Sask West This Week; Playoffs Week 7

Sask West This Week 

We are getting into the nitty gritty of hockey in the area, with many finals being set or have just started. 

League 

Game 1 of the SWHL finals kicked off Saturday night in Wilkie as the two seed Outlaws hosted the four seed Edam 3 Stars, with the home team romping to a 7-1 win. 

Ryan Keller fired up the crowd early with 8th of the playoffs, followed quickly Mike Sittler’s 5th of the playoffs for a solid 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. In the 2nd period, Mitch Suchan would extend that lead to 3-0, but Josh LaClare would claw it back down to a 2-goal deficit. That would be as close as they would get as Brock Harrison and Keller would extend the lead up to 5-1 after 2 frames. Harrison and Rick Cey would tack up insurance markers for the final result. 

Taryn Kotchorek stopped 26 of 33 shots in the loss, while Jared Herle stopped 39 of 40 shots in the win. 

Game 2 is set for Tuesday night in Edam. 

Provincials 

In Senior ‘C’, the Wilkie Outlaws hopped on a bus on Sunday and headed to Foam Lake for game 1 of the provincial final against the Flyers from the Long Lake Hockey League. That resulted in a 7-6 OT loss for the Outlaws. 

In Senior ‘D’, the Edam 3 Stars are North Champs after a 4-3 2OT win in game 2 against the Delisle Bruins. They will now face the Redvers Rockets in the finals, with Edam holding the hammer in the series.