Week 14 Wrap-Up

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Action began this week in the KJHL on Tuesday night, with the lone game being a matchup between the visiting St. Malo Warriors and the Selkirk Fishermen.  As the teams battled for 1^st place in the South Division, it was anticipated to be a close game.  St. Malo opened the scoring & then added a power play goal to take a 2-0 first period lead.  Selkirk cut the lead to 2-1 just 1:07 into the 2^nd period, and then added a power play goal to tie the game.  Not long after, St. Malo scored a power play goal of their own to re-take the lead, only to see the Fish tie the game back up before the middle frame was done.  In the 3^rd, Selkirk scored the only goal of the period, and even strength marker, and held on for the 4-3 win.
Corbin Pasternak scored two goals, including the game winner for the Fishermen.  Both Jeremy Pachkowsky & Milan Horanski scored a goal and added an assist.  Scott Thomas chipped in with 2 helpers.  Riley Bannerman stopped 20 of the 23 shots he faced in the game to earn the win.
Dustin Wiebe led the Warriors with 2 goals.  Jordy Hill scored a single goal.  Jordan Taylor turned aside 31 of the 35 shots he faced.
 
The next scheduled KJHL game saw the Fisher River Hawks play host to the North Winnipeg Satelites.  The Satelites scored first, but their lead was short lived as the Hawks tied the game.  The 2^nd period saw the same result, with the Satelites scoring first and grabbing the lead again, only to see the Hawks tie it, this time on the power play.  The 3^rd period had Fisher River scoring first, just 1:25 into the period.  North Winnipeg scored two goals later in the period to regain a 4-3 lead.  With just over 2 minutes to go in the game, Fisher River tied the score at 4 apiece, and then went ahead with 1:08 to go in the period and held on for a 5-4 win.
Brennan Cochrane recorded a goal and 4 assists to be in on every Fisher River goal.  Johnny Bealieu scored twice & Darryl Thaddeus had a goal and an assist.  Jarrett Hogue turned aside 39 of the 43 shots he faced.
The Satelites were led by Jesse McIntosh, who scored once and dished out 2 helpers.  Glen Paupanekis added a goal and an assist.  Trent Sargent faced 50 shots in the game, stopping 45 of them.
 
The weekend was a busy one in the KJHL, with 3 games scheduled Friday night.
Norway House stopped in Fisher River for the first of their 3 game road trip.  The Hawks scored early, just 25 seconds into the game.  Norway House tied the game nearly 2 minutes later, but the Hawks added 6 more goals in the period, including 2 shorthanded, to hold a commanding 7-1 lead.  The second period saw the North Stars score the only goal of the period and made the score 7-2.  In the 3^rd, with most of the damage done, the Hawks added 2 more goals to close the game out 9-2.
Josh Bealieu led the Hawks with 3 goals and 2 assists, while Johnny Bealieu added a goal & 3 assists.  Jared Thickfoot, Evan Thickfoot, Chase Anderson & Darryl Thaddeus all recorded 2 points in the contest.  Jarrett Hogue made 33 saves on 35 shots to earn his 2^nd straight win.
Conley Spence recorded 2 assists for the North Stars, while Antoni Grieves & Darrian Sinclair both scored single goals.  Joey Folster started the game, allowing 7 goals on 24 shots.  Jarred Gore replaced him in the 2^nd, and he stopped 53 of the 55 shots fired his way.
 
In other action, the Lundar Falcons were hosting the St. Malo Warriors, as they tried to make up some ground.  St. Malo scored the only goal of the first period, a power play marker.  Lundar answered back just 2:04 into the 2^nd to the tie the game.  After 40 minutes, the game was tied 1-1.  The Falcons took their first lead of the game, as they scored just before the midway point of the 3^rd period.  Just 1:40 later however, the Warriors knotted the game back up.  It stayed tied at 2 through the remainder of the period, and 5 minutes of overtime solved nothing.  In the shootout, Riley Hunter & Robert Guimond both scored for the Warriors, while no Falcon found the net, and St. Malo claimed the extra point for the win.
St. Malo was led by Nolan McElroy, who had two assists.  Jared Magne & Brett Keith both scored goals for the Warriors.  Noah Fournier stopped 41 of the 43 shots he saw in the game, earning the win.
Lundar got single goals from Trent Laycock & Jason Nikkel.  Travis Rigden faced 27 shots in the game, stopping 29 of them and earning a single point for the Falcons.
 
The final game of the night was between the Cross Lake Islanders & the Peguis Juniors.  Cross Lake struck first to take a 1-0 lead.  The Juniors tied the game back up, with a power play goal late in the period and sent it to the dressing room that way.  Peguis took the lead in the 2^nd, scoring on the power play again, only to have the Islanders score twice before middle period was done to hold a 3-2 lead.  The 3^rd period was all Juniors, as they scored 4 times, including a power play goal and an empty netter to take a 6-3 win.
Shaquille Houle paced the Juniors with 2 goals and an assist, while Keesin Richard added 3 assists.  Tyler Woodhouse hammered home 2 goals and Matthew Cameron chipped in with 2 assists.  Keifer Tacan stopped 32 of the 35 shots he saw to earn the win.
Braeden Boschman scored a goal and added an assist for the Islanders.  Cody Spence dished out two helpers in the game.  Tory Monias faced 43 shots in the game, stopping 38 of them.
 
Saturday was a packed schedule with 8 of the league’s 10 teams playing.  In the early game, the Arborg Ice Dawgs were in St. Malo to play the Warriors.  St. Malo scored first, on the power play, to hold a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.  They increased their lead to 2-0, with another power play goal, just past the midway point of the 2^nd period.  Arborg cut the lead to 2-1 late in the 2^nd, with a goal of their own.  The 3^rd period saw the Warriors jump out to a 3-1 lead just 21 seconds into the period.  From there, Arborg scored twice, only 50 seconds apart to tie the game at 3-3.  The Warriors re-took the lead, but saw the Ice Dawgs score two more times in the 3^rd, and hold on and edge the Warriors with a 5-4 upset win.
The Ice Dawgs got 2 goals and an assist from Colton Davies.  Travis Kilbrei added 2 assists.  Josh Boone, Cal Finnson & Connor Jonasson all scored single goals.  Jon Narverud stopped 43 of the 47 shots fired his way to earn the win.
St. Malo’s Riley Hunter led the way with 2 asissts.  Jordy Hill, Robert Guimond, Dustin Wiebe & Jeff Froese all scored single goals.  Jordan Taylor turned aside 30 of the 35 shots he faced in the game.
 
North Winnipeg played host to the OCN Storm.  The game remained tied through the midway point of the first, when North Winnipeg found the mark to open the scoring.  OCN replied with 2 goals of their own, including a shorthanded marker, to take a 2-1 first period lead.  The second period was nearly all Storm, as they poured in 5 goals, including 3 on the power play to go up 7-1.  Before the period was over though, the Satelites got one back, on the power play and it was 7-2 after 40 minutes.  The teams traded two goals each in the 3^rdperiod, with the Satelites scoring one of them on the powerplay, as the Storm closed out the game by a 9-4 margin.
OCN was led by Camacho Lathlin, who scored 3 goals and added 2 asissts.  Sam McKay Jr scored 3 goals as well, and added a helper.  Both Justice Genaille & Lodie Ipeelie scored once and added 2 assists.  Drew Morin dished out 2 helpers.  Luke Penner was solid in goal, stopping 37 of the 41 shots he saw, to earn the win.
The Satelites were led by Colin Yarchuk, who scored once and added 2 assists.  Jesse McIntosh found the net for 2 goals, while Glen Paupanekis added 2 assists.  Marc Hildebrand started the game, allowing 5 goals on 26 shots.  Trent Sargent replaced him in the 2^nd period, allowing 4 goals on 29 shots.
 
The Cross Lake Islanders headed to Lundar to play the second game of their road trip.  The Falcons got on the board first, a little over 5 minutes in.  They added a second goal to their lead, but not long after the Islanders scored to the cut the lead in half.  Before the first was over though, the Falcons added one more and went to the break, up 3-1.  Lundar scored the only goal of the 2^nd period, with just 1:13 remaining to take a 4-1 lead.  The 3^rd period was all Lundar, as they scored 5 times over the course of the period to hammer Cross Lake 9-1.
Aldyn Gray recorded a goal and 4 assists to pace the Falcons.  Both Bryce Horning & Byron Spence scored a hat trick and dished out an assist each for 4 points.  Brenden Carlson and Mason Medeiros both recorded 2 assists.  Randy Quick was solid in net, stopping 27 of the 28 shots he faced in the game.
Jameson Scott scored the only Islanders’ goal.  Tory Monias faced 53 shots in the game, stopping 44 of them.
 
The final game on Saturday saw the Norway House North Stars play the first of two games in Peguis against the Juniors.  Peguis opened the scoring and then added 2 more to their lead, including a power play goal.  Norway House came to life, scoring twice to take the lead down to 1 goal, but Peguis added one more with 33 seconds left to finish the first period at 4-2.  In the second, the Juniors just overmatched the North Stars, scoring 8 times, including a power play goal, while the North Stars could only muster 2 in reply.  The 3^rd period saw the Juniors continue to pour on the offence, adding 5 more goals and claiming a 17-4 win against the understaffed North Stars team.
Peguis was led by Matthew Cameron, who scored 3 times and added 4 assists and Keesin Richard who dished out 8 assists in the game.  Joseph Sutherland added 3 goals and 2 assists, while Tyler Woodhouse chipped in with a goal and 4 assists.  Harold Linklater scored 4 times and Montana Tanner added 4 helpers.  Shaquille Houle finished with 3 points, while Jesse Flett, Keeven Daniels-Webb, Tristan Slater and Ian Sutherland all finished with 2 points.  Keifer Tacan stopped 27 shots, earning the victory.
Norway House was led by Darrian Sinclair, who scored once and added 2 assists.  Mitchell Muskego got on the score sheet with 2 assists.  Jarred Gore faced 32 shots in the game, and stopped 21 of them, while Joey Folster relieved him and stopped 24 of the 30 shots he faced.
 
Sunday’s schedule had 3 games on the docket.  In the first, the Juniors again played host to the North Stars.  Peguis opened the scoring just 16 seconds in.  The North Stars tied the game a few minutes later, but the Juniors added 2 more in the period to take a 3-1 lead.  The second period saw the Juniors have another offensive outburst, scoring 13 times in the period, including once on the power play and one shorthanded goal, while the North Stars scored once on the power play.  This left the score well in favour of the Juniors, at 16-2.  Peguis added 5 more 3^rd period goals to their total, to handily win the game 21-2.
Peguis got 3 goals and 3 assists from Romano Paul, and a goal and 5 assists from Shaquille Houle.  Tyler Woodhouse added a hat trick and 2 assists and Donovan Tanner dished out 5 assists.  Tyron Spence and Jesse Flett both recorded 4 points, while Montana Tanner, Matthew Cameron, Harold Linklater, Theoren Spence & Ian Sutherland all added 3 points.  Joseph Sutherland, Keeven Daniels-Webb, Tristan Slater, Devon Garson and Dylan Stevenson each recorded 2 points.  Keifer Tacan started the game, stopping 3 of the 4 shots he faced.  Dray Flett replaced him at the start of the 2^nd period, and he stopped 20 of the 21 shots he saw.
Both Corbin Tait & Conley Spence scored single goals for Norway House.  Jarred Gore started the game, and stopped 29 of the 38 shots thrown his way.  Joey Folster came saw action in the second and third periods, and stopped 30 of the 42 shots he faced.
 
OCN completed their road trip with a stop in Fisher River to play the Hawks.  Fisher River opened the scoring in this game, only to see OCN tie it back up a few minutes later.  Less than a minute after the Storm tied the game, Fisher River re-took the lead, only to see if evaporate within 15 seconds.  Fisher River re-grabbed the lead at the midway point of the period, and then added another goal to go up 4-2.  OCN poured on the offence, scoring 3 times in just under 3 minutes to grab a 5-4 lead.  Not to be outdone however, the Hawks tied the game back up and sent it to the dressing room tied 5-5.  The second period saw more offence, with the Hawks scoring two power play goals to take the lead.  OCN scored two of their own back, only to have Fisher River score on a penalty shot to grab the lead.  Like most leads in this game, it was short lived, as OCN came back and tied the game less than a minute later.  Fisher River kept coming though, as they added 2 more goals to their total and were up 10-8 after 40 minutes.  The Storm drew to within 1 goal just 5 over minutes into the 3^rdperiod, but the Hawks re-took a 2 goal advantage with a little under 8 minutes to go.  OCN scored twice over the final 5 and half minutes to tie the game at 11-11.  Not surprisingly,  after combining for 22 goals, this game went to overtime, where 2:12 in, the OCN Storm scored the deciding goal to claim the extra point.
OCN was led by Lodie Ipeelie, who scored 4 times and added 4 assists.  Mitchell Tilley scored twice, including the OT winner, along with dishing out 3 assists.  Both Camacho Lathlin & Sam McKay Jr recorded 4 points in the game.  Aavory Wilkie & Drew Morin each scored twice and had an assist.  Anthony Fontaine started the game, stopping 34 of the 44 shots he faced.  Luke Penner replaced him late in the 2^nd period, and he stopped 22 of the 23 shots he saw, and earned the win for the Storm.
Fisher River saw Darryl Thaddeus pace the Hawks with 4 goals and 2 assists.  Evan Thickfoot scored a hat trick and added an assist, while Jared Thickfoot recorded 4 assists & Josh Bealieu chipped in with a goal and 3 assists.  Gavin Mason dished out 3 helpers.  Rayne Nykyforuk & Johnny Bealieu both recorded 2 points.  Quinn Munroe started the game, stopping 21 of the 26 shots he saw.  Jarrett Hogue replaced him at the start of the 2^nd, and he stopped 41 of the 48 shots thrown his way, earning the Hawks a single point.
 
The final game of the week pitted the Selkirk Fishermen against the Arborg Ice Dawgs.  Arborg took an early lead in the game, only to see the Fishermen tie it on the power play.  The Ice Dawgs replied with a power play goal of their own & then added another goal later in the period to go up 3-1.  With the Fish on the power play with a few minutes to go, they found the mark again, and sent the game to the dressing with Arborg leading 3-2.  The second period saw the Ice Dawgs add one to their lead, and hold a 4-2 advantage heading to the final frame.  The 3^rd period saw the Ice Dawgs score twice more and cruise to a 6-2 win, upsetting the Fishermen.
Connor Jonasson led the Ice Dawgs with a goal and 2 assists, while Clint Torfason recorded 3 assists.  Cory Kuldys scored once and added an assist in the game.  Aaron Kristjanson, Derric Gulay, Neal Sigvaldason & Colton Davies all scored once.  Jon Narverud was sharp in goal, turning aside 40 of the 42 shots he faced to earn the win.
Selkirk was led by Jeremy Pachkowsky, who recorded assists on both goals.  Drayton Mendrun & Griffin Steeves both scored once.  Jordan Liske stopped 38 shots in the game for the Fishermen.
 
Next week’s KJHL action begins on Tuesday, as the North Winnipeg Satelites play host to the Lundar Falcons.  Wednesday has a rematch of from Sunday, as Selkirk once again visits Arborg.  Thursday night sees rivals Fisher River Hawks head to Peguis to play the Juniors. Friday evening has 3 games scheduled, as the Cross Lake Islanders play host to the Norway House North Stars, the Selkirk Fishermen play the Fisher River Hawks & the North Winnipeg Satelites head to St. Malo.  Saturday evening sees Arborg head North to play the Islanders, while Lundar is in OCN to play the Storm.  Sunday has two matinees – Arborg is in Norway House & Fisher River is in OCN, while Selkirk plays host to the St. Malo Warriors in the evening.