Honkings from the Wild Goose; Week 8

Honkings from the Wild Goose 

First, the Sask west Hockey League. The Wilkie Outlaws continue to lead with a 7-0 record, followed by the Kindersley Klippers at 6-1. In third is the Edam 3 Stars at 4-3, and in fourth is the Macklin Mohawks at 3-4-1. Bringing up the rear is the Asquith Admirals at 1-4-1 and the Biggar Nationals at 1-8. 

Looking at the Cross Roads Hockey League, the Rosetown Redwings lead with an 7-1 record, followed by the Dodsland Stars and Unity Miners at 5-2. In fourth is the Kindersley Kodiaks at 2-6, followed by the Kerrobert Tigers at 1-4 and the Luseland Mallards at 0-5.  

Sask West 

On Friday night, the Asquith Admirals headed south for a matchup against the Kindersley Klippers, and were trounced by a score of 10-0. 

Klippers goals were scored by Jaxon Georget (2), Shayne Neigum (3), Kyle Donaldson, Dylan Georget, Trey Tufts, Carson Grolla and Kade Jenson. 

Carter Woodside stopped 33 of 43 shots, while Logan Drackett stopped all 25 shots he faced. 

Also on Friday, the Macklin Mohawks played host to the Wilkie Outlaws, and despite the comeback, fell 3-2 in overtime. 

Ryne Keller opened the scoring early, with Will Rathje adding his 3rd of the year to extend the lead to 2-0. This lead was held until Tyler Baier broke up the shutout (on the powerplay). Noah Weinkauf tied the game up with just over four minutes left and sent it into overtime. Cody Roy sent everyone home at the 3:15 mark of the 5-minute overtime period. 

Joel Gryzbowski stopped 15 of 17 shots in the win, while Trevor Martin took the OTL, stopping 40 of 43 shots. 

On Saturday night, Wilkie and Macklin played the second half of the home and home weekend. The Outlaws came away with a big 6-1 win.  

Troy Gerein opened the scoring, with the barrage coming in the final five minutes as Ryne Keller, Rick Cey, Blake Young and Daniel Hilsendager all scored for a 5-0 lead after 20 minutes. Carter Wakelin added his 3rd of the year for a 6-0 lead after two periods. Foster Steinhubel broke up the shutout bid with seven minutes left on the powerplay to finish up scoring. 

Trevor Martin stopped 47 of 53 shots in the loss, while Jared Herle stopped 26 of 27 shots in the win. 

Also on Saturday, the Biggar Nationals played host to the Edam 3 Stars. Edam won by a score of 4-1. 

Keegan Tiringer and Damon Schaefer scored within a minute of each other for a 2-0 visitor lead after one period. Tiringer added his 8th of the year to extend the lead to 3-0 after 40 minutes. Brett Novak would cut the lead to 3-1, but Schaefer would seal the victory late. 

Taryn Kotchorek stopped 35 of 36 shots in the win, while Mason Briske stopped 42 of 45 shots in the loss. 

Cross Roads 

On Friday night, the two top teams in the Rosetown Redwings and the Dodsland Stars met at the AGT Centre for another showdown. Rosetown came out on top 6-2. 

Jordan Johnston scored just a minute in for a 1-0 Wings lead, but Carson Dobson would tie it up at 1-1 just two minutes later. Jared Jagow and Kane Dube would give Rosetown the 3-1 lead after the first period. In the middle frame, Grady Ostrom would extend the lead just six seconds in, with scoring waiting all the way until the final two minutes. Troy Joyce would cut the lead to 4-2 with a shorthanded marker, but Kyle Ireland (on the power play) would regain the three-goal margin. Johnston would score the only goal of the third to secure the big win, 

Conner Kidd stopped 21 of 27 shots in the loss, while Moah Martens stopped 23 of 25 shots in the win. 

Also on Friday, the Luseland Mallards headed north for a matchup against the Unity Miners. Unity won handedly 8-1. 

No scoring was reported in the first period, but things kicked off early and often for the home team in the 2nd period. Colby Ralston scored first, just 34 seconds in, with Dustin McAleer (2), Dalyn McCubbing, Garin Scherr, Gabe Weber and Mark Ganter added goals for a big 7-0 lead after two periods. Kyle Heintz (shorthanded goal) and Ralston would trade goals to conclude scoring. 

Brody Thrun started the game (and taking the loss), stopping 22 of 26 shots in 31 minutes before Avery Kohlman relieved him, stopping 14 of 18 shots in 29 minutes. Noah Gumpinger stopped 9 of 10 shots in the win. 

On Saturday, the Kerrobert Tigers hosted the Dodsland Stars. Score and stats were unavailable at the time of writing. 

History Lesson 

We’re going to look at the 1986-87 Wild Goose Hockey League season, focusing on the December 22nd standings update. In the 8-team league, we had Battleford (8-3-3), Unity and Wilkie (7-4-2), Kindersley (5-4-4), Kerrobert (6-6-0), Lloydminster (4-5-4), Eston (4-6-3), and Rosetown (1-10-2). The number of ties is astounding, as well as games played. Top 5 leading scorers were; Rob Evans, Kindersley (15-17-32); Ray Gregorash, Kindersley (21-10-31); Tim Hodgson, Battleford (7-17-24); Randy Carson, Battleford (13-9-22); and Kim Bosch, Unity (16-6-22). Top Goaltenders were Tim Syzda... wait a minute Star Phoenix agate writer, I think you messed that up. I’m quite confident he means Mark Syzda of the Wilkie Outlaws with a 3.72 GAA, followed by Joe Humphreys of the Eston Ramblers with a 3.80 GAA. Other guys mentioned: Bob Dougall (Battleford), Mike Bloski (Kindersley), Mike Winther (Kerrobert), Dave Keith (Rosetown) and Gary Leach (Lloydminster).