U18 AAA WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Brandon earns four points on the road
U18 AAA WEEKLY ROUNDUP
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BOYS
BRANDON WHEAT KINGS
The second-place Wheat Kings (10-2-0-0) earned four points in weekend games against the fourth-place Winnipeg Bruins (9-2-0-0), first-place Eastman Selects (11-1-0-0) and seventh-place Interlake Lightning (6-4-0-1) in the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League.
On Sunday at Teulon-Rockwood Arena, Kale Nicol had two goals and Carson Fowler, Ashton Shields and Owen Stanley added singles in a 5-2 Brandon victory over Interlake.
Aurick Veldhuisen made 19 saves for Brandon, with Sawyer Henkelman blocking 50 shots for Interlake.
On Saturday at Steinbach’s Southeast Event Centre, Jevon Peters scored twice and Ty Mistelbacher sniped the winning goal on a penalty shot in a 5-4 Selects victory.
Luke Krieser, Crew Elder, Etienne Visser and Jake Beaty replied for the Wheat Kings. Cooper Dryden made 32 saves for Brandon, with Zaiden McDonald Horvath turning aside 29 shots for Eastman.
On Friday at Southdale Community Centre, Nicol had two goals and an assist to lead the Wheat Kings to a 4-2 victory over the Bruins. Visser and Ty Aldcroft had the other Brandon goals.
Cooper Dryden made 26 saves for Brandon, with Logan German blocking 34 shots for Winnipeg.
The Wheat Kings next see action when the Pembina Valley Hawks head to J&G Homes Arena on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and the Winnipeg Thrashers visit on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
SOUTHWEST COUGARS
The sixth-place Cougars (6-6-1-1) saw lots of overtime as they continued their seven-game home stand against the Yellowhead Chiefs, the 11th-place Central Plains Capitals (4-9-0-0) and the ninth-place Winnipeg Thrashers (5-5-1-1).
On Sunday afternoon, Zayden McKay and Evan Rae scored 23 seconds apart to give Southwest an early 2-0 lead, but in the four-round shootout, Tyson Sippel’s goal stood as the winner in a 3-2 Winnipeg victory.
Skyler Deacon had a goal for Southwest in the shootout.
Liam Banga made 45 saves for the Cougars, with Champ Vannus blocking 30 shots for the Thrashers.
On Friday, the Cougars blew a 6-4 lead in the third period and fell 7-6 in overtime to the Capitals after Maverick McFarlane scored his first goal of the season.
Jaxson Cullen, Gavin Anderson, Jordan Knox, Evan Raes, Skyler Deacon and Liam Magwood had the Southwest goals. Dawson Smart made 30 saves for Southwest, with Riley Foster and Kyle Gee blocking 38 shots for Winnipeg.
On Wednesday, Jaxson Cullen’s second goal came 4:41 into overtime for a 4-3 Southwest victory.
Ethan Chen and Coleton Koop had the other Cougars goals, with Redden Richmond, William Marvin and Carter White replying for the Chiefs.
Liam Banga made 29 saves for Southwest, with Landon McGregor blocking 27 shots for Yellowhead.
The Cougars visit Portage la Prairie’s Stride Place to meet the Central Plains on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., then host the Pembina Valley Hawks on Saturday at 8 p.m., and the Thrashers on Sunday at 2 p.m.
YELLOWHEAD CHIEFS
After Wednesday’s road game against the Southwest Cougars, the eighth-place Chiefs (5-3-2-1) hosted the fifth-place Pembina Valley Hawks (7-8-0-0) for a doubleheader at Shoal Lake Communiplex.
On Sunday, Winston Lepp, William Marvin, Colin Melnyk and Ethan Turchinski scored for the Chiefs in a 4-3 victory.
Darby Wilson made 39 saves for Yellowhead, with Carson O’Connor blocking 35 shots for Pembina Valley.
On Saturday, Grady McNish scored twice and Bryce Gambler, Carter White and Winston Lepp added singles in a 5-4 Chiefs victory.
Mason Froese had two goals for the Hawks.
Landon McGregor made 26 saves for Yellowhead, with Brody Peters blocking 34 shots for Pembina Valley.
The Chiefs visit Steinbach’s Southeast Event Centre to play the Eastman Selects on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
PARKLAND RANGERS
The 13th-place Rangers (0-14-0-0) fell in a pair of games at Dauphin’s Credit Union Place against the Winnipeg Wild (10-3-0-0), who are tied with Brandon for second place.
On Sunday, Carter Rands scored at the 7:31 mark in the first period to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead, but five minutes they trailed 4-1 en route to an 11-1 loss
Connor Thorn made 49 saves for Parkland, with Reid Nicholson blocking 10 shots for Winnipeg.
On Saturday, Ardan Downey stopped all 17 shots he faced in a 5-0 Winnipeg victory. Ashton Kopala scored the first two goals for the Wild. Benji Gardner made 46 saves for Parkland.
The Rangers head north to Thompson’s C.A. Nesbitt Arena to skate against the Norman Northstars on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
GIRLS
YELLOWHEAD CHIEFS
The sixth-place Chiefs (2-4-0-0) beat the fifth-place Central Plains Capitals (2-6-01) in the Manitoba Female Hockey League U18 AAA.
On Saturday at Shoal Lake Communiplex, Quinn Twordik had two goals and an assist as the Chiefs earned a 5-1 victory. Avery McGonigal, Jayce Oakden and Haley Chipelski scored the other goals for the victors.
Kylie Hack made 35 saves for Yellowhead, with Shannon Hees stopping 28 shots for Central Plains.
The Chiefs visit the Westman Wildcats on Tuesday at 8:15 p.m., then head out on the road to Morden’s Access Events Centre to meet the Pembina Valley Hawks on Saturday at 4:30 p.m., and the Winnipeg Ice at Hockey For All Centre on Sunday at 3:15 p.m.
WESTMAN WILDCATS
The first-place Wildcats (8-1-0-0) beat Central Plains on Friday at Hartney Arena.
Demi Hodson, Georgia Koop and Fergie Bertholet scored in a 3-1 Wildcats victory.
Indigo Stone made 19 saves for the Westman, with Calleigh Duchart stopping 34 shots for Central Plains.
They host Yellowhead on Tuesday in their last action before Nov. 21.
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