Wheat Kings, Wild will meet in final again
U18 AAA WEEKLY ROUNDUP
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This article was published 18/03/2024 (779 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
BOYS
The Brandon Wheat Kings will meet the Winnipeg Wild in the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League final again. It’s the fourth time the teams have met in the last five seasons that weren’t interrupted by the pandemic.
SEMIFINALS
A dejected Pembina Valley Hawks goalie Bryson Yaschyshyn lays on the ice after Brandon Wheat Kings sniper Jaxon Jacobson scored his second goal of the game at the four-minute mark of the third to give his team a 3-2 lead. The Wheat Kings would add another goal en route to a 4-2 win during the Friday night tilt at J&G Homes Arena and sweep the best-of-five semifinals series 3-0. (Jules Xavier/The Brandon Sun)
PEMBINA VALLEY (7) vs. BRANDON (1)
The Wheat Kings made short week of the Hawks to run their playoff record to 6-0.
In Game 1 on Tuesday at J&G Homes Arena, Liam Goertzen tied the game for Pembina Valley after Brandon’s Brady Turko opened the scoring, but Jaxon Jacobson had the next two goals en route to a 6-1 Wheat Kings decision.
Ethan Stewart, Colten Worthington and Nash Henwood had the other Brandon goals.
Burke Hood made 21 saves for Brandon, with Bryson Yaschyshyn stopping 42 shots for Pembina Valley.
In Game 2 on Thursday at Morden’s Access Event Centre, Turko, Jacobson and Cole Dupuis gave Brandon a 3-0 lead, with Goertzen replying for Pembina Valley. Jacobson’s second goal came with a second remaining in the second period in what proved to be a 4-1 victory.
Matthew Michta made 16 saves for Brandon, with Yaschyshyn blocking 38 shots for Pembina Valley.
In the deciding Game 3 on Friday at J&G Homes Arena, Jacobson and Turko gave the Wheat Kings a 2-0 lead in the first period, Acoyen Fehr and Goertzen tied it in the second period but Jacobson netted the winner 16 minutes into the third period and Worthington added a late goal in a 4-2 outcome.
Hood made 19 saves for Brandon, with Yaschyshyn blocking 41 shots for Pembina Valley.
WPG THRASHERS (4) vs WPG WILD (3)
In Game 1 on Sunday, March 11, Rohan Guevarra and Brandon Corda each scored twice and Mason Mykichuk converted on a penalty shot in a 6-3 Thrashers victory.
Jacob Armstrong made 17 saves for the Wild, with Taye Timmerman blocking 28 shots for the Thrashers.
In Game 2 on Wednesday at Gateway Recreation Centre, Declan Siwicki and Luca Pura both had a pair of goals for the Wild in a 5-1 victory. The Wild had the final four goals of the game after Lian Hanzmann tied the game 1-1 for the Thrashers.
Armstrong made 31 saves for the Wild, with Timmerman turning aside 39 shots for the Thrashers.
In Game 3 on Thursday at Hockey For All Centre, Jonah Vanderhorst scored 7:16 into overtime to boost the Wild to a 2-1 victory. The Wild’s Carter Kingerski opened the scoring late in the first period and Crosby Harrison of the Thrashers tied it midway through the third period.
Armstrong made 38 saves for the Wild, with Timmerman blocking 31 shots for the Thrashers.
In Game 4 on Sunday afternoon at Gateway Recreation Centre, William Marceus and Branden Watson gave the Wild a 2-0 lead in the first period, and they blew the game open with goals by Jonah Vanderhorst and Hudson Kowalchuk as they built a 4-0 lead en route to a 5-2 final.
Armstrong made 36 saves for the Wild, with Timmerman blocking 27 shots for the Thrashers.
GIRLS
FINAL
The Westman Wildcats and the Winnipeg Ice will meet in the best-of-five Manitoba Female Hockey League U18 AAA final.
The series opens at Winnipeg’s Hockey For All Centre on Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. Game 2 is at Hartney Arena on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., Game 3 is back at Hockey For All Centre on Sunday at 7 p.m., and Game 4, if needed, is at Hartney Arena on Wednesday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m.
The details on Game 5, if necessary, haven’t been determined yet.
SEMIFINALS
EASTMAN (3) vs. WESTMAN (2)
The Wildcats earned a pair of shutouts to close out their series with the Selects.
In Game 4 at Niverville Recreation Centre on Wednesday, Danica Averill stopped 28 shots and Ivy Perkin and Marlie Rutherford scored in a 2-0 series-clinching victory.
The Wildcats won 4-0 in Game 3. Eastman earned a 4-1 victory in Game 2 and Westman won 2-1 in Game 1.
Westman swept the Pembina Valley Hawks in the opening round.
YELLOWHEAD (4) vs. WPG ICE (1)
In Game 3 at Southdale Arena on Tuesday, Stephanie Jacob scored twice and Laura Melizza made 28 saves in a 4-0 win to the sweep the series.
Natalie Rampton stopped 38 shots for Yellowhead. Winnipeg won a pair of 4-3 decisions earlier in the series, with the Game 1 winner coming in overtime.
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