It was an intense weekend down in Weyburn and a Legen…. wait for it DARY!!! Weekend, I literally got bitch slapped with Hockey this past weekend but it was the best experience so far in my broadcasting career and a lot of work but… not as much anymore.
Since Mitchell Blair came on as the Communications Director for the League your notes/ stat sheets are the absolute best Mitchell keep up the good work, check out his blog at www.blair-necessities.blogspot.com some interesting stuff he talks about and a WWE Fan so always a thumbs up in my book Mitchell.
Since Mitchell Blair came on as the Communications Director for the League your notes/ stat sheets are the absolute best Mitchell keep up the good work, check out his blog at www.blair-necessities.blogspot.com some interesting stuff he talks about and a WWE Fan so always a thumbs up in my book Mitchell.
As for the Showcase it was entertaining there was tight nail bitters and there was a couple of surprises as well this weekend had everything, 12 games, 79 total goals scored, 479 penalty minutes and a shoot-out.
The team that impressed me the most that weekend was the Yorkton Terriers in my mind the way they played against Melfort in what was one of the best games during the weekend Trent Cassan has created a silent monster, I say silent because the Terriers have done everything under the radar and they have that I don’t care what you’ve done mentality Clarke Breitkreuz, Robbie Ciolfi and Brent Struble are the second best line in the SJHL right now behind of course La Ronge’s Doug Lindensmith, Marc-Andre Carre who makes everything happen on that line and Travis Eggum who has the most due to the fact that everyone forgets about them cause they’re too worried about the other two on the line.
The team that impressed me the most that weekend was the Yorkton Terriers in my mind the way they played against Melfort in what was one of the best games during the weekend Trent Cassan has created a silent monster, I say silent because the Terriers have done everything under the radar and they have that I don’t care what you’ve done mentality Clarke Breitkreuz, Robbie Ciolfi and Brent Struble are the second best line in the SJHL right now behind of course La Ronge’s Doug Lindensmith, Marc-Andre Carre who makes everything happen on that line and Travis Eggum who has the most due to the fact that everyone forgets about them cause they’re too worried about the other two on the line.
But Yorkton is the team to beat I say this as when they play Melfort they out work them and when the Mustangs play La Ronge the Wolves lose they won once cause Charles Corsi wasn’t in net.
Weyburn had a strong showcase going 2-0 as well as La Ronge but they could have easily lost to Battlefords pending a collapse in the 3rd by the Stars and Kindersley impressed me this weekend after getting thumped by the Stars Larry Wintoneak’s crew battled back against a hot Flin Flon Bombers who come into that game winners of 7 straight, they changed their plan after being down 1-0 after one, got the tying goal late with 6 attackers against a PJ Musico who wouldn’t anything in then in overtime take a penalty and Jordan Hoffman steals a pass and burns the Bombers Shorthanded for the W.
Watch out for the Klippers in the home stretch of the season. Special shout out to Sean Cahill of Kindersley who was an Okotoks Oiler last year when I did colour there he could the goalie that goes under the radar going into the post season.
Watch out for the Klippers in the home stretch of the season. Special shout out to Sean Cahill of Kindersley who was an Okotoks Oiler last year when I did colour there he could the goalie that goes under the radar going into the post season.
On to our local teams let’s break em down.
Nipawin Hawks 1-1 at the Showcase.
It looked like the Nipawin Hawks were the Hawks everyone had talked about when they played Weyburn Brody Hoffman was outstanding against the Wings didn’t have much help from the back end but when if you listened to the broadcast the Hawks did have chances didn’t get the bounces it’s been the story for them this year, Weyburn got bounces played well not taking aything away from Dwight McMillan’s crew but if Nipawin gets a goal in the second this game wasn’t over by a long shot but a loss was a loss but they’d rebound in a big way.
As the Humboldt Broncos came for their first game of the showcase I thought it would be ugly but the Defensive play of the Hawks was the best they played all season they blocked a pile of shots against the Broncos and got bounces winning 6-2, The line of Jonathon Ceci, Matt Spafford and Tyler Pawlawski really lit things up especially Ceci who should have been player of the week getting 5 points in the game and all lines did their job, Brendan Tash, Darius Cole were work horses for Doug Johnson’s crew an it paid off and a thinned D-core got the job done as well and Stephen Klein got his first win in the SJHL and it was one for the ages absolutely stunning the top line of Jeremy Boyer, Justin Buzzeo and Matt Glowa in their tracks.
Then Kliener did it last night against Humboldt again at the cage a solid outing and same story and outcome in a 6-3 win and two straight for the Hawks, it will be interesting what happens from now until Christmas then from December 31st to January 1oth for Nipawin.
As the Humboldt Broncos came for their first game of the showcase I thought it would be ugly but the Defensive play of the Hawks was the best they played all season they blocked a pile of shots against the Broncos and got bounces winning 6-2, The line of Jonathon Ceci, Matt Spafford and Tyler Pawlawski really lit things up especially Ceci who should have been player of the week getting 5 points in the game and all lines did their job, Brendan Tash, Darius Cole were work horses for Doug Johnson’s crew an it paid off and a thinned D-core got the job done as well and Stephen Klein got his first win in the SJHL and it was one for the ages absolutely stunning the top line of Jeremy Boyer, Justin Buzzeo and Matt Glowa in their tracks.
Then Kliener did it last night against Humboldt again at the cage a solid outing and same story and outcome in a 6-3 win and two straight for the Hawks, it will be interesting what happens from now until Christmas then from December 31st to January 1oth for Nipawin.
Humboldt Broncos 1-1 at the Showcase
The Broncos of course got off to that bad start against the Hawks, Tim Klimoosco Assistant Coach of the Broncos said after the game that the Green and Gold were gripping the sticks tonight and trying to be fancy and from my view that looked to be the way things had been going as the Broncos had struggled going into the weekend,
The best player all weekend was Logan Sproule and Josh Roach playing 2 solid games not just one that I’ll get to that in a second Matt Hrynkiw didn’t help his cause in net obviously there was a couple of goals he should have had but Dean Brockman stands by his crew when no one else does and Hrynkiw will get better (He has to come 2012 or it could be a problem for the Broncos)and started him in hopefully rebound game against Nipawin last night didn’t get much help again.
The best player all weekend was Logan Sproule and Josh Roach playing 2 solid games not just one that I’ll get to that in a second Matt Hrynkiw didn’t help his cause in net obviously there was a couple of goals he should have had but Dean Brockman stands by his crew when no one else does and Hrynkiw will get better (He has to come 2012 or it could be a problem for the Broncos)and started him in hopefully rebound game against Nipawin last night didn’t get much help again.
In the 11AM Game (By the way who the hell schedules 11AM games is this Atom C?) The Broncos hit the Notre Dame Hounds early and often for a 5-2 win the Hounds D-core which most teams in the league say they have the best defense in the league just ran out of gas and gave the Broncos an early scare in the game but Ward Suzuki coming off his 2 game suspension got 2 big goals one even strength and a beauty shorthanded he was the best player for them on that day and Logan Sproule had another gem on the back end.
Andrew Bodnarchuk is getting better I don’t think he’s back to MVP form or anything but he is the number one goalie in Humboldt. They played well against a maybe tired Flin Flon team 5-0 win over the Bombers but a win is a win and everything worked for them. People have been asking me and I’m not the guy to comment but they ask will Dean Brockman sell farm by Jan 10th.
Dean believes in his crew and what does he have to lose in hindsight… they’ll probably finish 3-4 in the league with his young crew and the 20 year olds but if he can get something for next year pending on the situation that might have changed as Josh Roach broke his arm at the CJHL Prospects game a couple of days ago I don’t think we’ll see much movement unless the Broncos really fall of and I mean really fall off their great start has saved them right now but the clock is ticking no doubt about it in Humboldt another interesting situation in the Bauer Conference.
Andrew Bodnarchuk is getting better I don’t think he’s back to MVP form or anything but he is the number one goalie in Humboldt. They played well against a maybe tired Flin Flon team 5-0 win over the Bombers but a win is a win and everything worked for them. People have been asking me and I’m not the guy to comment but they ask will Dean Brockman sell farm by Jan 10th.
Dean believes in his crew and what does he have to lose in hindsight… they’ll probably finish 3-4 in the league with his young crew and the 20 year olds but if he can get something for next year pending on the situation that might have changed as Josh Roach broke his arm at the CJHL Prospects game a couple of days ago I don’t think we’ll see much movement unless the Broncos really fall of and I mean really fall off their great start has saved them right now but the clock is ticking no doubt about it in Humboldt another interesting situation in the Bauer Conference.
Melfort Mustangs 1-1 at the Showcase.
The Mustangs were an interesting team that played different hockey at times especially in the Yorkton game lines were moving the puck but they didn’t dump and chase as much as they usually do and it lead to 107 turnovers in the neutral zone and it looked like they were a little nervous at the showcase but they still attacked well and ran into a strong Devin Peters in net for the Terriers, the Goaltending Duel made the showcase for many including most broadcasters still sticking around and it was the best goalies in the SJ with Charles Corsi and Devin Peters after the game Corsi had a couple of scouts come talk to him about next year in the NCAA circuit.
Head Coach Darrell Mann said they didn’t play their best game as a team which surprised me a lot because they did outshoot them in periods 2 and 3 after getting out shot in the first which was the downfall as the Terriers scored twice. Game 2 was an interesting one Mann shuffled his lines alot as we didn’t see Brody Haygarth, Adam Wihak and Owen Roshcuk together and Jesse Mireau and Shawn Aschim were split up at times as well.
But they got off on a bad foot giving up the only goal in the firs to the Millionaire’s Brayden Metz but Jesse Enisz made some huge saves in the first but then the Blue, Green and White played Mustangs Hockey tight defensively and got plenty of chances against the Millionaires with Conner Bradshaw setting up the game winner in the 3rd to Brant Henry-Norton to give the Stangs an eventual 3-1 win.
Enisz played well got the first star from me in that game but it showed that the Mustangs can play when things aren’t the way they usually are prior to that game with the extensive line shuffling done by Darrell Mann. The Mustangs don’t play till Saturday against Weyburn a team they beat in nail bitter way back when they swept their 3 game Southern Road Trip on a Wihak shorthanded goal and Charles Corsi starting all three games and winning all three. The Mustangs new players in Scott Brkich, Devin Ballness, Spener Mault, Sterling Bear and Jordan Bauer are still learning the system come February if the Mustangs get their couple other guys they want for the pushed run to the championship they will be tough to beat.
Head Coach Darrell Mann said they didn’t play their best game as a team which surprised me a lot because they did outshoot them in periods 2 and 3 after getting out shot in the first which was the downfall as the Terriers scored twice. Game 2 was an interesting one Mann shuffled his lines alot as we didn’t see Brody Haygarth, Adam Wihak and Owen Roshcuk together and Jesse Mireau and Shawn Aschim were split up at times as well.
But they got off on a bad foot giving up the only goal in the firs to the Millionaire’s Brayden Metz but Jesse Enisz made some huge saves in the first but then the Blue, Green and White played Mustangs Hockey tight defensively and got plenty of chances against the Millionaires with Conner Bradshaw setting up the game winner in the 3rd to Brant Henry-Norton to give the Stangs an eventual 3-1 win.
Enisz played well got the first star from me in that game but it showed that the Mustangs can play when things aren’t the way they usually are prior to that game with the extensive line shuffling done by Darrell Mann. The Mustangs don’t play till Saturday against Weyburn a team they beat in nail bitter way back when they swept their 3 game Southern Road Trip on a Wihak shorthanded goal and Charles Corsi starting all three games and winning all three. The Mustangs new players in Scott Brkich, Devin Ballness, Spener Mault, Sterling Bear and Jordan Bauer are still learning the system come February if the Mustangs get their couple other guys they want for the pushed run to the championship they will be tough to beat.
So that was the weekend it was at the showcase I just wish more scouts were at the event it wasn’t bad could have had a lot more scouts in attendance it could have been even better. I just want to thank Rob Hart voice of the Flin Flon Bombers who did colour for me this weekend, along with the team’s coaching staff and players for interviews that weekend, Dan O’Conner voice of the Battlefords North Stars for great bullshit sessions in between games and getting me on his sports fix show Monday Dan great job there, Chris Brinklow opted all my games it’s a greasy job but someone has to do it thanks again Big Guy and I want to thank all of those who listened to me during the weekend I greatly appreciate it.
I’ll be back sooner rather then later with more SJHL, LLHL and other stuff as we head into Christmas. Till then take care and the Leafs (except Darryl Sittler) still suck. E-mail me at gino.depaoli@cjvr.com or Tweet Me yes Tweet Me at gdp74
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