Two of the biggest rivals in western Canada have joined forces to host the Can/Am SuperSeries98 which will take place from September 12-14 in Burnaby and North Vancouver.  The tournament will feature four teams from Canada and four teams from the western USA.  Joining NSWC and BWC will be OHA and POE.  While the western USA will be represented by the Dallas Stars Elite, Colorado Thunderbirds, LA Jr. Kings and the Anaheim Jr. Ducks.

Conference USA
The best bet to make it the furthest in the USA Conference has to be the LA Jr. Kings, although the three other teams in the conference all have competitive squads and should be able to put up a fight.

Colorado Thunderbirds
The Thunderbirds will be lead by power forward Bryan Lockner and small skilled forward Mason Mannek who comes over from Utah.  Mannek had 70 goals in 41 games last season.  Lockner is a top 10 ranked prospect in the western USA.  Decent offensive depth should be provided by Noah Prokop, George Cathers and Chase Sakic.  Defensively, the Thunderbirds will look to Nolan Foote (son of Adam) and Bronson Fox to lead the way. 

Kingpin:  F – Bryan Lockner

Anaheim Jr. Ducks
The Anaheim Jr. Ducks have a strong, big squad this year and as a result have been able to hang in this fall against Midget AAA teams with the exception of one lopsided loss to Alaska.  In league play, the Jr. Ducks started off with a 5-1 victory over Orange County.  Offensively the team will be led by Tanner Ensign (ranked 7th in western USA), Jonah Gold, Blake Reed, Tae Lee and Logan Harris.  Harris (6’3 170lbs) is big and physical and could be a force this weekend.  Defensively, look for Noah Lee and Slava Demin to make an impact.  In goal, Tomas Leet is the go-to guy!  Leet posted a 0.38 GAA in the SCAHA AA league last year with the LA Jr. Kings.

Kingpin: F – Tanner Ensign

Dallas Stars Elite
The Stu Barnes led Dallas team will be led by his son Jack Barnes, Ryan O’Reilly (ranked top 5 western USA) and F – Connor Griebenow.  The absence of Ethan Harrison (2001 born) is a blow to the Stars attack but they still should still have enough offence to get by. Clay Cassidy will handle the bulk of the goaltending duties. 

Kingpin:  F – Ryan O’Reilly

LA Jr. Kings
Once again, the LA Jr. Kings are one of the better teams in the western USA and certainly the top team in this American Division of this tournament.  The team has virtually no holes and will be led by one of the top western USA prospects in Nick Castro.  Others up front who should contribute are speedy Jackson Wozniak (5’6 140), big, physical 6’1 165lb Punisa Lekovic, physical forward Henri Schreifels who compares to ’99 born Jr. King draftee Cam Hausinger.  Defensively, Junior Delgado is a fearless shot blocker who is apt at clearing the front of the net and can also supply offence.  Aiden Metcalfe has a tremendous mix of size, speed and vision from the backend as does Callahan Neuroth.  In goal, Connor Duffy is big goalie who plays a butterfly style of game and is very agile.

Kingpin:  F – Nick Castro

Conference Canada
The Canadian Conference is represented by four of the top twelve teams in the WEHP pre-season western Canada rankings.  The situation with the Canadian teams is a bit different with most squads still carrying a few extra players who are on the bubble and are likely to see some game action.  NSWC will be led by a dynamic offence led by Luka Burzan and Jackson Shepard.  OHA have a well-rounded team, although likely not as strong as last year.  POE once again should be decent but lack elite talent.  BWC have some question marks this year and look to have fallen a bit in the PCAHA.

Burnaby Winter Club Bruins
For years, BWC was easily the class of the PCAHA flight 1 division, losing a total of just 3 games in the regular season over the past five years.  Included was a back to back seasons in 9-10 and 10-11 to which they went 20-0-0 in 10-11 and 17-0-1 in 9-10.  The highest total of goals allowed during the stretch was in 11-12 where they allowed just 26.  This season looks to be a challenge for the Bruins to be a top 10 team in western Canada and a threat in major tournaments.  With just Ilijah Colina being the lone returnee and very little offensive depth, it is looking like they could be in for a slight fall this year.  They will look to Baxter Anderson, Justyn Gurney and Sean Gulka to provide some offensive and take a huge step up in production.  Defensively, Sahvan Gill, Tommy Annable and Gianni Fairbrother are capable but unspectacular.  In goal, Nick Lee will have to stand tall as this BWC team will face much more shots against than in recent seasons.

Kingpin:  F – Ilijah Colina

North Shore Winter Club Winterhawks
NSWC have now passed BWC as the cream of the crop in the PCAHA.  Coming off of a 18-1-1 2013-2014 season in which they allowed just 11 goals and a 19-0-1 2012-2013 season, it looks like more of the same this year.  They have landed some high end recruits such as; 1st overall ranked Luka Burzan and his Surrey team-mate Tyler Ho.  To go along with those talented forwards are some high end defenceman coming over such as Ethan Cap and the return of talented players F – Jackson Shepard, F – Jackson Leppard and Kabir Gill to name a few. Big 6’3 G – Donovan Buskey should provide strong goaltending for the team.  NSWC are the favorites in western Canada entering the season.

Kingpin:  F – Luka Burzan

Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy
The POE roster has yet to be finalized but based on the early commitments, the team looks to be a top 10 squad once again. The strength of the team looks to be at forward and in goal by early indications.  At forward, POE have brought in some high end talent with the likes of Coleton Bilodeau from Vernon, Eli Zummack from Kelowna and Nick Leyer from St. Albert. Shawn Harke (Camrose), Pavel Gogolev and 2001 born Kjell Kjemhus give POE a good base to work from. Jordan Wilde from Kelowna should be the starter and be very good along with Cole Wilson who comes over from Spruce Grove of the ERBHL. Defensively, returnees – Lucas Gaudet and huge 6’5 D – Kyle Pow are capable.

Kingpin – Coleton Bilodeau

Okanagan Hockey Academy
As has become the norm in recent years, OHA once again look to be a force not only in the newly formed CSSHL Bantam Prep League but also in major tournaments.  Leading the way offensively should be a pair of “Ty’s” in big power forward types in Ty Kolle who played last year in Kamloops and Tyler Popowich who put up 15 points in 39 games last year as a rookie bantam in seeing limited ice time. They have also recruiting some high end defenseman with big Mitchell Prowse heading over from Kelowna, Seth Bafaro from Kamloops and Kelvin Hair from North Vancouver. Goaltending is still a bit up in the air as there has been no indication at this point who is in camp.

Kingpin – D- Mitchell Prowse

The Chilliwack Bantam Tournament which takes place in Chilliwack in early October is one of the first looks at elite level competition for the bantam draft which feature teams from around western Canada.  This years crop of teams look very good with 6 of the top 10 teams in western Canada taking part at the event.  In total, there will be 16 teams attending the tournament.

North Shore Winter Club Winterhawks

Okanagan Hockey Academy

Pursuit Of Excellence

South Delta Hockey Academy

Victoria Racquet Club

Colorado Thunderbirds

Edmonton CAC Canadians

Calgary Flames

Calgary Bisons

Kamloops Blazers

Edge Hockey School

Richmond Blues

Chilliwack Bruins

Prince George Cougars

Semiahmoo Ravens

Vancouver Tbirds

Game 1:  Anaheim Jr. Ducks 3 – NSWC Winterhawks 2

Game 2:  POE 5 – LA Jr. Kings 0

Game 3:  BWC 3 – Dallas Stars Elite 2

Game 4:  OHA 6 – Colorado Thunderbirds 2

Calgary Royals 11 – Red Deer Black 1
The AMBHL regular season got underway this afternoon in Red Deer as the Calgary Royals thumped Red Deer Black 11-1 and outshooting the Rebels Black 50-19 in the process.  Bradley Ginnell scored 5 goals, all of which came within the first two periods play.  WEHP ranked F – Louis Jamernik chipped in with 5 assists while Turner scored a pair of goals.

The Royals are back at it tomorrow as they play the other Red Deer team – Red Deer White at home in Calgary.  While Red Deer Black will have their work cut out for them with a game in Calgary against the top ranked Flames.

Calgary Flames 3 – Red Deer White 3

Calgary Bisons 8 – Southeast Tigers 0

Rocky Mountain Raiders 6 – Airdrie Xtreme 1

Zach Huber scores a hat-trick and added an assist in a Rocky Mountain Raiders convincing 6-1 win in Airdrie tonight.  Rocky Mountain are serious contenders in the AMBHL south this season.  Highly ranked 2001 D – Kirby Proctor picked up 1-2-3 while his fellow 2001 born highly ranked teammate Peyton Krebs added 1-1-2.  Veteran players – Kale Clouston and D – Tyler Strath each picked up 2 assists.  In goal, Hunter Young picked up the win.  For Airdrie, Brandon Machado scored the lone goal.  Machado should go in the first few rounds of the bantam draft next May and will be a key to any Airdrie success this season.  In goal, Knute Loe took the loss.

Airdrie will see action again not until next Saturday as they host the Calgary Northstar Sabres.  Rocky Mountain also play their next game against the Northstar Sabres next Sunday.

Calgary Northstar Sabres 3 – Lethbridge Golden Hawks 2

The Northstar Sabres get single markers from D – Kabe Bleay, Cam McAdam and Jarret Timmmerman and two helpers from D – Chase Felgueiras in a 3-2 win this afternoon.  G – Jacob Romanowski stopped 31/33 shots for the win.  For the young Golden Hawks, it was star 2001 D – Bowen Byram with a goal and Daniel Anton with the other.  Of note, the lone AAA female player in the AMBHL Dara Greig picked up an assist and was awarded 2nd star honors.  G – Aidan Kruger stopped 28/31 shots he faced.

Lethbridge will get back at it tomorrow when they head to Calgary to play the 1-0-0 Bisons.  The Northstar Sabres will look to go 2-0-0 as they host Southeast Tigers.

Game 9:  NSWC Winterhawks 3 – Dallas Stars Elite 2

Game 10:  POE 2 – Colorado Thunderbirds 2

Game 11:  BWC 2 – Anaheim Jr. Ducks 2

Game 12:  LA Jr. Kings 2 – OHA 2

Standings Through 3 games

Canadian Division

OHA  2-0-1   13-7

NSWC Winterhawks  2-1-0   9-6

POE  1-1-1   10-8

BWC Bruins   1-1-1   8-11

American Division

Anaheim Jr. Ducks  2-0-1   11-7

Colorado Thunderbirds  1-1-1   11-11

LA Jr. Kings  0-2-1  3-11

Dallas Stars Elite  0-3-0  7-11

In what turned out to be the most competitive Can/Am series to date, it was OHA who went undefeated in 4 games at 3-0-1 facing the Anaheim Jr. Ducks in today’s final.  The Jr. Ducks suffered just 1 loss against the Canadian teams, which came against OHA by a score of 5-3.  Anaheim exacted some revenge in the final this afternoon with a 5-4 victory over OHA to claim the 2014 can/am showcase championship!  The tournament is a clear indication that OHA and NSWC will be two of the better teams in western Canada and shows why many feel BWC will take a big step back in 2014-2015.  On the American side, Anaheim looks like they will have a very strong team while the LA Jr. Kings struggled at times, which was a bit surprising.

Game 13:  NSWC Winterhawks 4 – Colorado Thunderbirds 4

Game 14:  POE 2 - Dallas Stars Elite 2

Game 15:  OHA 5 – Anaheim Jr. Ducks 3

Game 16:  LA Jr. Kings 5 – BWC Bruins 4

Standings 

Canadian Division

OHA  3-0-1   18-10

NSWC Winterhawks  2-1-1   13-10

POE  1-1-2   12-10

BWC Bruins   1-2-1   12-16

American Division

Anaheim Jr. Ducks  2-1-1   14-12

Colorado Thunderbirds  1-1-2   15-15

LA Jr. Kings  1-2-1  8-15

Dallas Stars Elite  0-3-1  9-13

The Southwest Cougars Pre-Season Tournament is now underway with five teams attending from the Winnipeg AAA league.  The Cougars are joined by the Brandon Wheat Kings, Parkland Rangers, Yellowhead Chiefs and the Pembina Valley Hawks.  This tournament gives us our first look at some of the prospects from the province of Manitoba as most of the teams are already finalized.

Game 1:  Southwest Cougars 5 – Brandon Wheat Kings 4

Jared McCorrister explodes with 4 goals which included the eventual game winner as the host Cougars start off on a winning note.  Captain Garrett Sambrook chipped in with 3 assists while  Leighton Holstein and Ben Hilhurst had a pair of helpers.  For Brandon, top 5 ranked  D – Calen Addison paced the attack with 2 goals but also picked up 10 mins in penalties.

Game 2:  Yellowhead Chiefs 3 – Parkland Rangers 1

Brian Mentuck and Ryder Richmond each pick up 1-1-2 in leading the Chiefs to a 3-1 victory.

Game 3:  Brandon Wheat Kings 3 – Pembina Valley Hawks 1

Caley Barscello, Brett Paddock and Drayson Collyer all score in the Brandon 3-1 win.  Derik Jamault scored the lone goal for Pembina Valley.

Game 4:  Southwest Cougars 3 – Yellowhead Chiefs 2

The Southwest Cougars pick up their 2nd consecutive one goal win in moving to 2-0-0 while dropping the Chiefs to 1-1-0.  Michael Tibury and Grady Hobbs each pick up 1-1-2.  Garrett Sambrook added his 4th assist of the tournament.  Noah Geekie and Layne Toder replied for the Chiefs.

Game 5:  Pembina Valley Hawks 4 – Parkland Rangers 3 OT

Tye Turner scores the overtime winner, capping off a 2 goal game in moving the Hawks to 1-1-0.  2001 born F – Mark Lewiski  picks up 1-1-2 for the Rangers and other singles going to Reece Hopfner and D- Lane Kirk.  The Rangers are now 0-1-1.

OCHAPOWACE HOCKEY ACADEMY

2014 SASK BANTAM AA EVALUATION TOURNAMENT

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

MELVILLE MILLIONAIRES

YORKTON UCT TERRIERS

MOOSE JAW WARRIORS

PRAIRIE STORM

ESTEVAN TS&M BRUINS

WEYBURN CRESCENT POINT WINGS

Game 9:  Yorkton Terriers 6 – Estevan Bruins 1

The Terriers cap off a dominate once again and finish the tournament at 3-0-0 and outscore their opponents 26-5 in the process.  Leading the way in this one for the Terriers was Keenan Taphorn and Carson Miller each with 2 goals.  Kaeden Taphorn had 1-1-2.  The line accumulated for 33 points in the mini tournament and we should expect more of the same when the SBAAHL regular season begins.  Highly ranked Cole Fonstad scored his 6th of the tournament for Estevan.

Game 8:  Weyburn Red Wings 4 – Moose Jaw Warriors 2

2001 born F – Braden Birnie scores 2 goals and Noah Altwasser pics up a pair of helpers in a Weyburn 4-2 win this afternoon.  The Red Wings finish the tournament with a 1-2-0 record while the Warriors finish at 0-3-0 and were outscored 17-5.  Moose Jaw finished got singles from Taylor Blackmor and Brogan Townsend.

Game 7:  Melville Millionaires 6 – Estevan Bruins 4

The Millionaires are now 2-1-0 while the Bruins drop 1-2-0.  Leading the way for the Millionaires was Tyson Stadnick with 2-1-3.  Rin Beny and Luke Nkwama each scored their 2nd goals of the tournament.  For the Bruins, it was highly ranked Cole Fonstad with 2 goals and 1 assist, giving him 5 goals for the tournament.  Carson Benning had 2 assists.

Game 6:  Yorkton Terriers 11 – Weyburn Red Wings 2

The Terriers move to 2-0-0 and have now outscored the opposition 20-4 in the 2 wins.  The Red Wings are 0-2-0, having been outscore 18-2.  For Yorkton, Kaeden Taphorn picked up his 2nd straight hat trick, giving him 6-4-10 in 2 games.  Twin brother Keenan Taphorn picked up 4 assists, giving him 3-5-8 and Carson Miller added 1-2-3, giving him 1-8-9 through a pair of contests.  Highly ranked D- Reid Perepeluk scored twice.  Of note, top 5 ranked 2001 prospect D – Kaedan Korczak is out for up to 6 weeks with an injury.  For Weyburn, it was Todd Johnson scoring both goals.

Game 5:  Balgonie Prairie Storm 5 – Estevan Bruins 4

In a battle of 1-0-0 teams, it was the Prairie Storm moving to 2-0-0 after a narrow 5-4 win.  Taylor Halbgewachs paced the Prairie Storm attac with 2 goals, giving him 3-1-4 in 2 games now.  Tylure Brazeau chipped in with 1-1-2.  For Estevan, 4 different players scored singles.

Game 4:  Melville Millionaires 5 – Moose Jaw Warriors 1

The host Millionaires are 1-1-0 and the Warriors are 0-2-0 after getting badly outplayed once again.  Melville got goals from 5 different players which included Sheydon Woodhouse scoring for the 2nd consecutive game.  Jevon Schwean added a pair or helpers.  Moose Jaw’s lone goal came from Reece Newkirk.

Game 3:  Estevan Bruins 7 – Weyburn Red Wings 0

Cole Fonstad and Colton Schell each score twice in leading Estevan past Weyburn 7-0.  J.D. Gervais, Mason Strutt each add 1-1-2 in the win.

Game 2:  Yorkton Terriers 9 – Moose Jaw Warriors 2

Kaeden Taphorn picks up 3-3-6 and Carson Miller add 6 assists in a 9-2 victory in game 2 of the tournament.  The Terriers who are expected to easily come out of the province as Saskatchewan Reps at the Western Canada Bantam Championships also got 3-1-4 from Kaeden’s twin brother – Keenan.  Moose Jaw got 1-1-2 from Quinn Ingalls and a goal from Zac Wakeford.

Game 1:  Balgonie Prairie Storm 6 – Melville Millionaires 2

Taylor Halbgewachs picks up 1-1-2 while Carson Robertson, Kalem Nohnychuk, Tylure Brazeau, Connor Pyne and D – Austin King-Cunningham all add singles for the Prairie Storm.  Rin Beny and Sheydon Woodhouse reply for the Millionaires.

Games Ahead Today

10:50AM Yorkton vs Moose Jaw

1:15PM Estevan vs Weyburn

3:45PM Moose Jaw vs Melville

6PM Prairie Storm vs Estevan

8:30PM Weyburn vs Yorkton

AMBHL Saturday Action

Calgary Bisons 6 – Red Deer White 0

The Calgary Bisons pick up their 2nd shutout in 3 games so far this season in moving to a perfect 3-0-0.  The Bisons have outscored their opponents 17-2 in the 3 wins.  Leading the way for the Bisons yesterday were a pair of returning players from last year with Spencer Moe and D – Jacob Bayne both picking up 1-2-3.  Bayne leads the Bisons in scoring through 3 games with 2-4-6 and Moe sits tied for 2nd with 2-3-5.  Sam Anderson added 1-1-2.  In goal, 2001 born G – Taylor Gauthier picked up his 2nd shutout of the season, stopping all 24 shots he faced.  Gauthier has now turned aside all 37 shots in the 2 shutout wins.  Red Deer White starting G – Duncan Hughes allowed 5 goals on 27 shots in just over 2 periods of play.  D – Luke Bast wasn’t dressed for last nights game and also of note is that one of their stronger players – Josh Tarzwell has yet to score in 3 games, just picking up 1 assist thus far.

Spruce Grove PAC 4 – Lloydminster Heat 2

The Lloydminster Heat have now matched the total losses of the entire 2013-2014 they had after losing their opener 4-2.  The Heat, who are expected to fall in the standings this year were 31-1-1 last season.  2001 born G – Ross Hawryluk stopped 56/60 shots he faced for the Heat and did all he could do to hold his team in it.  Tanner Barnes and Easton Haygarth scored the Heat goals.  For Spruce Grove, it was Nate Lakusta with 1-1-2 to lead the way.  10 different players found the score sheet for the Saints.  In goal, Matthew Leroux stopped 27/29 shots he faced.  Spruce Grove are back at it today as they host a strong Sherwood Park team in what should be a good battle.  Lloydminster has a week to regroup before returning to action next weekend.

Leduc Oil Kings 2 – Fort Saskatchewan Rangers 1

Edmonton KC 6 – Edmonton MLAC 6

MLAC score 2 goals in the final 3 minutes of the game to earn a 6-6 high scoring tie vs. KC.  Leading the way for KC was 2001 born Graeme Bryks with 2-1-3.  Big things are expected from Bryks this year in his 1st year of bantam hockey.  Big 6’2 190lbs Ed Riordon, the son of former Edmonton Oiler goalie Ed Mio picked up 2 goals.  Riordon has never played club hockey before but plays physical and has a scoring touch.  A true dark horse to watch this season.  For MLAC, it was 2000 born F – Brecon Wood leading the way with 1-3-4.  While their highest ranked player in 5’11 Joshua Poon added 1-2-3.  KC outshot MLAC 35-28, which as a result both goalies take a bit of a hit on the save percentage stat line.

Calgary Northstar Sabres 6 – Airdrie Xtreme 1

The Northstar Sabres continue to surprise a bit in the early going in moving to 3-0-1 after a convincing 6-1 win over the now 0-2-0 Extreme who lost their 1st game of the season by an identical 6-1 score to Rocky Mountain.  Leading the way for the Sabres yesterday was Michael Johnson with 2 goals which included the eventual GWG.  Johnson leads the team with 5-1-6 through 4 games.  Big Zak Yewchuk added 3 assists, giving him 1-4-5 on the season which puts him in a tie for 2nd in team scoring with Ryan Wallz who picked up 1-2-3 yesterday.  Every player on the Northstar Sabres have a point this year with the exception of D – Rayvir Sangha.  Daniel Bagniuk stopped 28/29 shots for the win and is now 2-0-0 with a .931%.  The lone goal for Airdrie came from Ryan Ries while their highest ranked player Brandon Machado picked up an assist and has figured in on both Xtreme goals so far.  In goal, Griffin Andrews stopped 33/39 shots faced.

Sherwood Park Flyers 10 – Grand Prairie Storm 3

The odds on favorite to represent the North in the AMBHL final this year, start the season off with a bang in winning 10-3.  The Flyers held a decisive 53-23 edge in shots on goal.  Leading the way for the Flyers was Kai Douglas with 3-1-4.  Douglas had just 1-13-14 last season as a first year bantam.  Big 6’3.5 D – Liam Belcourt picked up 1-2-3 along with Cole Wyatt and Nathan Carl.  Ben Rishaug stopped 20/23 shots faced for the win.  For Grand Prairie, it was Austin Schellenberg, Cole Basnett and Ronan Rheaume picking up singles.  Ty Grant went the distance for the Flyers, allowing 10 goals on 53 shots.  Grand Prairie will head to St. Albert today while Sherwood Park head to Spruce Grove.

Tournament All-Stars

F – Tate Popple – Brandon Wheat Kings

F – Brian Mentuck – Yellowhead Chiefs

F – Noah Geekie – Yellowhead Chiefs

D – Calen Addison – Brandon Wheat Kings

D- Garrett Sambrook – Southwest Cougars

G – Trent Minor – Southwest Cougars

Top 1st Year Bantam – Kolton Shindle

Game 12:  Yellowhead Chiefs 4 – Brandon Wheat Kings 2

Yellowhead gets 2-1-3 from Josh Belcher and 1-2-3 from MacKenzie Belinski while Brian Mentuck capped off a great tournament with 2 assists.  High scoring forward Tate Popple and Jaymes Knee replied for Brandon.

Game 11:  Southwest Cougars 4 – Pembina Valley Hawks 2

Jared McCorrister scores his 6th of the tournament and adds an assist in pacing the Cougars to a 4-2 win.  Michael Tibury continued his strong tournament with 1-1-2 as well.  2001 born F – Kolton Shindle picked up 1-1-2 and had a very good tournament.

Game 6: Yellowhead Chiefs 6 – Pembina Valley Hawks 3

The Yellowhead Chiefs move to 2-1-0 after doubling up the Hawks 6-3.  Noah Geekie led the way for the Chiefs with 2 goals and an assist, he now has 3 goals.  Layne Toder picked up 1-2-3.  For Pembina Valley, Owen Fijala picked up a pair of goals.  The Hawks fall to 1-2-0.

Game 7:  Brandon Wheat Kings 7 – Parkland Rangers 4

The Wheat Kings win their 2nd consecutive contest and are now 2-1-0 while Parkland remain winless at 0-2-1.  For the Wheat Kings, D – Calen Addison notched his 2nd 2 – goal game of the tournament and Jaymes Knee added 2-1-3.  Tate Popple had a big game with 2-3-5 for the Wheat Kings.  For Parkland, D – Koby Morrisseau had 3 assists and Reece Hopfner had 1-1-2.

Game 8:  Pembina Valley Hawks 6 – Southwest Cougars 3

The Hawks square their record at 2-2-0 and hand Southwest their first loss and are now 2-1-0.  For the Hawks, Derik Jamault continued his strong tournament with 2 goals.  Highly ranked 2001 born prospect F – Kolton Shindle added 1-1-2.  For Southwest, Callum Fortin picked up 2-1-3 and Justin Lee added a pair of assists.

Game 9:  Yellowhead Chiefs 8 – Brandon Wheat Kings 5

Brian Mentuck has a huge game with 3-2-5 for Yellowhead in leading them to their 3rd win in 4 games.  That gives Mentuck 8 points in the tournament.  Mackenzie Belinski added a pair of goals for the Chiefs.  For the 2-2-0 Wheat Kings, Calen Addison picks up his 3rd 2-goal game in 4 contests and adds an assist.  Tate Popple has another big game with 1-2-3 as did Lynden McCallum with the same.

Game 10:  Parkland Rangers 6 – Southwest Cougars 4

The host Cougars drop their 2nd game in a row and are now 2-2-0 while Parkland win their first game of the tournament and are 1-2-1 now.  For Parkland Hunter Halcrow had 2-2-4 and D – Lane Kirk added 1-1-2 to lead them to the win.  Southwest got 1-1-2 from Grady Hobbs and Jack King.

Rocky Mountain Raiders 6 – Calgary Northstar Sabres 3

Rocky Mountain who are expected to be a powerhouse AMBHL team knock off the previously undefeated Calgary Northstar Sabres 6-3.  The Sabres are now 3-1-1 and Rocky Mountain 2-0-0.  More details to come shortly.

Sherwood Park 3 – Spruce Grove PAC 3

In a battle of two undefeated teams, it ended in a tie.

Red Deer Black 6 – Airdrie Xtreme 4

The Extreme are now 0-3-0 and have been outscored 18-6 in the 3 losses.  Red Deer Black win their first of the season in a division that will be dominated by Rocky Mountain with teams 2-6 looking sub par.

Abbotsford Hawks:  6-0-0  38GF  13GA

(W) vs. Chilliwack 10-3

(W) vs. Coquitlam 5-1

(W) vs. Ridge Meadows 9-4

(W) vs. Richmond 4-0

(W) vs. Cloverdale 7-3

(W) vs. Langley 3-2

Burnaby Bulldogs:   0-3-0   1GF  10GA

(L) vs. Coquitlam  0-3

(L) vs. Port Coquitlam 1-5

(L) vs. Vancouver Thunderbirds 0-2

BWC Bruins:   2-0-0   16GF  1GA

(W) vs. Hollyburn  6-0

(W) vs. Hollyburn  10-1

Chilliwack Chiefs:   2-4-2   21GF  35GA

(W)  vs. Mission  6-0

(W)  vs. Mission  3-1

(L)   vs. Richmond 1-10

(L)   vs. Abbotsford 3-10

(L)   vs. Coquitlam  1-5

(L)   vs. Ridge Meadows  2-4

(T)   vs. Port Coquitlam  2-2

(T)   vs. Richmond  3-3

Cloverdale Colts:   3-3-1   30GF  20GA

(L)  vs. Richmond  2-4

(L)  vs. Langley  3-5

(W) vs.  South Delta Hockey Academy  6-2

(W) vs.  Surrey  10-0

(W) vs.  Surrey  6-2

(T)  vs.  Semiahmoo  0-0

(L)  vs. Abbotsford  3-7

Coquitlam Chiefs:  2-4-0   12GF  17GA

(L)  vs.  Port Moody  1-3

(L)  vs.  Port Moody  2-4

(L)  vs.  Semiahmoo  0-4

(W) vs.  Burnaby  3-0

(W)  vs.  Chilliwack  5-1

(L)  vs.  Abbotsford 1-5

Hollyburn Huskies:  2-4-0  16GF  26GA

(W)  vs.  Surrey  6-0

(W)  vs.  Surrey  7-0

(L)   vs.  Richmond  1-4

(L)   vs.  Sno Kings  1-6

(L)  vs.  BWC  0-6

(L)  vs.  BWC  1-10

Langley Eagles:   4-2-0   25GF  14GA

(W)  vs.  Surrey  6-0

(W)  vs.  Surrey  4-3

(W)  vs.  Cloverdale  5-3

(W)  vs.  North Vancouver  6-2

(L)  vs.  North Vancouver  2-3

(L)  vs.  Abbotsford  2-3

Mission Stars:  0-5-1  9GF  23GA

(L)  vs.  Chilliwack  0-6

(L)  vs.  Chilliwack  1-3

(L)  vs.  North Delta  4-6

(L)  vs.  North Delta  1-2

(T)  vs.  Surrey  2-2

(L)  vs.  Port Moody  1-4

North Delta:   5-0-0  20GF  10GA

(W)  vs.  Mission  6-4

(W)  vs.  Mission  2-1

(W)  vs.  Surrey  5-4

(W)  vs.  Surrey  3-0

(W)  vs.  South Delta  2-1

NSWC Winterhawks:  1-0-0  4GF  3GA

(W)  vs.  Non-PCAHA  4-3

North Vancouver Spirit:  3-2-2  18GF  23GA

(W)  vs.  Vancouver  3-2

(W)  vs.  NSWC A2  2-0

(L)  vs.  Vancouver  1-6

(T)  vs.  NSWC A2  3-3

(W) vs.  Langley  3-2

(T)  vs.  Surrey  4-4

Port Coquitlam Pirates:  8-0-1  37-14

(W)  vs.  Aldergrove  5-2

(W)  vs.  Aldergrove  5-1

(W)  vs.  Surrey  4-3

(W)  vs.  North Vancouver A2  3-0

(W)  vs.  New Westminster  4-2

(W)  vs.  Surrey  4-1

(W)  vs.  North Vancouver A2  5-2

(W)  vs.  Burnaby  5-1

(T)  vs.  Chilliwack  2-2

Port Moody Panthers:  7-0-1  32GF  16GA

(W)  vs.  Coquitlam  3-1

(W)  vs.  Coquitlam  4-2

(W)  vs.  Semiahmoo A2  3-2

(W)  vs.  Ridge Meadows  3-2

(W)  vs.  BWC A2  8-3

(T)  vs.  Ridge Meadows  3-3

(W)  vs.  Mission 4-1

(W)  vs.  Semiahmoo A2  4-2

Richmond Blues:  6-2-1  30GF  14GA

(W)  vs.  Cloverdale  4-2

(W)  vs.  Semiahmoo  4-0

(W)  vs.  Ridge Meadows  2-0

(W)  vs.  Chilliwack  10-1

(W)  vs.  Hollyburn  4-1

(L)  vs.  South Delta Prep  0-1

(L)  vs.  Abbotsford  0-4

(W)  vs.  Ridge Meadows  3-2

(T)  vs.  Chilliwack  3-3

Seafair Islanders:  1-4-1  9GF  34GA

(L)  vs.  NA  1-7

(L)  vs.  NA  2-6

(L)  vs.  NA  0-13

(T)  vs.  South Delta  1-1

(L)  vs.  Vancouver  0-5

(W)  vs.  South Delta  5-2

Semiahmoo Ravens:  6-1-2  46GF  23GA

(W)  vs.  Surrey  8-1

(W)  vs.  Coquitlam  4-0

(L)  vs.  Richmond  0-4

(W)  vs.  Surrey  12-0

(W)  vs.  NON PCAHA  4-3

(T)  vs.  NON PCAHA  7-7

(W)  vs.  NON PCAHA  7-5

(W)  vs.  NON PCAHA  4-3

(T)  vs.  Cloverdale  0-0

Sno Kings:  1-1-0  8GF  8GA

(L)  vs.  Vancouver  2-7

(W)  vs.  Hollyburn  6-1

South Delta:  0-4-1  4GF  40GA

(L)  vs.  Vancouver  0-12

(T)  vs.  Seafair  1-1

(L)  vs.  Vancouver  0-18

(L)  vs.  Seafair  2-5

(L)  vs.  North Delta  1-4

South Delta Academy (PREP):  3-0-0  14GF  3GA

(W)  vs.  NON PCAHA  7-1

(W)  vs.  Richmond  1-0

(W)  vs.  Vancouver  6-2

Surrey Thunder:  0-10-1  14GF  71GA

(L)  vs.  Langley  0-6

(L)  vs.  Semiahmoo  1-8

(L)  vs.  Langley  3-4

(L)  vs.  Semiahmoo  0-12

(L)  vs.  Hollyburn  0-6

(L)  vs.  Hollyburn  0-7

(L)  vs.  Cloverdale  0-10

(L)  vs.  North Delta  4-5

(L)  vs.  Cloverdale  2-6

(T)  vs.  North Vancouver  4-4

(L)  vs.  North Delta  0-3

Vancouver:  3-1-0  24GF  7GA

(L)  vs.  North Vancouver  2-3

(W)  vs.  North Vancouver  6-1

(W)  vs.  NSWC A2  13-2

(W)  vs.  NSWC A2  3-1

Vancouver Thunderbirds:  8-1-0  71GF  14GA

(W)  vs.  NON PCAHA  8-1

(W)  vs.  NON PCAHA  5-1

(W)  vs.  NON PCAHA  7-1

(W)  vs.  NON PCAHA  7-3

(W)  vs.  South Delta  12-0

(W)  vs.  Sno Kings  7-2

(W)  vs.  Seafair  5-0

(W)  vs.  South Delta  18-0

(L)  vs.  South Delta PREP  2-6

Fort Saskatchewan Rangers 4 – St. Albert Sabres 4

Bryce Osepchuk’s 2nd goal of the game in the 3rd period gives Fort Saskatchewan a tie in St. Albert last night.  Both teams were coming off opening losses to start the season as Fort Saskatchewan dropped a 2-1 decision to Leduc and St. Albert lost 5-1 to a much improved Grand Prairie squad.  Top ranked 2001 born prospect Kirby Dach picked up his 1st goal of the season for the Rangers and Jacob Bennett stopped 28/32.  Bennett posted a 2.72 GAA and a .921 as a first year bantam in the ERBHL last year.  St. Albert had four single markers all by defenceman.  Highly ranked defenceman Jayden Platz and Aiden Yakimchuk each scored.  In goal, bit 6’3 Mitchell Reidy stopped 37/41.

Edmonton CAC 7 – Edmonton KC 3

Edmonton CAC open their season on a winning note with a 7-3 victory while outshooting KC 44-22 on the night.  Josh Prokop led the way for CAC with 1-2-3 who got goals from 7 different players.  Simon Weidemann, Ryley Appelt and Josh Stypka all had 2 point games.  In goal, Theo Yaremko stopped 19/22.  For KC, Ryley Cardinal, Liam Robb and D – Alex Morrocco scored.  KC got 37/44 stops from 2001 born G – Eric Ward.  KC are now 0-1-1.

Tonights Games

Calgary Flames 2-0-1  at Calgary Bisons  3-0-0

– Dylan Holloway, Cameron Pollock-Hughes, Eric Martin all come in with 2-3-5 and are tied with D – Max Crozier 0-5-5 for the team scoring lead through 3 games.  D – Jonathon Tychonick leads in goals with 3.  Both Carl Stankowski and 2001 born Brett Balas have 2.00 GAA with Stankowski playing in 2 of the 3 games.

– D- Jacob Bayne 2-4-6 lead the Bisons in scoring through 3 games.  Scott Mckenzie and Spencer Moe 2-3-5 sit just behind.  Just Cayden Shmyr and Jackson Hogg are looking for their first points of the season.  2001 born G – Taylor Gauthier has 2 shutouts to start his bantam hockey career.

Rocky Mountain Raiders  2-0-0  at Calgary Royals  3-0-1

– Zach Huber comes in red hot with 5-4-9 in his first 2 games of the season.  2001 born D – Kirby Proctor with 1-4-5 and fellow 2001 high end prospects Peyton Krebs is off to a great start with 2-3-5 and Kale Clouston – son of Medicine Hat Tigers head coach/GM Shaun Clouston is a big 6’3 power forward with 1-4-5.

– The Royals are proving to be the other of the elite 4 teams in the AMBHL South, joining Rocky Mountain, Calgary Flames and Calgary Bisons.  The Royals are getting outstanding production from returning forwards Louis Jamernik (2-9-11), which leads the league in scoring as well as Zane Kindrachuk (3-7-10) and the leagues goal scoring leader Brad Ginnell (8-1-9).  G – Shawn Wiranata has started 3 of the 4 games thus far, posting a 2-0-1 record with a 2.00 and a .922%.

Western Canada Top 10 Team Rankings

1.   NSWC Winterhawks – PCAHA  (0-0-0)

2.   South Delta Hockey Academy – CSSHL  (0-0-0)

3.   Calgary Flames – AMBHL (2-0-1)

4.   OHA – CSSHL (0-0-0)

5.   Winnipeg Warriors – WPG AAA (0-0-0)

6.   Calgary Royals – AMBHL  (3-0-1)

7.   Calgary Bisons – AMBHL  (3-0-0)

8.   Sherwood Park Flyers – AMBHL  (1-0-1)

9.   Notre Dame Hounds – SMAAHL (0-0-0)

10. Rocky Mountain Raiders – AMBHL  (2-0-0)

Honorable Mentions

Abbotsford Hawks (PCAHA), Yorkton Terriers (SBAAHL), Edmonton CAC (AMBHL), Richmond Blues (PCAHA), Winnipeg Monarchs (WPG AAA), POE (CSSHL)

The 3rd Annual NWCAA Bantam AAA Invitational Tournament will take place in Calgary, AB from November 14-16.  In total, sixteen teams will take part at the event which runs the same time as the Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds tournament.  Here are the sixteen teams who will take part.

The tournament will feature all of the top south division teams from the AMBHL and the likely top team from the North with Sherwood Park attending.  From Saskatchewan, the Yorkton Terriers and the Notre Dame Hounds are easily the top teams from Saskatchewan and are loaded with many of the provinces top prospects.  They should be able to compete well.  British Columbia is a bit of a different animal this year with the fall of BWC and the newly put together South Delta Prep team.  That said, many of the top teams will attend this event minus NSWC and if you want to include BWC.  Richmond promises to be strong this year after going with mostly a 2000 age group team last year and South Delta along with OHA should be strong, top 10 teams in western Canada.  By our count, the Rocky Mountain Tournament will have 8 or 9 of the top western Canada bantam teams.

What does this do to the Hockey Hounds Tournament?

That leaves just POE, Winnipeg Warriors, Edge, NSWC, BWC, Abbotsford and some possible American teams as its main teams at the event.  Has the Calgary tournament passed the Hockey Hounds Tournament now?

Alberta

Calgary Flames

Calgary Bisons

Calgary Royals

Calgary Northstars

Canadian Athletic Club

Rocky Mountain Raiders

Sherwood Park United Cycle Flyers

Saskatchewan

Notre Dame Hounds

Yorkton UCT Terriers

Manitoba

Winnipeg Monarchs

 British Columbia

South Delta Hockey Academy

Kamloops Jardine Blazers

Victoria Racquet Club

Okanagan Hockey Academy

Richmond Blues

 USA

Arizona Bobcats

AMBHL Thursday

Leduc Oil Kings 2 – Edmonton CAC 1

The Oil Kings follow up an impressive 2-1 win over Fort Saskatchewan last Saturday with another 2-1 win over CAC.  Both CAC and Fort Saskatchewan are expected to be top teams in the North this season.  Tyler Smithies scored his 2nd goal in as many games in the 3rd period which turned out to be the GWG.  Colby Wolter scored his first of the season and Max Gould stopped 22/23 shots for the win.  The lone CAC marker was scored by Josh Prokop, his 2nd goal in as many games.  Prokop leads CAC through 2 games with 2-2-4.  In goal, Adam Tysiakiawicz stopped 31/33 shots.

Tonights Game

Camrose Red Wings (0-0-0) at Edmonton KC (0-1-1)

News/Notes:

– The Airdrie Xtreme are looking to 2nd year forward Brandon Machado to carry the brunt of the offence and supply leadership.  Here is an article from the Airdrie City View right HERE.

– Entering the weekend, Louis Jamernik continues to lead the AMBHL in scoring with 3-10-13 through 5 games.  While his team-mate Brad Ginnell leads in goals with 8 and adding 3 assists to sit 2nd in league scoring with 11 points.

– Defenseman Jacob Bayne of the Calgary Bisons, Jonathon Tychonick of the Calgary Flames and 2001 born Rocky Mountain Raiders D – Kirby Proctor lead the defenseman scoring race with 6 points.  Tychonick leads with 4 goals.

– Chandler Weber of the Southeast Tigers leads in PIMS with 19 through just 3 games.

– The Grand Prairie Storm have the tallest average of players in the AMBHL at 5’10.1 while the Lloydminster Heat are the heaviest at 156.8 lbs.  The shortest team for height is Camrose at 5’6.6 and the lightest are Southeast Tigers at 127.9.

SBAAHL – Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan Bantam AA league will get its regular season underway tonight with the Humboldt Broncos taking on the Saskatoon Outlaws.  This will be the first look of the season at 2001 born scoring ace Logan Barlage.  In Peewee hockey last year, Barlage put up a staggering 175-99-274!

Five more games will take place on opening weekend which included top ranked Yorkton opening up at home vs. Weyburn.  Speaking of Yorkton, they defeated the Notre Dame AAA Hounds last night in exhibition action 6-4.  Both teams dressed their final lineups.

Winnipeg AAA – Manitoba

The Winnipeg AAA league won’t get underway until Wednesday, October 1st and then the Bantam Hockey Showcase will follow on the weekend, featuring all the bantam teams in the league.

British Columbia

– In PCAHA action, it will be BWC vs. NSWC tonight.  BWC will be looking to prove their skeptics wrong while NSWC will be looking to prove they are just in being ranked as the top team in western Canada.  Always a great game between the two power house clubs.

– The newly formed CSSHL Bantam Prep league which has teams Delta Hockey Academy, OHA, POE and Edge will get underway this weekend with OHA visiting Edge for 3 games in Calgary and Delta visiting POE for a pair of games.

– The OMAHA Bantam League which has teams Greater Vernon, Kelowna Jr. Rockets, Kamloops Jardine Blazers and Prince George will get underway next weekend with 3 games.

– Lastly, the VIAHA placement round schedule is well underway.  Nanaimo won both opening weekend games by scores of 7-1 and 12-0.  Juan de Fuca split with a loss against Victoria RC and a win vs. Comox Valley.  Victoria RC defeated Juan de Fuca and Campbell River.

Western Canada Top 10 Team Rankings