2016-17 Manitoba Bisons/CIS Thread

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Sept 17: Bisons Beat Mutts, Claim 2nd

MANITOBA BISONS 5
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2

Links:
• [U of M Schedule/Results]
• [U of S Schedule/Results]

This win for the Herd left both teams at 1-1-0 for the weekend and tied for 2nd. The Bisons were awarded 2nd by virtue of the win. Here's the report from the host site:

Manitoba kicked off Saturday's action with a 5-2 victory over the Saskatchewan Huskies, led by Brett Dudar who had two goals and an assist. Daniel Stagg, Brett Stovin and Brett Brooks also found the net in the win.

They also added a blurb on Friday's game:

Also on Friday night, the Dinos dismantled Manitoba, earning a 7-2 win at The Co-opertaors Centre. The Dinos exploded for six unanswered goals over the first 45 minutes thanks to Danny Gayle, Luke Harrison, Mackenzie Colasimone, Chris Collins, Walchuk and Dumonceaux. Stagg and Stovin replied for Manitoba and Robbie Fisher added one more for the Dinos.

It is not likely that I will find a roster link nor stats for either game. Not surprising to see Stovin score in both games, and Dudar closed strong when he plaued two years ago. But Stagg may be a surprise. This would give him 3 goals in 3 games as a walk-on in a camp with 20 forwards. Of course, last weekend's goal was an empty-netter and Friday's goal was once the game was out of hand. Next weekend's roster against Regina should be interesting.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

CALGARY DINOSAURS 5
REGINA COUGARS 3

Links:
• [U of R Schedule/Results] ∞ [Tournament Story]
• [Regina Twitter] ∞ [Regina Facebook]
• [U of C Schedule/Results]

Impressive numbers for Bedrock U. Mr. Slate must be impressed. Without stats it is jard to know how the jumped all over the Bisons.That score seems to be the only anomoly in the tournament.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3
(in overtime)

Links:
• [Alberta Game Link]
• [UBC Schedule/Results]
• [LeagueStat Alberta] ∞ [LeagueStat UBC]
• [LeagueStat Live Updates]

You have to give credit to UBC as an orfanization for uploading the rosters and stats. Or at least some of them. The daily stats link does not link to the usual game stats page but does link to team pages. At least for now.

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 2
LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 5

Links:
• [U of L Schedule/Results]
• [U of L Twitter]
• [ACAC Schedule/Results]

I didn't see Twitter updates for the Saturday game. At least the H0rny Ones have swept their 4 game ACAC swing.

ACAC/OUT EAST

Williston State 2 Briercrest 3
NAIT 3 Innisfail Eagles 4 (SO)
Augustana Bentley - missing
Trinity Western 0 Red Deer 2
Portage 3 Concordia 7
Ryerson 2 Toronto 1 (ot) ¶ [UT S&R]
U.O.I.T. 5 York 1 ¶ [York S&R]
U.Q.T.R. 5 Concordia 2 ¶ [Con S&R]
Queen's 4 R.M.C. 3 ¶ [QU S&R]

UP NEXT

Sunday, September 18
U.Q.T.R. at Ottawa
Alberta at U.B.C.

Monday, September 19
U.P.E.I. at New Brunswick
Guelph at Windsor

Wednesday, September 21
Acadia vs Saint Mary's (at Bridgewater, NS)
McGill at U.Q.T.R.
Edmonton Oilers Rookies at Alberta

Thursday, September 22
U.O.I.T. at Western Ontario
Windsor at Carleton
32nd Golden Bears-Brick Invitational
Game 1: Calgary at Mount Royal (at Calgary)

Friday, September 23
Concordia at Acadia
St. F.X. at Moncton
Laurier at Saint Mary's
Queen's at Carleton
Windsor at Ottawa
York at R.M.C.
Waterloo vs Laurentian (at Ottawa)
32nd Golden Bears-Brick Invitational
Game 2: Saskatchewan at Alberta
Regina at Manitoba
Ryerson at U.B.C.

 

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ACAC late score:
Sep 17 Augustana 3 Bentley 5
http://www.acac.ab.ca/sports/mice/2016-17/schedule

 

[mikeandI]

MANITOBA BISONS 5
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2

Links:
• [U of M Schedule/Results]
• [U of S Schedule/Results]

This win for the Herd left both teams at 1-1-0 for the weekend and tied for 2nd. The Bisons were awarded 2nd by virtue of the win. Here's the report from the host site: They also added a blurb on Friday's game: It is not likely that I will find a roster link nor stats for either game. Not surprising to see Stovin score in both games, and Dudar closed strong when he plaued two years ago. But Stagg may be a surprise. This would give him 3 goals in 3 games as a walk-on in a camp with 20 forwards. Of course, last weekend's goal was an empty-netter and Friday's goal was once the game was out of hand. Next weekend's roster against Regina should be interesting.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

CALGARY DINOSAURS 5
REGINA COUGARS 3

Links:
• [U of R Schedule/Results] ∞ [Tournament Story]
• [Regina Twitter] ∞ [Regina Facebook]
• [U of C Schedule/Results]

Impressive numbers for Bedrock U. Mr. Slate must be impressed. Without stats it is jard to know how the jumped all over the Bisons.That score seems to be the only anomoly in the tournament.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3
(in overtime)

Links:
• [Alberta Game Link]
• [UBC Schedule/Results]
• [LeagueStat Alberta] ∞ [LeagueStat UBC]
• [LeagueStat Live Updates]

You have to give credit to UBC as an orfanization for uploading the rosters and stats. Or at least some of them. The daily stats link does not link to the usual game stats page but does link to team pages. At least for now.

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 2
LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 5

Links:
• [U of L Schedule/Results]
• [U of L Twitter]
• [ACAC Schedule/Results]

I didn't see Twitter updates for the Saturday game. At least the H0rny Ones have swept their 4 game ACAC swing.

ACAC/OUT EAST

Williston State 2 Briercrest 3
NAIT 3 Innisfail Eagles 4 (SO)
Augustana Bentley - missing
Trinity Western 0 Red Deer 2
Portage 3 Concordia 7
Ryerson 2 Toronto 1 (ot) ¶ [UT S&R]
U.O.I.T. 5 York 1 ¶ [York S&R]
U.Q.T.R. 5 Concordia 2 ¶ [Con S&R]
Queen's 4 R.M.C. 3 ¶ [QU S&R]

UP NEXT

Sunday, September 18
U.Q.T.R. at Ottawa
Alberta at U.B.C.

Monday, September 19
U.P.E.I. at New Brunswick
Guelph at Windsor

Wednesday, September 21
Acadia vs Saint Mary's (at Bridgewater, NS)
McGill at U.Q.T.R.
Edmonton Oilers Rookies at Alberta

Thursday, September 22
U.O.I.T. at Western Ontario
Windsor at Carleton
32nd Golden Bears-Brick Invitational
Game 1: Calgary at Mount Royal (at Calgary)

Friday, September 23
Concordia at Acadia
St. F.X. at Moncton
Laurier at Saint Mary's
Queen's at Carleton
Windsor at Ottawa
York at R.M.C.
Waterloo vs Laurentian (at Ottawa)
32nd Golden Bears-Brick Invitational
Game 2: Saskatchewan at Alberta
Regina at Manitoba
Ryerson at U.B.C.

Holly
Pretty good weekend for the Bison Mens this weekend. Way more important to play CIS opponents than those guys from Jamestown. looked like a rough night with turnovers versus Calgary Friday but got it sorted it out versus usask on sat afternoon.
geez the Bears go into Leftcouver and get swept by (the new coach again this year ) UBC Thunderbirds.
I am sure GM Stanley from Great Britain will think long next year before playing anything but ACAC before their tourney.
were all their 1400point WHL at pro camps or what?
look forward to the U of A playing the Oiler rookies. That is always a pretty cool event.
All of CIS schools that can need to be doing this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is great for the CIS in my opinion!
hey the Dinos did okay this weekend with all there new players, and U of Leth is undefeated again this year against the ACAC. cmon

 

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Sept 18: Out-of-Town Scoreboard

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 1
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 2
(in overtime)

Links:
• [Alberta Game Link]
• [UBC Boxscore Saturday] ∞ [Sunday]
• [LeagueStat Alberta] ∞ [LeagueStat UBC]
• [LeagueStat Live Updates]

You don't want to read too much into the pre-season. But the Evil Monkeys have to be shaken up about this one. I do not believe that UBC was highly rated going into the season. The Monkeys never really got going last year, when they were expected to defend their national title.

ACAC/OUT EAST

Trinity Western 3 Red Deer 4
Comcordia 1 Augustana 7
U.Q.T.R. 3 Ottawa 4 ¶ [UO Twitter]

Schedule addition:
Sep 30 Binghampton (AHL) v Ottawa
• [Link]

 

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Preview: Sept 23-24: Regina at Manitoba

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REGINA COUGARS (0-2-0)
MANITOBA BISONS (3-1-0)

Friday, September 23rd, 7:00 CDT @ Wayne Fleming Arena
Saturday, September 24th, 1:00 CDT @ Wayne Fleming Arena

Manitoba Links:
• [Preview] ∞ [Roster]
• [Facebook] ∞ [Twitter]
• [LeagueStat] ∞ [Elite Prospects]

Regina Linka:
• [Team Site]
• [Facebook] ∞ [Twitter]

After hosting a 4-team event last weekend, the Banjo-Cats have the honour of bparding a bus leaving Saskatchewan this weekend. For Regina's new recruits the first road-trip could be an eye-opener. Things like cutlery, toothpaste, colour TV, indoor plumbing, and shoelaces can overwhelm a young hick.

Although ranked 8th in the CW by most people, the Cats should be a huge step up from the Jamestown team the Bisons faced in their other home series.

The Bison roster page is not yet updated for this year, so I don't know if any cuts have been made.

ELSEWHERE

The ACAC starts their schedule so no more interlcok for them. Four teams are off to Edmontown for the Brock Invitational. And in an interesting match-up YBC will host Ryerson. That leaves Lethbridge with a rock in their Halloween bag. Here's the schedule:

Sep 21 Edmonton Oilers Rookies (NHL) at Alberta
Sep 22 Calgary at Mount Royal
Sep 23 Ryerson at U.B.C.
Sep 23 Saskatchewan at Alberta
Sep 24 Calgary v Saskatchewan at Edmonton
Sep 24 Mount Royal at Alberta
Sep 24 Ryerson at U.B.C.

OUT EAST

This weekend has an almost full schedule. The AUS/OUA interlock games are in bold.

Sep 19 Guelph 0 Windsor 3 ¶ [UW S&R]
Sep 19 U.P.E.I. 0 New Brunswick 7 ¶ [UNB S&R]
Sep 21 McGill at U.Q.T.R.
Sep 21 Saint Mary's v Acadia at Bridgewater
Sep 22 U.O.I.T. at Western Ontario
Sep 22 Windsor at Carleton
Sep 23 Concordia at Acadia
Sep 23 Laurier at Saint Mary's
Sep 23 Queen's at Carleton
Sep 23 St. Francis Xavier v Moncton at Shediac
Sep 23 Waterloo v Laurentian at Ottawa
Sep 23 Windsor at Ottawa
Sep 23 York at R.M.C.
Sep 24 Concordia at Acadia
Sep 24 Laurentian v Queen's at Ottawa
Sep 24 Laurier at Dalhousie
Sep 24 Moncton at U.P.E.I.
Sep 24 New Brunswick at McGill
Sep 24 Ottawa at R.M.C.
Sep 24 Saint Mary's at St. Francis Xavier
Sep 24 Toronto at Nipissing
Sep 24 Waterloo at Carleton
Sep 25 U.Q.T.R. at McGill

 

[mikeandI]

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REGINA COUGARS (0-2-0)
MANITOBA BISONS (3-1-0)

Friday, September 23rd, 7:00 CDT @ Wayne Fleming Arena
Saturday, September 24th, 1:00 CDT @ Wayne Fleming Arena

Manitoba Links:
• [Preview] ∞ [Roster]
• [Facebook] ∞ [Twitter]
• [LeagueStat] ∞ [Elite Prospects]

Regina Linka:
• [Team Site]
• [Facebook] ∞ [Twitter]

After hosting a 4-team event last weekend, the Banjo-Cats have the honour of bparding a bus leaving Saskatchewan this weekend. For Regina's new recruits the first road-trip could be an eye-opener. Things like cutlery, toothpaste, colour TV, indoor plumbing, and shoelaces can overwhelm a young hick.

Although ranked 8th in the CW by most people, the Cats should be a huge step up from the Jamestown team the Bisons faced in their other home series.

The Bison roster page is not yet updated for this year, so I don't know if any cuts have been made.

ELSEWHERE

The ACAC starts their schedule so no more interlcok for them. Four teams are off to Edmontown for the Brock Invitational. And in an interesting match-up YBC will host Ryerson. That leaves Lethbridge with a rock in their Halloween bag. Here's the schedule:

Sep 21 Edmonton Oilers Rookies (NHL) at Alberta
Sep 22 Calgary at Mount Royal
Sep 23 Ryerson at U.B.C.
Sep 23 Saskatchewan at Alberta
Sep 24 Calgary v Saskatchewan at Edmonton
Sep 24 Mount Royal at Alberta
Sep 24 Ryerson at U.B.C.

OUT EAST

This weekend has an almost full schedule. The AUS/OUA interlock games are in bold.

Sep 19 Guelph 0 Windsor 3 ¶ [UW S&R]
Sep 19 U.P.E.I. 0 New Brunswick 7 ¶ [UNB S&R]
Sep 21 McGill at U.Q.T.R.
Sep 21 Saint Mary's v Acadia at Bridgewater
Sep 22 U.O.I.T. at Western Ontario
Sep 22 Windsor at Carleton
Sep 23 Concordia at Acadia
Sep 23 Laurier at Saint Mary's
Sep 23 Queen's at Carleton
Sep 23 St. Francis Xavier v Moncton at Shediac
Sep 23 Waterloo v Laurentian at Ottawa
Sep 23 Windsor at Ottawa
Sep 23 York at R.M.C.
Sep 24 Concordia at Acadia
Sep 24 Laurentian v Queen's at Ottawa
Sep 24 Laurier at Dalhousie
Sep 24 Moncton at U.P.E.I.
Sep 24 New Brunswick at McGill
Sep 24 Ottawa at R.M.C.
Sep 24 Saint Mary's at St. Francis Xavier
Sep 24 Toronto at Nipissing
Sep 24 Waterloo at Carleton
Sep 25 U.Q.T.R. at McGill

might have been one of the funniest ones yet holly, your humor made my morning!!!

 

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Seot 21-22: Out-of-Town Scoreboard

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

September 21, 2016

EDMONTON OILERS 6
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3

Links:
• [Alberta Linescore]
• [LeagueStat Daily1]

The Monkeys scored right off the bat vyr q\wound up being outshot 5-=26 as he Greasers cruised to victory.

September 22, 2016

CALGARY DINOSAURS 2
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5

Links:
• [LeagueStat Daily]
• [U of C Report on Regina]

The Cougars won the cross-town match-up, which is also the opening of the Brick Invitational, which shall continue in Edmonown. Three unanswered 3rd period goals broke open a 2-2 tie. Bedrock U falls to 2-1-0 and this was MRU's 1st game.

OUT EAST

September 21, 2016

McGill 6 U.Q.T.R. 2 ¶ [LS Box] ∞ [McG Box]
Saint Mary's 4 Acadia 6 ¶ [AU S&R]

September 22, 2016

U.O.I.T. 2 Western Ontario 4 ¶ [UWO S&R]
Windsor at Carleton ¶ [UW S&R]

LeagueStat Note:

The Daily Schedule seems to be up-and-running. However the links to the summaries just link to the team

 

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Sept 23: Bisons Beat Bumpkins

REGINA COUGARS 2
MANITOBA BISONS 8

Links:
• [U of M Schedule/Results]
• [LeagyeStat Daily]
• [CW Schedule/Results]

The Bisons amassed period leads of 3-0 and 5-0 en route to a one-sided pasting of the Banjo-Cats. The game was completely one-sided throughout. The shots were 37-27 with most Regina shots (14) coming in a chippy 3rd period.

The Bisons lined up like this:

Goal
35 Spriggs - 34 Sydora -

Defence
4 Bresciani - 9 Hunter
3 S Christensen - 19 Friesen
20 Johnston - 2 Henry

Forwards
25 Merasty - 28 Stovin - 27 DePape
13 Laurencelle - 10 Dudar - 29 Wasylak
8 Bilton - 24 Augert - 21 Brooks
16 Paradis - 23 Lisoway - 17 Callis

Scratches
G 1 Paulic
D 5 L Christensen - 6 Heinrich
F 12 Zajac - 14 Nault - 15 S Bowles
F 18 Kelly - 22 B Bowles - 23 Schreyer -
F 30 Stagg - ?? St. Croix

Justin Augert scored twice and single goals were scored by Liam Bilton, Brett Brooks, Channing Bresciani, Brett Stovin, Rene Hunter, and Remi Laurencelle. Byron Spriggs started in goal and played the first two periods and Dasan Sydora took over in the 3rd.

Of note, forward Hudson Friesen played defence. I suspected that something like this would happen with so many forwards in camp.

Another note, each player on the 3rd line scored one of the Bisons' first three goals.

The rematch goes Saturday at 1:00 p.m. While this runs opposite the homecoming football game, it is better than anight game which would go head-to-head with the Word Cup semi-final game.

Michael St. Croix - C - Greenville (ECHL)

- This was a new name on the Bison line-ip card. This Winnipeg native once scored 45 goals for Edmonton in the WHL and was then drafted by the Rangers and played 3 seasons in the ECHL with a pitstop in the AHL. Looks like a redshirt.

Links:
Stats: [Elite Prospects] : [Hockey DB]
Profiles: [HF] : [Hockey News]
Stories: [Wikipedia] : [Rotowor;d]

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

RYERSON RAMS 1
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 4

Links:
• [LeagueStat Daily]
• [UBC Boxscore]

The Rambos are no doubt enjoying a road-trip to British California. Too bad for them their sole accomplishment on the night was spoiling a shut-out mid-way through the 3rd period whilst trailing 4-0. This makes the Birdies 4-0-0 in the pre-season. The teams meet again on Saturday.

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3
(in obertime)

Links:
• [U of A Linescore]

It has been a rough pre-season for the Monkeys. They likely needed this win very bsfly. This game was part of the Brick Invitational. Alberta is now 3-1-2 and Sask is 1-2-0.

OUT EAST

Concordia 3 Acadia 2 ¶ [Aca Boxscore]
Laurier 4 Saint Mary's 2 ¶ [SMU S&R]
Queen's 1 Carleton 4 ¶ [UWO S&R]
St. Francis Xavier 5 Moncton 1 ¶ [UWO S&R]
Waterloo v Laurentian ¶ [UW S&R]
Windsor 3 Ottawa 2 ¶ [UO Story]
York 3 R.M.C. 0 ¶ [YU S&R]

UP NEXT

Sep 24 Calgary v Saskatchewan at Edmonton
Sep 24 Concordia at Acadia
Sep 24 Laurentian v Queen's at Ottawa
Sep 24 Laurier at Dalhousie
Sep 24 Moncton at U.P.E.I.
Sep 24 Mount Royal at Alberta at Edmonton
Sep 24 New Brunswick at McGill
Sep 24 Ottawa at R.M.C.
Sep 24 Regina at Manitoba
Sep 24 Ryerson at U.B.C.
Sep 24 Saint Mary's at St. Francis Xavier
Sep 24 Toronto at Nipissing
Sep 24 Waterloo at Carleton
Sep 25 U.Q.T.R. at McGill

 

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Sept 24: Herd Completes the Sweep

REGINA COUGARS 0
MANITOBA BISONS 3

Links:
• [U of M Schedule/Results]
• [U of R Schedule/Results]
• [LeagueStat Daily] - nothing yet for Saturday
• [CW Schedule/Results] - not all games listed
• [Friday Boxscore @ U of M] ∞ [@ U of R]

My son and I arrived just after face-off but had to leave early because he wasn;t feelinh well. Unfortunately, the Saturday game was not updated on LeagueStat. And the schedule link does not list scorers as of this post.

The Kittems were a much stronher opponent in the 1st period. They at least looked like a team that belonhed in the league. The goal was scored by #6, but I had a hard time catching the announcement and it did not sound like "Heinrich". Hopefully I will obtain some information soon.

The Bisons are now off to Grand Forks next weekend and Thunder Bay the weekend after for non-conference games. They then open the season at home against Mount Royal on October 14-15.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

RYERSON RAMS 6
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3

Links:
• [LeagueStat Daily]
• [CW Boxscore]

The Birdies were due for a loss and got it. Their goaltenders gave up 6 goals on 32 shots. They are now 4-1-0 and the Rambos are 3-2-0.

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 1
CALGARY DINOSAURS 3

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 4
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2

Links:
• [U of S Schedule/Results] ∞ [U of C Schedule/Results]
• [U of A Schedule/Results] ∞ [MRU Schedule/Results]
• [Tournament Preview]
• [U of A Twitter]

Both of these games were part of the Brick Ombiyayional in Edmontown. All I know of the opener is the score and that on the pre-season the Bedrock Boys are 3-1-0 and the Mutts fall to 1-2-1.

The nightcap was for the title and as I post only Twitter adds detail. The Blue Cats were outshot by the Monkeys 34-28.

MRU therefore takes the title, going 2-0-0. Alberta and Calgary go 1-1-0 and Sask pu;;s up the rear at 0-1-1.

OUT EAST

Friday late score:
Waterloo 4 Laurentian 1 ¶ [UW S&R]

Saturday scores:
Concordia 4 Acadia 8 ¶ [Aca Boxscore]
Laurentian 4 Queen's 0 ¶ [QU Story]
Laurier 0 Dalhousie 6 ¶ [DU Boxscore]
Moncton 2 U.P.E.I. 3 ¶ [UPEI S&R]
New Brunswick 1 McGill 0 ¶ [McG Boxscore]
Ottawa 4 R.M.C. 0 (after 2) ¶ [UO Twitter]
Saint Mary's 7 St. F.X. 3 ¶ [SFX S&R]
Toronto 4 Nipissing 2 ¶ [UT Story]
Waterloo 4 Carleton 1 ¶ [UW S&R]

UP NEXT

Sep 25 U.Q.T.R. at McGill

Sep 27 York at Toronto
Sep 28 Moncton v Saint Mary's at Truro
Sep 29 Guelph at Western Ontario
Sep 30 Binghampton (AHL) at Ottawa
Sep 30 Calgary v Alberta at Banff
Sep 30 Lethbridge at Lakehead
Sep 30 R.M.C. at U.O.I.T.
Oct 01 Acadia at Northeastern (NCAA)
Oct 01 Alberta at Calgary
Oct 01 Brock at R.I.T. (NCAA)
Oct 01 Carleton at Queen's ?
Oct 01 Concordia at Vermont (BCAA)
Oct 01 Dalhousie at Massachusetts-Amherst (NCAA)
Oct 01 Guelph at Mercyhurst (NCAA)
Oct 01 Lethbridge at Lakehead
Oct 01 Manitoba at North Dakota (NCAA)
Oct 01 McGill at Quinnipiac (NCAA)
Oct 01 Moncton at Saint Mary's
Oct 01 Mount Royal at Denver (NCAA)
Oct 01 New Brunswick at Merrimack (NCAA)
Oct 01 Queen's at Robert Morris (NCAA)
Oct 01 Regina at Minnesota State (NCAA)
Oct 01 Ryerson at Sacred Heart (NCAA)
Oct 01 St. Francis Xavier at Connecticut (NCAA)
Oct 01 Toronto at Western Michigan (NCAA)
Oct 01 Trinity Western (BCIHL) at U.B.C.
Oct 01 U.P.E.I. at Boston University (NCAA)
Oct 01 U.Q.T.R. at Clarkson (NCAA)
Oct 01 Victoria (BCIHL) at Wisconsin (NCAA)
Oct 01 Waterloo at Miami of Ohio (NCAA)
Oct 01 Western Ontario at Niagara University (NCAA)
Oct 01 Windsor at Bowling Green (NCAA)
Oct 01 York at U.O.I.T.

 

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Goal Scorers

The stats are sparse this pre-season. The schedule/results page hass added Saturday's goal-scorers. All I can accurately list is the goal-scorers:

Game 1 v Jamestown
Justin Augert
Jesse Paradis
Brett Stovin
Dylan Kelly
Joel Schreyer
Jordan DePape

Game 2 v Jamestown
Channing Bresciani
Remi Laurencelle
Shawn Bowles
Liam Bilton
Justin Augert
Brett Dudar
Hudson Friesen
Quintin Lisoway
Daniel Stagg

Game 3 v Calgary
Daniel Stagg
Brett Stovin

Game 4 v Saskatchewan
Brett Dudar (2)
Daniel Stagg
Brett Stovin
Brett Brooks

Game 5 v Regina
Brett Brooks (1g, 3a)
Liam Bilton (1g, 3a)
Justin Augert (2g, 1a)
Channing Bresciani
Rene Hunter
Remi Laurencelle
Brett Stovin

Game 6 v Regina
Channing Brescani (1g, 1a)
Dylan Kelly (1g)
Daniel Stagg (1g)

Goal Leaders

4 goals
Justin Augert
Daniel Stagg
Brett Stovin

3 goals
Channing Bresciani
Brett Dudar

2 goals
Liam Bilton
Brett Brooks
Dylan Kelly
Remi Laurencelle

1 goal
Shawn Bowles
Jordan DePape
Hudson Friesen
Rene Hunter
Quintin Lisoway
Jesse Paradis
Joel Schreyer

 

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Preview: Oct 1: Bisons at UND

MANITOBA BISONS (5-1-0)
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (0-0-0)

Saturday, October 1st, 7:00 CDT @ Ralph Engelstad Arena

Manitoba Links:
• [Team Site] ∞ [Roster]
• [Facebook] ∞ [Twitter]
• [LeagueStat] ∞ [Elite Prospects]

North Dakota Linka:
• [Team Site] ∞ [Radio Links] ∞ [Live Radio]
• [Live Video] ∞ [Live Stats]
• [InForum Story] ∞ [Grand Forks Herald]

The Bisons are off on their (almost) annual trek to Grand Forks. This will be the first game in the history of the Fighting Hawks. UND teams started life as the "Flickertails" then spent most of their life as the "Fighting Sioux". Due to the NCAA prohibitiop on aboriginal names they have spent a few years without a nickname. So Saturday night marks a 4th pgase of history for them.

For the Bisons this is just a one-game weekend, so with a huge roster still at camp there will be a lot of players without ice time. The Bisons have updated their roster page and no cuts have been made.

There are two bits of news at UND, and one story about each is in the links. One is that they are getting their championship rings for the NCAA title they won last spring. Two is that they are the pre-season #1 choice in the polls.

ELSEWHERE

Sep 30 Calgary v Alberta at Banff
Sep 30 Lethbridge at Lakehead
Oct 01 Alberta at Calgary
Oct 01 Lethbridge at Lakehead
Oct 01 Mount Royal at Denver (NCAA)
Oct 01 Regina at Minnesota State (NCAA)
Oct 01 Trinity Western (BCIHL) at U.B.C.
Oct 01 Victoria (BCIHL) at Wisconsin (NCAA)
Oct 02 Mount Royal at Colorado College (NCAA)
Oct 02 Regina at St. Cloud State (NCAA)
Oct 02 Simon Fraser (BCIHL) at Alaska-Fairbanks (NCAA)
Oct 02 Victoria (BCIHL) at Northern Michigan (NCAA)

OUT EAST

Sep 27 York 4 Toronto 3 (ot) ¶ [UT Story]
Sep 28 Moncton 3 Saint Mary's 4 ¶ [SMU S&R]
Sep 29 Guelph at Western Ontario
Sep 30 Binghampton (AHL) at Ottawa
Sep 30 R.M.C. at U.O.I.T.
Oct 01 Acadia at Northeastern (NCAA)
Oct 01 Brock at R.I.T. (NCAA)
Oct 01 Carleton at Queen's ?
Oct 01 Concordia at Vermont (BCAA)
Oct 01 Dalhousie at Massachusetts-Amherst (NCAA)
Oct 01 Guelph at Mercyhurst (NCAA)
Oct 01 McGill at Quinnipiac (NCAA)
Oct 01 Moncton at Saint Mary's
Oct 01 New Brunswick at Merrimack (NCAA)
Oct 01 Queen's at Robert Morris (NCAA)
Oct 01 Ryerson at Sacred Heart (NCAA)
Oct 01 St. Francis Xavier at Connecticut (NCAA)
Oct 01 Toronto at Western Michigan (NCAA)
Oct 01 U.P.E.I. at Boston University (NCAA)
Oct 01 U.Q.T.R. at Clarkson (NCAA)
Oct 01 Waterloo at Miami of Ohio (NCAA)
Oct 01 Western Ontario at Niagara University (NCAA)
Oct 01 Windsor at Bowling Green (NCAA)
Oct 01 York at U.O.I.T.
Oct 02 Acadia at Providence (NCAA)
Oct 02 Carleton at Baylor (ACHA)
Oct 02 Guelph at Canisius (NCAA)
Oct 02 Laurentian at Lake Superior State (NCAA)
Oct 02 Laurier at Ohio State (NCAA)
Oct 02 McGill at R.P.I. (NCAA)
Oct 02 New Brunswick at New Hampshire (NCAA)
Oct 02 Queen's at Penn State (NCAA)
Oct 02 St. Francis Xavier at Maine (NCAA)
Oct 02 Toronto at Michigan State (NCAA)
Oct 02 U.P.E.I. at Massachusetts-Lowell (NCAA)
Oct 02 U.Q.T.R. at St. Lawrence (NCAA)
Oct 02 Windsor at Michigan (NCAA)

 

[Hollywood3]

Sept 29-30: Out-of-Town Scoreboard

U.N.D. has a new link for all-encompassing Game Notes. I will likely listen on the audio link supplied on the page.

Links:
• [UND Game Notes (with links)]

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 4
LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES 2

Links:
• [LU Preview Story]
• [LU Schedule & Results]
• [LU Game Story]
• [U of L Schedule & Results]

LU and the U of L last played in 2002 and tied one game 3-3 and the other was a 6-4 win for the Mutts.

Both sides missed the playoffs last year. However, Lethbridge showed remarkable improvement. Lakehead also had a reasonable 2nd half after digging a deep hole in the 1st.

This was Lakehead's first action of the season, while Lethbridge is 4-0-0 against ACAC teams.

The linked game story has a nice description of what was apparently a chippy affair. The teams meet again on Saturday at 7:00 EDT, or 6:00 CDT.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 2
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3
(in overtime)

Links:
• [Alberta Twitter]
• [Alberta Schedule & Results]
• [Calgary Schedule & Results]

The Alberta Twitter feed followed the goal scoring. This one went to double overtime. This game was at Banff. The rematch goes Saturday in Calgary.

OUT EAST

Sep 29 Guelph 3 Western Ontario 5 ¶ [UWO S&R]
Sep 30 Binghampton (AHL) 3 Ottawa 2 ¶ [Bingo Story]
Sep 30 R.M.C. 3 U.O.I.T. 2 (ot) ¶ [UOIT Story]

 

[Hollywood3]

Oct 1: Late Surge Costs Bisons

MANITOBA BISONS 1
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS 5

Links:
• [UND Game Story] ∞ [@ U of M]
• [Box Score (pdf)] ∞ [@ U of M]
• [Highlights]

This was a funny game. The goals tended to come in bunches. After the Hawks (?) raised their banner (as NCAA champions) the 1st period produced little action. It looked like the period would end 0-0 when the Herd gave up two goals just 10 seconds apart.

After a scoreless 2nd period the Bisons got on the board with an unassisted goal from Hudson Friesen (who now appears to be a defenceman, although this is not a certainty from the summary) after 4 minutes. At mid-period a Bison powerplay fizzled and after that there was no rally.

Each goaltender played a period. Paulic stopped 11 of 13, Spriggs made all 8 saves he needed, and Sydora struggled, allowing 3 goals on 10 shots.

Scratches were:
D: 5 L. Christensen, 6 Heinrich
F: 14 Nault, 16 Paradis, 18 Kelly
F: 22 B. Bowles, 23 Schreyer, 27 DePape
-- St. Croix

DePape was injured against Regina last weekend. Hopefully he will be ready for the season.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 5
LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES 4

Links:
• [LU Schedule & Results]
• [LU Game Story]
• [U of L Schedule & Results]

The Thundermutts vaulted to a 2-0 lead but the H0rny Ones bounced back for the win. A last second goal for the hosts made the scoreline look better. Lethbridge has a 6-0-0 pre-season mark, but have yet to play a conference opponent.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2
CALGARY DINOSAURS 1
(in overtime)

Links:
• [Alberta Twitter]
• [Alberta Schedule & Results]
• [Calgary Schedule & Results]

If this was the regular season all the other teams would be mad because it would be a 6 point weekend. No details are available.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 2
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3

Links:
• [LeagueStat Daily]
• [UBC Schdule/Results]
• [TWU Schdule/Results]

To my knowledge, this represents the first game between these teams. A credible performance for the underdog Spartans. The Birds end the pre-season at 5-1-0. TWU beat SFU 6-1 in their only game within the BCIHL. They lost all 4 games outside the BCIHL.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 1
DENVER PIONEERS 4

Links:
• [MRU Schedule/Results]
• [U of D Game Report] (with links to video and stats)
• [U of D Preview]

The Bluegars are on a 3 game trip through the Rockies. Denver is ranked 2nd to North Dakota in pre-season NCHC polls, and 3rd in the national poll.

REGINA COUGARS 3
MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS 6

Links:
• [U of R Box Score]
• [MSUM Game Story]

This result is a resounding success for the Banjo-Cats. They scored 3 goals! In fact, the game hung ib the balance until a 3rd period insurance goal it away for the Mavs.

BCIHL
Simon Fraser 1 Alaska-Anchorage 6
Victoria 1 Wisconsin 10

Link:
• [USCHO] - for all NCAA games

OUT EAST

OUA v NCAA
Brock 0 R.I.T. 3
Carleton 5 Holy Cross 7
Concordia 3 Vermont 2
Guelph 6 Mercyhurst 2
McGill 1 Quinnipiac 2
Queen's 2 Robert Morris 2 OT
Toronto 4 Western Michigan 3
U.Q.T.R. 4 Clarkson 3
Waterloo 1 Miami 5
Western Ontario 2 Niagara 1
Windsor 2 Bowling Green 3

The OUA went 5-5-1, which has to be some kind of a record for them against the NCAA, or any other conference for that matter.

AUS v NCAA
Acadia 1 Northeastern 3
Dalhousie 5 Massachusetts 7
New Brunswick 3 Merrimack 5
St. F.X. 4 Connecticut 3
U.P.E.I. 2 Boston University 10

Other
Moncton 1 Saint Mary's 6 ¶ [SMU S&R]
York 2 U.O.I.T. 1 (ot) ¶ [UOIT Story]

UP NEXT

Oct 02 Acadia at Providence (NCAA)
Oct 02 Carleton at Baylor (ACHA)
Oct 02 Guelph at Canisius (NCAA)
Oct 02 Laurentian at Lake Superior State (NCAA)
Oct 02 Laurier at Ohio State (NCAA)
Oct 02 McGill at R.P.I. (NCAA)
Oct 02 Mount Royal at Colorado College (NCAA)
Oct 02 New Brunswick at New Hampshire (NCAA)
Oct 02 Queen's at Penn State (NCAA)
Oct 02 Regina at St. Cloud State (NCAA)
Oct 02 Simon Fraser (BCIHL) at Alaska-Fairbanks (NCAA)
Oct 02 St. Francis Xavier at Maine (NCAA)
Oct 02 Toronto at Michigan State (NCAA)
Oct 02 U.P.E.I. at Massachusetts-Lowell (NCAA)
Oct 02 U.Q.T.R. at St. Lawrence (NCAA)
Oct 02 Victoria (BCIHL) at Northern Michigan (NCAA)
Oct 02 Windsor at Michigan (NCAA)

Oct 03 Brock at Ohio State (NCAA)
Oct 03 Mount Royal at Air Force (NCAA)
Oct 03 Queen's at Connecticut (NCAA)
Oct 07 Manitoba at Lakehead
Oct 08 Alberta at Nebraska-Omaha (NCAA)
Oct 08 Manitoba at Lakehead

 

[Rob]

Brawl between Windsor and Bowling Green

 

[Hollywood3]

Oct 2: Out-of-Town Scoreboard

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 0
COLORADO COLLEGE TIGERS 3

Links:
• [MRU Schedule/Results]
• [CC Game Story]

Are the Bluegars making progress? They are 0-2 on their 3-game trip. This is reportedly a good but not ranked team.

REGINA COUGARS 2
ST. CLOUD STATE HUSKIES 6

Links:
• [U of R Box Score]
• [SCSU Game Story]

The Banjo-Cats have had their 3rd straight 0-2 weekend. Their losses are par for the coirse. The CW went 0-5 on the weekend.

BCIHL
Victoria 1 Northern Michigan 10
Simon Fraser 0 Alaska Fairbanks 2

Link:
• [USCHO] - for all NCAA games

OUT EAST

OUA v NCAA
Carleton 3 Boston College 4
Guelph 6 Canisius 2
Laurentian 3 Lake Superior 3 OT
Toronto 2 Michigan State 2 OT
Laurier 2 Ohio State 9
Queen's 0 Penn State 8
McGill 0 Rensselaer 3
U.Q.T.R. 1 St. Lawrence 4
Windsor 0 Michigan 2

Not as good as Saturday but still the OUA went 6-11-3 on the weekend, which is way better than normal.

AUS v NCAA
Acadia 0 Providence 3
St. F.X. 6 Maine 5
U.P.E.I. 0 Mass-Lowell 7
New Brunswick1 New Hampshire 3

UP NEXT
Oct 03 Brock at Ohio State (NCAA)
Oct 03 Mount Royal at Air Force (NCAA)
Oct 03 Queen's at Connecticut (NCAA)
Oct 07 Manitoba at Lakehead
Oct 08 Alberta at Nebraska-Omaha (NCAA)
Oct 08 Manitoba at Lakehead[/QUOTE]

 

[Hollywood3]

Oct 3: Out-of-Town Scoreboard

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 1
AIR FORCE FALCONS 5

Links:
• [MRU Schedule/Results]
• [AF Game Story with Video]

The 3rd game in 3 nights for MRU was never going to be eay. Still, they cannot be happy with three losses in a row.

UP NEXT

Oct 07
Manitoba at Lakehead (OUA)
U.B.C. at Saskatchewan

Oct 08
Alberta at Nebraska-Omaha (NCAA)
Manitoba at Lakehead (OUA)
U.B.C. at Saskatchewan

Out East

Oct 05
U.P.E.I. at Moncton
York at Brock
Guelph at Waterloo

Oct 06
Laurier at Ryerson

Oct 07
Saint Mary's at Acadia
Moncton at New Brunswick
St. F.X. at Dalhousie
Concordia at Nipissing
McGill at R.M.C.
U.O.I.T. at Ottawa
Western Ontario at Guelph
Toronto at Windsor
Carleton at Queen's
U.Q.T.R. at Laurentian

 

[Firecracker]

Not sure where to post this but is there anywhere I can watch the games online? Also nice job with the updates.

 

[AdamMcg83]

Not sure where to post this but is there anywhere I can watch the games online? Also nice job with the updates.

The OUA has now added hockey as a mandatory broadcast for their member schools (joining football and basketball). So most, if not all, OUA games should be broadcast there.

 

[Hollywood3]

Not sure where to post this but is there anywhere I can watch the games online? Also nice job with the updates.

The original post all links for CIS hockey, including on-line viewing. CanadaWest.tv is available at a modest charge. All games are shown in almost every sport. Quality varies, Alberta being the best.

The CIS site has nationals and, since many games are on free TV, there is no charge. I believe the archives are still available.

 

[Hollywood3]

Preview: Oct 7-8: Manitoba at Lakehead

MANITOBA BISONS (0-0-0, 5-2-0, OHT36 #-, 11th in 2016)
LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES (0-0-0, 0-2-0, OHT36 #-, 30th in 2016)

Friday, October 7th, 6 CT/7 ET @ Thunder Bay
Saturday, October 8th, 6 CT/7 ET @ Thunder Bay

Manitoba Links:
• [Team Site] ∞ [Roster]
• [Facebook] ∞ [Twitter]
• [LeagueStat] ∞ [Elite Prospects]

Lakehead Links:
• [Team Site] ∞ [Preview Story]
• [Net News Ledger Preview]

Other Links:
• [CIS Hockey Site] ∞ [Schedule/Results]
• [CW Preview] ∞ [Schedule/Results]
• [Every Link re CIS Hockey]

Return to GPAC! Back in the day it was the Bisons, Nor'westers (as they were), Regina, and the dearly departed Bobcats and Wesmen once had their own little conferemce. The Bisons are no doubt in a much better place right now.

The shores of Lake Superior are a fairly common non-conference stop for the Bisons. In fact, Winnipeg is closer to Thunder Bay than any city in the OUA (700 km as opposed to 1,000 to Sudbury or 1,100 to North Bay). At one time Lakehead would host a 4-team event at Christmas. That was a tough trip when the Mutts were one of the better teams around. As they faded the event became more feasible as a one-on-one.

I admit to having a soft spot for Thunder Bay teams. They face serious challenges just finding a league in which to play. In the past they had junior, senior, intermediate, and university teams all in one league just so they could find four.

Lakehead started the season last week with two home losses to Lethbridge in a battle of two non-playoff teams from a year ago. They started last year at 0-10-1, went 1-1-3 before Christmas, then were a respectable 6-6-0 in the new year. The surge was not enough to make the playoffs in the OUA West, where 8 of the 10 teams qualified.

The Bisons have won when they were supposed to this pre-season, easily sweeping series against Jamestown and Regina. Otherwise they beat Sask and lost to Calgary and North Dakota. I will be interested to see if they use all the players in camp, or if it is time to trim the roster.

In one roster note, defenceman Blake Heinrich has been released by the Minnesota/Iowa Wild and should be ready to report.

The linked story fron the CW includes the annual coaches' poll, since the regular season starts in Saskatchewan. Here's the result"

Team / Points (first-place votes)

1. Saskatchewan / 49 (7)
2. Alberta / 39 (
3. Mount Royal / 36
4. Manitoba / 30
5. UBC / 26
6. Calgary / 22
7. Lethbridge / 15
8. Regina / 7

ELSEWHERE

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (0-0-0, 5-1-0, OHT36 #-, 16th in 2016)
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (0-0-0, 1-2-1, OHT36 #-, 2nd in 2016)

Links:
• [U of S Season Preview]
• [UBC-TWU Story] • [UBC Weekend Preview]
• [Live Stats - Friday] ∞ [- Saturday]

The regular season starts in a staggered fashion this year. All by itself is this curtain-raiser from the Rutherdump in Saskatown. Manitoba and Alberta have non-conference games whilst Calgary, Mount Royal, Lethbridge, and Regina will gorge on turkey.

The Banjomutts are the reigning champs. After two years in a downward spiral, the Mutts surprised last season when they seemed to strike gold with every new recruit. With a strong crop of returnees they are the big favourites this year.

But hold on there, Baba Louie. The Mutts are only 1-2-1 in pre-season. Their only win was against Regina. They lost to Manitoba, Alberta (in OT), and Calgary. Pre-season records often show what sort of start a team will have.

At the same time, the 'Birds went 5-1-0, but only two games were against the CW. Those were two OT wins over the Evil Monkeys. That's good. Their split with Ryerson is a sister-kisser. Their two wins against BCIHL teams were to be expected.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (0-0-0, 5-2-2, OHT36 #-, 5th in 2016)
NEBRASJA-OMAHA MAVERICKS (0-0-0)

Links:
• [U of A Preview]

This game is the last of the NCAA games. Can the Evil Monkeys stop the whitewash? In a twist, the OUA has done better against the NCAA than against the CW. At 5-2-2 the Apes look like a contender but not a scary juggernaut as was expected a year ago.

OUT EAST

Link:: [CIS Schedule/Results - with links]

Wednesday, October 5
U.P.E.I. 7 Moncton 5
Guelph 3 Waterloo 4
York 5 Brock 0

Thursday, October 6
Laurier 3 Ryerson 6
Western Ontario 2 Guelph 3

Friday, October 7cadia
Moncton at New Brunswick
St. F.X. at Dalho
Saint Mary's at Ausie
Carleton at Queen's
Concordia at Nipissing
McGill at R.M.C.
Toronto at Windsor
U.O.I.T. at Ottawa
U.Q.T.R. at Laurentian

Saturday, October 8
Acadia at St. F.X.
Dalhousie at Saint Mary's
New Brunswick at U.P.E.I.
Concordia at Nipissing
Ottawa at Queen's
R.M.C. at Carleton
Ryerson at Windsor
U.O.I.T. at McGill
U.Q.T.R. at Laurentian
Western Ontario at Brock
York at Laurier

Sunday, October 9
Waterloo at Toronto

 

[AdamMcg83]

Sunday, October 9
Waterloo at Toronto

This game is scheduled for Thursday, Oct 13.

 

[Hollywood3]

Oct 7: Bisons Win T-Bay Opener

MANITOBA BISONS 6
LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES 3

Links:
• [LU Game Story] ∞ [@ U of M]
• [LU Schedule/Results]
• [U of M Schedule/Results]

The Herd is now 6-2 on the pre-season after a convincing win in Thunder Bay. The 'Wolves fall to 0-3. There was no line-up posted. But from the summary it appears that the Bisons are using everybody. Here is the summary:

PERIOD 1:
1. 01:35 Lakehead, Kelin Ainsworth (Cody Alcock, Justin Sefton)
2. 13:46 Manitoba, Nault (Merasty , Henry ) PP
3. 14:01 Manitoba, Waslyak (Paradis )
4. 17:11 Manitoba, Merasty (Nault , Augert )
5. 17:50 Manitoba, Merasty (Nault )
Penalties:
02:07 Lakehead, Austin McDonald (SL)
06:15 Lakehead, Carson Dubchak (INT)
13:04 Lakehead, Dillon Donnelly (CC)
15:04 Lakehead, Patrick Murphy (HKG)

PERIOD 2:
6. 01:56 Manitoba, Zajac (Henry )
Penalties:
03:03 Lakehead, Linden Springer (INT)
03:24 Lakehead, Matt Alexander (CC)
06:39 Manitoba, Schreyer (TR)11:13 Manitoba, Merasty (RO)
12:02 Lakehead, Tyler Anton (HLD)
14:32 Lakehead, Carson Dubchak (RO)
17:38 Lakehead, Dillon Donnelly (RO)
17:38 Manitoba, Dudar (HLD/RO)

PERIOD 3:
7. 09:05 Lakehead, Cody Alcock (unassisted)
8. 10:37 Manitoba, Auget (Johnston )
9. 17:49 Lakehead, Tyler Anton (Matt Alexander, Kelin Ainsworth) PP
Penalties:
00:30 Lakehead, Justin Sefton (HLD)
04:17 Manitoba, Lisoway (TR)
08:23 Lakehead, Justin Sefton (RO)
08:38 Manitoba, Henry (HKG)
09:24 Lakehead, E.J. Faust (HS)
13:12 Lakehead, Patrick Murphy (USC)
16:29 Manitoba, Stovin (KN)

Goaltenders:
Lakehead:
McDonald, 18 saves made, 5 goals against.
Corbin, 16 saves made, 1 goals against.
Manitoba:
Spriggs, 13 saves made, 1 goals against.
Sydora, 4 saves made, 2 goals against.

That was some outburst in the 1st period. 4 goaks in 4 minutes! The shots favoured the Bisons 40-20.

A Lakehead game picture.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 1
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4

Links:
LeagueStat: [Summary] - the links are not working
Boxscores: [CIS] ∞ [CW] ∞ [U of S]
Stories: [UofS] ∞ [rp @CW] ∞ [rp@ UBC]
Other: [CIS rp CW Preview]

The Banjomutts got off to a good start in the first game of the CW regular season. It took a 3-goal outburst fn the 3rd period to put this one away. Sask outshot UBC 37-19 on the night.

OUT EAST

Links:
• [CIS Schedule/Results/Links]
• [OUA Debut Story]
• [198 OHL Grads in the OUA]

OUA
McGill 5 R.M.C. 1
Concordia 6 Nipissing 0
Carleton 4 Queen's 3
Toronto 2 Windsor 3
U.O.I.T. 3 Ottawa 0
U.Q.T.R. 3 Laurentian 2

AUS
St. F.X. 5 Dalhousie 0
Saint Mary's 1 Acadia 4
Moncton 0 New Brunswick 9

NEXT UP

Saturday October 8th
U.B.C. at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST/ 8:00 CDT
Dalhousie at Saint Mary's
New Brunswick at U.P.E.I.
Acadia at St. F.X.
Western Ontario at Brock
R.M.C. at Carleton
U.O.I.T. at McGill
Concordia at Nipissing
Ottawa at Queen's
Ryerson at Windsor
York at Laurier
U.Q.T.R. at Laurentian

 

[Hollywood3]

Oct 8: Bisons Sweep to End Pre-Season

MANITOBA BISONS 5
LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES 4

Links:
• [LU Game Story] ∞ [rp # UofM] ∞ [Fri rp @ UofM]
• [LU Schedule/Results]
• [U of M Schedule/Results]

This game, and the Monkeys' game in the Excited States, bring the exhibition season to a close. This was a hybrid weekend, with the regular season starting elsewhere. More on that later. Right now,let's talk Bisons!

A road sweep is never easy, so some level of celebration is in order. But the celebration should be somewhat subdued because it was not exactly a contender in opposite uniforms. The 7-2-0 pre-season is a decent record. However against likely playpff teams from the CW, the Herd was 1-1. Pretty much the same as everyone else!.

As for the game, Kamerin Nault and Brad Bowles had two goals eacg and Jonah Wasylak scored for the 2nd game in a row. The links include a nice write-up and here's the summary:

PERIOD 1:
1. 01:41 Manitoba, Nault (Merasty , Augert )
2. 06:23 Manitoba, Wasylak (Dudar , Johnston )
Penalties:
02:38 Manitoba, Zajac (SL)
03:43 Manitoba, Hunter (HKG)
11:37 Lakehead, Cody Alcock (SL)
16:17 Lakehead, Devin Fullum (INT)
19:01 Manitoba, Hunter (HLD)

PERIOD 2:
3. 00:19 Manitoba, B.Bowles (Hunter) SH
4. 00:35 Lakehead, Cody Alcock (Linden Springer) PP
5. 17:28 Lakehead, Tyler Anton (Justin Sefton)
Penalties:
07:25 Manitoba, Brooks (INT from Bench/GM)
07:25 Manitoba, S.Bowles (CC)
07:25 Lakehead, Jonathon Masters (CC)
13:56 Lakehead, Linden Springer (INT)
16:50 Manitoba, S.Bowles (Elb)

PERIOD 3:
6. 06:38 Manitoba, Nault (B.Bowles )
7. 13:12 Lakehead, Linden Springer (unassisted)
8. 15:30 Lakehead, Kelin Ainsworth (Dylan Butler, Cody Alcock)
Penalties:
02:17 Lakehead, Zach Whitlock (CC)
04:36 Lakehead, Linden Springer (SL)
08:04 Manitoba, Friesen (SL)
09:20 Lakehead, Evan Mignault (SL)
14:47 Manitoba, Augert (TR)

Goaltenders:
Lakehead:
Devin Green, 21 saves made, 5 goals against.
Manitoba:
Paulic, 22 saves made, 4 goals against.

Next Friday night and Saturday afternoon the Bisons will face the Mount Royal Bluegars to open the season. Lakehead finishes their ore-season at 0-4-0. They start to play for real next weekend in a home double-header against the Windsor Lancers.

The Lakehead game picture features Kamerin Nault.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 0
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 7

Links:
LeagueStat: [Summary] - the links are not working
Boxscores: [CIS] ∞ [CW] ∞ [UofS] ∞ [UBC]
Stories: [UofS] ∞ [rp @CW] ∞ [rp@ UBC[ - to be posted]

The Saskatchewanites will be having a ho-down tonight complete with banjos, moonshine, kazoos, and roast possum. Sask scored 6 goals on 29 shots on UBC goaltender Matt Hewitt. He was yanked with about 10 minutes left and newcomer Derek Dun stopped 4 of the 5 shots he faced. The shot pattern was odd. In the 1st period, the shots were 17-3 in favour of Sask (and they led 3-0), In the 2nd, UBC outshot Sask by 18-4 but Jordon Cooke stopped everything fired at the Sask goal. In the end the shots were 34-28 for Sask and 7 different mangy inbreds scored. This was the only regular season series on the CW schedule.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3
NEBRASKA-OMAHA MAVERICKS 2

Links:
Boxscores: [UNO] ∞ [UofA Linescore]
Stories: [UNO Preview] ∞ [UNO Game Story]

The strikinh thing in the summary was that the shots were 24-21. Not the wide0open craziness for which the Evil Monkeys are known. Is this the beginning of a change in style? I note that 4 of their 6 pre-season games against CW teams went into overtime, and the other two were split. They finish the pre-season at 6-2-2.

OUT EAST

Links:
• [CIS Schedule/Results/Links]

OUA
Concordia 3 Nipissing 1
Ottawa 2 Queen's 4
RMC 5 Carleton 4
Ryerson 4 Windsor 2
Western 4 Brock 3
UOIT 5 McGill 2
UQTR 4 Laurentian 0
York 3 Laurier 4

AUS
Acadia 1 St. F.X. 4
Dalhousie 3 Saint Mary's 1
New Brunswick 3 UPEI 4 so

NEXT UP

Oct 12 U.P.E.I. at New Brunswick
Oct 12 Ottawa at U.Q.T.R.
Oct 12 Ryersont at Brock
Oct 13 Waterloo at Toronto
Oct 14 Mount Royal at Manitoba 7:00
Oct 14 Saskatchewan at Alberta
Oct 14 U.B.C. at Calgary
Oct 14 Regina at Lethbbridge
Oct 14 Dalhousie at Acadia
Oct 14 New Brunswick at Moncton
Oct 14 St. F.X. at Saint Mary's
Oct 14 Toronto at York
Oct 14 Concordia at McGill
Oct 14 Waterloo at Western Ontario
Oct 14 Carleton at U.Q.T.R.
Oct 14 Laurentian at U.O.I.T.
Oct 14 Nipissing at Queen's
Oct 14 Windsor at Lakehead
Oct 14 Guelph at Laurier
Oct 14 R.M.C. at Ottawa

 

[Ched]

Well things are certainly interesting at Wayne Fleming Arena. it seems Coach Sirant and his volunteer staff have done a great job recruiting top notch forward recruits.

Remi Laurencelle is a blue chip CIS recruit and will be a top player at the U of M for the next 4 or 5 years. He may be the most skilled guy on the team right now.

Nick Zajac is a heart and soul, blood and guts, win at all costs type player and will do anything to help this team. His skill level does not seem as high as i thought it would be but that may be his effort and heart taking over in training camp and getting the best of his focus. He will be a great Bison too.

the Bowles brothers are tremendous players. Everything they do is incredible. they compete super hard, they are very smart players, they have great skill. I am really anxious to see what they will do this year. Brad scored two goals on Saturday night in TBay.

Quintin Lisoway is another great recruit. IMO way better than his numbers in major junior would suggest. He skates so well, is physical, is smart and has a great shot. He has been playing with the Bowles brothers for a few games and that would be a very good line.

Kamerin Nault. who would have known? one of the three stars back to back nights in TBay and just a super smart player. where did he come from. He is going to be a very impactful Bison for several years.

these six recruits make it very crowded up front for the UM. which is a very good problem for Coach Sirant to have. they join Brett Stovin, Jordan DePape and Shaq Merasty who were top players in Canada West last year. That is nine. Joel Schreyer and Warren Callis are two of the best defensive forwards in Canada West and maybe the whole CIS. they kill penalties, they forecheck, they wear down other teams top players. that makes eleven. then you have the skilled Brett Dudar returning after a year off with injury. He looks very good in the pre-season and has been playing with Stovin and the behemoth Jonah Wasylak, both these players have done real well. that is thirteen. Brett Brooks and Justin Augert have also had great training camps. that is fifteen. it appears Hudson Friesen has been converted into at least a temporary defenseman which helps out a bit out front as well. I thought Hudson was the best bison in the game against UND and that game he played forward. that leaves veterans Liam Bilton, Dylan Kelly and Jesse Paradis up front to make eighteen forwards. the last three have failed to impress during the preseason and will have a tough time getting into the top 12.

 

[Hollywood3]

Preview: Oct 14-15: MRU at Bisons

REGULAR SEASON STARTS AT HOME

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (0-0-0, 2-3-0, OHT35 #2)
MANITOBA BISONS (0-0-0, 7-2-0, OHT35 #5)

Friday, October 14th, 7:00 CDT @ Wayne Fleming Arena
Saturday, October 15th, 1:00 CDT @ Wayne Fleming Arena

Live Links:
• [Live Stats Friday] ∞ [Live Stats Saturday]
• [Video: CanadaWest.tv] ∞ [101.5 UMFM]

Manitoba Links:
• [Preview Story] ∞ [UM Weekend Story] ∞ [Nault AoW]
• [LS Stats] ∞ [LS Schedule/Results]
• [Twitter] : [Facebook]

Mount Royal Links:
• [Preview Story]
• [LS Stats] ∞ [LS Schedule/Results]
• [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook]

Other Links:
• [CIS Site] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] • [Standings] ∞ [Top 10]
• [CW Site] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links]

The teams start to play for real now. And it is about time. The start of exhibition play is exciting because it marks the coming of a n3w season and a chance to see the new recruits. But enough already.

Last year the Bisons were 0-4 against the Bluegars. But this year the Bisons have loaded their roster with wuality new recruits while the Bluegars have last about 8 starters, including their leading scorer (Tyler Fiddler).

A couple of years ago these two teams played the most physical games in the CW. They may not be as big as before, but are still fairly close. And they still may be the most physical match-up out there,

ELSEWHERE:

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (0-2-0, 5-3-0, OHT35 #22)
CALGARY DINOSAURS (0-0-0, 3-2-3, OHT35 #16)

Links:
• [UBC Preview]
• [UofC Preview]

Calgary was thought to be a team in decline But they snagged some pre-season wins over Manitoba, Regina, and Sask and had close losses to MRU and Alberta (twice). Despite their significant losses of key personnel, I suspect they will still be a strong opponent. UBC remains an enigma. Their pre-season record included two wins against the BCIHL and a split with Ryerson. They also beat Alberta twice, both in OT. I was unsure what to make of them. Then they were crushed by the Banjomutts last weekend. They could dig themselves a deep hole with two losses this series.

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (2-0-0, 3-2-1, OHT35 #19)
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (0-0-0, 6-2-2, OHT35 #15)

Links:
• [UofA Preview]
• [UofS Site]

This is a rematch of last season's final. However,both sides showed some cracks in pre-season but both won their games last weekend. They were also #1 and #2 in the CW coaches' poll. Sask returns most of their roster so should be improving still. The Evil Monkeys get a strong recruiting class every year, and this ne is no exception. However, they don't appear to be as good on ice as they do on paper.

REGINA COUGARS (0-0-0, 0-6-0, OHT35 #33)
LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS (0-0-0, 6-0-0, OHT35 #3)

Links:
• [UofL Preview]
• [UofE Countdown Forwards] ∞ [UofE Countdown Defencemen]

These two seem to be the perennial doorats in this conference. The H0rny Ones improved greatly and were very close to the playoffs last yera. Don't let the pre-season records fool you. Regina played only CW and NCAA teams, and Lehbridge played only ACAC amd OUA teams. So hard to gauge.

OUT EAST:

OUA

Oct 12 Ottawa 2 U.Q.T.R. 7
Oct 12 Ryersont 8 Brock 6
Oct 13 Waterloo at Toronto
Oct 14 Carleton at U.Q.T.R.
Oct 14 Concordia at McGill
Oct 14 Guelph at Laurier
Oct 14 Laurentian at U.O.I.T.
Oct 14 Nipissing at Queen's
Oct 14 R.M.C. at Ottawa
Oct 14 Toronto at York
Oct 14 Waterloo at Western Ontario
Oct 14 Windsor at Lakehead
Oct 15 Brock at Guelph
Oct 15 Laurier at York
Oct 15 Carleton at Concordia
Oct 15 Laurentian at R.M.C.
Oct 15 Nipissing at U.O.I.T.
Oct 15 Windsor at Lakehead

AUS

Oct 12 U.P.E.I. 1 New Brunswick 3
Oct 14 Dalhousie at Acadia
Oct 14 New Brunswick at Moncton
Oct 14 St. F.X. at Saint Mary's
Oct 15 Saint Mary's at Dalhousie
Oct 15 St. F.X. at Acadia
Oct 15 Moncton at U.P.E.I.