Here is a rundown of some of the action involving local teams this past week.
It was a terrific weekend for local teams playing in the province’s southeast. The Battlefords AAA Stars emerged with back-to-back victories in their two games in Wilcox.
The first win came on Nov. 10 when the Stars defeated Notre Dame Argos 5-3. The Stars got things rolling with a Shayde Peterson shorthanded goal in the first period.
In the second period, with the Argos ahead 2-1, Tye Scherger’s goal with 2:09 left tied things up for the Stars.
The Argos took the lead again in the third period before three unanswered goals by Brendan Albert, Scherger and Carson Dobson (shorthanded) sealed the win for the Stars. Joseph Young stopped 30 of 33 shots in the victory.
The Stars were back in action at Duncan McNeill Arena against the other Notre Dame team, the Hounds, and beat them 4-1. That win came in spite of a barrage of pucks fired at Carter Serhyenko, who put in an outstanding performance stopping 37 of 38 Hounds shots.
Shayde Peterson again opened scoring for the Stars just 14 seconds into the game. While the Hounds tied things up, a power play goal late in the period by Colby Ralston, plus another power play goal by Ralston in the second period, put the Stars ahead to stay.
Luke Fennig’s goal in the third from Ralston and Logan Holm completed the scoring on the afternoon.
The Stars now have four wins on the season so far. They were due back in action Wednesday night at the Civic Centre against the Saskatoon Blazers.
The female midget AAA Battlefords Sharks also had a big weekend at Notre Dame expense, beating the female Hounds in two games in Wilcox.
The first game was a 3-2 overtime win on Friday night. Goals by Jordyn Blais on the power play and by Brooklyn Rowley put the Sharks in front, but it was Madison Samson’s unassisted goal in overtime that finally won it for the Sharks.
The Sharks prevailed again the next day by an identical 3-2 score. Goals in the first period by Rowley and Ali Aitken put the Sharks up 2-0, but again the Hounds tied things up. It was a power play goal by Rowley midway through the third period that gave the Sharks the victory.
The Sharks now have a 3-5-1-1 record on the season. They are also not done with Notre Dame, as the Hounds come in to Battleford to play the Sharks Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and then again Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
In senior hockey, the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League got under way with two games Saturday night. In Battleford the Beaver Blues beat the Edam Three Stars 8-7. Brent Salzl had the hat trick for the Blues while Blake Oborowsky scored two goals and had an assist. Mitch Wall had a hat trick in defeat for Edam. Edam’s Nolan McCaffrey and Battleford’s Jackson Soanes each got assessed fight major penalties.
Langham was the location for the game between the Maymont Settlers and the Spiritwood Timberwolves on Saturday, with Maymont winning 6-5 in a shootout.
Action resumes Friday with Spiritwood hosting Edam, while Radisson takes on Perdue in Delisle for the Pirates’ first game of the season.
This is the first season back in the SPHL for the Perdue Pirates after losing their home rink to a massive fire in 2015. The club’s inaugural game in their new arena is scheduled for Dec. 29 against Shellbrook.
In Sask West Hockey League scores, Wilkie Outlaws routed Luseland 13-2, the Unity Miners lost to Biggar 11-7 and the Kindersley Sr. Klippers beat Macklin 6-5.
Both the Klippers and Outlaws are currently tied atop the Sask West league standings, each with three wins and no losses.
