Sask West This Week; Playoffs Week 2

Sask West This Week 

A light weekend for league playoffs for the Sask West Hockey League (SWHL) was balanced by many teams playing in their respective provincial draws. 

In league playoffs, the Biggar Nationals traveled south for game 3 of their best of 5 series against the Kindersley Klippers on Saturday night. Kindersley swept the series with a 6-1 win. 

Markus Boguslavsky and Gage Misskey scored in the opening frame to give the Klippers the 2-0 lead. Chris Henry would cut the lead to 2-1 on the power play in the late stages on the 2nd, but Damon McKenzie restored the 2-goal lead after 40 minutes. The 3rd period was the Boguslavsky show as he scored the natural hattrick to secure the series victory. 

Brett Matlock stopped 35 of 41 shots in the loss, while Logan Drackett stopped 28 of 29 shots for the win. 

On Tuesday night, the Wilkie Outlaws hosted the Unity Miners in game 3 of their best of 5 series. It was the home team completing the sweep with a 5-0 victory. 

Mike Sittler, Brett Boehm and Derek Keller scored in the first, while Boehm and Brett Schell scored in the second. 

Brett Vanderveer stopped 36 of 41 shots in the loss, while Curtis Sander stopped all 21 shots for the shutout and the win. 

The Semis are officially set as the one seed Hafford Hawks play the four seed Edam 3 Stars, while the two seed Wilkie Outlaws play the three seed Kindersley Klippers in a rematch of last year's SWHL finals. 

Provincials 

In the ‘A’ bracket of provincials, the Hafford Hawks squared off against the Senior ‘A’ defending champion Kenaston Blizzards of the Sask Valley Hockey League (SVHL). The Blizzards won game 1 5-3 and game 2 4-2 for the sweep. In the ‘C’ bracket, Unity lost to the Eston Ramblers of the SVHL to the tune of 6-1 and 7-0. The Wilkie Outlaws played against the Outlook Ice Hawks of the SVHL, with the Outlaws thumping them 14-3 and 13-0 for the series sweep. The Outlaws play the Ramblers in the next round. In the ‘D’ bracket, the Edam 3 Stars and Macklin Mohawks matched up in the battle of SWHL teams. Edam took the opening contest by a score of 8-4. The Biggar Nationals drew the Davidson Cyclones in the ‘B’ bracket, with play beginning this weekend in Davidson. The Kindersley Klippers will face the winner of Biggar and Davidson in the North final.