2019-20 Manitoba Bisons/CW Thread

[RED ARMY EAST]

Can the Bisons take a game in Edmonton?? An Alberta loss may open the door for the Uof S to snatch first place? Gotta think the Bears will be ready for an onslaught, but with the goaltending situation,"shaky", anything can happen.
An Alberta sweep and once again, they won't play a single road game in CanadaWest playoffs.

 

[Hollywood3]

Can the Bisons take a game in Edmonton?? An Alberta loss may open the door for the Uof S to snatch first place? Gotta think the Bears will be ready for an onslaught, but with the goaltending situation,"shaky", anything can happen.
An Alberta sweep and once again, they won't play a single road game in CanadaWest playoffs.

The Bisons best games are against the best teams:

Alberta 1-1-0
Calgary 2-2-0
MRU 2-2-0
Sask 0-3-1

The Bisons are much better at home than on the road with Alberta. Overall they are 8-8-2 against them the last 5 years. If the Bisons get 25 shots in a game, they'll win it. (That is not easy.)

 

[Hollywood3]

Feb 7: Bisons Back Into the Playoffs

So we know who's headed to the playoffs, we know who gets the byes and semi-final host privileges, who hosts the quarter-finals, and who will be doing the travelling.

MANITOBA BISONS 0
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 8

Links:
LeagueStat: [Summary] : [Report]
Hockey Tech: [Summary] : [Report]
USp/CIS: [Boxscores and tabs]
Stories/boxscores/video: [UofA] : [rp @UofM]
Podcast: [Hear the Herd]

After a sterling effort at home last weekend, the Bisons had a rough night in Edmontown. The Evil Monkeys do an occasional face-plant but then rally in style. Could they be a night away from a face-plant?

Quick Summary
1st 06:15 ALB Noah Philp (10) ASST: Cox & Freadrich
1st 06:57 ALB Chad Butcher (8) ASST: Freadrich & Pawlenchuk
1st 10:47 ALB Grayson Pawlenchuk (17) ASST: None
1st 16:19 ALB Lucas Nickles (7) ASST: Linaker
1st 18:28 ALB Grayson Pawlenchuk (18) ASST: Jevne & Butcher
3rd 02:19 ALB Tyler Soy (14) ASST: Owre & Davidson
3rd 04:03 ALB Noah Philp (11) ASST: Cox & Sanford
3rd 18:22 ALB Cole Linaker (1) ASST: Nickles & Carroll

Before the game I thought that the Bisons would win if they could get 25 shots. They had only 18, all of which were stopped by Brendan Burke. Tyler Brown stopped 33 of 41 in defeat.

This is a disappointment for the Bisons, in that they have not suffered a blow-out loss like this. They could use some reinforcements up front. Jonah Wasylak, Lucas Skrumeda, Tony Apetagon, and Geordie Keane were all missing. They will need them back for the playoffs.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

REGINA COUGARS 0
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4

Links:
LeagueStat: Summary & tabs
Hockey Tech: Summary & tabs
Usp/CIS: Boxscores & tabs
Stories/boxscores/video: UofS
UofS: PREVIEW: Huskies face Cougars in regular season finale
UofR: Cougars out of playoff contention after loss to Saskatchewan

This result ensured the Bisons of a playoff berth and left the Kittens hoping that UBC would lose twice to MRU. Brandon Holtby was back in goal for the Banjo-Cats and stopped 35 of 39 shots in a vain attempt to capture an ellusive playoff berth. Meanwhile, the Banjo-Mutts kept pace with Alberta in the race for first. Taran Kozun had a 20 save shutout. Thus, Regina's spirited second semester surge comes to an end. The Mutts no doubt celebrated in style, drinking from toilets, spraying fire hydrants, and bragging across the province's party lines.

LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 0
CALGARY DINOSAURS 5

Links:
LeagueStat: Summary & tabs
Hockey Tech: Summary & tabs
Usp/CIS: Boxscores & tabs
Stories/boxscores/video: UofC
UofC: Dinos look to finish strong against Lethbridge
UofL: Pronghorns close out season with home-and-home with Dinos


The Hørny Ønes became the 3rd shutout victim of the night in this game. That's one thing. But those 54 shots on goal they allowed, which now seems an expected occurrence, really shows how this team has fallen down in the 2nd half. They went with their 3rd string goaltender, Nikolas Amundrud, as tonight's sacrifical lamb. Brodan Salmond needed just 14 saves for his shutout. The win allows Bedrock U to leapfrog their cross-town rivals into 3rd place.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 2
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3

Links:
LeagueStat: Summary & tabs
Hockey Tech: Summary & tabs
Usp/CIS: Boxscores & tabs
Stories/boxscores/video: UBC*
UBC: Huge final weekend looms for ‘Birds looking to get to playoffs

The late night game on the coast clinched a playoff berth for the T-irds, launched them ahead of the Bisons into 5th place, and eliminated Regina. It also prevented MRU from regaining 3rd place. A point from UBC in the rematch would assure them of 5th place. A UBC win in regulation would mean that these teams would play in the quarter-final round next weekend at MRU. Rylan Toth stopped 18 of 20 for the win, in a game where the Bluegars mounted much less offence than is usual. Riley Morris stopped 27 of 30 for the loss.


OUT EAST

Wed Feb 05 Moncton 7 UPEI 1
Fri Feb 07 UPEI 2 New Brunswick 9
Fri Feb 07 Dalhousie 2 Acadia 7
Fri Feb 07 St. F.X. 3 Saint Mary's 9

Sun Feb 02 RMC 4 Ottawa 3 (ot)
Tue Feb 04 Laurentian 4 Nipissing 5
Wed Feb 05 York 3 Ryerson 5
Thu Feb 06 RMC 2 Queen's 4
Fri Feb 07 Laurier 5 W. Ontario 1
Fri Feb 07 Laurentian 3 Carleton 6
Fri Feb 07 Waterloo 4 Lakehead 3 (ot)
Fri Feb 07 Ontario Tech 1 Concordia 5
Fri Feb 07 Ryerson 4 Windsor 3 (so)
Fri Feb 07 Toronto 3 Guelph 4

Links:
➤ [USp/CIS Presto S&R]
➤ [OUA LS Daily]
➤ [AUS S&R]


NEXT UP

CANADA WEST
Sat Feb 08 Mount Royal at UBC (3:00 PT/5:00 CT)
Sat Feb 08 Manitoba at Alberta (7:00 MT/8:00 CT)
Sat Feb 08 Saskatchewan at Regina (7:00 CT)
Sat Feb 08 Calgary at Lethbridge (7:00 MT/8:00 CT)

ONTARIO
Sat Feb 08 Laurentian at Ottawa
Sat Feb 08 Ontario Tech at McGill
Sat Feb 08 Waterloo at Lakehead
Sat Feb 08 W. Ontario at Brock
Sat Feb 08 Laurier at York
Sat Feb 08 Toronto at Windsor
Sun Feb 09 Ottawa at Queen's
Sun Feb 09 UQTR at McGill

ATLANTIC
Sat Feb 08 Saint Mary's at Dalhousie
Sat Feb 08 Acadia at St. F.X.
Sat Feb 08 New Brunswick at Moncton

~ end of regular season ~

 

[RED ARMY EAST]

Possible Playoffs matchups:
Mount Royal's loss to UBC, combined with Calgary's win, means that the Dino's jump into third spot in the standings and have a 1 point lead over the Cougars. The Dino's won't give it up, as they play Lethbridge in their last game on Saturday.
So for Alberta's sake, they will avoid a potential series with the Dino's, who swept them recently and instead will most likely draw the Cougars in a series to determine who goes to Halifax for Nationals.
Alberta has had Mount Royals number! Sask and Calgary might be close, but I would put my money on the Huskies advancing.

 

[Hollywood3]

Feb 8: Bisons Downed in Regular Season Finale

The regular season has come to a close in the CW. Out East, the AUS has also wrapped and the OUA has two games left on Sunday. Here's what went down.

MANITOBA BISONS 2
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5

Links:
LeagueStat: [Summary] : [Report]
Hockey Tech: [Summary] : [Report]
USp/CIS: [Boxscores and tabs]
Stories/boxscores/video: [UofA] : [rp @UofM]

The Bisons rebounded effectively from the Friday night debacle. The Evil Monkeys grabbed a 3-0 first period lead, with two short-handed goals on the same penalty. Rather than fold the tent, the Bisons battled back to 3-2. Eventually it was an empty-netter that salted this one away. Overall, I would say that the Bisons carried the last two periods.

Quick Summary
1st 08:19 ALB Nolan Volcan (6) ASST: Soy & Owre
1st 12:44 ALB Dawson Davidson (4) ASST: Pawlenchuk & Butcher (SH)
1st 13:24 ALB Lucas Nickles (8) ASST: Sanford & Lange (SH)
2nd 03:41 MAN Brady Pouteau (5) ASST: Schioler & Thiessen
2nd 07:39 MAN Adam Henry (11) ASST: Thiessen & Dalke
2nd 10:56 ALB Noah Philp (12) ASST: Davidson & Sanford (PP)
3rd 19:16 ALB Tyler Soy (15) ASST: Owre & Carroll (EN)

Riley Lamb was in net for the Bisons and stopped 27 of 31 shots. Matt Berlin got the win (with 11 saves on 13 shots) but left mid-way with an injury. He reached up high to make a glove save and pulled something. Brendan Burke finished off with 9 saves on 9 shots.

Here are the CW stats on shorthanded play this year:

These stats are what has prevented the Bisons from moving into a top-4 type of team. Although the team made great progress this year, this is the area to address in the upcoming playoffs and next year as well. They scored 21 powerplay goals, but gave up 11 shorthanded goals. The other way on the PK they gave up a league-worst 32 powerplay goals and scored just one shorthanded goal in reply. That's a -21 overall. So even strength they were outscored just 63 to 54. A -9 ratio should be a much better record than 9-15-4.

The win gave the Monkeys 1st, and the Bisons 6th.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 6
REGINA COUGARS 2

Links:
LeagueStat: Summary & tabs
Hockey Tech: Summary & tabs
Usp/CIS: Boxscores & tabs
Stories/boxscores/video: [UofR] : [rp @UofS]

The sides switched locales for this return match. This was the end of the road for the Banjo-Cats, but the Banjo-Mutts gained temporary hold of 1st place with the win. In a nice nod, the Kittens gave graduating goaltender Dawson MacAuley the start, and he stopped 30 of 36 shots. However, the Kittens threw in the towel in the 2nd period. I saw lots of the 1st period before the Bison game started. Shots were 8-8 and Regina led 1-0. But the rest was a joke. Sask outshot them 28-5 and outscored them 6-1. Taran Kozun stopped 11 of 13 for the win.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 6
LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 1

Links:
LeagueStat: Summary & tabs
Hockey Tech: Summary & tabs
Usp/CIS: Boxscores & tabs
Stories/boxscores/video: [UofL] : [rp @UofC]

The Hørny Ønes' inglorious 2nd semester came to a merciful conclusion. They basically went on sabbatical at Christmas. The Bedrock Dinos were led by Ryan Graham with two goals and Brodan Salmond's 27 saves. Jack Burgart took the loss with 39 saves on 45 shots.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 4
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 2

Links:
LeagueStat: Summary & tabs
Hockey Tech: Summary & tabs
Usp/CIS: Boxscores & tabs
Stories/boxscores/video: [UBC - Friday] : [UBC - Saturday]

This one was a matinee and the result temporarily vaulted the Bluegars into 3rd place and left the T-irds in striking distance of Manitoba in the race for 5th. Wyatt Hoflin got the win with 22 saves on 24 shots and Rylan Toth took the loss with 19 saves on 22 shots. Connor Rankin had two goals for MRU.


STANDINGS

The playoff schedules are TBA but we know that the quarter-finals will be Manitoba at Calgary and UBC at Mount Royal.

If Manitoba beats Calgary, the semi-finals would be Manitoba at Alberta and UBC/MRU winner at Saskatchewan.

If Calgary beats Manitoba, the semi-finals would be UBC/MRU winner at Alberta and Calgary at Saskatchewan.


OUT EAST

Sat Feb 08 Saint Mary's 3 Dalhousie 4 (ot)
Sat Feb 08 Acadia 2 St. F.X. 5
Sat Feb 08 New Brunswick 8 Moncton 2

Sat Feb 08 Laurentian 4 Ottawa 6
Sat Feb 08 Ontario Tech 5 McGill 3
Sat Feb 08 Waterloo 1 Lakehead 3
Sat Feb 08 W. Ontario 1 Brock 4
Sat Feb 08 Laurier 1 York 2
Sat Feb 08 Toronto 2 Windsor 3

Links:
➤ [USp/CIS Presto S&R]
➤ [OUA LS Daily]
➤ [AUS S&R]


NEXT UP

CANADA WEST
Fri Feb 14 UBC at Mount Royal - quarter-finals TBA
Fri Feb 14 Manitoba at Calgary - quarter-finals TBA
byes: Alberta and Saskatchewan

ONTARIO
Sun Feb 09 Ottawa at Queen's
Sun Feb 09 UQTR at McGill

ATLANTIC
UPEI at Saint Mary's - quarter-finals TBA
St. F.X. at Moncton - quarter-finals TBA
byes: New Brunswick and Acadia

 

[Hollywood3]

Feb 9: OUA wraps up season, Playoff Schedules Coming


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

OUT EAST

Sun Feb 09 Ottawa 4 Queen's 0
Sun Feb 09 UQTR 4 McGill 1

~ end of regular season ~

Links:
➤ [USp/CIS Presto S&R]
➤ [OUA LS Daily]
➤ [AUS S&R]
➤ [Standings]


NEXT UP

All playoff series are best-of-three and the opening rounds in the CW and AUS are uploaded on their conference schedule pages. However, the OUA schedules are presently just going up on individual team sites. Here's what I have found:

CANADA WEST

Fri Feb 14 Manitoba at Calgary 7:00 MT/8:00 CT
Fri Feb 14 UBC at Mount Royal 7:30 MT/8:30 CT
Sat Feb 15 Manitoba at Calgary 7:00 MT/8:00 CT
Sat Feb 15 UBC at Mount Royal 7:30 MT/8:30 CT
Sun Feb 16 Manitoba at Calgary * 6:00 MT/7:00 CT
Sun Feb 16 UBC at Mount Royal * 7:30 MT/8:30 CT

Fri Feb 21 TBD at Alberta 7:00 MT/8:00 CT
Fri Feb 21 TBD at Saskatchewan 7:00 CT
Sat Feb 22 TBD at Alberta 7:00 MT/8:00 CT
Sat Feb 22 TBD at Saskatchewan 7:00 CT
Sun Feb 23 TBD at Alberta * 7:00 MT/8:00 CT
Sun Feb 23 TBD at Saskatchewan * 7:00 CT

* if required

ONTARIO

Wed Feb 12 RMC at Carleton 7:00 ET/6:00 CT
Wed Feb 12 Ryerson at Lakehead 7:00 ET/6:00 CT
Wed Feb 12 W. Ontario at Toronto 7:00 ET/6:00 CT
Wed Feb 12 Ottawa at Ontario Tech 7:30 ET/6:30 CT
Thu Feb 13 Carleton at RMC 7:00 ET/6:00 CT
Thu Feb 13 Concordia at McGill 7:00 ET/6:00 CT
Thu Feb 13 Laurier at Guelph 7:00 ET/6:00 CT
Sat Feb 15 Toronto at W. Ontario 3:00 ET/2:00 CT
Sat Feb 15 Guelph at Laurier 7:00 ET/6:00 CT
Sat Feb 15 RMC at Carleton * 7:00 ET/6:00 CT
Sat Feb 15 Lakehead at Ryerson 7:15 ET/6:15 CT
Sat Feb 15 McGill at Concordia 7:30 ET/6:30 CT
Sun Feb 16 Concordia at McGill * 7:00 ET/6:00 CT
Sun Feb 16 W. Ontario at Toronto * 7:00 ET/6:00 CT
Sun Feb 16 Lakehead at Ryerson * 7:15 ET/6:15 CT
Sun Feb 16 Laurier at Guelph * 7:30 ET/6:30 CT
TBD Brock at Windsor TBD
TBD Windsor at Brock TBD
TBD Brock at Windsor * TBD
TBD Queen's at UQTR TBD
TBD UQTR at Queen's TBD
TBD Queen's at UQTR * TBD
TBD Ontario Tech at Ottawa TBD
TBD Ontario Tech at Ottawa * TBD

ATLANTIC

Wed Feb 12 St.F.X. at Moncton 7:00 AT/5:00 CT
Wed Feb 12 UPEI at Saint Mary's 7:00 AT/5:00 CT
Fri Feb 14 Moncton at St. F.X. 7:00 AT/5:00 CT
Fri Feb 14 Saint Mary's at UPEI 7:00 AT/5:00 CT
Sun Feb 16 St.F.X. at Moncton * 7:00 AT/5:00 CT
Sun Feb 16 UPEI at Saint Mary's * 7:00 AT/5:00 CT

 

[Hollywood3]

Quarter-final Preview: Feb 14-15-16: MANITOBA at CALGARY

MANITOBA BISONS (9-15-4, 10-18-6, OHT35 #19)
CALGARY DINOSAURS (18-7-3, 25-8-4, OHT35 #4)

Friday, February 14, 2020 at 7:00 MT/8:00 CT at Calgary
Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 7:00 MT/8:00 CT at Calgary
Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 6:00 MT/7:00 CT at Calgary

Live Links:
➤ Video: [CanadaWest.tv]
➤ Friday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech]
➤ Saturday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech]
➤ Sunday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech]

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: [PREVIEW: Bisons men’s hockey face Calgary Dinos in Canada West quarterfinals]
➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook]
➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links]
➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links]

Calgary Links:
➤ UofC: [Dinos clash with Herd in CW Quarter-final]
➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook]
➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links]
➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links]
➤ Calgary Sun: [Calgary rolls into men's hockey playoffs]

Previous games:
➤ Oct 18: UC 5 UM 2: [Story] : [LeagueStat]
➤ Oct 19: UM 4 UC 3: [Story] : [Summary]
➤ Jan 10: UC 6 UM 3: [Story] : [LeagueStat]
➤ Jan 11: UM 2 UC 1: [Story] : [Summary]

Other Links:
➤ USports: [Schedule/Links] ∞ [Standings]
➤ CW: [Home Page] ∞ [Schedule]
➤ LeagueStat: [Media Stats]

News Links:
➤ CW: [2020 Canada West Men's Hockey Playoffs]
➤ CW: [Puck drops on quarter-finals Friday]
➤ USports: [CBC Sports and U SPORTS to provide worldwide English-language live streaming coverage of four U SPORTS winter national championship events]
➤ WHL: [CBC Sports to provide live coverage of 2020 Cavendish Farms University Cup]
➤ CBC: [CBC Sports becomes digital broadcast home of Canada's 2020 U Sports champions]

Podcasts:
➤ UMFM: []Hear the Herd]
➤ UMFM: []Talkin' Hockey - The Hockey Talkin' Show]

The Bisons are off to the Town of Bedrock for a 3-games-in-3-days playoff series. The formula for an underdog is simple: win the close game to force a game 3, and hope you have the fewer injuries.

This is not too much of a stretch. The Bisons are 2-2-0 against Bedrock this year, and 11-8-1 over the past 5 years. Will Fred and Barney don their Buffalo Lodge hats and cheer the Bisons to victory in Bedrock?

Will Manitoba get the karma edge after the wild conference final playoff game? To remind you, the Bisons mounted a big-time comeback and when they were down one point on the final play, they missed an attempted two-point conversion. The Dinos went on to win the national title. But the gutsy decision won the Bisons a lot of fans.

The keys to the series:

Bison PP/PK – My infamous chart shows how they have been victimized by shorthanded goals this year. They are -21, Calgary is +5.

Goaltending – Bedrock starter Matthew Greenfield has been gone since January. However Brodan Salmond has contributed nice numbers (9-2-3, 2.40 GAA, .900 S%). The Bison edge would be that they have co-starters and one of them needs to be hot. The Bison numbers have tumbled the last 4 weeks, but Tyler Brown and Riley Lamb are both still at or over .900 S%.

Who will have the big series? - The Dinos have Matt Alfaro, the CW's leading scorer, who went 1-7-8 in 4 games against the Bisons. On the other hand, sophomore Colton Veloso has finished strong and had 3 goals in the January series against Bedrock.


ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (9-14-5, 12-17-6, OHT35 #16)
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (18-8-2, 21-11-3, OHT35 #5)

Links:
➤ MRU: [Men's Hockey Site]
➤ UBC: [T-Birds begin playoffs with confidence facing MRU]

It is not often that the 4 v 5 quarter-final in the CW features two teams this far apart in the standings. Their split last weekend allowed UBC to slip past Manitoba into 5th place. MRU has shown the ability to defeat the contenders, having recently swept Calgary and starting the season with a sweep in Saskatchewan. Last week's win over MRU was UBC's only win over a top-4 team all year. Their cumulative record was 1-11-4 against those teams. It was their 8-3-1 record against the bottom half that put them into the playoffs. Note that the games in this series start at 7:30 MT, 8:30 CT.


OUT EAST

ONTARIO

Wed Feb 12 W. Ontario 2 Toronto 6 - Game 1
Wed Feb 12 RMC 3 Carleton 7 - Game 1
Wed Feb 12 Ryerson 4 Lakehead 1 - Game 1
Wed Feb 12 Brock 6 Windsor 3 - Game 1
Wed Feb 12 Ottawa 2 Ontario Tech 1 (ot) - Game 1
Wed Feb 12 UQTR 3 Queen's 1 - Game 1
Thu Feb 13 Concordia 1 McGill 2 - Game 1
Thu Feb 13 Carleton 5 RMC 4 - (CU wins series 2-0)
Thu Feb 13 Laurier 3 Guelph 1 - Game 1
Fri Feb 14 Windsor at Brock - Game 2
Sat Feb 15 Toronto at W. Ontario - Game 2
Sat Feb 15 Ontario Tech at Ottawa - Game 2
Sat Feb 15 Queen's at UQTR - Game 2
Sat Feb 15 Guelph at Laurier - Game 2
Sat Feb 15 Lakehead at Ryerson - Game 2
Sat Feb 15 Brock at Windsor - Game 3*
Sat Feb 15 McGill at Concordia - Game 2
Sun Feb 16 Ontario Tech at Ottawa - Game 3*
Sun Feb 16 W. Ontario at Toronto - Game 3*
Sun Feb 16 Concordia at McGill - Game 3*
Sun Feb 16 Queen's at UQTR - Game 3*
Sun Feb 16 Lakehead at Ryerson - Game 3*
Sun Feb 16 Laurier at Guelph - Game 3*

ATLANTIC
Wed Feb 12 St. F.X. 2 Moncton 3 - Game 1
Wed Feb 12 UPEI 4 Saint Mary's 5 - Game 1
Fri Feb 14 Saint Mary's at UPEI - Game 2
Fri Feb 14 Moncton at St. F.X. - Game 2
Sun Feb 16 St. F.X. at Moncton - Game 3*
Sun Feb 16 UPEI at Saint Mary's - Game 3*

Links:
➤ [USp Presto S&R]
➤ [USp Presto Playoffs S&R]
➤ [OUA LS Daily]
➤ [AUS S&R]
➤ [AUS Playoffs S&R]

 

[Hollywood3]

Feb 14: Game 1 Stinker for the Bisons

After falling asleep waiting for my Windows 10 update on Friday night, the recap is rather late.

MANITOBA BISONS 2
CALGARY DINOSAURS 6

Links:
LeagueStat: [Summary] : [Report]
Hockey Tech: [Summary] : [Report] : [Text]
USp/CIS: [Boxscores and tabs]
Stories/boxscores/video: [UofC] : [rp @UofM]

In the Town of Bedrock, Mr. Slate had the Dinos ready to pounce in the first period. Coming back from an 0-4 hole in the playoffs is just not likely. The Bisons did stabilize but this one was over early.

Quick Summary
1st 08:47 Cal Matt Alfaro (1) ASST: Gordon & Xavier (PP)
1st 11:30 Cal Lane Zablocki (1) ASST: Harrison & Shearer
1st 15:08 Cal Ryan Graham (1) ASST: Gibson
1st 19:10 Cal Kaden Elder (1) ASST: Gordon & Alfaro
2nd 06:47 Man Jeremey Leipsic (1) ASST: Christensen & Skoleski (PP)
2nd 08:11 Cal Kaden Elder (2) ASST: Gordon & Gagnon
2nd 11:33 Man Adam Henry (1) ASST: Skrumeda
3rd 12:26 Cal Jordan Xavier (1) ASST: Fisher & Gibson

Bedrock led the shot clock 16-8 in the first period, and 18-17 the rest of the way. Brodan Salmond got the win (stopping 23 of 25) and Riley Lamb took the loss (stopping 28 of 34).

Game 2 is Saturday at 7:00 MT/8:00 CT. If required, game 3 is Sunday at 6:00 MT/7:00 CT.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 4
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 2

Links:
LeagueStat: Summary & tabs
Hockey Tech: Summary & tabs
Usp/CIS: Boxscores & tabs
Stories/boxscores/video: MRU : UBC

Playoff victories for the T-irds have been a rarity. This is because they are very seldom the home team. So this game 1 road win is epic for UBC. Colton Kehler scored two 3rd period goals to break a 2-2 tie and Rylan Toth got the win with 26 saves on 28 shots. Riley Morris was tagged with the loss, with 20 saves on 24 shots.


OUT EAST

Saint Mary's 4 UPEI 3 (ot) – (SMU wins 2-0)
Moncton 4 St.F.X. 2 – (UdM wins 2-0)

Windsor 4 Brock 5 – (BU wins 2-0)

Links:
➤ [USp/CIS Presto Playoff S&R]
➤ [OUA LS Daily]
➤ [AUS S&R]

 

[Hollywood3]

Feb 15: Bison Season Ended in the Town of Bedrock

MANITOBA BISONS 1
CALGARY DINOSAURS 2

Links:
LeagueStat: [Summary] : [Report]
Hockey Tech: [Summary] : [Report] : [Text]
USp/CIS: [Boxscores and tabs]
Stories/boxscores/video: [UofC] : [rp @UofM]

The Bisons and Dinos were locked in quite a battle Saturday night. The Dinos managed to edge the Bisons despite a frantic conclusion to the game, which included a diving save by Bedrock goaltender Matthew Greenfield. Here's the scoring:

Quick Summary
1st 04:14 Cal Coda Gordon (1) ASST: None (SH)
1st 09:44 Man Brady Pouteau (1) ASST: Thiessen (PP)
2nd 15:58 Cal Coda Gordon (2) ASST: Hines & Alfaro
3rd No Scoring

Greenfield was making his return to the Dino net and had a good game, especially that game-saving late save. However, the Bisons managed just 14 shots on the night. And, once again, it was a short-handed goal that set them back. You have to do better than .500 with a man advantage. Riley Lamb again took the loss (stopping 30 of 32).

The Dinos will travel to Saskatown next weekend to face the Banjo-Mutts. That should be a good series.

There will be time for off-season cogitations on the Bison roster for 2020-21. This year they had loads of turnover, including solid recruits on defence (3 WHL grads) and goal (2 WHL and one MJHL). What they need is a group of 3 WHL forwards so they can have reliable scoring, forecheck lots, and stop those short-handed goals against. They also need to rack up some wins against the bottom half the league. This year they were 4-5-3 against those teams.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5

Links:
LeagueStat: Summary & tabs
Hockey Tech: Summary & tabs
Usp/CIS: Boxscores & tabs
Stories/boxscores/video: MRU : UBC

The Bluegars amassed a 4-1 lead early in the 3rd and appeared to be in cruise control. The T-irds rallied to make it close before MRU closed it out with an empty-netter. Riley Lindgren led MRU with 4 goals.Wyatt Hoflin stopped 24 of 27 for the win and Rylan Toth lost with 28 saves on 32 shots. Game three goes Sunday night

OUT EAST

no games

Toronto 1 W. Ontario 3 (series tied 1-1)
Ontario Tech 5 Ottawa 3 (series tied 1-1)
Queen's 3 UQTR 4 (UQTR wins series 2-0)
Guelph 6 Laurier 3 (series tied 1-1)
Lakehead 1 Ryerson 2 - OT (RU wins series 2-0)
McGill 4 Concordia 5 - OT (series tied 1-1)

Links:
➤ [USp/CIS Presto Playoff S&R]
➤ [OUA LS Daily]
➤ [AUS S&R]

 

[Hollywood3]

Feb 16: Night of the Rubber Match

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 5
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 4
(in overtime)

Links:
LeagueStat: Summary & tabs
Hockey Tech: Summary & tabs
Usp/CIS: Boxscores & tabs
Stories/boxscores/video: MRU : UBC

An upset in game 3! UBC have qualified for the CW semi-finals in 2007, 2014, 2015, and now 2020. Before this relative splurge of success, their previous semi-final appearance was 1990. So there will be celebration on the coast over this.

UBC built a 3-0 lead in the 1st period, and led 4-2 after two. MRU rallied with a big 3rd period effort, where they outshot the T-irds 16-4. However they needed a goal with one second left in regulation to force overtime. Austin Vetterl scored UBC's winning goal and Rylan Toth stopped 33 of 37 shots for the win. MRU went with Wyatt Hoflin, who gave up 3 goals on 6 shots in 9 minutes before being yanked. Riley Morris stopped 19 of 21 in relief.

So it's off to Saudi Alberta next weekend where the T-irds will face the Evil Monkeys for a berth in the U-Cup.


OUT EAST

no games

Sun Feb 16 Ontario Tech 0 Ottawa 5 (UFO wins series 2-1)
Sun Feb 16 W. Ontario 3 Toronto 1 (UWO wins series 2-1)
Sun Feb 16 Concordia 2 McGill 1 (CU wins series 2-1)
Sun Feb 16 Laurier 2 Guelph 4 (UofG wins series 2-1)
Links:
➤ [USp/CIS Presto Playoff S&R]
➤ [OUA LS Daily]
➤ [AUS S&R]

 

[RED ARMY EAST]

Need to have a good recruiting class and get those Bisons deeper into the CanadaWest playoffs.
Sirant has been there a long time, I think he coached when Manitoba came to Freddy for the Pete Kelly Cup,
mid 2000's??

 

[MiamiHockey]

Need to have a good recruiting class and get those Bisons deeper into the CanadaWest playoffs.
Sirant has been there a long time, I think he coached when Manitoba came to Freddy for the Pete Kelly Cup,
mid 2000's??

Manitoba's challenge isn't a lack of talent on-campus.
It's that players don't want to play for this coach.
There are many former WHL players walking around campus who're not playing for the Bisons specifically because of the coaching.
The complete lack of fan support doesn't help either.

 

[Hollywood3]

Manitoba's challenge isn't a lack of talent on-campus.
It's that players don't want to play for this coach.
There are many former WHL players walking around campus who're not playing for the Bisons specifically because of the coaching.
The complete lack of fan support doesn't help either.

There are at least 6 WHL grads at each CW school who don't play hockey.

 

[Rob]

There are at least 6 WHL grads at each CW school who don't play hockey.

WOW. The writing is pretty much on the wall.

 

[MiamiHockey]

There are at least 6 WHL grads at each CW school who don't play hockey.

Probably not the case at Lethbridge and Regina.

It's not an issue when you're Alberta and Saskatchewan ... but Manitoba doesn't have the depth.

 

[Hollywood3]

UBC beat the Monkeys in OT!

Full report to come.

 

[Hollywood3]

Probably not the case at Lethbridge and Regina.

It's not an issue when you're Alberta and Saskatchewan ... but Manitoba doesn't have the depth.

The complete list for 2019-20 is here:
https://cdn.whl.ca/whl/uploads/2019...tern-Hockey-League-Scholarship-Recipients.pdf

It ranges from 19-39 per university, so at least 6 former WHL players per school are not active in university hockey.

 

[RED ARMY EAST]

UBC beat the Monkeys in OT!

Full report to come.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

The complete list for 2019-20 is here:
https://cdn.whl.ca/whl/uploads/2019...tern-Hockey-League-Scholarship-Recipients.pdf

It ranges from 19-39 per university, so at least 6 former WHL players per school are not active in university hockey.

So 14 out of the 23 students who attend Manitoba on a WHL scholarship AREN’T playing for the Bisons...ouch.

 

[Hollywood3]

Feb 21: T-irds Upset Evil Monkeys

NEWS

Links:
➤ UofM: Adam Henry named a 2019-20 Canada West First Team All-Star
➤ CW: Hockey standouts lift squads to semifinals
➤ CW: MHKY Playoff Central
➤ CW: The Road to the CW Final
➤ CW: UBC, Alberta combine for OT performances in Edmonton
➤ CW: Semifinal showdowns enter spotlight

Adam Henry was named to the CW first all-star team, which seems a fitting end to his Bison career. There were also a host of stories and links at the CW site, which since the new year had just been linking to the team sites.


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

CALGARY DINOSAURS 1
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2

Links:
Summaries/Tabs:
➤ CW LeagueStat
➤ CW Hockey Tech
➤ USp/Presto
Stories/boxscores/video:
➤ UofS: Huskies squeak out Game 1 win over Dinos
➤ UofS: Quartet of Huskies earn conference honours
➤ UofS: PREVIEW: Huskies and Dinos set to vie for spot in CW Championship series
➤ UofC: Huskies edge out Dinos in Game 1
➤ UofC: Back to Saskatoon to keep season alive
➤ UofC: Dinos veterans & rookies recognized by conference

This was overly defensive even for a playoff game. Final shots were 19-12 in favour of the Banjo-Mutts. Taran Kozun got the win, and Matthew Greenfield took the loss. The teams exchanghed goals in the latter part of the 1st period, then that was it. Levi Cable and Collin Shirley scored for Sask, and Ryan Graham for Bedrock U. Game two is Saturday at 7:00 CT.

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

Links:
Summaries/Tabs:
➤ CW LeagueStat
➤ CW Hockey Tech
➤ USp/Presto
Stories/boxscores/video:
➤ UofA: Bears fall in overtime to UBC in Game 1 of semifinal
➤ UofA: Three Bears named CW All-Stars, two named to All-Rookie team
➤ UBC: Toth, Smith lead ‘Birds to series opening OT win
➤ UBC: ‘Birds fly to Alberta to face Golden Bears in semifinal

This is the result that shook up the university hockey world in all of Canada. The T-irds managed to keep it close and pull out an OT win despite being outshot 53-17. After two periods it was tied 2-2 and the Apes outshot UBC 15-2 in the 3rd period, and 9-1 in OT. It was as if UBC thought they'd get to a shoot-out. Rylan Toth got the win and Brendan Burke the loss. Jerret Smith had the GWG. Game 2 is Saturday at 7:00 MT or 8:00 CT.


OUT EAST

Thu Feb 20 Saint Mary's 1 Acadia 4 (AU leads 1-0)
Thu Feb 20 Moncton 2 New Brunswick 7 (UNB leads 1-0)
Fri Feb 21 Moncton 3 New Brunswick 7 (UNB leads 2-0)
Sat Feb 22 Saint Mary's at Acadia

Wed Feb 19 Concordia 4 Carleton 3 - 3OT (CU leads 1-0)
Wed Feb 19 Ottawa 1 UQTR 2 (UQTR leads 1-0)
Wed Feb 19 W. Ontario 1 Ryerson 4 (RU leads 1-0)
Thu Feb 20 Brock 2 Guelph 3 (UofG leads 1-0)
Fri Feb 21 Guelph 2 Brock 1 - OT (UofG wins 2-0)
Fri Feb 21 UQTR 3 Ottawa 5 (series tied 1-1)
Sat Feb 22 Ryerson at W. Ontario
Sat Feb 22 Carleton at Concordia
Sun Feb 23 Ottawa at UQTR
Sun Feb 23 Concordia at Carleton *
Sun Feb 23 W. Ontario at Ryerson *

Links:
➤ [USp/CIS Presto Playoff S&R]
➤ [OUA LS Daily]
➤ [AUS S&R]

 

[Hollywood3]

So 14 out of the 23 students who attend Manitoba on a WHL scholarship AREN’T playing for the Bisons...ouch.

I counted 6 players who have not played for the Bisons. There were some added to last year's roster and were generally scratched or are no longer full-time students and not eligible. That's typical across the CW.

Here are the Elite Prospects links for the 6 who never played:
Ian Briscoe at eliteprospects.com
Cedric Chenier at eliteprospects.com
Drea Esposito at eliteprospects.com
Ryan Kubic at eliteprospects.com
Lasse M. Petersen at eliteprospects.com
Mark Taraschuk at eliteprospects.com

Based on stats, I don't believe any of those would crack the roster.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

I counted 6 players who have not played for the Bisons. There were some added to last year's roster and were generally scratched or are no longer full-time students and not eligible. That's typical across the CW.

Once I started looking up some of those guys I noticed most didn’t really have much of a WHL career, with the exception of a couple guys like Laurencelle/Zajac.

 

[Hollywood3]

Once I started looking up some of those guys I noticed most didn’t really have much of a WHL career, with the exception of a couple guys like Laurencelle/Zajac.

Zajac graduated last year, and Laurencelle may have also. They both played.

 

[Hollywood3]

Feb 22: Mutts Sweep, Monkeys Bounce Back

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

CALGARY DINOSAURS 4
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 5
(in double overtime)

Links:
Summaries/Tabs:
➤ CW LeagueStat
➤ CW Hockey Tech
➤ USp/Presto*
Stories/boxscores/video:
➤ UofS: Stadnyk plays hero; Huskies CW Final and University Cup bound
➤ UofC: Men's Hockey Site*
➤ CW: OT heroics highlight Saturday's semis
➤ Star-Phoenix: Saskatchewan squeezes out win over Calgary Dinos

Sask built a 4-1 lead and appeared to be cruising to an easy win. But quicker than you could say Yabba-Dabba-Doo the Dinos tied it up and it was off to overtime. Carson Stadnyk notched the winner after 21 minutes.

Once again, Taran Kozun got the win and Matthew Greenfield the loss. The Dinos had a 33-31 edge in shots. This was about as even as a game could be. No shock there.

Sask would host UBC or visit Alberta next weekend.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 1
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 6

Links:
Summaries/Tabs:
➤ CW LeagueStat
➤ CW Hockey Tech
➤ USp/Presto
Stories/boxscores/video:
➤ UofA: Bears win big to force a Game 3
➤ UBC: Men's Hockey Site*

This was actually closer than Friday's game. But without heroics in goal, the T-irds were overwhelmed. The Evil Monkeys went with Matt Berlin in goal, and he stopped 19 of 20 shots for the win. Rylan Toth stopped 25 of 29 shots through two periods, before Patrick Dea stopped 3 of 5 in the finale. I suspect that was to rest Toth for game 3 on Sunday. Cole Linaker and and Curtis Miske scored twice each for the Monkeys.

Game 3 starts Sunday at 7:00 MT or 8:00 CT and is available on CanadaWest.tv.


OUT EAST

Sat Feb 22 Saint Mary's 2 Acadia 5 (AU leads 2-0)

NOTE: The AUS series are best-of-five and continue Mon/Tue/Thur.

Sat Feb 22 Ryerson 2 W. Ontario 5 (series tied 1-1)
Sat Feb 22 Carleton 1 Concordia 3 (CU wins 2-0)
Sun Feb 23 Ottawa at UQTR (3:00 ET/2:00 CT)
Sun Feb 23 W. Ontario at Ryerson (7:15 ET/6:15 CT)

Note: Concordia will play the winner of UfO/UQTR in the OUA East final and Guelph will play the winner of UWO/Rye in the OUA West final.

Links:
➤ [USp/CIS Presto Playoff S&R]
➤ [OUA LS Daily]
➤ [AUS S&R]

 

[Hollywood3]

LATE LINKS

The away team game stories came up late. The USports link for the summary in the Calgary/Sask game has yet to be added.

Links:
➤ UofC: Double-overtime dagger ends Dinos season
➤ UBC: Bears battle back to force semifinal to the limit