Honkings from the Wild Goose; Week 3

Honkings from the Wild Goose 

Looking at the Sask West standings, the Kindersley Klippers and Wilkie Outlaws sit on top with a 2-0 record. Tied for 3rd are the Macklin Mohawks and Edam 3 Stars at 1-0, along with the Biggar Nationals at 1-4. Asquith brings up the rear with a 0-2-1 record. 

Swiveling to the Cross Roads, the Rosetown Red Wings lead with a 4-0 record. In second is the Unity Miners with a 2-1 record. Tied for 3rd are the Dodsland Stars (1-1) and the Kindersley Kodiaks (1-3). The Luseland Mallards (0-2) and the Kerrobert Tigers (0-1) round out the standings. 

Sask West 

On Friday night, the Wilkie Outlaws welcomed the Biggar Nationals, and despite the short bench, Wilkie came away with the 5-3 win. 

Carter Wakelin opened the scoring early, but just a minute later, Jonathan Redlick would tie it up at one. Mike Sittler would give the Outlaws the 2-1 lead after one period with a last-minute marker. Wilkie opened the gates in the middle stanza as Kaleb Cey, Derek Keller and Blake Young all scored to give the Outlaws the 5-1 lead. Keaton Haynes would cut it down to 5-2 after 40 minutes. Just before the midway point of the 3rd, Brett Novak would score on the power play to further cut the deficit to 5-3, but it was as close as the Nationals would get. 

Mason Briske stopped 43 of 48 shots in the loss, while Jared Herle took the win, stopping 24 of 27 shots. 

Also on Friday, the Asquith Admirals headed west for a road match against the Macklin Mohawks. Macklin blew them out with a 12-0 win. 

First period goals were scored by Zak Dean and Foster Steinhubel. Middle frame scoring was done by Ian Hillis, Carson Ens, Rhett Partington, Jared Hillis and Austin Jamieson. The final stanza scoring came from Partington (2), F. Steinhubel, J. Hillis and Leighton Partington. 

Carter Woodside stopped 45 of 57 shots in the loss, while Trevor Martin stopped all 28 shots in the win. 

On Saturday night, the Nationals hosted the Kindersley Klippers, and it was the Klippers leaving with the 4-1 victory. 

Kyle Donaldson was the only scorer of the 1st, potting his first of the year with 3:14 left in the opening frame.  That lead didn't last long, as Brett Novak would tie it up at 1 on the powerplay in the early stages of the 2nd. The tied game would last all the way into the 3rd. Jaxon Georget would score a pair (one on the power play), and Carson Grolla would tie a bow on the win. 

Logan Drackett stopped 35 of 36 shots in the win, while Mason Briske stopped 36 of 40 shots in the loss. 

Cross Roads 

On Friday night, the Unity Miners headed south for a match up against the Kindersley Kodiaks, with Unity coming away with the 4-1 win. 

Carter Acton and Jayden Holland traded goals in the first period. The 1-1 stalemate would hold until the early stages of the 3rd, where Justin Gerein and Brayden Schultz would score within a minute to give the Miners a 3-1 lead. Acton would seal the victory with an empty net goal. 

Noah Gumpinger takes the win, stopping 26 of 27 shots, while Kaden Elliott stopped 27 of 30 shots in the loss. 

Also on Friday, the homeless Dodsland Stars took on the Rosetown Red Wings in Kerrobert, with the Red Wings taking the 5-2 victory. 

Carson Dobson opened the scoring midway through the 1st with a shorthanded marker, giving the Stars a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes. Rosetown opened things up massively in the 2nd as Jared Jagow scored twice in an 8 second span, followed by Jordan Johnston just a minute after that. Dobson would cut the lead to 3-2; however, Johnston and Kayden Ostrom would extend the lead to 5-1. No scoring was reported in the final stanza.  

Noah Martens stopped 25 of 27 shots in the win, while Kyle Turk stopped 30 of 35 shots in the loss. 

On Saturday night, a rivalry of sorts was renewed as Rosetown hosted Kindersley. It was the Red Wings coming away with the big 4-2 win. 

The scoring started very early as Kane Dube scored just 34 seconds in, giving the Red Wings the 1-0 lead. Jeff Hill would add to it late in the opening frame to extend the lead to 2-0. No scoring was reported in the middle stanza. The Kodiaks would finally break through just before the half point of the final period as Dylan Francis would score twice in a three-minute span to tie it up at 2. With just 4:10 remaining in the game, Mitch Robbie would give Rosetown the 3-2 lead. That would prove to be the winner as Corben Hogan would steal it with a very late empty net goal. 

Noah Martens secured the victory, while Ryan Deck took the loss. 

History Lesson 

We’re going to look at the 1980/1981 Wild Goose season, with only six teams (Lloydminster Border Kings, Rosetown Red Wings, Wilkie Outlaws, Kindersley Klippers, Unity Miners and Eston Ramblers) in the league. The league played an insane 30 game schedule, with research pointing to Rosetown winning the league that year. The league leader was Alvin Moore with 103 points! 45 goals! Not only did he absolutely destroy the Goose, but he also destroyed as a Prince Albert Raider (when they still were in the SJHL). When asked about Alvin and that formidable early 80’s Red Wings team, former Wilkie Outlaw and Battleford Baron Joe Cey laughed and said, “Thanks for ruining my night!”. He then remembered the battles Rosetown and Wilkie had during that time including Alvin ‘purposely always shooting high on (Mark) Szyda just to rattle him’. Side note: Mark Szyda played for the Calgary Wranglers of the Western Hockey League before coming to the Outlaws 

Upcoming Games 

Sask West 

• Friday November 21st: Biggar at Kindersley (8:30pm), Edam at Macklin (8:30pm) 

• Saturday November 22nd: Macklin at Kindersley (8pm), Asquith at Wilkie (8pm) 

Cross Roads 

• Friday November 21st: Luseland at Unity (8:30pm) 

• Saturday November 22nd: Kerrobert at Dodsland (in Kerrobert, Time TBA).