2022-23 Manitoba Bisons/CW

[MiamiHockeyII]

Could be Jr.

If they were both named Boog Powell, perhaps I'd believe in that.. Mike Love is pretty generic though.

 

[Hollywood3]

Preview: November 25-26: MANITOBA at SASKATCHEWAN

MANITOBA BISONS (6-8-0, 9-11-0, OHT35 #23)
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (8-4-1, 11-6-2, OHT35 #3)

Friday, November 25, 2022 at 7:00 CST at Saskatoon
Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 7:00 CST at Saskatoon

Live Links:
➤ Video: CanadaWest TV
➤ Friday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech
➤ Saturday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: Canada West institutions to host Ukrainian national team for 'Hockey Can't Stop Tour' : CW Link
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ SCSU Site: SCSU Schedule/Results

Saskatchewan Links:
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ Huskie Fan: Women's and men's hockey teams register road wins (Nov 5)
➤ Huskie Fan: Huskies visit Edmonton this weekend following win in Regina (Nov 8)
➤ Huskie Fan: Griffins beat Huskie men's hockey team (Nov 11)
➤ Huskie Fan: A Saskatchewan split against MacEwan (Nov 12)
➤ Huskie Fan: Huskies swept by Cougars (Nov 20)
➤ Huskie Fan: Bisons visit Huskies in first of five straight home games for Saskatchewan (Nov 22)
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Last series:
➤ Oct 29: US 4 UM 3: LeagueStat : Game Story (with boxscore and video)
➤ Oct 30: US 4 UM 0: LeagueStat : Game Story (with boxscore and video)
➤ Feb 11: UM 3 US 2: LeagueStat : Game Story (with boxscore)
➤ Feb 12: US 6 UM 2: LeagueStat : Game Story (with boxscore)

Other Links:
➤ USports: Schedule/Links ∞ Standings
➤ USports: Mount Royal and UPEI biggest movers in men's hockey Top 10
➤ USports: U SPORTS awards 2024 University Cup to Toronto Metropolitan University
➤ CW: Home Page ∞ Season Schedule ∞ Daily Schedule
➤ LeagueStat: Media Stats ∞ Daily Schedule

This week had much more than the usual amount of news. First, there were two additional non-conference games for the Bisons. On December 30th they are off to Minnesota where they will face the St. Cloud State Huskies (currently 11-3-0). The Bisons split a pair of non-conference games in the Excited States in pre-season, but this should be a tough test.

More interestingly, the Bisons and three other CW teams (Sask, Calgary, Alberta) will host Ukraine‛s Universiade team (dubbed "Ukraine U-25 National Team" at Ticketmaster). The schedule is:
Dec 30th: Ukraine at Saskatchewan
Jan 2nd: Ukraine at Calgary
Jan 3rd: Ukraine at Alberta
Jan 9th: Ukraine at Manitoba

The other teams will be playing at their usual arenas. However, the Bisons will be at the Canada Life Centre (the renamed Jets‛ arena). The linked stories contain links to purchase tickets or make a donation. This series is a fund-raiser for Ukrainian hockey.

In last season‛s October series, the Banjo-Mutts played better against the Bisons than any other team all year. They did fade throughout the year, ending with a quarter-final loss against Calgary. This year, they reached their apex against the Evil Monkeys on Oct 21st and 22nd, when they had a decisive 5-2 win and an OTL. Last weekend, they played down a man and were handled by the Bluegars.

The Bisons won‛t have sympathy for those who play a man short, having just escaped such a stretch themselves. Have the Herd turned the corner? Last weekend they throughly whipped MacEwan, who split with Sask the weekend before. So we‛ll see.

Of note, this is the only series between these teams this year.

ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

REGINA COUGARS (1-9-1, 3-12-3, OHT35 #32)
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (1-12-1, 2-14-1, OHT35 #35)

Links:
➤ UofR: Team Website
➤ TWU: Team Website
➤ Abbotsford News: 'Worst nightmare' for hockey linesman after puck breaks jaw at Langley rink, but then donations pour in

This the battle of the cellar-dwellers. It is Holy Trinity‛s best opportunity for a 2nd win, and potentially Regina‛s last chance for a rally to get back in the hunt. The Banjo-Cats have five games left this semester, this series, a make-up game in Sask, and a home series against UBC.

I also linked a story about a Mike McGowan, a linesman who suffered a broken jaw last Saturday in a TWU game played at Langley. The photo seems to indicate somebody who looks forward to a diet of soup and milkshakes.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (10-1-1, 17-3-2, OHT35 #2)
CALGARY DINOSAURS (11-3-0, 14-6-0, OHT35 #7)

Links:
➤ UofA: Golden Bears to host Ukrainian National Team for "Hockey Can't Stop Tour"
➤ UofC: Heavyweight Battle of Alberta starts Friday in Calgary
➤ UofC: Dinos join in hosting Ukrainian national team
➤ CW: HKY: CGY forward sets record, SSK goalie near perfect
➤ Gateway Online: Bears hockey extend winning streak to five after wins against Manitoba

This home-and-home series could be the feature battle of the weekend. The Dinos are on a 9-game winning streak, after starting with three split weekends. The Evil Monkeys are on a 6-1-0 streak themselves. Friday‛s game is in the Town of Bedrock and Saturday‛s game is in Edmontown.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (10-2-2, 14-4-2, OHT35 #4)
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (7-5-2, 10-7-3, OHT35 #11)

Links:
➤ MRU: Players Bench Male Athlete of the Week: Riley Sawchuk
➤ MRU: WVB, MVB, WHKY & MHKY Named to U SPORTS Top 10 Rankings
➤ UBC: T-Birds return home for final home series of 2022 against surging MRU

The Bluegars are on a 6-0-0 run. They were whipped by the Evil Monkeys on the opening weekend but since then are 10-0-2. They really dominated the Banjo-Mutts last weekend. Meanwhile, the T-irds have been on a roller-coaster this year. Even last weekend, when they beat the Evil Monkeys on Friday before being beaten 9-1 on Saturday.


OUT EAST

Thu Nov 24 Brock 2 Toronto Metro 6
Thu Nov 24 Waterloo 3 Laurier 5
Thu Nov 24 Toronto 5 Guelph 1
Fri Nov 25 Nipissing at R.M.C.
Fri Nov 25 Windsor at Lakehead
Fri Nov 25 McGill at Carleton
Fri Nov 25 Ontario Tech at U.Q.T.R.
Fri Nov 25 Western Ontario at York
Fri Nov 25 Ottawa at Queen's
Sat Nov 26 York at Toronto Metro
Sat Nov 26 Concordia at Queen's
Sat Nov 26 Guelph at Laurier
Sat Nov 26 Nipissing at U.Q.T.R.
Sat Nov 26 Ontario Tech at McGill
Sat Nov 26 Carleton at Ottawa
Sun Nov 27 Concordia at R.M.C.
Sun Nov 27 Windsor at Toronto

Wed Nov 23 St. F.X. 6 Dalhousie 2
Fri Nov 25 Moncton at Saint Mary's
Fri Nov 25 U.P.E.I. at St. F.X.
Fri Nov 25 New Brunswick at Acadia
Sat Nov 26 Dalhousie at U.P.E.I.
Sat Nov 26 New Brunswick at Saint Mary's
Sat Nov 26 Moncton at Acadia


Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Fri Nov 25 Portage College at Briercrest College
Fri Nov 25 Concordia-Edmonton at Red Deer Poly
Fri Nov 25 Augustana at N.A.I.T.
Sat Nov 26 Portage College at Briercrest College
Sat Nov 26 N.A.I.T. at Augustana
Sat Nov 26 Red Deer Poly at Concordia-Edmonton

Fri Nov 25 Vancouver Island at Victoria
Fri Nov 25 Simon Fraser at Logan Lake
Sat Nov 26 Victoria at Vancouver Island
Sat Nov 26 Simon Fraser at Okanagan

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

November 25: BISONS MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW

MANITOBA BISONS 3
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2
(in overtime)

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: MHKY: Malchuk scores first U SPORTS goal, Bisons beat Sask 3-2 in overtime (with boxscore)
➤ UofS: MHKY: Huskies Fall Late in Overtime (with boxscore)

Tic-tac-toe, three in a row. This win in Banjoland was a tough arm-wrestle, typical of games between the Bisons and Mutts in the past.

Quick Summary
Man: D. Skoleski (00:37 2nd), J. Hooker (00:48 3rd), P. Malchuk (04:48 1st OT)
Sask: C. Zimmerman (11:39 1st), C. Stebbings (08:15 3rd)
Goal: Man: Hawryluk (31 shots, 29 saves), Sask: Ross (18 shots, 15 saves)

From the last game, the Bisons made two line-up changes. Forwards Geordie Keane and Tony Apetagon were scratched in favour of Zach Patrick (who played up front rather than on the blueline), and Noah Basarab. Parker Malchuk‛s OT winner was his first goal as a Bison.

Saturday‛s rematch is the final Bison game of the 1st semester, with a chance to get back to the .500 level.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 4
REGINA COUGARS 5

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ TWU: SPARTANS FALL TO REGINA (with boxscore)
➤ UofR: Doucet's four-point night lifts Cougars over TWU (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
TWU: J. Borynec (16:11 1st), M. Joss (16:53 1st), J. Borynec (08:03 3rd), D. DuBois (11:36 3rd)
Reg: R. Krane (14:39 1st), J. Doucet (06:31 2nd), J. Doucet (08:28 2nd), R. Krane (10:33 2nd), G. Asham-Moroz (18:41 2nd)
Goal: TWU: Audet (38 shots, 33 saves), Reg: Meger (33 shots, 29 saves)

This game had its ebbs and flows. I saw the ending after the Bison game. It was already 5-4 at that time, and the pace and intensity were pretty good, for teams with one win each. Holy Trinity led 2-1 after one, The Banjo-Cats scored four unanswered in the 2nd, and then TWU made it a nail-biter with a pair in the 3rd. Eight of the nine goals were therefore at one end of the ice. Do you think the ice was slanted?

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 0
CALGARY DINOSAURS 4

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ UofC: Team Website

Quick Summary
Alta: none
Calg: Z. Wytinck (04:56 1st), B. Schoonbaert (10:57 1st), M. Patterson (16:14 1st), R. Stotts (08:28 3rd)
Goal: Alta: Kruger (41 shots, 37 saves), Calg: Tetachuk (29 shots, 29 saves)

In the Town of Bedrock, the Dinos jumped out to a 3-0 1st period lead, outshooting the Evil Monkeys 20-10 in the process. I tuned in to see the ending of this one after seeing Regina‛s win. The Dinos were really having their way with the Monkeys. Despite trailing entering the 3rd period, the Monkeys were decisively outplayed. The scene shifts to Edmontown for Saturday‛s rematch. Don‛t forget last weekend where a Friday loss was followed by a 9-1 Primate victory on Saturday.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 3
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 4

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UBC: Team Website

Quick Summary
MRU: R. Sawchuk (19:02 1st), N. Yaremko (01:12 2nd), K. Morrisseau (08:31 2nd)
UBC: S. Huo (12:12 1st), L. Kindree (02:37 2nd), J. Sandhu (06:06 2nd), S. Mutala (03:36 3rd)
Goal: MRU: Sims (28 shots, 24 saves), UBC: Lane (25 shots, 22 saves)

This was a big win for the T-irds. It featured a stopped penalty shot by Kaeden Lane on Nolan Yaremko with 5 minutes left to preserve the lead. Yaremko had scored his 12th of the year earlier in the game.


NEXT UP

Sat Nov 26 Trinity Western at Regina (3:00 CST)
Sat Nov 26 Mount Royal at U.B.C. (3:00 PST)
Sat Nov 26 Manitoba at Saskatchewan (7:00 CST)
Sat Nov 26 Calgary at Alberta (8:00 CST)
Tue Nov 29 Regina at Saskatchewan (7:00 CST)

OUT EAST

Fri Nov 25 Nipissing 1 R.M.C. 8
Fri Nov 25 Windsor at Lakehead ppd
Fri Nov 25 McGill 4 Carleton 5 (ot)
Fri Nov 25 Ontario Tech 2 U.Q.T.R. 3 (ot)
Fri Nov 25 Western Ontario 3 York 4
Fri Nov 25 Ottawa 2 Queen's 5
Sat Nov 26 York at Toronto Metro
Sat Nov 26 Concordia at Queen's
Sat Nov 26 Guelph at Laurier
Sat Nov 26 Nipissing at U.Q.T.R.
Sat Nov 26 Ontario Tech at McGill
Sat Nov 26 Nipissing at U.Q.T.R.
Sat Nov 26 Waterloo at Lakehead
Sat Nov 26 Carleton at Ottawa
Sun Nov 27 Concordia at R.M.C.
Sun Nov 27 Windsor at Toronto

Fri Nov 25 Moncton 7 Saint Mary's 6
Fri Nov 25 U.P.E.I. 4 St. F.X. 5 (so)
Fri Nov 25 New Brunswick 2 Acadia 1 (ot)
Sat Nov 26 Dalhousie at U.P.E.I.
Sat Nov 26 New Brunswick at Saint Mary's
Sat Nov 26 Moncton at Acadia

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Fri Nov 25 Portage College 4 Briercrest College 3 (ot)
Fri Nov 25 Concordia-Edmonton 1 Red Deer Poly 4
Fri Nov 25 Augustana 3 N.A.I.T. 2
Sat Nov 26 Portage College at Briercrest College
Sat Nov 26 N.A.I.T. at Augustana
Sat Nov 26 Red Deer Poly at Concordia-Edmonton

Fri Nov 25 Vancouver Island 1 Victoria 3 (in progress)
Fri Nov 25 Simon Fraser 8 Logan Lake 0
Sat Nov 26 Victoria at Vancouver Island
Sat Nov 26 Simon Fraser at Okanagan

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Saturday Morning Links

The later games had no game reports as I posted Friday night, and two (MRU and Alberta) still don't.

Links:
➤ UofC: Dinos go top of the league with 10th win in a row (with boxscore and video)

In Bedrock, it's yabba-dabba-doo time. They are justifiably happy at taking over first place. Will that still be the case on Sunday morning?

Links:
➤ UBC: Clutch goaltending, solid PK key in T-Birds win over Cougars (with boxscore and video)

The UBC story is worth a read. Their website appears to be tops in the CW this year. Their win denied the Bluegars a share of 1st place, moved the T-irds into a tie with Sask, and assured the T-irds that they would not be caught by the Bisons this weekend.

OUT WEST

Links:
➤ BCIHL: Box Score

The Vikes scored one more to beat VIU 4-1. It was their first win over someboy other than Logan Lake. This game was in Victoria. Saturday's rematch is in Nanaimo, where they likely have great bars.

 

[Hollywood3]

November 26: BISONS EXPERIENCE FIRST SPLIT OF THE SEASON

MANITOBA BISONS 3
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: MHKY: Huskies steal on in the third to split weekend with 4-3 win (with boxscore)
➤ UofS: MHKY: Huskies Win Earning Weekend Split (with boxscore)

This was the Bisons‛ final series of the first semester, and was also their first split series. It was a pretty good one, fast-paced and hard hitting. The Bisons were down a man, missing Jackson Arpin from Friday‛s line-up.

Quick Summary
Man: C. Behun (15:15 1st), B. Davis (08:01 2nd), D. Skoleski (19:48 2nd)
Sask: J. Kaluski (07:25 1st), C. Petruic (13:35 1st), J. Dmytriw (14:56 1st), J. Kaluski (08:03 3rd)
Goal: Man: Hawryluk (38 shots, 34 saves), Sask: Kooy (28 shots, 25 saves)

The Banjo-Mutts built a 3-0 1st period lead, the final of which was a trickler between Hawryluk‛s pads which he wasn‛t quite able to reach. The Bisons were very unfortunate to be behind at that point. The goal-posts and crossbar were their enemy. By carrying the play the game was tied after the 2nd period, including a penalty shot goal by Brett Davis. The Mutts were out for real in the 3rd period, outshooting the Bisons 11-3 and scoring the only goal.

The Bisons have now finished the 1st semester with a 7-9-0 record and seem to be ensconced in the 6th and final playoff berth. They now break for exams and Christmas. Their next game is a non-conference tilt away to St. Cloud State on Dec 30th, followed by a home series against Regina on Jan 6th & 7th, and an exhibition game against Ukraine on Jan 9th.


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 2
REGINA COUGARS 4

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ TWU: JOSS, PENNER SCORE IN LOSS TO REGINA (with boxscore)
➤ UofR: Men's hockey completes weekend sweep over Trinity Western (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
TWU: J. Penner (03:41 1st), M. Joss (14:56 2nd)
Reg: J. Fletcher (05:06 1st), T. Adams (12:44 2nd), B. Pouteau (06:10 3rd), T. Heidt (17:32 3rd)
Goal: TWU: LaBelle (44 shots, 40 saves), Reg: Evanoff (27 shots, 25 saves)

I didn‛t see any of this matinee. Needless to say, the Banjo-Cats needed this sweep to keep at least one or two of their nine lives available for future use. At 3-9-1 a major winning streak is needed for the Puddy Tats. Holy Trinity was likely resigned to playing a spoiler role this season.

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

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UBC: Team Website

Quick Summary
MRU: C. Blake (08:10 1st), M. Ladyman (06:32 2nd), C. Bouchard (13:05 2nd)
UBC: J. Wismer (06:35 3rd), T. Rask (09:55 3rd)
Goal: MRU: Berry (25 shots, 23 saves), UBC: Schwebius (29 shots, 26 saves)

This matinee started at 5:00 CST so I was able to see a lot of it before the Bison game. A split series makes sense here. This win allowed the Bluegars to jump over the Evil Monkeys and into 2nd place. How crazy is that? The Bluegars held a 3-0 lead entering the 3rd and appeared to be cruising. The shots were 24-13 for MRU after two, and 12-5 for UBC in the 3rd, which accurately reflected the play.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 3
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ UofC: Team Website

Quick Summary
Calg: N. King (04:20 1st), Z. Wytinck (17:44 1st), M. Patterson (01:46 2nd)
Alta: D. Davidson (14:44 1st), J. Prokop (05:13 3rd)
Goal: Calg: Tetachuk (27 shots, 25 saves), Alta: Schneider (22 shots, 19 saves)

The 1st place Dinos have opened a 3-point lead over the Evil Monkeys, and a 2-point lead over MRU, atop the CW standings. The 3rd place Evil Monkeys doesn‛t happen this late in the season. I saw the 3rd period after the Bison game was over. The Dinos had a 3-1 lead and were playing kitty-bar-the-door kind of hockey. They had just 3 shots but that doesn‛t matter when you only give up 8.


NEXT UP

Tue Nov 29 Regina at Saskatchewan (7:00 CST)
Fri Dec 2 Calgary at Saskatchewan
Fri Dec 2 U.B.C. at Regina
Fri Dec 2 Alberta at MacEwan
Fri Dec 2 Trinity Western at Mount Royal


STANDINGS

OUT EAST

Sat Nov 26 York 2 Toronto Metro 3
Sat Nov 26 Concordia 3 Queen's 0
Sat Nov 26 Guelph 4 Laurier 5 (ot)
Sat Nov 26 Ontario Tech 1 McGill 4
Sat Nov 26 Nipissing 4 U.Q.T.R. 7
Sat Nov 26 Waterloo 5 Lakehead 7
Sat Nov 26 Carleton 3 Ottawa 5
Sun Nov 27 Concordia at R.M.C.
Sun Nov 27 Windsor at Toronto
Thu Dec 1 York at Brock
Fri Dec 2 Lakehead at Western Ontario
Fri Dec 2 Toronto at Waterloo
Fri Dec 2 Nipissing at Ontario Tech
Fri Dec 2 Ottawa at McGill
Fri Dec 2 York at Laurier
Fri Dec 2 Brock at Guelph
Fri Dec 2 U.Q.T.R. at Queen‛s

Sat Nov 26 Dalhousie 3 U.P.E.I. 6
Sat Nov 26 New Brunswick 1 Saint Mary's 2 (so)
Sat Nov 26 Moncton 2 Acadia 5
Wed Nov 30 Acadia at St. F.X.
Wed Nov 30 U.P.E.I. at Moncton
Wed Nov 30 Saint Mary's at Dalhousie
Fri Dec 2 St. F.X. at Saint Mary's
Fri Dec 2 Moncton at New Brunswick

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Sat Nov 26 Portage College 1 Briercrest College 3
Sat Nov 26 N.A.I.T. 2 Augustana 5
Sat Nov 26 Red Deer Poly 0 Concordia-Edmonton 3

NOTE: No further games until Jan 6th.

Sat Nov 26 Victoria 3 Vancouver Island 2
Sat Nov 26 Simon Fraser 6 Okanagan 0
Fri Dec 2 Simon Fraser at Alaska-Anchorage (NCAA-ex)
Fri Dec 2 Okanagan at Victoria

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

[RED ARMY EAST]

November 26: BISONS EXPERIENCE FIRST SPLIT OF THE SEASON

MANITOBA BISONS 3
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: MHKY: Huskies steal on in the third to split weekend with 4-3 win (with boxscore)
➤ UofS: MHKY: Huskies Win Earning Weekend Split (with boxscore)

This was the Bisons‛ final series of the first semester, and was also their first split series. It was a pretty good one, fast-paced and hard hitting. The Bisons were down a man, missing Jackson Arpin from Friday‛s line-up.

Quick Summary
Man: C. Behun (15:15 1st), B. Davis (08:01 2nd), D. Skoleski (19:48 2nd)
Sask: J. Kaluski (07:25 1st), C. Petruic (13:35 1st), J. Dmytriw (14:56 1st), J. Kaluski (08:03 3rd)
Goal: Man: Hawryluk (38 shots, 34 saves), Sask: Kooy (28 shots, 25 saves)

The Banjo-Mutts built a 3-0 1st period lead, the final of which was a trickler between Hawryluk‛s pads which he wasn‛t quite able to reach. The Bisons were very unfortunate to be behind at that point. The goal-posts and crossbar were their enemy. By carrying the play the game was tied after the 2nd period, including a penalty shot goal by Brett Davis. The Mutts were out for real in the 3rd period, outshooting the Bisons 11-3 and scoring the only goal.

The Bisons have now finished the 1st semester with a 7-9-0 record and seem to be ensconced in the 6th and final playoff berth. They now break for exams and Christmas. Their next game is a non-conference tilt away to St. Cloud State on Dec 30th, followed by a home series against Regina on Jan 6th & 7th, and an exhibition game against Ukraine on Jan 9th.


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 2
REGINA COUGARS 4

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ TWU: JOSS, PENNER SCORE IN LOSS TO REGINA (with boxscore)
➤ UofR: Men's hockey completes weekend sweep over Trinity Western (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
TWU: J. Penner (03:41 1st), M. Joss (14:56 2nd)
Reg: J. Fletcher (05:06 1st), T. Adams (12:44 2nd), B. Pouteau (06:10 3rd), T. Heidt (17:32 3rd)
Goal: TWU: LaBelle (44 shots, 40 saves), Reg: Evanoff (27 shots, 25 saves)

I didn‛t see any of this matinee. Needless to say, the Banjo-Cats needed this sweep to keep at least one or two of their nine lives available for future use. At 3-9-1 a major winning streak is needed for the Puddy Tats. Holy Trinity was likely resigned to playing a spoiler role this season.

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

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UBC: Team Website

Quick Summary
MRU: C. Blake (08:10 1st), M. Ladyman (06:32 2nd), C. Bouchard (13:05 2nd)
UBC: J. Wismer (06:35 3rd), T. Rask (09:55 3rd)
Goal: MRU: Berry (25 shots, 23 saves), UBC: Schwebius (29 shots, 26 saves)

This matinee started at 5:00 CST so I was able to see a lot of it before the Bison game. A split series makes sense here. This win allowed the Bluegars to jump over the Evil Monkeys and into 2nd place. How crazy is that? The Bluegars held a 3-0 lead entering the 3rd and appeared to be cruising. The shots were 24-13 for MRU after two, and 12-5 for UBC in the 3rd, which accurately reflected the play.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 3
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ UofC: Team Website

Quick Summary
Calg: N. King (04:20 1st), Z. Wytinck (17:44 1st), M. Patterson (01:46 2nd)
Alta: D. Davidson (14:44 1st), J. Prokop (05:13 3rd)
Goal: Calg: Tetachuk (27 shots, 25 saves), Alta: Schneider (22 shots, 19 saves)

The 1st place Dinos have opened a 3-point lead over the Evil Monkeys, and a 2-point lead over MRU, atop the CW standings. The 3rd place Evil Monkeys doesn‛t happen this late in the season. I saw the 3rd period after the Bison game was over. The Dinos had a 3-1 lead and were playing kitty-bar-the-door kind of hockey. They had just 3 shots but that doesn‛t matter when you only give up 8.


NEXT UP

Tue Nov 29 Regina at Saskatchewan (7:00 CST)
Fri Dec 2 Calgary at Saskatchewan
Fri Dec 2 U.B.C. at Regina
Fri Dec 2 Alberta at MacEwan
Fri Dec 2 Trinity Western at Mount Royal


STANDINGS

OUT EAST

Sat Nov 26 York 2 Toronto Metro 3
Sat Nov 26 Concordia 3 Queen's 0
Sat Nov 26 Guelph 4 Laurier 5 (ot)
Sat Nov 26 Ontario Tech 1 McGill 4
Sat Nov 26 Nipissing 4 U.Q.T.R. 7
Sat Nov 26 Waterloo 5 Lakehead 7
Sat Nov 26 Carleton 3 Ottawa 5
Sun Nov 27 Concordia at R.M.C.
Sun Nov 27 Windsor at Toronto
Thu Dec 1 York at Brock
Fri Dec 2 Lakehead at Western Ontario
Fri Dec 2 Toronto at Waterloo
Fri Dec 2 Nipissing at Ontario Tech
Fri Dec 2 Ottawa at McGill
Fri Dec 2 York at Laurier
Fri Dec 2 Brock at Guelph
Fri Dec 2 U.Q.T.R. at Queen‛s

Sat Nov 26 Dalhousie 3 U.P.E.I. 6
Sat Nov 26 New Brunswick 1 Saint Mary's 2 (so)
Sat Nov 26 Moncton 2 Acadia 5
Wed Nov 30 Acadia at St. F.X.
Wed Nov 30 U.P.E.I. at Moncton
Wed Nov 30 Saint Mary's at Dalhousie
Fri Dec 2 St. F.X. at Saint Mary's
Fri Dec 2 Moncton at New Brunswick

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Sat Nov 26 Portage College 1 Briercrest College 3
Sat Nov 26 N.A.I.T. 2 Augustana 5
Sat Nov 26 Red Deer Poly 0 Concordia-Edmonton 3

NOTE: No further games until Jan 6th.

Sat Nov 26 Victoria 3 Vancouver Island 2
Sat Nov 26 Simon Fraser 6 Okanagan 0
Fri Dec 2 Simon Fraser at Alaska-Anchorage (NCAA-ex)
Fri Dec 2 Okanagan at Victoria

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

Wow, Calgary sweeps Alberta, no easy task.
Calgary looks to be a real threat to secure a first round bye in CanadaWest.
Lot's of competition at the top between Cal,ALB,MRU and UofS.
That's 3/4 losses for the Bears in the last two weekends.
Bob?

 

[Hollywood3]

November 29: MAKE-UP GAME IN BANJOLAND

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

REGINA COUGARS 3
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofR: Team Website
➤ UofS: MHKY: Huskies Come From Behind to Win 4-3 over Regina (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Reg: R. Schmidt (13:01 1st), R. Krane (11:49 2nd), R. Schmidt (12:14 2nd)
Sask: L. Keeler (06:38 2nd), C. Zimmerman (09:35 3rd), J. Dmytriw (13:23 3rd), C. Stebbings (14:09 3rd)
Goal: Reg: Evanoff (33 shots, 29 saves), Sask: Kooy (20 shots, 17 saves)

A bonus mid-week game in the CW arose due to postponement arising from a watermain break in Saskatown a couple weeks ago. So we got this game. I missed it because I worked late and watched the Jets annihilate the Colorado Avalanche 5-0. Looks like the Banjo-Mutts still drew 1,000+. The Banjo-Cats held a 3-1 lead entering the 3rd period before their hillbilly brethren rallied. Sask was 3-for-8 on the powerplay.

Sask is now 10-4-2 and Regina falls to 3-10-1. The top four teams in the CW now range from 26 points to 22 points.

 

[Hollywood3]

Preview: December 2-3: BISON BYE WEEK

The Bisons get the bye this coming weekend, meaning no games until after Christmas when they make a trip to St. Cloud State on December 30th. Then comes a stretch of three home games in four days to start the new year. Regina Cougars will visit on January 6th and 7th, and Ukraine‛s World University Games team will visit on January 9th.

Nevertheless, I have posted links for the Bisons‛ stories and the ones needed to follow along this weekend. They have uploaded a background story one new goaltender Ross Hawryluk, and another nice one about the campus efforts on mental health. By the way, there‛s fundraiser at the Bulldog Event Centre starting Saturday at 7:00 p.m. featuring a whole bunch of young local Winnipeg bands.

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: Long journey leads netminding standout Ross Hawryluk to Manitoba
➤ GoBisons: Bisons student-athletes, coaches and support staff doing their part to help support mental health on and off campus

Live Links:
➤ Video: CanadaWest TV
➤ Friday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech
➤ Saturday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech

Other Links:
➤ USports: Schedule/Links ∞ Standings
➤ USports: Calgary sweeps Alberta, ranks No. 2 in men?s hockey Top 10
➤ CW: Home Page ∞ Season Schedule ∞ Daily Schedule
➤ LeagueStat: Media Stats ∞ Daily Schedule

Stock photo of Ross Hawryluk in the alternate tan/gold jersey.


ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

CALGARY DINOSAURS (13-3-0, 16-7-0, OHT35 #1)
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (10-4-2, 13-6-3, OHT35 #5)

Links:
➤ UofC: Team Website
➤ CW: HKY: UBC goalie, CGY forward keep teams atop Canada West
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ Huskie Fan: Huskies hold off Bisons to avenge Friday loss
➤ Huskie Fan: Late comeback lifts Huskies to victory over Cougars

This is likely the best match-up of the weekend in the CW. The Dinos have vaulted into 1st place on the strength of an 11-game winning streak, yet have just a 4-point lead on the 4th place Mutts. I have linked the Huskie Fan site game stories on the Mutts‛ last two games. Max Patterson of Bedrock U received CW kudos for his efforts last weekend, as per the linked story.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (8-6-2, 11-8-3, OHT35 #9)
REGINA COUGARS (3-10-1, 5-13-3, OHT35 #26)

Links:
➤ UBC: Team Website
➤ UofR: Schmidt scores twice, but Cougars fall 4-3 to Saskatchewan
➤ UofR: Team Website

The Banjo-Cats are in desperate need of some wins, especially at home. The T-irds seem capable of winning or losing to anybody. So there is hope in Regina for a nice close to 2022.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (11-4-1, 17-5-2, OHT35 #4)
MACEWAN GRIFFINS (6-8-0, 7-13-1, OHT35 #23)

Links:
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ MacU: SSAC Reunion Tour, Part II: Teammates of three Oilers will go against each other as Griffins face Golden Bears
➤ MacU: Team Website


The Battle of Edmontown is a home-and-home series. The Family Guys shocked with an early season split with the Evil Monkeys. After a weekend off to recover, they might be poised to repeat that effort. The Monkeys look vulnerable right now.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (1-14-1, 2-16-1, OHT35 #35)
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (11-3-2, 15-5-2, OHT35 #3)

Links:
➤ TWU: Team Website
➤ MRU: Team Website


This could get ugly. Since the first weekend of the season, the Bluegars are 11-1-2. Holy Trinity will need a Christmas miracle to win this.


OUT EAST

Thu Dec 1 York 2 Brock 4
Thu Dec 1 R.M.C. 5 Carleton 6
Fri Dec 2 Lakehead at Western Ontario
Fri Dec 2 Toronto at Waterloo
Fri Dec 2 Nipissing at Ontario Tech
Fri Dec 2 Ottawa at McGill
Fri Dec 2 York at Laurier
Fri Dec 2 Brock at Guelph
Fri Dec 2 U.Q.T.R. at Queen‛s
Sat Dec 3 Nipissing at Ontario Tech
Sat Dec 3 Carleton at Concordia
Sat Dec 3 Lakehead at Western Ontario
Sat Dec 3 Toronto Metro at Windsor
Sat Dec 3 Laurier at Toronto
Sat Dec 3 Guelph at Waterloo
Sat Dec 3 U.Q.T.R. at R.M.C.
Sat Dec 3 Queen‛s at McGill
Sun Dec 4 Guelph at Brock
Sun Dec 4 Ottawa at Concordia
Sun Dec 4 Toronto Metro at Windsor

Wed Nov 30 Acadia 5 St. F.X. 4 (ot)
Wed Nov 30 Moncton 1 U.P.E.I. 4
Wed Nov 30 Saint Mary's 5 Dalhousie 2
Fri Dec 2 St. F.X. at Saint Mary's
Fri Dec 2 Moncton at New Brunswick
Sat Dec 3 New Brunswick at U.P.E.I.
Sat Dec 3 Acadia at Dalhousie

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

No conference games until January 13th.

Fri Dec 2 Simon Fraser at Alaska-Anchorage (NCAA-ex)
Fri Dec 2 Okanagan at Victoria
Sat Dec 3 Simon Fraser at Alaska-Anchorage (NCAA-ex)
Sat Dec 3 Okanagan at Vancouver Island

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

December 2: NOW IT‛S A DINO DOZEN

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

CALGARY DINOSAURS 5
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4
(in overtime)

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofC: Win streak hits 12 in double-OT comeback win (with boxscore)
➤ UofS: MHKY: Huskies Fall in Double Overtime to Top Ranked Dinos (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Calg: J. White (16:12 1st), B. Schoonbaert (18:07 1st), A. Atwal (14:39 3rd), R. Stotts (15:20 3rd), J. Gricius (01:10 2nd OT)
Sask: J. Kaluski (07:11 1st), M. Rumsey (04:18 2nd), J. Dmytriw (10:32 2nd), C. Hobbs (17:19 2nd)
Goal: Calg: Tetachuk (29 shots, 25 saves), Sask: Ross (27 shots, 22 saves)

Despite holding a 4-2 lead after two periods, the Banjo-Mutts could not prevent a 12th straight yabba-dabba-doo time in the Town of Bedrock.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 6
REGINA COUGARS 1

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UBC: Team Website
➤ UofR: UBC jumps out to early lead; wins 6-1 over Cougars (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
UBC: T. Rask (00:24 1st), J. Lee (00:59 1st), J. Form (09:58 1st), S. Atkinson (19:21 1st), S. Atkinson (18:14 3rd), E. McIndoe (19:34 3rd)
Reg: J. Davis (16:33 3rd)
Goal: UBC: Lane (26 shots, 25 saves), Reg: Meger (L) (2 shota, 0 saves), Evanoff (45 shots, 41 saves)

The Banjo-Cats‛ starting goaltender Curtis Meger allowed two goals on two shots in 59 seconds and was yanked. That must be a record.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 4
MACEWAN GRIFFINS 1

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ MacU: Griffins out-battled by cross-town rival Golden Bears in 4-1 loss (with boxscore and video)

Quick Summary
Alta: J. Smallwood (00:27 1st), D. Plouffe (03:33 2nd), J. Prokop (09:08 2nd), W. McLeod (16:57 3rd)
MacU: E. Brown (09:43 1st)
Goal: Alta: Berlin (23 shots, 22 saves), MacU: Abel (50 shots, 46 saves)

The Family Guys played two-men short, but still kept things reasonably close. The scene shifts to the Clare Drake Arena for Saturday‛s rematch.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 1
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 6

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ TWU: Team Website
➤ MRU: Cougars Catchup: December 2, 2022 (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
TWU: J. Penner (10:03 2nd)
MRU: C. Bouchard (19:35 1st), C. Bouchard (03:24 2nd), C. Bouchard (19:50 2nd), S. Moe (08:59 3rd), R. Sawchuk (11:45 3rd), R. Sawchuk (19:26 3rd)
Goal: TWU: Berkeliev (51 shots, 45 saves), MRU: Farkas (18 shots, 17 saves)

The Bluegars gave 3rd string goaltender Shane Farkas his first start of the season. The Bluegars‛ top line all racked up the points. Connor Bouchard had 3 goals and 2 assists, Riley Sawchuk and 2 goals and 2 assists, and Nolan Yaremko had 3 assists. This was a dominating performance where Holy Trinity was overwhelmed.


NEXT UP

Sat Dec 3 U.B.C. at Regina (7:00 CST)
Sat Dec 3 Calgary at Saskatchewan (6:00 CST)
Sat Dec 3 Trinity Western at Mount Royal (6:00 MST/7:00 CST)
Sat Dec 3 MacEwan at Alberta (7:00 MST/8:00 CST)


OUT EAST

Fri Dec 2 Lakehead 6 Western Ontario 3
Fri Dec 2 Toronto 4 Waterloo 0
Fri Dec 2 Nipissing 1 Ontario Tech 2 (ot)
Fri Dec 2 Ottawa 3 McGill 4 (ot)
Fri Dec 2 York 3 Laurier 2
Fri Dec 2 Brock 5 Guelph 4 (ot)
Fri Dec 2 U.Q.T.R. 1 Queen‛s 0 (ot)
Sat Dec 3 Nipissing at Ontario Tech
Sat Dec 3 Carleton at Concordia
Sat Dec 3 Lakehead at Western Ontario
Sat Dec 3 Toronto Metro at Windsor
Sat Dec 3 Laurier at Toronto
Sat Dec 3 Guelph at Waterloo
Sat Dec 3 U.Q.T.R. at R.M.C.
Sat Dec 3 Queen‛s at McGill
Sun Dec 4 Guelph at Brock
Sun Dec 4 Ottawa at Concordia
Sun Dec 4 Toronto Metro at Windsor

Fri Dec 2 St. F.X. 3 Saint Mary's 4
Fri Dec 2 Moncton 1 New Brunswick 4
Sat Dec 3 New Brunswick at U.P.E.I.
Sat Dec 3 Acadia at Dalhousie

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

no games

Fri Dec 2 Simon Fraser 0 Alaska-Anchorage 6 (NCAA-ex)
Fri Dec 2 Okanagan 8 Victoria 2
Sat Dec 3 Simon Fraser at Alaska-Anchorage (NCAA-ex)
Sat Dec 3 Okanagan at Vancouver Island

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

December 3: THREE O.T. GAMES, AND A BAKER‛S DOZEN FOR THE DINOS

These games bring the first semester to a close, and three games went into overtime. Who bet on both Dalhousie and Holy Trinity getting their 2nd wins of the season on the same night? And Nipissing nearly joining them?

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

CALGARY DINOSAURS 3
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2
(in overtime)

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofC: Dinos ride into holidays with 13 straight wins (with boxscore)
➤ UofS: MHKY: Huskies Fall in Double Overtime for the Second Night Against Calgary (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Calg: Z. Wytinck (08:48 3rd), N. King (12:02 3rd), N. King (01:54 2nd OT)
Sask: A. Zawatsky (15:18 2nd), J. Ball (13:32 3rd)
Goal: Calg: Tetachuk (31 shots, 29 saves), Sask: Kooy (21 shots, 18 saves)

Back-to-back OTWs for the Dinos vaults them into a solid 1st place heading into the holiday season. Tough luck for the Mutts, though. Both games went into double (i.e. 3-on-3) overtime.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3
REGINA COUGARS 2
(in overtime)

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UBC: UBC Strikes Early and Often in a 6-1 Victory In Regina (Friday late, with boxscore)
➤ UBC: Jake Lee’s OT winner gives UBC weekend sweep in Regina (Saturday, with boxscore)
➤ UofR: Cougars push UBC to overtime, but lose in extra session (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
UBC: S. Atkinson (04:04 2nd), E. McIndoe (15:03 2nd), J. Lee (01:37 1st OT)
Reg: M. Culling (04:19 1st), T. Adams (12:38 3rd)
Goal: UBC: Schwebius (31 shots, 29 saves), Reg: Evanoff (28 shots, 25 saves)

This was a very even game across all stats. The one-point weekend is certainly not what the Banjo-Cats needed. If they want to make a serious charge for a playoff berth they will need a fabulous 2nd semester.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 11
MACEWAN GRIFFINS 2

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofA: Speed kills as Bears top Griffins 4-1 (Friday late, with boxscore)
➤ MacU: Despite tough loss to Bears, Griffins head into break in contention, focused on getting healthy (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
MacU: E. Strang (09:00 2nd), E. Strang (07:50 3rd)
Alta: M. Fonteyne (04:35 1st), J. Sexsmith (09:45 1st), E. Sakowich (11:02 1st), A. Hall (19:44 1st), N. Volcan (14:00 2nd), D. Plouffe (00:44 3rd), J. Paterson (01:07 3rd), T. Preziuso (06:08 3rd), J. Hall (08:02 3rd), T. Preziuso (15:45 3rd), N. Volcan (18:14 3rd)
Goal: MacU: Davis (L) (43 shots, 35 saves), Abel (14 shots, 11 saves), Alta: Kruger (23 shots, 21 saves)

Once again, The Family Guys played two-men short. However, this was the most one-sided game of the entire CW season so far. Adam Hall of the Evil Monkeys had 9 shots on goal himself (one went in). It is strange that on a night when every other game went into overtime, the cross-town rivals came up with this stinker. MacEwan really needs a holiday break right now.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 4
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 3
(in overtime)

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ TWU: SPARTANS FALL TO COUGARS (Friday late, with boxscore)
➤ TWU: FULLER SCORES OT WINNER IN 4-3 VICTORY OVER NO. 5 MOUNT ROYAL (Saturday, with boxscore)
➤ MRU: Cougars Catchup: December 3, 2022 (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
TWU: J. Bruce (16:47 1st), M. Joss (15:12 2nd), M. Joss (08:45 3rd), L. Fuller (02:46 1st OT)
MRU: Z. Rawji (08:01 1st), E. Regnier (08:33 1st), N. Yaremko (00:25 3rd)
Goal: TWU: LaBelle (61 shots, 58 saves), MRU: Sims (19 shots, 15 saves)

This is the upset of the season so far. The Bluegars probably had plans of coasting to a victory and prepping for a challenge for first place in the new year. Holy Trinity had other plans, backed up with a fabulous goaltending performance by Isaac LaBelle. Through two periods, it was tied 2-2 even though MRU led 40-16 on the shot clock. The 3rd period was very one-sided. MRU had 21 shots, TWU had 2. Each side scored once, though. Mitchell Joss had his 6th and 7th goals of the season to lead the Spartans, but it was Landon Fuller‛s 1st of the season which won it in OT. No doubt that Holy Trinity will have a joyous Christmas party when they get back home.


STANDINGS

NEXT UP

Fri Dec 30 Manitoba at St. Cloud State (NCAA ex)
Fri Dec 30 Ukraine U-25 at Saskatchewan (Intl ex)
Mon Jan 2 Regina at Briercrest College (ACAC ex)
Mon Jan 2 Trinity Western at Simon Fraser (BCIHL ex)
Mon Jan 2 Ukraine U-25 at Calgary (Intl ex)
Tue Jan 3 Ukraine U-25 at Alberta (Intl ex)
Fri Jan 6 Regina at Manitoba
Fri Jan 6 MacEwan at Calgary
Fri Jan 6 Mount Royal at Alberta
Fri Jan 6 Saskatchewan at Trinity Western
Fri Jan 6 U.B.C. at Simon Fraser (BCIHL ex)
Sat Jan 7 Regina at Manitoba
Sat Jan 7 Calgary at MacEwan
Sat Jan 7 Alberta at Mount Royal
Sat Jan 7 Saskatchewan at Trinity Western
Mon Jan 9 Ukraine U-25 at Manitoba (Intl ex)


OUT EAST

Sat Dec 3 Nipissing 2 Ontario Tech 3
Sat Dec 3 Carleton 1 Concordia 5
Sat Dec 3 Lakehead 5 Western Ontario 4 (ot)
Sat Dec 3 Toronto Metro 3 Windsor 2 (ot)
Sat Dec 3 Laurier 3 Toronto 1
Sat Dec 3 Guelph 3 Waterloo 1
Sat Dec 3 U.Q.T.R. 2 R.M.C. 1
Sat Dec 3 Queen‛s 0 McGill 2
Sun Dec 4 Guelph at Brock
Sun Dec 4 Ottawa at Concordia
Sun Dec 4 Toronto Metro at Windsor
Mon Jan 2 Toronto at Niagara (NCAA ex)
Thu Jan 5 Western Ontario at Toronto Metro
Thu Jan 5 U.Q.T.R. at McGill
Fri Jan 6 Laurier at Brock
Fri Jan 6 Ottawa at Carleton
Fri Jan 6 Ontario Tech at R.M.C.
Fri Jan 6 Toronto at Lakehead
Fri Jan 6 Windsor at Waterloo
Fri Jan 6 Guelph at York
Fri Jan 6 Queen‛s at Nipissing
Sat Jan 7 Queen‛s at Nipissing
Sat Jan 7 U.Q.T.R. at Concordia
Sat Jan 7 Toronto Metro at Brock
Sat Jan 7 Ontario Tech at Carleton
Sat Jan 7 McGill at R.M.C.
Sat Jan 7 Windsor at Waterloo
Sat Jan 7 Toronto at Lakehead
Sat Jan 7 Laurier at York
Sat Jan 7 Western Ontario at Guelph
Sun Jan 8 Concordia at Ottawa

Sat Dec 3 New Brunswick 3 U.P.E.I. 2
Sat Dec 3 Acadia 2 Dalhousie 3
Wed Jan 4 Moncton at U.P.E.I.
Fri Jan 6 New Brunswick at Moncton
Fri Jan 6 Saint Mary's at St. F.X.
Fri Jan 6 Acadia at Dalhousie
Sat Jan 7 U.P.E.I. at New Brunswick
Sat Jan 7 Saint Mary's at Dalhousie
Sat Jan 7 Acadia at St. F.X.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Mon Jan 2 Regina at Briercrest College (CW ex)
Fri Jan 6 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T. (ex)
Sat Jan 7 N.A.I.T. at S.A.I.T. (ex)

Sat Dec 3 Simon Fraser 0 Alaska-Anchorage 4 (NCAA-ex)
Sat Dec 3 Okanagan 2 Vancouver Island 3 (ot)
Mon Jan 2 Trinity Western at Simon Fraser (BCIHL ex)
Fri Jan 6 U.B.C. at Simon Fraser (BCIHL ex)
Thu Jan 5 Vancouver Island at Victoria
Fri Jan 6 Logan Lake at Victoria
Fri Jan 6 Okanagan at Vancouver Island
Sat Jan 7 Logan Lake at Vancouver Island
Sat Jan 7 Okanagan at Victoria
Sun Jan 8 Okanagan at Logan Lake
Sun Jan 8 Vancouver Island at Victoria

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

December 4: O.U.A. WRAPS UP 2022

OUT EAST

Sun Dec 4 Guelph 3 Brock 7
Sun Dec 4 Ottawa 2 Concordia 8
Sun Dec 4 Toronto Metro 1 Windsor 3

no games

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

December 16: CHRISTMAS BREAK NEWS

USPORTS v TEAM CANADA

TEAM CANADA 5
A.U.S. SELECTS 2

TEAM CANADA 3
A.U.S. SELECTS 2

Here's an oddity. The AUS Selects last played the TC Juniors in 2002. That time they lost 5-2 and 3-2, just like now 20 years later.

In comparison, Canada West teams are 5-10-0, OUA teams are 2-13-1, and USports nation-wide teams are 6-5-0.

Links:
➤ Hockey Canada: December 11th Summary
➤ Hockey Canada: December 12th Summary
➤ Fandom/Wikia: CWUAA Team Canada Juniors Segment


UNIVERSIADE

The complete TC roster is at the link. Canada's games start January 12th against Ukraine. The finals are on January 22nd. The Bisons' top player, Brett Davis, has been selected. There are no players from MRU or Alberta on the team. I suspect that invitations were declined. Missing four regular season games could be costly for those teams fighting it out for a top-two placing. Davis will be missed in their series against MRU and UBC.

Links:
➤ USports: Canada ready to chase gold at Lake Placid 2023


HOLIDAY NON-CONFERENCE GAMES

Thu Dec 29 Windsor at Lakehead
Fri Dec 30 Manitoba at St. Cloud State (NCAA)
Fri Dec 30 Ukraine at Saskatchewan (Intl ex)
Fri Dec 30 Windsor at Lakehead
Fri Dec 30 McGill at Quebec Junior AAA All-Stars
Mon Jan 2 Regina at Briercrest College (ACAC)
Mon Jan 2 Trinity Western at Simon Fraser (BCIHL)
Mon Jan 2 Toronto at Niagara (NCAA)
Mon Jan 2 Ukraine at Calgary (Intl ex)
Tue Jan 3 Ukraine at Alberta (Intl ex)
Fri Jan 6 UBC at Simon Fraser (BCIHL)
Mon Jan 9 Ukraine at Manitoba (Intl ex)

There are usually a good handful of ACAC games against the Alberta CW teams, but just the one this year and it's not even in Alberta. Perhaps there are some exhibition games not yet added to the team schedules.

 

[Lakeheadfan95]

lakehead 6 Windsor 3

 

[Hollywood3]

Preview: December 30: MANITOBA at ST. CLOUD STATE

MANITOBA BISONS (7-9-0, 10-12-0, OHT35 #18)
ST. CLOUD STATE HUSKIES (7-3-0 NCHC, 14-4-0, NCAA #4)

Friday, December 30, 2022 at 1:00 CT at St. Cloud MN

Live Links:
➤ Audio: KNSI AM1450 FM99.3

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: Bison Sports mourns the passing of Rod Lindquist
➤ GoBisons: Brett Davis named to Canada's 2023 FISU Games roster for men's hockey
➤ GoBisons: Mike Sirant announces retirement from Bisons men's hockey program
➤ GoBisons: Bisons hockey set to play Ukranian National Team as part of Hockey Can't Stop Tour

SCSU Links:
➤ SCSU: No. 4 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Hosts Manitoba in Exhibition Game

Last series:
➤ Jan 2/88: UM 3 SCSU 2: History
➤ Jan 3/88: SCSU 5 UM 2: History

The time has come for the Bisons to wear off the excess turkey with an exhibition game before returning to action next weekend. The Herd last faced this version of the Huskies back in 1988. This will be the Bisons‛ 3rd game against an NCAA team this year, having split two prior games. They lost to North Dakota and beat Bemidji State.

Since the Bisons last played, there have been a host of stories posted at GoBisons.ca, all posted in the links.

The upcoming game against Ukraine is being advertised on the boards at Jets games now. Hopefully they draw a nice crowd.

ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

TEAM UKRAINE (0-0-0)
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (10-4-4, 13-6-5, OHT35 #5)

Links:
➤ UofS: MHKY: Dmytriw and Ross set to suit up for Canada at 2023 World University Games in Lake Placid



OUT EAST

Thu Dec 29 Windsor 3 Lakehead 6 : summary
Fri Dec 30 Windsor at Lakehead : live links
Fri Dec 30 McGill at Quebec Junior AAA All-Stars : live links

no games

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

December 30: BISONS END 2022 WITH EXHIBITION LOSS

MANITOBA BISONS 2
ST. CLOUD STATE HUSKIES 5

Links:
➤ SCSU: No. 4 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey Upends Manitoba in Exhibition Play
➤ Boxscore: SCSU

I listened to this game via on-line radio on Friday afternoon. The 1st period was rather hum-drum, the teams evidently suffering from turkey legs. SCSU scored the only goal. Action picked up in the 2nd, with 6 penalties. SCSU scored twice on the PP, and once shorthanded. The Bisons scored one on the PP, and once more just after a PP. The only 3rd period goal was an empty-netter by SCSU.

The Bisons return home to play a CW conference series against Regina on January 6th and 7th, and then host Ukraine on January 9th.

The Bisons are using their alternate 3rd jersey again.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

TEAM UKRAINE 0
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2

Links:
➤ UofS: MHKY: Huskies Welcome the Hockey Can't Stop Tour and the U25 Ukrainian National Team
➤ Huskie Fan: "Hockey Can't Stop Tour" begins at Merlis Belsher Place

The Ukrainian team is dubbed the "U25 Ukrainian national team". They seemed to play well organized defence, needed to keep the game scoreless for the final two periods. One would expect them to improve as the tour progresses. I have not seen a boxscore or summary. However, I did watch the game on CanadaWest.tv, which is streaming the entire tour. Some Ukrainian players had black pants, while others had blue. Remember when that happened over here many years ago?

NEXT UP

Mon Jan 2 Regina at Briercrest College (ACAC exhibition)
Mon Jan 2 Trinity Western at Simon Fraser (BCIHL exhibition)
Mon Jan 2 Ukraine at Calgary (International exhibition)
Tue Jan 3 Ukraine at Alberta (International exhibition)
Fri Jan 6 U.B.C. at Simon Fraser (BCIHL exhibition)
Fri Jan 6 Regina at Manitoba
Fri Jan 6 MacEwan at Calgary
Fri Jan 6 Mount Royal at Alberta
Fri Jan 6 Saskatchewan at Trinity Western


OUT EAST

Fri Dec 30 Windsor 2 Lakehead 1 (ot) : Summary
Fri Dec 30 McGill 9 Quebec Junior AAA All-Stars 1 : Summary
Mon Jan 2 Toronto at Niagara (NCAA exhibition)
Thu Jan 5 Western Ontario at Toronto Metro
Thu Jan 5 U.Q.T.R. at McGill
Fri Jan 6 Laurier at Brock
Fri Jan 6 Ottawa at Carleton
Fri Jan 6 Ontario Tech at R.M.C.
Fri Jan 6 Toronto at Lakehead
Fri Jan 6 Windsor at Waterloo
Fri Jan 6 Guelph at York
Fri Jan 6 Queen‛s at Nipissing

Wed Jan 4 Moncton at U.P.E.I.
Fri Jan 6 New Brunswick at Moncton
Fri Jan 6 Saint Mary's at St. F.X.
Fri Jan 6 Acadia at Dalhousie

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Thu Jan 5 Vancouver Island at Victoria
Fri Jan 6 Logan Lake at Victoria
Fri Jan 6 Okanagan at Vancouver Island

Fri Jan 6 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T. (exhibition)

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

January 2-3: MID-WEEK REPORT

The Bisons are off until Friday, January 6th when they start the second semester at home against Regina with a double-header weekend. Then on Monday, January 9th they will face Team Ukraine at the Canada Life Centre to wrap up Ukraine's Hockey Can't Stop Tour. So in this report, all the news is from elsewhere.


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

TEAM UKRAINE 1
CALGARY DINOSAURS 3

Links:
➤ UofC: Dinos open 2023 with Ukrainian U25 National Team
➤ UofC: Calgary packs rink for Ukrainian U25 National Team (with boxscore and video)
➤ YouTube: Dinos' Channel

On January 2, 2023, Team Ukraine played game two of their tour. This was a fairly evenly played game, with the Dinos holding the edge in shots by 28-27. Ukraine scored the opener but thereafter were held off the scoresheet. The final goal was an empty-netter by the Dinos. This was the best game of the tour thus far.

TEAM UKRAINE 1
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5

Links:
➤ UofA: Bears to host U25 Ukrainian National Team on Tuesday
➤ UofA: Full Clare Drake Arena sees Bears top U25 Ukrainian Team

On January 3, 2023, Ukraine played game three of their tour. It produced their worst result. If this is an accurate preview of the Evil Monkeys' performance in the 2nd semester, the CW better be ready for them. Ukraine never got on the scoreboard until they were already down 4-0. Ukraine did rally to actually lead in shots, 28-25, by the end of the game. Where finishing touch is lacking from Team Ukraine, the Evil Monkeys have it in abundance.

REGINA COUGARS 4
BRIERCREST CLIPPERS 3
(in overtime)

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule/Results
➤ UofR: Men's hockey adds forward Logan Barlage

The signing of Barlage should help the Banjo Cats. He's 6'5" and 210 lbs and peaked at 20 goals in his WHL career. They also lost Tyler Adams, a 5th year forward and WHL grad who had 4 goals and 6 assists in 15 games. He's off to Savannah of the ECHL.

In the meantime, they had the one non-conference game on January 2nd, and eaked out on OTW over Briercrest College. This was the only non-conference game for an ACAC team this holiday season. At 5-6-1, the Clippers are much better than usual so far this year.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 5
SIMON FRASER RED LEAFS 2

Links:
➤ TWU: Schedule/Results
➤ SFU: SFU hosts TWU and UBC for BC University Winter Classic Series

The Clown are 9-1-0 in the BCIHL and likely look forward to their games against CW and NCAA teams. They are now 1-2-0 against Holy Trinity this year. TWU plays Sask this coming weekend, while SFU will play one game against UBC (who are on a bye week).


NEWS

Links:
➤ MRU: MHKY: 2022 Mid-Season Review

No games for the Bluegars but they have released the linked story on their mid-season outlook. That semester-ending loss to Holy Trinity could sting. At 12-3-3 they could finish in the top two and get that bye in the quarter-finals.

Links:
➤ CW: Canada West celebrates 30 years of WHL scholarships
➤ CW: Tetachuk named WHL Grad of the Month for November/December
➤ CW: WHL Scholarship Recipients (pdf)

The annual report on WHL scholarships is out, and the links include a PDF with every player listed by university. As always, a large percentage of scholarship recipients do not play hockey in the CW, or elsewhere.

This year, 208 of the 341 WHL Scholarship recipients are furthering their education at Universities in Western Canada, with 143 of those playing Canadian University hockey at the U SPORTS level in the Canada West (CW) men’s hockey league. In many cases, these student athletes have combined their WHL Scholarship with additional financial assistance from Canada West Universities to receive the Western Canada Premier Hockey Scholarship.

Alberta leads all Western provinces, having produced 125 WHL graduates currently accessing the WHL Scholarship, followed by British Columbia (78), Saskatchewan (61), and Manitoba (48). A total of 23 U.S. and international WHL graduates are accessing their WHL Scholarship.

WHL Graduates continuing to play hockey at the elite Canadian University or College level:
Canada West Conference – 143
Ontario University Athletics – 48
Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) – 23
Atlantic University Sport – 14
B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) – 2
Total – 230

By process of elimination, 111 scholarship recipients are not playing hockey at a university or college.


NEXT UP

Fri Jan 6 U.B.C. at Simon Fraser (BCIHL exhibition)
Fri Jan 6 Regina at Manitoba
Fri Jan 6 MacEwan at Calgary
Fri Jan 6 Mount Royal at Alberta
Fri Jan 6 Saskatchewan at Trinity Western


OUT EAST

Mon Jan 2 Toronto 1 Niagara 3 (NCAA exhibition)
Thu Jan 5 Western Ontario at Toronto Metro
Thu Jan 5 U.Q.T.R. at McGill
Fri Jan 6 Laurier at Brock
Fri Jan 6 Ottawa at Carleton
Fri Jan 6 Ontario Tech at R.M.C.
Fri Jan 6 Toronto at Lakehead
Fri Jan 6 Windsor at Waterloo
Fri Jan 6 Guelph at York
Fri Jan 6 Queen‛s at Nipissing

Wed Jan 4 Moncton at U.P.E.I.
Fri Jan 6 New Brunswick at Moncton
Fri Jan 6 Saint Mary's at St. F.X.
Fri Jan 6 Acadia at Dalhousie

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Fri Jan 6 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T. (exhibition)

ACAC regular season play does not resume until January 13th.

Thu Jan 5 Vancouver Island at Victoria
Fri Jan 6 Logan Lake at Victoria
Fri Jan 6 Okanagan at Vancouver Island
Fri Jan 6 U.B.C. at Simon Fraser (CW exhibition)

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

Preview: January 6-7: REGINA at MANITOBA

REGINA COUGARS (3-11-2, 6-14-4, OHT35 #28)
MANITOBA BISONS (7-9-0, 10-13-0, OHT35 #18)

Friday, January 6th at 7:00 CT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg
Saturday, January 7th at 3:00 CT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg

Live Links:
➤ Video: CanadaWest TV
➤ Audio: UMFM 101.4 stream
➤ Friday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech
➤ Saturday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: [url]https://gobisons.ca/news/2023/1/5/mens-hockey-brett-davis-named-whl-top-performer-of-first-half.aspx [/url]
➤ GoBisons: "Mr. Everything" Brett Davis thriving with Bisons hockey
➤ GoBisons: Men's hockey opens second half home schedule against Regina
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Regina Links:
➤ UofR: Team Website
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Last series:
➤ Oct 14/22: UM 2 UR 1: LeagueStat : Game Story
➤ Oct 15/22: UM 4 UR 3 (ot): LeagueStat : Game Story (with boxscore)

Other Links:
➤ USports: Schedule/Links ∞ Standings
➤ CW: Home Page ∞ Season Schedule ∞ Daily Schedule
➤ LeagueStat: Media Stats ∞ Daily Schedule

Welcome to the 2nd semester! It is always odd to wrap Christmas and New Years and suddenly see the end of the regular season closing in quickly. There are just six weeks left in the CW regular season. The Bisons hold the 6th and final playoff spot, while Regina sits in 8th place, 6 points behind. Neither team has any byes left, so each has 12 games left. So anything less than a sweep would pretty much dash the Cougars' hopes.

GoBisons.ca has two linked stories on Brett Davis. One for being named to Canada‛s Universiade team and the other for being the WHL grad of the 1st semester. Davis is 3rd in conference scoring (16GP/10G/16A). Linemate Devon Skoleski is 11th (15GP/9G/12A). Defenceman Chase Hartje is 29th (16GP/5G/10A) and Colton Veloso is 33rd (16GP/5G/8A).

The Banjo-Cats have three players in the Top 40: Tyler Heidt is 22nd (16GP/4G/13A), Brennan Riddle is 31st (16GP/1G/13A), and Matt Culling is 32nd (16GP/6G/7A).

The Bisons will follow this series with a game against the Ukraine Under-25 National Team on Monday at the Canada Life Centre. This is the wrap-up game of their tour of the prairies.


ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

MACEWAN GRIFFINS (6-10-0, 7-15-1, OHT35 #26)
CALGARY DINOSAURS (15-3-0, 19-7-0, OHT35 #1)

Links:
➤ MacU: Team Website
➤ UofC: Red-Hot Dinos set to battle Griffins

The Family Guys were looking like a playoff contender but faded as the 1st semester wore on. Meanwhile, Bedrock U was going 50/50 until closing with 13 straight wins. They have vaulted into 1st place, but any hiccups (like losing to Mac) could drop them as far as 3rd. This is a home-and-home series.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (12-3-3, 16-5-3, OHT35 #3)
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (13-4-1, 20-5-2, OHT35 #4)

Links:
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UofA: Team Website

This home-and-home is the feature series of the weekend. The Bluegars have been teetering on the brink of contender status for a few years now. In my opinion, this is a make-or-break season for them. This series could set the tone for the home stretch. A sweep by one team would boost their fortunes immensely. The Evil Monkeys have been inconsistent, and this is the closest they have come to being in danger of playing in the quarter-finals for a long time.

Note that no players on either side are on the Universiade roster. Perhaps a sign that their focus is on the CW regular season.

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (10-4-4, 14-6-5, OHT35 #5)
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (2-15-1, 4-17-1, OHT35 #34)

Links:
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ TWU: THIS WEEK IN SPARTA I WVB, MVB, MHKY, WHKY, WBB, MBB, MRUG
➤ TWU: Recruit: Reid Perepeluk

Holy Trinity has the above-noted new recruit. However, they are simply playing spoiler. The Banjo-Mutts seem on a 1st round collision course with UBC, and are holding on to a two-point lead in that race.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (10-6-2, 13-8-3, OHT35 #8)
SIMON FRASER RED LEAFS (9-1-0, 12-7-0, BCIHL #1)

Links:
➤ UBC: Team Website
➤ SFU: Team Website

The T-irds beat the SFU Clown 3-0 in the pre-season and, rather than have a bye, they have this non-conference game on Friday night. Simon Fraser is also 1-2-0 against Holy Trinity and 1-3-0 against Alaska teams.


OUT EAST

Thu Jan 5 Western Ontario 1 Toronto Metro 4
Thu Jan 5 U.Q.T.R. 5 McGill 3
Fri Jan 6 Laurier at Brock
Fri Jan 6 Ottawa at Carleton
Fri Jan 6 Ontario Tech at R.M.C.
Fri Jan 6 Toronto at Lakehead
Fri Jan 6 Windsor at Waterloo
Fri Jan 6 Guelph at York
Fri Jan 6 Queen‛s at Nipissing
Sat Jan 7 Queen‛s at Nipissing
Sat Jan 7 U.Q.T.R. at Concordia
Sat Jan 7 Toronto Metro at Brock
Sat Jan 7 Ontario Tech at Carleton
Sat Jan 7 McGill at R.M.C.
Sat Jan 7 Windsor at Waterloo
Sat Jan 7 Toronto at Lakehead
Sat Jan 7 Laurier at York
Sat Jan 7 Western Ontario at Guelph
Sun Jan 8 Concordia at Ottawa

Wed Jan 4 Moncton 2 U.P.E.I. 3 (ot)
Fri Jan 6 New Brunswick at Moncton
Fri Jan 6 Saint Mary's at St. F.X.
Fri Jan 6 Acadia at Dalhousie
Sat Jan 7 U.P.E.I. at New Brunswick
Sat Jan 7 Saint Mary's at Dalhousie
Sat Jan 7 Acadia at St. F.X.

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results



OUT WEST

Fri Jan 6 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T. (ex)
Sat Jan 7 N.A.I.T. at S.A.I.T. (ex)

Thu Jan 5 Vancouver Island at Victoria
Fri Jan 6 U.B.C. at Simon Fraser (CW ex)
Fri Jan 6 Logan Lake at Victoria
Fri Jan 6 Okanagan at Vancouver Island
Sat Jan 7 Logan Lake at Vancouver Island
Sat Jan 7 Okanagan at Victoria
Sun Jan 8 Okanagan at Logan Lake
Sun Jan 8 Vancouver Island at Victoria

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

[RED ARMY EAST]

MRU is making a statement, built up a 5-0 lead by the 12'th minute mark of the first at Claire Drake, before Alberta battles back to lose 6-5 in OT.
MRU, now up a point on DA Bears with the rematch going tonight in Calgary.
Calgary opens up a 3 pt lead on MRU for first.
Lot's of competition in CanadaWest right now among the top 5 teams.

 

[RED ARMY EAST]

MRU sweeps the Bears with a 4-2 home ice win. This comes off a recent sweep to Calgary.
Alberta now in third place does have a week schedule down the stretch, but I can't see them catching Calgary.

 

[Hollywood3]

January 6-7: COMPLETE WEEKEND WRAP-UP

A busy weekend both inside and outside the rink led me to do one ominbus post for the entire weekend. One team got four points in all four series. Here we go.

REGINA COUGARS 8
MANITOBA BISONS 0

Friday Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: MHKY: Cougars beat Bisons 8-0 in chippy affair (with boxscore)
➤ UofR: Cougars erupt for 8-0 win at Manitoba (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Reg: J. Davis (12:10 1st), J. Fletcher (18:45 1st), R. Schmidt (00:14 2nd), E. Pearce (12:03 2nd), G. Asham-Moroz (16:39 2nd), J. Doucet (12:22 3rd), B. Riddle (15:56 3rd), J. Davis (18:55 3rd)
Man: none
Goal: Reg: Evanoff W (25 shots, 25 saves), Meger (0 shots, 0 saves), Man: Hawryluk (25 shots, 21 saves), Harkness (11 shots, 7 saves)

REGINA COUGARS 3
MANITOBA BISONS 2
(in shoot-out)

Saturday Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: MHKY: Hayden Ostir scores twice, but Cougars steal one in a shootout, 3-2 (with boxscore)
➤ UofR: Cougars pull off epic comeback with 3-2 shootout win over Manitoba (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Reg: R. Krane (19:02 3rd), J. Fletcher (19:46 3rd)
Man: H. Ostir (08:03 3rd), H. Ostir (18:33 3rd)
Goal: Reg: Evanoff (28 shots, 26 saves), Man: Hawryluk (43 shots, 41 saves)

Friday‛s game was a dud. Saturday‛s loss was more painful, however. It was a tight game all the way, 0-0 well into the 3rd period. When Hayden Ostir scored his 2nd of the night with less than 90 seconds left, it seemed victory was inevitable. However, Friday‛s bad habits resurfaced and two last minute goals by the Banjo-Cats forced OT, then a shoot-out. Ostir appeared to have the winner in OT but it was called off.

Next up is Monday night‛s game against Ukraine‛s Under-25 National Team, which should be a lot of fun.

Ostir almost had a hat-trick.


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 5
CALGARY DINOSAURS 7

Friday Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ MacU: Griffins go punch for punch with U SPORTS No. 2 Dinos before running out of gas late in 7-5 loss (with boxscore and video)
➤ UofC: Record-breaking win streak reaches 14 games (with boxscore and video)

Quick Summary
Mac: M. Oszytko (03:53 1st), K. Mohr (12:19 1st), S. McLean (06:20 2nd), N. Salame (17:12 2nd), S. Comrie (18:19 3rd)
Calg: J. Maser (14:58 1st), A. Atwal (18:02 1st), A. Atwal (04:41 2nd), B. Schoonbaert (16:08 2nd), C. Horning (00:15 3rd), N. King (01:48 3rd), C. Gutenberg (16:45 3rd)
Goal: Mac: Abel (43 shots, 36 saves), Calg: Tetachuk (23 shots, 18 saves)

CALGARY DINOSAURS 4
MACEWAN GRIFFINS 1

Saturday Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofC: Win streak continues with 4-1 handling of Griffins
➤ MacU: Griffins push Canada West-leading Dinos behind strong games from Abel, McLean

Quick Summary
Calg: M. Westhaver (17:46 2nd), T. Upper (19:37 2nd), J. Gricius (18:28 3rd), R. Stotts (19:46 3rd)
Mac: S. McLean (10:51 2nd)
Goal: Calg: Stankowski (22 shots, 21 saves), Mac: Abel (38 shots, 36 saves)

The Family Guys gave Bedrock U a tough run in both games, but in the end the Dinos‛ win streak hit 15. On Friday night, the Mutants held a 2-0 lead at one point, and it was tied 4-4 entering the 3rd. On Saturday, the Dinos‛ margin was a bit exaggerated by two empty-netters.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 6
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5
(in shoot-out)

Friday Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UofA: Team Website

Quick Summary
MRU: N. Yaremko (00:25 1st), B. Stevenson (03:30 1st), B. Stevenson (06:31 1st), N. Yaremko (07:23 1st), M. Ladyman (11:43 1st)
Alta: A. Hall (15:18 1st), J. Prokop (19:15 1st), J. Freadrich (14:43 2nd), J. Prokop (15:06 2nd), J. Smallwood (09:10 3rd)
Goal: MRU: Berry (36 shots, 31 saves), Alta: Schneider (8 shots, 5 saves), Berlin L (20 shots, 18 saves)

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 4

Saturday Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ MRU: Cougars Catchup: January 7, 2023 (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Alta: R. Hughes (15:01 2nd), R. Hughes (01:30 3rd)
MRU: B. Stevenson (13:49 2nd), C. Bouchard (09:30 3rd), R. Holmes (09:49 3rd), S. Moe (19:29 3rd)
Goal: Alta: Kruger (31 shots, 28 saves), MRU: Farkas (25 shots, 23 saves)

This was the feature match-up of the weekend and the Bluegars answered the bell. Right now it looks like the Evil Monkeys are destined to the quarter-finals (perhaps against the Bisons) and would have to win that plus an away series in Calgary to qualify for the U-Cup. Friday was strange in that MRU had a 5-0 first period lead. Blowing that could have been distressing.

I note that the Monkeys started Schneider in goal on Friday, but yanked him after giving up 3 goals in 6 minutes. Berlin finished and was tagged with the loss. On Saturday they were both benched in favour of Kruger. They all have starter-quality stats, but I don‛t think that a CW team can fit three goalies into a 28-game regular season and have a true #1 set for the playoffs.

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 7
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 6

Friday Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofS: MHKY: Huskies Battle Spartans in a 7-6 Win in BC (with boxscore)
➤ TWU: SPARTANS BATTLE HUSKIES IN BACK-AND-FORTH LOSS (with boxscore and video)

Quick Summary
Sask: M. Rumsey (01:50 1st), J. Dmytriw (02:35 1st), C. Stebbings (18:15 2nd), C. Hobbs (02:02 3rd), J. Dmytriw (09:49 3rd), C. Stebbings (12:30 3rd), V. Loschiavo (16:41 3rd)
TWU: D. DuBois (11:52 1st), J. Borynec (05:01 2nd), J. Bruce (14:09 2nd), M. Joss (16:29 2nd), T. Verveda (17:57 3rd), J. Bruce (18:19 3rd)
Goal: Sask: Ross (12 shots, 9 saves), Kooy W (13 shots, 10 saves), TWU: Labelle (37 shots, 31 saves), Audet L (5 shots, 4 saves)

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 7
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 2

Saturday Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Sask: MHKY: Saskatchewan Win 7-2 Over TWU (with boxscore)
➤ TWU: SPARTANS FALL TO HUSKIES (with boxscore and video)

Quick Summary
Sask: A. Zawatsky (06:21 1st), C. Hobbs (07:27 1st), J. Ball (00:40 2nd), V. Loschiavo (09:00 2nd), C. Zimmerman (14:48 2nd), C. Petruic (12:43 3rd), E. Fiala (19:13 3rd)
TWU: J. Klessens (01:37 2nd), J. Klessens (05:58 2nd)
Goal: Sask: Kooy (27 shots, 25 saves), TWU: Berkeliev (60 shots, 53 saves)

Holy Trinity gave the Banjo-Mutts a big scare in the first semester, and Friday was similar. The Mutts took a 2-0 lead, but four straight goals for TWU made it 4-2 late in the 2nd. The Mutts scored five unanswered for a commanding 7-4 lead. Two late goals for TWU made the scoreline look nicer. I saw a good chunk of the Saturday rematch. It was your basic whipping.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 5
SIMON FRASER RED LEAFS 4
(in overtime)

Friday Links:
➤ UBC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Boxscore

This was a Friday night non-conference game, the last of the season for UBC. In fact, the last for everybody but for Monday‛s Manitoba-Ukraine game. There have been some schedule changes in the BCIHL. One change is that Simon Fraser‛s series next weekend against Alaska-Fairbanks has been scrubbed.


NEXT UP

Mon Jan 9 Ukraine U-25 at Manitoba (Intl exhibition)
Fri Jan 13 MacEwan at Regina
Fri Jan 13 U.B.C. at Saskatchewan
Fri Jan 13 Manitoba at Mount Royal
Fri Jan 13 Alberta at Trinity Western


STANDINGS

OUT EAST

Fri Jan 6 Laurier 3 Brock 5
Fri Jan 6 Ottawa 5 Carleton 2
Fri Jan 6 Ontario Tech 7 R.M.C. 5
Fri Jan 6 Toronto 1 Lakehead 2 (ot)
Fri Jan 6 Windsor 3 Waterloo 4
Fri Jan 6 Guelph 4 York 5 (ot)
Fri Jan 6 Queen‛s 4 Nipissing 2
Sat Jan 7 Queen‛s 4 Nipissing 3 (so)
Sat Jan 7 U.Q.T.R. 6 Concordia 2
Sat Jan 7 Toronto Metro 5 Brock 3
Sat Jan 7 Ontario Tech 2 Carleton 1
Sat Jan 7 McGill 5 R.M.C. 3
Sat Jan 7 Windsor 2 Waterloo 1
Sat Jan 7 Toronto 2 Lakehead 4
Sat Jan 7 Laurier 2 York 3
Sat Jan 7 Western Ontario 5 Guelph 4 (ot)
Wed Jan 11 Carleton at Queen‛s
Thu Jan 12 Laurier at Toronto Metro
Thu Jan 12 Lakehead at Guelph
Fri Jan 13 York at Western Ontario
Fri Jan 13 R.M.C. at Ontario Tech
Fri Jan 13 Carleton at McGill
Fri Jan 13 Lakehead at Waterloo
Fri Jan 13 Brock at Windsor
Fri Jan 13 Concordia at Nipissing

Fri Jan 6 New Brunswick 3 Moncton 0
Fri Jan 6 Saint Mary's 2 St. F.X. 0
Fri Jan 6 Acadia 1 Dalhousie 3
Sat Jan 7 U.P.E.I. 5 New Brunswick 4
Sat Jan 7 Saint Mary's 5 Dalhousie 1
Sat Jan 7 Acadia 3 St. F.X. 6
Wed Jan 11 U.P.E.I. at Saint Mary's
Fri Jan 13 St. F.X. at Moncton
Fri Jan 13 Dalhousie at New Brunswick
Fri Jan 13 Saint Mary's at Acadia

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Fri Jan 6 Red Deer Poly 11 S.A.I.T. 2 (exhibition)
Sat Jan 7 N.A.I.T. 5 S.A.I.T. 4 (exhibition)
Fri Jan 13 Concordia-Edmonton at Briercrest College
Fri Jan 13 Red Deer Poly at Augustana
Fri Jan 13 S.A.I.T. at Portage College

Thu Jan 5 Vancouver Island 9 Victoria 5
Fri Jan 6 U.B.C. 5 Simon Fraser 4 (CW exhibition)
Fri Jan 6 Logan Lake 1 Victoria 4
Fri Jan 6 Okanagan 1 Vancouver Island 3
Sat Jan 7 Logan Lake 1 Victoria 6
Sat Jan 7 Okanagan 4 Vancouver Island 8
Sun Jan 8 Okanagan at Victoria
Sat Jan 14 Victoria at Vancouver Island

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

[Hollywood3]

January 9: UKRAINE WRAPS TOUR WITH A WIN

TEAM UKRAINE 5
MANITOBA BISONS 1

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: Team Website
➤ Video: YouTube
➤ Lake Placid News: Schedule
➤ FISU: Video Streaming
➤ USports: FISU Schedule (PDF)

Quick Summary
Ukr: M. Simchuk (04:38 1st), Y. Panchenko (01:06 2nd), H. Kryvoshapkin (09:23 2nd), D. Matusevych (18:22 2nd), M. Simchuk (06:35 3rd)
Man: D. Skoleski (04:03 3rd)
Goal: Ukr: D.*Kubrytskyi W (12 shots, 12 saves), B. Dyachenko (7 shots, 6 saves); Man: R. Hawryluk (13 shots, 12 saves), B. Murphy L (10 shots, 7 saves), S. Harkness (9 shots, 8 saves)

What a night! I was shocked to see 8,000 people filling the lower bowl of the Canada Life Centre, most assuredly the biggest crowd the Bisons have drawn for a home game. It was clear from the preponderance of blue and yellow flags that most of the fans came from Manitoba's 200,000+ Ukrainian community.

The crowd included 1,500 Ukrainian refugees, Dancin' Gabe, Bennie the Jet, Mickie Moose, and Billy the Bison. Everybody was in good spirits in a party atmosphere.

The only drawback was that the last-minute ticket sales overwhelmed the arena staff resulting in long line-ups at the entry points. They held back the face-off. Which was good because Winnipeg's Hoosli Ukrainian Men's Chorus sang both national anthems. You have to check them out some time.

The video I linked has the CWTV intro followed by Ukrainian play-by-play. The video starts at the national anthems.

Team Ukraine is now off to the FISU Universiade in New York State. Bison leading scorer Brett Davis is off to play for Team Canada. (He was not in tonight's line-up.) Canada and Ukraine open against one another on January 12th.

The group photo was an integral part of all four games on the tour.

The crowd shot was what made the evening special.

Lots of flags throughout the stands.

 

[Hollywood3]

Preview: January 13-14: MANITOBA at MOUNT ROYAL

MANITOBA BISONS (7-10-1, 10-15-1, OHT35 #20)
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (14-3-3, 18-5-3, OHT35 #3)

Friday, January 13th at 7:00 MT/8:00 CT at Calgary
Saturday, January 14th at 3:00 MT/4:00 CT at Calgary

Live Links:
➤ Video: CanadaWest TV
➤ Friday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech
➤ Saturday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: Ukranian U25 National Team finishes Hockey Can't Stop Tour with 5-1 win over Manitoba
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Mount Royal Links:
➤ MRU: Stevenson named Canada West Male Hockey Player of the Week
➤ MRU: MVB, WVB, WHKY & MHKY continue to thrive in U SPORTS Top 10 Rankings
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Last series:
➤ Oct 28: MRU 4 UM 0: LeagueStat : Game Story (with boxscore)
➤ Oct 29: MRU 7 UM 2: LeagueStat : Game Story (with boxscore)

Other Links:
➤ USports: Schedule/Links ∞ Standings
➤ CW: Home Page ∞ Season Schedule ∞ Daily Schedule
➤ LeagueStat: Media Stats ∞ Daily Schedule

The Bisons are in tough this weekend. Any points they get are a bonus. They are missing leading scorer Brett Davis (off to the Universiade for two weeks) and dressed one short in last Saturday‛s game. They‛ll need hot goaltending and a couple strong individual performances. Meanwhile, the Bluegars‛ top players declined Universiade invites to participate in the push for a quarter-final bye.


ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

MACEWAN GRIFFINS (6-12-0, 7-17-1, OHT35 #27)
REGINA COUGARS (5-11-2, 8-14-4, OHT35 #25)

Links:
➤ MacU: Griffins head to Regina for a series between two teams rallying for a playoff spot
➤ UofR: Team Website

These teams are tied for 7th, and are 3 points behind Manitoba for the final playoff berth. It seems unlikely that any of the teams in this race will make up much ground against the top 3 or 4 teams, so somebody needs a sweep of this series.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (10-6-2, 14-8-3, OHT35 #7)
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (12-4-4, 16-6-5, OHT35 #5)

Links:
➤ UBC: Team Website
➤ UofS: Team Website

These teams appear to be on a collision course for the quarter-final round. The Mutts could possibly jump up a spot if they could sweep this one.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (13-5-2, 20-6-3, OHT35 #4)
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (2-17-1, 4-19-1, OHT35 #34)

Links:
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ TWU: THIS WEEK IN SPARTA | WBB, MBB, MHKY, MRUG, WHKY, WVB, MVB, T&F

After being swept last weekend, expect the Evil Monkeys to run roughshod over Holy Trinity. However, the big test for Saudi Alberta will come in the following weeks when they have to face tougher opponents as they try to get back into the race for 1st and 2nd.


OUT EAST

Sun Jan 8 Concordia 7 Ottawa 3
Wed Jan 11 Carleton 3 Queen‛s 6
Thu Jan 12 Laurier 2 Toronto Metro 1
Thu Jan 12 Lakehead 5 Guelph 3
Fri Jan 13 York at Western Ontario
Fri Jan 13 R.M.C. at Ontario Tech
Fri Jan 13 Carleton at McGill
Fri Jan 13 Lakehead at Waterloo
Fri Jan 13 Brock at Windsor
Fri Jan 13 Concordia at Nipissing
Sat Jan 14 York at Toronto Metro
Sat Jan 14 U.Q.T.R. at Ottawa
Sat Jan 14 R.M.C. at Ontario Tech
Sat Jan 14 Brock at Windsor
Sat Jan 14 Concordia at Nipissing
Sat Jan 14 Lakehead at Laurier
Sat Jan 14 Guelph at Toronto
Sat Jan 14 Waterloo at Western Ontario

Wed Jan 11 U.P.E.I. 2 Saint Mary's 3 (ot)
Fri Jan 13 St. F.X. at Moncton
Fri Jan 13 Dalhousie at New Brunswick
Fri Jan 13 Saint Mary's at Acadia
Sat Jan 14 St. F.X. at New Brunswick
Sat Jan 14 Dalhousie at Moncton
Sat Jan 14 U.P.E.I. at Acadia

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Fri Jan 13 Concordia-Edmonton at Briercrest College
Fri Jan 13 Red Deer Poly at Augustana
Fri Jan 13 S.A.I.T. at Portage College
Sat Jan 14 Concordia-Edmonton at Briercrest College
Sat Jan 14 S.A.I.T. at Portage College
Sat Jan 14 Augustana at Red Deer Poly

Sun Jan 8 Okanagan 4 Victoria 5
Sat Jan 14 Victoria at Vancouver Island

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results


UNIVERSIADE

Wed Jan 11 Hungary 0 Slovakia 4
Wed Jan 11 Japan 8 Latvia 3
Wed Jan 11 Great Britain 0 United States 18
Thu Jan 12 Sweden 2 Czechia 7
Thu Jan 12 Korea 1 Kazakhstan 5
Thu Jan 12 Ukraine 1 Canada 6
Fri Jan 13 Kazakhstan v Hungary
Fri Jan 13 Canada v Sweden
Fri Jan 13 Czechia v Japan
Sat Jan 14 Slovakia v Great Britain
Sat Jan 14 Latvia v Ukraine
Sat Jan 14 United States v Korea
Sun Jan 15 Canada v Japan
Sun Jan 15 Czechia v Latvia
Sun Jan 15 Slovakia v United States
Sun Jan 15 Kazakhstan v Great Britain

Links:
➤ Lake Placid 2023: Schedule & Results
➤ Live streams: FISU.tv
➤ Livesport: Schedule & Results

 

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January 13: BLUEGARS START WITH A WIN

MANITOBA BISONS 1
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: MHKY: Cougars knock off Bisons 5-1 at home (with boxscore)
➤ MRU: Cougars Catchup: January 13, 2023 (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Man: J. Hooker (10:27 2nd)
MRU: K. Morrisseau (08:01 1st), R. Sawchuk (14:56 2nd), N. Yaremko (04:12 3rd), E. Regnier (07:38 3rd), J. Power (16:37 3rd)
Goal: Man: Harkness (38 shots, 33 saves), MRU: (15 shots, 14 saves)

The Bisons gave this one the proverbial college try. It was 2-1 for the Bluegars after two periods, but the 3rd was no contest. For MRU, Sawchuk notched his 15th and Yaremko his 13th. In a statistical twist, neither side had a PP goal in the game.


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 2
REGINA COUGARS 3

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ MacU: Griffins' losing streak stretches to eight after two late goals against leads to 3-2 loss in Regina (with boxscore)
➤ UofR: Cougars score come-from-behind win over MacEwan (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Mac: D. Kope (08:00 1st), J. Taupert (01:27 2nd)
Reg: C. Riemer (18:22 1st), E. Houk (07:23 3rd), B. Pouteau (16:41 3rd)
Goal: Mac: Abel (28 shots, 25 saves), Reg: Evanoff (28 shots, 26 saves)

This was the 8th straight loss for the Family Guys. It was basically even throughout all the stats, which would give the Mutants hope in Saturday‛s rematch. This allows The Banjo-Cats to move within a point of the Bisons.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 1
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 0

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UBC: Lane earns first shutout as ‘Birds open 2023 with win over Huskies (with boxscore)
➤ UofS: MHKY: Saskatchewan Falls 1-0 to UBC (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
UBC: J. Sandhu (13:49 1st)
Sask: none
Goal: UBC: Lane (27 shots, 27 saves), Sask: Kooy (29 shots, 28 saves)

This is about as close as a game can get. With Jets and Bisons games on Friday night, I never got to see any of this one. UBC got the goaltending they haven‛t always had this year.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 10
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 5

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ TWU: SPARTANS FALL TO NO. 7 ALBERTA (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Alta: J. Hall (15:09 1st), E. Florchuk (16:40 1st), J. Freadrich (01:18 2nd), J. Prokop (02:33 2nd), J. Freadrich (10:21 2nd), T. Preziuso (12:49 2nd), E. Florchuk (14:52 2nd), J. Prokop (01:47 3rd), D. Lategan (12:02 3rd), D. Plouffe (15:29 3rd)
TWU: D. DuBois (06:00 1st), M. Joss (11:58 1st), J. Krahn (10:37 2nd), D. DuBois (00:09 3rd), J. Bruce (19:41 3rd)
Goal: Alta: Berlin (24 shots, 19 saves), TWU: Audet L (52 shots, 43 saves), Berkeliev (6 shots, 5 saves)

Oddly, Holy Trinity built up a 2-0 in the 1st period before things fell apart for them. The Evil Monkeys still look to be in search of a #1 goaltender.


NEXT UP

Sat Jan 14 MacEwan at Regina (3:00 CST)
Sat Jan 14 Manitoba at Mount Royal (3:00 MST/4:00 CST)
Sat Jan 14 U.B.C. at Saskatchewan (7:00 CST)
Sat Jan 14 Alberta at Trinity Western (7:00 PST/9:00 CST)


STANDINGS

OUT EAST

Fri Jan 13 York 2 Western Ontario 5
Fri Jan 13 R.M.C. 4 Ontario Tech 3 (ot)
Fri Jan 13 Carleton 4 McGill 2
Fri Jan 13 Lakehead 6 Waterloo 2
Fri Jan 13 Brock 1 Windsor 4
Fri Jan 13 Concordia 5 Nipissing 2
Sat Jan 14 York at Toronto Metro
Sat Jan 14 U.Q.T.R. at Ottawa
Sat Jan 14 R.M.C. at Ontario Tech
Sat Jan 14 Brock at Windsor
Sat Jan 14 Concordia at Nipissing
Sat Jan 14 Lakehead at Laurier
Sat Jan 14 Guelph at Toronto
Sat Jan 14 Waterloo at Western Ontario

Fri Jan 13 St. F.X. 4 Moncton 0
Fri Jan 13 Dalhousie 4 New Brunswick 5 (ot)
Fri Jan 13 Saint Mary's 1 Acadia 2
Sat Jan 14 St. F.X. at New Brunswick
Sat Jan 14 Dalhousie at Moncton
Sat Jan 14 U.P.E.I. at Acadia

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Fri Jan 13 Concordia-Edmonton 2 Briercrest College 5
Fri Jan 13 Red Deer Poly 6 Augustana 2
Fri Jan 13 S.A.I.T. 4 Portage College 0
Sat Jan 14 Concordia-Edmonton at Briercrest College
Sat Jan 14 S.A.I.T. at Portage College
Sat Jan 14 Augustana at Red Deer Poly

Sat Jan 14 Victoria at Vancouver Island

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results


UNIVERSIADE

Fri Jan 13 Kazakhstan 9 Hungary 1
Fri Jan 13 Canada 10 Sweden 2
Fri Jan 13 Czechia 5 Japan 1
Fri Jan 13 Slovakia 14 Great Britain 0
Sat Jan 14 Latvia v Ukraine
Sat Jan 14 United States v Korea
Sun Jan 15 Canada v Japan
Sun Jan 15 Czechia v Latvia
Sun Jan 15 Slovakia v United States
Sun Jan 15 Kazakhstan v Great Britain

Links:
➤ Lake Placid 2023: Schedule & Results
➤ Live streams: FISU.tv
➤ Livesport: Schedule & Results

 

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January 14: DISMAL SWEEP DROPS BISONS TO 7TH

MANITOBA BISONS 0
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 7

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: MHKY: Cougars complete sweep of Bisons with 7-0 win (with boxscore)
➤ MRU: Cougars Catchup: January 14, 2023 (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Man: none
MRU: C. Blake (13:08 1st), R. Sawchuk (00:32 2nd), C. Hanus (02:11 2nd), L. Gilliss (07:44 2nd), R. Sawchuk (15:47 2nd), R. Sawchuk (00:54 3rd), C. Bouchard (04:36 3rd)
Goal: Man: Hawryluk L (24 shots, 20 saves), Harkness (19 shots, 16 saves), MRU: Sims (19 shots, 19 saves)

This game featured a fast-paced and entertaining 1st period, but in the 2nd period the Bisons fell apart. Riley Sawchuk himself had a hat-trick for the Bluegars. During that period, the Bisons seemed to lose all confidence and basically threw in the towel. Without leading scorer Brett Davis, the Bisons never mounted consistent offence all series. Of note, Davis has scored 4 goals in 3 games for Team Canada in the Universiade.


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 1
REGINA COUGARS 5

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ MacU: Griffins lose key net-front battles in both ends, leading to 5-1 loss at Regina (with boxscore)
➤ UofR: Cougars run win streak to four with 5-1 win over MacEwan (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Mac: M. Pasemko (15:50 1st)
Reg: T. Heidt (10:40 2nd), B. Platt (17:08 2nd), E. Pearce (08:25 3rd), E. Houk (10:25 3rd), S. Mickoski (18:21 3rd)
Goal: Mac: Abel (38 shots, 34 saves), Reg: Evanoff (42 shots, 41 saves)

The Banjo-Cats have come up big win 4 straight wins at a critical time. This vaults them into 6th. However, it seems possible to me that neither Regina, nor Manitoba, nor MacEwan will beat anybody other than one another or Holy Trinity. Regina has no such games left on their schedule.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UBC: Late Kindree goal powers T-Birds to weekend sweep over Huskies (with boxscore)
➤ UofS: MHKY: T-Birds Score Late to Beat Huskies (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
UBC: C. Douglas (00:31 1st), S. Huo (19:24 1st), L. Kindree (18:47 3rd)
Sask: V. Loschiavo (07:49 2nd), V. Loschiavo (11:10 3rd)
Goal: UBC: Lane (33 shots, 31 saves), Sask: Kooy (33 shots, 30 saves)

It is amazing that the T-irds swept both games, without even an overtime point for the Banjo-Mutts. Both games were as tight as possible. This weekend solidifies these teams as #4 & #5, meaning a quarter-final series, host TBD.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 2

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofA (Friday late): Offensive explosion sees Bears top Spartans 10-5 (with boxscore)
➤ TWU: BERKELIEV MAKES 53 SAVES IN LOSS TO NO. 7 ALBERTA (with boxscore & video)

Quick Summary
Alta: C. Trolley (12:37 1st), D. Davidson (01:14 2nd), A. Hall (08:32 2nd), J. Hall (08:56 3rd), A. Hall (10:12 3rd)
TWU: J. Klessens (13:46 1st), J. Bruce (19:00 3rd)
Goal: Alta: Kruger (16 shots, 14 saves), TWU: Berkeliev (58 shots, 53 saves)

This sweep was foreseeable. Quite a one-sided shot clock. Seeing this week‛s games makes that TWU win over MRU seem even more unexplainable.


NEXT UP

Thu Jan 19 Calgary at Regina
Fri Jan 20 Calgary at Regina
Fri Jan 20 Saskatchewan at Alberta
Fri Jan 20 Trinity Western at MacEwan
Fri Jan 20 Manitoba at U.B.C.

STANDINGS

OUT EAST

Sat Jan 14 York 4 Toronto Metro 3
Sat Jan 14 U.Q.T.R. 3 Ottawa 1
Sat Jan 14 R.M.C. 5 Ontario Tech 3
Sat Jan 14 Brock 2 Windsor 3
Sat Jan 14 Concordia 2 Nipissing 4
Sat Jan 14 Lakehead 2 Laurier 3 (ot)
Sat Jan 14 Guelph 1 Toronto 3
Sat Jan 14 Waterloo 1 Western Ontario 4
Wed Jan 18 McGill at U.Q.T.R.
Wed Jan 18 Waterloo York
Thu Jan 19 York at Toronto
Thu Jan 19 Toronto Metro at Western Ontario
Thu Jan 19 Laurier at Guelph
Fri Jan 20 Windsor at Toronto Metro
Fri Jan 20 Guelph at Lakehead
Fri Jan 20 Carleton at R.M.C.
Fri Jan 20 Nipissing at Ottawa
Fri Jan 20 Brock at Western Ontario
Fri Jan 20 Ontario Tech at Queen‛s

Sat Jan 14 St. F.X. 4 New Brunswick 3 (ot)
Sat Jan 14 Dalhousie 3 Moncton 2
Sat Jan 14 U.P.E.I. 2 Acadia 4
Wed Jan 18 Dalhousie at St. F.X.
Fri Jan 20 U.P.E.I. at Dalhousie
Fri Jan 20 New Brunswick at Saint Mary's
Fri Jan 20 Moncton at Acadia

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Sat Jan 14 Concordia-Edmonton 5 Briercrest College 6
Sat Jan 14 S.A.I.T. 4 Portage College 5
Sat Jan 14 Augustana 5 Red Deer Poly 2
Fri Jan 20 N.A.I.T. at Concordia-Edmonton
Fri Jan 20 Portage College at Augustana
Fri Jan 20 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T.

Sat Jan 14 Victoria 4 Vancouver Island 5 (ot)
Fri Jan 20 Simon Fraser at Logan Lake
Sat Jan 21 Victoria at Vancouver Island
Sat Jan 21 Simon Fraser at Okanagan

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results


UNIVERSIADE

Sat Jan 14 Latvia 3 Ukraine 2 (ot)
Sat Jan 14 United States 8 Korea 0
Sun Jan 15 Canada 8 Japan 2
Sun Jan 15 Czechia 3 Latvia 4
Sun Jan 15 Slovakia 5 United States 2
Sun Jan 15 Kazakhstan 15 Great Britain 1
Mon Jan 16 South Korea v Hungary
Mon Jan 16 Kazakhstan v Slovakia
Mon Jan 16 Ukraine v Sweden
Tue Jan 17 Hungary v Great Britain
Tue Jan 17 Latvia v Canada
Tue Jan 17 Sweden v Japan
Wed Jan 18 USA v Kazakhstan
Wed Jan 18 Slovakia v South Korea
Wed Jan 18 Canada v Czechia
Wed Jan 18 Japan v Ukraine
Thu Jan 19 USA v Hungary
Thu Jan 19 Great Britain v South Korea
Thu Jan 19 Latvia v Sweden
Thu Jan 19 Czechia v Ukraine

Links:
➤ Lake Placid 2023: Schedule & Results
➤ Live streams: FISU.tv
➤ Livesport: Schedule & Results

 

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Preview: January 20-21: MANITOBA at U.B.C.

MANITOBA BISONS (7-12-1, 10-17-1, OHT35 #21)
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (12-6-2, 16-8-3, OHT35 #5)

Friday, January 20, 2023 at 7:00 PT/9:00 CT at Vancouver
Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 2:00 PT/4:00 CT at Vancouver

Live Links:
➤ Video: CanadaWest TV
➤ Friday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech
➤ Saturday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: Team Website
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

UBC Links:
➤ UBC: Streaking T-Birds host Bisons for first home series of 2023
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Last series:
➤ Oct 7: UBC 6 UM 4: LeagueStat : Game Story
➤ Oct 8: UBC 8 UM 7: LeagueStat : Game Story

Other Links:
➤ USports: Schedule/Links ∞ Standings
➤ CW: Home Page ∞ Season Schedule ∞ Daily Schedule
➤ LeagueStat: Media Stats ∞ Daily Schedule

The Bisons will be without leading scorer Brett Davis, who is in Lake Placid going for gold with Team Canada. Without him the top line has faltered and there is not miuch chemistry, due in part to the injury situation as well as Davis‛s absence.

The last series these teams was wild. The Bisons were unlucky to go pointless. However, since that time UBC has found goaltending, and Manitoba‛s has come and gone. The Bisons have now fallen to 7th place, however still have the inside track on the 6th playoff berth. That‛s because there exists a strong chance that none of the bottom four will win a game against one of the top five. I know that even Holy Trinity did win a game against MRU, but that sort of result is not at all to be expected very often.


ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

CALGARY DINOSAURS (17-3-0, 21-7-0, OHT35 #1)
REGINA COUGARS (7-11-2, 10-14-4, OHT35 #23)

Links:
➤ UofC: Crowchild Classic returns to the ?Dome Jan. 27
➤ UofC: Dinos Men?s Hockey ranked No. 1 in the nation
➤ UofR: Team Website

Bedrock U had a bye last week, so linked are their stories whIch were skipped over. After a so-so start the Dinos are having a yabba dabba doo time. Meanwhile, the Banjo-Cats are coming off sweeps of Manitoba and MacEwan to get back in the hunt. This is a rare Thursday-Friday series, so here‛s a game report:

CALGARY DINOSAURS 9
REGINA COUGARS 2

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofC: Sweet 16: Dinos trample Cougars, 9-2 (with boxscore)
➤ UofR: No. 1 Dinos pull away from Cougars for Thursday win (with boxscore)

Quick Summary:
Calg: C. Gutenberg (00:19 1st), M. Westhaver (16:03 1st), A. Atwal (05:37 2nd), C. Gengenbach (11:28 2nd), J. Maser (00:30 3rd), M. Patterson (04:26 3rd), R. Stotts (06:44 3rd), B. Schoonbaert (10:50 3rd), J. Maser (11:28 3rd)
Reg: R. Krane (09:06 1st), C. Sass (17:11 2nd)
Goal: Calg: Stankowski (31 shots, 29 saves), Reg: Evanoff (40 shots, 31 saves)

That‛s 16 straight wins for the Dinos now. I thought Regina would be a tougher opponent, especially at home.

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (12-6-4, 16-8-5, OHT35 #10)
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (15-5-2, 22-6-3, OHT35 #4)

Links:
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ UofA: Team Website

Both sides have played quite well on occasion, yet have had inconsistent results. This is usually the highlight of the weekend series, and may well turn out that way again this year. Sask was unlucky to lose both games to UBC last weekend. Maybe karma owes them a break. Remember that no Evil Monkeys went to the Universiade.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (2-19-1, 4-21-1, OHT35 #35)
MACEWAN GRIFFINS (6-14-0, 7-19-1, OHT35 #29)

Links:
➤ TWU: THIS WEEK IN SPARTA | WBB, MBB, WHKY, WRUG, WVB, MVB, MHKY, T&F
➤ MacU: Three Stars: Sank, Morrow, Pasemko earn honours
➤ MacU: Colorado College transfer Pasemko using his speed and physicality to make an impact with Griffins

After suffering sweeps at the hands of the Bisons and Regina, this is MacEwan‛s last chance to gain some ground. I‛m not sure that I will catch much of this series.


OUT EAST

Wed Jan 18 McGill 0 U.Q.T.R. 2
Wed Jan 18 Waterloo 3 York 2
Thu Jan 19 York 4 Toronto 3
Thu Jan 19 Toronto Metro 4 Western Ontario 5 (ot)
Thu Jan 19 Laurier 2 Guelph 3
Fri Jan 20 Windsor at Toronto Metro
Fri Jan 20 Guelph at Lakehead
Fri Jan 20 Carleton at R.M.C.
Fri Jan 20 Nipissing at Ottawa
Fri Jan 20 Brock at Western Ontario
Fri Jan 20 Ontario Tech at Queen‛s
Sat Jan 21 Ontario Tech at Concordia
Sat Jan 21 Waterloo at Toronto
Sat Jan 21 Windsor at Brock
Sat Jan 21 U.Q.T.R. at McGill
Sat Jan 21 Nipissing at Queen‛s
Sun Jan 22 Ottawa at Carleton

Wed Jan 18 Dalhousie 4 St. F.X. 3
Fri Jan 20 U.P.E.I. at Dalhousie
Fri Jan 20 New Brunswick at Saint Mary's
Fri Jan 20 Moncton at Acadia
Sat Jan 21 New Brunswick at Acadia
Sat Jan 21 U.P.E.I. at St. F.X.
Sat Jan 21 Moncton at Saint Mary's

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Fri Jan 20 N.A.I.T. at Concordia-Edmonton
Fri Jan 20 Portage College at Augustana
Fri Jan 20 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T.
Sat Jan 21 Concordia-Edmonton at N.A.I.T.
Sat Jan 21 S.A.I.T. at Red Deer Poly
Sat Jan 21 Augustana at Portage College

Fri Jan 20 Simon Fraser at Logan Lake
Sat Jan 21 Victoria at Vancouver Island
Sat Jan 21 Simon Fraser at Okanagan

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results


UNIVERSIADE

Mon Jan 16 South Korea 4 Hungary 7
Mon Jan 16 Kazakhstan 4 Slovakia 0
Mon Jan 16 Ukraine 12 Sweden 2
Tue Jan 17 Hungary 8 Great Britain 3
Tue Jan 17 Latvia 0 Canada 9
Tue Jan 17 Sweden 0 Japan 5
Wed Jan 18 USA 4 Kazakhstan 1
Wed Jan 18 Slovakia 4 South Korea 5 (ot)
Wed Jan 18 Canada 4 Czechia 0
Wed Jan 18 Japan 4 Ukraine 2
Thu Jan 19 USA 9 Hungary 1
Thu Jan 19 Great Britain 4 South Korea 8
Thu Jan 19 Latvia 3 Sweden 5
Thu Jan 19 Czechia 1 Ukraine 3
Sat Jan 21 Canada v Kazkhstan
Sat Jan 21 USA v Japan
Sun Jan 22 Bronze Medal Game
Sun Jan 22 Gold Medal Game

Links:
➤ Lake Placid 2023: Schedule & Results
➤ Live streams: FISU.tv
➤ Livesport: Schedule & Results