Honkings from the Wild Goose; Week 10

Honkings from the Wild Goose 

Sask West Hockey League Standings: the Wilkie Outlaws continue to lead with a 9-1 record, followed by the Kindersley Klippers at 8-2. The Macklin Mohawks sit in third at 6-4-1, with the Edam 3 Stars at 6-4. The Biggar Nationals (2-10) and the Asquith Admirals (1-9-1) bring up the rear. 

Cross Roads Hockey League Standings: the Rosetown Redwings hold top spot at 9-1, with the Unity Miners and the Dodsland Stars tied with 7-3 records. The Kerrobert Tigers sit in fourth at 4-5, followed by the Kindersley Kodiaks at 3-8 and the Luseland Mallards at 0-10. 

Sask West 

On Friday night, the Edam 3 Stars hosted the Wilkie Outlaws, with Edam coming out on top 6-4. 

Mitch Wall opened the scoring just 3 minutes in (on the powerplay), but Kaleb Cey, Daniel Hilsendager and Cody Roy all replied with their power play goals. Zach Nedelec would score a non-PPG to cut the lead down to 3-2 after one period. In the second, Owen LaClare and Brayden Buziak would score the only goals, giving the 3 Stars the 4-3 lead. Carter Wakelin would tie the game up with 8 minutes left, but O. LaClare's power play goal just 2 minutes later proved to be the game’s winner. Joel Blaquiere would tack on some insurance late. 

Joel Gryzbowski took the loss, stopping 30 of 36 shots, while Taryn Kotchorek stopped 19 of 23 shots in the win. 

Also on Friday, the Kindersley Klippers took their first trip to Asquith to face the Admirals and came away with a 10-4 win. 

Jacob Wagner, Brody Ryberg, Jaxon Georget, Shayne Neigum, and Kyle Donaldson (2) all scored in the first, with a home team goal from Talon Thomas sandwiched in between. In the middle frame, Caleb Grandfield’s two power play markers cut the deficit to 6-3. Carson Grolla and Neigum re-extended the lead to 5 after 40 minutes. Linden McCorrister scored in the early part of the third, with Donaldson and J. Georget rounding out scoring. 

Ty Fehrenbach took the win, stopping 20 of 23 shots in 32 minutes. He suffered an injury, which forced Jacob Wagner to don the goaltending equipment to finish the game. He stopped 9 of 10 shots in 28 minutes. Carter Woodside stopped 41 of 51 shots in the loss. 

On Saturday, the Mohawks of Macklin headed east for a matchup against the Asquith Admirals. Macklin left with a 5-3 win. 

Scoring had to wait until the 15:03 mark of the second period, where Caleb Grandfield found twine on the man advantage for a 1-0 lead. Austin Wieler (PPG) and Connor Navrot added to the Schooners lead before Hunter Steinhubel cut the lead to 3-1. Macklin turned up the heat in the third stanza, which eventually paid dividends. Ian Hillis, Tyler Robertson, Joesph L’Heureux and Steinhubel all scored in the final 6 minutes to complete the comeback. 

Trevor Martin stopped 33 of 36 shots in the win, while Carter Woodside stopped 34 of 39 shots in the loss. 

The Saturday matchup between the Kindersley Klippers and Edam 3 Stars was postponed. 

In a Sunday afternoon matinee, the Biggar Nationals travelled west to play the Wilkie Outlaws. Wilkie came away with a convincing 11-3 win. 

Cody Roy kicked it off early for the home team, but Brody Vogel tied it up just 35 seconds later. Kaleb Cey gave the Outlaws the 2-1 lead just a minute and a half after that. Ryne Keller would extend the lead to 3-1 after 20 minutes. Jonathan Redlick pulled the Nats within just 7 seconds into the second period. R. Keller made it 4-2, but Redlick would claw Biggar back to one goal. Derek Keller made it 5-3 after two periods. It was all Outlaws in the third as Rick Cey (4), Roy, and Lyndon Ochs all scored in the final frame. 

Mason Briske stopped 69 of 80 shots in the loss, while Jared Herle took the win, stopping 20 of 23 shots. 

In the other Sunday nighter, Asquith and Macklin went for round two, this time at the Credit Union Legacy Centre in Macklin. Macklin swept the weekend series with a score of 12-2. 

The Admirals were first on the board thanks to Caleb Grandfield, but three goals from Hunter Steinhubel, Tyler Robertson and Ethan Scheck in a span of 4 minutes gave the Mohawks a 3-1 lead. Talon Thomas cut the lead down, but Rhett Partington extended that lead to 4-2 after 20 minutes. H. Steinhubel, Dylan L'Heureux (PPG) and Chase Close opened up the game in the second for a 7-2 lead. The onslaught continued in the final frame, with goals from Jesse Gartner, H. Steinhubel, Noah Weinkauf (2) and Foster Steinhubel.  

Evan Vanderveer stopped 42 of 54 shots in the loss, while Owen Bosch stopped 19 of 21 shots in the win. 

Cross Roads 

On Friday night, the Dodsland Stars hosted the Kindersley Kodiaks at the Kerrobert Memorial Arena. The Stars won 2-0. 

Goal scorers were Brad Buckingham (6:51 of the 2nd period) and Jon McDonald (6:56 of the 3rd period). 

Kaden Elliott stopped 34 of 36 shots in the loss, while Connor Kidd stopped all 29 shots in the win. 

On Saturday night, the Luseland Mallards travelled south for a date with the Rosetown Redwings. The home team won 11-1. 

Grady Ostrom, Cameron MacDonald, Eric Robbie (2), Kane Dube, Tyler Moore, and Jordan Johnston all scored for a commanding 7-0 lead after one period. Avery Ironside and MacDonald added markers in the 2nd for a 9-0 Redwings lead. E. Robbie would score two more to complete the hattrick in the 3rd. Kyle Heintz broke up the shutout with 4:38 left in the game. 

Brody Thrun stopped 7 of 14 shots in the loss, only playing for 20 minutes. Avery Kohlman took over, stopping 15 of 19 shots in 40 minutes of play. Noah Martens took the win, stopping 16 of 17 shots. 

Also on Saturday, the Unity Miners welcomed the Dodsland Stars into the Unity Community Centre. Unity came away with a big 6-2 win. 

Unity came out firing, with Hunter Sperle scoring just four minutes into the game, followed two minutes after that with Mark Ganter’s 5th of the year on the power play. H. Sperle would add another for a 3-0 Miners lead after one period. Brad Buckingham and Ethan Scherr traded goals in the middle frame. Jon McDonald cut the lead to 4-2 just 25 seconds in the third period, but Mark Ganter reestablished the three-goal cushion just past the midway point of the period. Garin Scherr would secure the win with an empty net goal 

Kyle Turk stopped 19 of 24 shots in the loss, while Ryan Rewerts stopped 27 of 29 shots in the win. 

In the Sunday evening game, the Luseland Mallards and Kerrobert Tigers clashed at the Memorial Gardens in Luseland. Kerrobert came away with the 7-2 win.  

Rylan Borschneck opened the scoring just 10 seconds into the game for the Tigers. Steve Gottfried was able to tie the game up for the Mallards, but Matthew Roblin and Quenton Murphy would give Kerrobert the 3-1 lead after 20 minutes. Avery Cholin (on the power play) would further extend the lead to 4-1 in the second, but Jace Fisher would cut the lead back down to two. Cholin would find twine again for a 5-2 lead after two periods. Cole Kissick and Cholin (hattrick goal) tied a bow on the win. 

Tyson Borschneck stopped 28 of 30 shots in the win, while Avery Kohlman stopped 47 of 54 shots in the loss. 

History Lesson 

We’re finishing off the reading of the Viking Cup, an invitational tournament hosted by the Augustana College based out of Camrose, Alberta. The Czechoslovakian team headed to the 1989/1990 tourney played two exhibition games against the Wild Goose All Stars. Game one was played in Wilkie. Reading historical archives of the event from the Wilkie Press, we can see that Joe Cey, Dwayne Pernitsky, Rob Griffiths, Lorne Nielsen and Allan Acton were selected as Wilkie Outlaws reps. The Czech team won 7-3, and player of the game awards were awarded to Jeff Donaldson and Czech goalie Jiri Podesva. A couple days later, the teams convened at the Exhibition Stadium for game two. Reading the archives from the Kindersley Clarion, we can see that the aforementioned Donaldson, along with Dan Leier, Dean Braham, Corey Thompson, Mark Werner and current Kliipers executive member Gary McManus played in at least one of the games. The Czechs won 9-4, and we get some quotes from Gary, along with his resume of playing the Japanese, West Germany, and Poland in the late 1970’s, and the Czechs (3 times), Americans and the Swedes. Notable Czech players on the team: Ivan Droppa, Jiri Beranek, Marek Zadina, Robert Petrovicky and Ziggy Palffy. 

Upcoming Games 

Sask West 

• Friday January 16th: Wilkie at Biggar (8:30pm), Edam at Macklin (8:30pm), Kindersley at Asquith (8:30pm) 

• Saturday January 17th: Wilkie at Edam (8pm), Kindersley at Macklin (8pm) 

• Sunday January 18th: Biggar at Asquith (2pm) 

Cross Roads 

• Friday January 16th: Unity at Dodsland (8pm) 

• Saturday January 17th: Kerrobert at Unity (8pm), Dodsland at Luseland (8pm) 

• Sunday January 18th: Rosetown at Kindersley (7:15pm)