SWHL, SVHL quarterfinal series begin this weekend on several fronts
Crossroads Staff The battles for the Sask West Hockey League and Sask Valley Hockey League championships start this weekend with quarterfinal matchups ready to go. SWHL The Wilkie Outlaws and Kindersley Sr. Klippers have earned a bye to the league semifinals as the top seeds heading into the league’s quarterfinals. The final games of the…
Bantams host the Stallions in Unity on Sunday. The peewees play the Knights in Prince Albert on Saturday and are in Warman on Sunday
Crossroads staff The West Central Atom Wheat Kings came close to winning a tournament in North Battleford last weekend. Results were mixed for the other Wheat King teams. In Saskatoon, the bantam Wheat Kings lost 8-3 to the Generals on Feb. 2 and 9-5 to the Maniacs on Feb. 3. In their only action in…
The bantams are in Saskatoon this weekend for two games; the peewees are in Prince Albert and Warman on Feb. 9 and 10
Crossroads staff The West Central Bantam Wheat Kings had a chance to move up in league standings but lost 6-3 to the Regina Aces on Sunday in Dodsland, after being downed 6-2 by the Prince Albert Pirates in Kerrobert on Saturday. They remain in 11th place in the North Division of the Saskatchewan AA Bantam…
Still some jostling taking place in the SVHL and SWHL for playoff positions
Crossroads Staff The playoffs are just on the horizon for senior hockey leagues in the region. The final games of the regular season will be played this weekend. SWHL The Wilkie Outlaws have climbed their way back to the top of the standings and only the Kindersley Sr. Klippers have a slim chance to retake…
The bantams host the Prince Albert Pirates in Kerrobert on Saturday and the Regina Aces in Dodsland on Sunday
Crossroads staff The West Central Peewee Wheat Kings got just one point on their two-game road trip this past weekend. And while that tie, 1-1 on Sunday, was with the league-leading Warman Wildcats in Warman, it wasn’t one of the peewee Wheat Kings’ best games, according to their head coach. “I don’t think we played…
SWHL, SVHL playoffs looming
Crossroads Staff Teams in the region’s senior hockey leagues continue to jostle for playoff positions as their regular seasons start to wind down. The final games for teams in both the Sask West Hockey League and Sask Valley Hockey League are scheduled to be played on Feb. 2, so there are only two more weekends…
Kindersley and Wilkie have locked up the top two spots and a first-round bye in the SWHL playoffs, but the race for first is far from finished
Crossroads Staff A two-team race for first place in the Sask West Hockey League is closer after the season-long unbeaten streak for the Kindersley Sr. Klippers was snapped on Sunday. The Macklin Mohawks have given the Sr. Klippers all they could handle this season. The Mohawks defeated Sr. Klippers 5-3 on Jan. 13 in Macklin…
The Elks and the second-place Delisle Bruins hook up for a game tonight in Kyle, with a lot riding on the outcome
Crossroads Staff The Kyle Elks now sit alone in first place in the Sask Valley Hockey League after the Delisle Bruins were upset on home ice on Tuesday night. Delisle and Kyle were tied for first overall heading into last weekend’s action, but the Outlook Ice Hawks knocked off the Bruins by a score of…
Creation of Tier 1 team helping the development of young players at all skill levels
Crossroads staff The West Central Atom Wheat Kings have had a successful first season so far, going by both feedback and their record. Meanwhile, the other two Wheat King teams added to their records but in opposite ways. The Bantam Wheat Kings didn’t get back in the win column last weekend. They lost 8-5 to…
The league’s top eight teams make the playoffs, so no team is eliminated yet
Crossroads Staff The Delisle Bruins and Kyle Elks are tied for first place in the Sask Valley Hockey League, and it is shaping up to be a two-team battle for first place. Most of the teams in the SVHL have played at least two-thirds of their 18-game regular season schedules. The Bruins (11-1) and Elks…