They lost 5-0 in
Redvers on Saturday, and 8-2 on Sunday in Midale to drop the best-of-three series.
Goal scorers for Midale were Steven Lindenbach and Brad Tomiski. The Yellow Grass
Wheat Kings opened their best-of-three series against the Oxbow Huskies on Tuesday night, with game 2 on Friday, Feb. 17 in Yellow Grass, and if needed, game 3 will be in Oxbow on Saturday, Feb. 18.
