U18 AAA WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Wheaties sweep Thistles
U18 AAA WEEKLY ROUNDUP
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BOYS
BRANDON WHEAT KINGS
The Wheat Kings (13-6-0-1), who are tied for third place with the Winnipeg Bruins, swept the 13th-place Kenora Thistles (0-17-0-0) at Moncrief Construction Sports Centre in the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League over the weekend.
On Sunday, Jaxson Brick, Hudson Champagne, Matthew Dupuis, Reid Nicol and Max Dawson scored in a 5-1 Brandon victory.
Cooper Dryden made 23 saves for Brandon, with Keanu Waasa’aanakwad turning aside 60 shots for Kenora.
On Saturday, Nicol scored with 12 seconds left in the first period and that opened the floodgates in a 7-1 Wheat Kings victory.
Crew Elder sniped twice and Owen Stanley, Kevin Knee, Easten Turko and Cole Dupuis added singles for Brandon, which led 5-0 after 40 minutes.
Urijah Moosetail made 25 saves for Brandon, with Tyson Ponton blocking 56 shots for Kenora.
The Wheat Kings next see action at J&G Homes Arena against the Pembina Valley Hawks on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., and the Interlake Lightning on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
SOUTHWEST COUGARS
The fifth-place Cougars (12-5-1-2) swept the Yellowhead Chiefs and the 10th-place Central Plains Capitals (3-13-1-2).
On Sunday at Souris/Glenwood Memorial Complex, Nate Brown made 27 saves, Eric Berger scored twice and Jake Beaty and Cole Lobreau added singles in a 4-0 Southwest victory over Central Plains.
Karsen Dyck blocked 31 shots for Central Plains.
On Saturday at Shoal Lake Communiplex, Shane Elder gave the Cougars the lead but Winston Lepp tied it for the Chiefs early in the second period. That meant it was time for the Kole Beard show, who posted a natural hat trick in a 4-1 Southwest win.
Brady Shields made 20 saves for Southwest, with Landon McGregor blocking 25 shots for Yellowhead.
The Winnipeg Wild visit the Souris/Glenwood Memorial Complex on Wednesday at 8 p.m., and Thompson’s C.A. Nesbitt Arena for games against the Norman Northstars on Saturday at 7 p.m., and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
YELLOWHEAD CHIEFS
The only action for the ninth-place Chiefs (9-10-0-0) was against Southwest on Saturday.
The Chiefs visit the Rangers at Dauphin’s Credit Union Place on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m., and then head to Morden’s Access Event Centre for games against the Pembina Valley Hawks on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
PARKLAND RANGERS
The eighth-place Rangers (10-5-3-0) lost a heartbreaker to the sixth-place Pembina Valley Hawks (12-6-0-1).
On Saturday at Dauphin’s Credit Union Place, Noah Smigelsky opened the scoring but it took goals by Gavyn Yon and Alex Campbell to tie the game 3-3, and then Forrest Karlson to make it 4-4. Unfortunately for Parkland, Ocean Fehr scored with 18 seconds remaining to give Pembina Valley the 5-4 victory.
Carter Sigurdson made 20 saves for Parkland, with Brody Peters blocking 31 shots for Pembina Valley.
The Rangers host the Chiefs in Dauphin on Tuesday, and the Interlake Lightning visit on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
GIRLS
YELLOWHEAD CHIEFS
The sixth-place Chiefs (5-5-1-1) hit the highway to meet the eighth-place Interlake Lightning (1-12-0-0) on Friday and the seventh-place Pembina Valley Hawks (5-5-0-1) on Saturday in the Manitoba Female Hockey League U18 AAA.
On Saturday at Morden’s Access Event Centre, Nicole Rozdeba gave the Chiefs a 1-0 lead, but Ella Victor’s power-play goal early in the third period proved to be the winner in a 2-1 Hawks victory.
Gracie Johnston made 24 saves for Yellowhead, while Pembina Valley’s Madison Froese was sensational in stopping 46 shots.
On Friday at Stonewall’s Veterans Memorial Sports Complex, Addison Tomes stopped all 20 shots she faced as Eastman earned a 3-0 victory. Gracie Johnston and Kylie Hack made 35 saves for Yellowhead.
The Chiefs play once this week, hosting the Pembina Valley Hawks at Shoal Lake Communiplex on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
WESTMAN WILDCATS
The third-place Wildcats (6-5-0-3) split a pair of games on the road against the fourth-place Central Plains Capitals (6-7-0-0) and the fifth-place Winnipeg Avros (5-5-2-0).
On Sunday at Seven Oaks Arena, Ava Snyder scored in overtime as the Wildcats earned a 3-2 victory over the Avros.
Ivy Fry and Ivy Perkin had given the Wildcats a 2-0 lead but the Avros tied it with goals four minutes apart early in the second period.
Indigo Stone made 17 saves for Westman, with Anya Kauenhowen turning aside 27 shots for Winnipeg.
On Saturday at Portage la Prairie’s BDO Centre for the Community, Perkin scored twice and Londyn Hrubeniuk also sniped but Ainslie Zubec’s goal with less than two minutes remaining tied it 3-3 and both Central Plains shootout attempts went in as the Capitals earned a 4-3 victory. Shannon Hees made 34 saves for Westman, with Olivia May stopping 35 shots for Central Plains.
The Wildcats next see action when they visit the Niverville Community Resource and Recreation Centre to meet the Eastman Selects on Saturday at 5:15 p.m., and then they return home to Hartney Arena to play Pembina Valley on Sunday at 5 p.m.
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