Members of the Kindersley Red Lions celebrate with teammate Jesse Ismond, the Red Lions’ overtime hero on Saturday night in their 2-1 win over the visiting Eatonia Huskies.
Crossroads staff
Sask. West Hockey League
It may sound like a broken record, but the Wilkie Outlaws continue to dominate the Sask. West Hockey League with a 14-0 record.
The next two teams Macklin (11-3) and Kindersley (9-4-0-2) are on three-game winning streaks and although they won’t be able to catch Wilkie, they are peaking at the right time with six (Macklin) and five (Kindersley) games remaining in the regular season.
On the other side of the slate, the Unity Miners have been on a slide, losing their last five games, but with this weekend off, they hope to regroup and come back strong in the final third of the schedule.
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Here’s a look at what happened this past weekend: Dec. 29 – Eatonia 5 in Kerrobert 2; Unity 3 in Kindersley 5. Dec. 30 – Kerrobert 6 in Unity 4 and Eatonia 1 in Kindersley 2 (OT).
Here’s what’s coming up: Jan. 5 – Wilkie in Kerrobert and Macklin in Luseland. Jan. 6 – Kerrobert in Luseland and Macklin in Wilkie. Jan. 10 – Biggar in Wilkie.
Standings, as of Jan. 2: 1. Wilkie 14-0; 2. Macklin 11-3; 3. Kindersley 9-4-2; 4. Unity 7-9; 5. Kerrobert 5-8-1; 6. Biggar 5-8-1; 7. Eatonia 3-6-4; 8. Luseland 2-10.
Sask. Valley Hockey League
The Eston Ramblers enter 2018 as the hottest team in the league, having won their last six games. They sit in third with an 8-2 record.
Above them is Kyle at 9-2 and Outlook at 9-3 in second. Sitting in fourth is Beechy with a 7-3-0-1 record for 15 points, followed by Central Butte 7-3; Delisle 4-8; Loreburn 2-9; Elrose 2-8; and Kenaston 1-10.
There was only one game played last weekend: Dec. 29, the Central Butte Flyers defeated the hometown Loreburn 19ers 5-1. There was one other game scheduled, Elrose in Kyle, but that game ended up being postponed.
Games coming up this week: Jan. 3 – Loreburn in Kenaston. Jan. 5 – Kyle in Delisle; Loreburn in Outlook; Kenaston in Eston and Central Butte in Elrose. Jan. 6 – Loreburn in Beechy; Central Butte in Kenaston and Eston in Elrose. Jan. 7 – Outllok in Beechy and Elrose in Delisle. Jan. 10 – Eston in Elrose.
Player of the week: Jesse Book of Loreburn.
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