The ECS Elecs football team defeated the Swift Current Colts 30-22 today to clinch home-field advantage for the quarter-finals in the Moose Jaw High School Football League.
Barring an ECS win next week over undefeated Vanier, and a Peacock loss to winless Swift Current, the Elecs (2-3) will finish fourth and host the Colts in the 4 vs. 5 game on Oct. 18.
The Elecs got majors from Dustin MacCuish (10-yard run), Kyle Hovind (on a fumble recovery in the end zone), Tyler Hodgson (one-yard plunge) and Bucky Strongeagle (20-yard pass).
Here's the full Mercury recap.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Bruins stage comeback for OT win
If there was ever a game that a team was lucky to win, it was tonight.
The Bruins looked positively awful in the first two periods against Melville - not a lot of effort, no battles for loose pucks and not much backchecking. If not for Derek Tendler, the Mils definitely would have buried more than two goals.
Then, on a power play with 3.3 seconds left in the second period, Calder Neufeld blasted a big shot top shelf from the top of the left circle. That cut the Mils' lead in half and gave the Bruins a big boost going into the third.
Even for the first few minutes in the third, I didn't think the Bruins looked great. As Keith said after the game, they really only played 17-18 minutes of hockey. They allowed a one-timer goal to Michael Desjarlais during a 4-on-4 about three minutes in to restore Melville's two-goal lead.
Then Neufeld sniped yet another goal, his 11th of the year, and Josh Jelinski beat Alex Sirard 22 seconds later to tie it up and send Spectra Place into chaos. The Bruins had 16 shots in the period.
There were some tense moments near the end of the period. Melville had a goal called back with 3:31 left on a high stick. About a minute later, Austin Daae took a perfect pass breaking into the slot and was denied by Sirard's pad.
Dylan Smith later went hard into the end boards on a scoring chance and looked shaken up, to say the least. Shortly after that, Matt Dochylo took a bad hit from Michael Sagen and, I don't think, took another shift.
Smith's OT winner began with another big save by Tendler. The Bruins gained the line and Cole Olson held onto the puck just long enough to slip it through to Smith on the left side, and he found a tiny short side opening to beat Sirard.
The Mils have to be wondering what it's gonna take for them to beat the Bruins. They came out tonight fired up, obviously seeking revenge for the loss in their home opener, and likely would have had the game sewn up after two if not for Tendler.
Post-game with Smith and Cassidy:
Dylan Smith Oct. 5 by lewis94
Keith Cassidy Oct. 5 by lewis94
The Bruins looked positively awful in the first two periods against Melville - not a lot of effort, no battles for loose pucks and not much backchecking. If not for Derek Tendler, the Mils definitely would have buried more than two goals.
Then, on a power play with 3.3 seconds left in the second period, Calder Neufeld blasted a big shot top shelf from the top of the left circle. That cut the Mils' lead in half and gave the Bruins a big boost going into the third.
Even for the first few minutes in the third, I didn't think the Bruins looked great. As Keith said after the game, they really only played 17-18 minutes of hockey. They allowed a one-timer goal to Michael Desjarlais during a 4-on-4 about three minutes in to restore Melville's two-goal lead.
Then Neufeld sniped yet another goal, his 11th of the year, and Josh Jelinski beat Alex Sirard 22 seconds later to tie it up and send Spectra Place into chaos. The Bruins had 16 shots in the period.
There were some tense moments near the end of the period. Melville had a goal called back with 3:31 left on a high stick. About a minute later, Austin Daae took a perfect pass breaking into the slot and was denied by Sirard's pad.
Dylan Smith later went hard into the end boards on a scoring chance and looked shaken up, to say the least. Shortly after that, Matt Dochylo took a bad hit from Michael Sagen and, I don't think, took another shift.
Smith's OT winner began with another big save by Tendler. The Bruins gained the line and Cole Olson held onto the puck just long enough to slip it through to Smith on the left side, and he found a tiny short side opening to beat Sirard.
The Mils have to be wondering what it's gonna take for them to beat the Bruins. They came out tonight fired up, obviously seeking revenge for the loss in their home opener, and likely would have had the game sewn up after two if not for Tendler.
Post-game with Smith and Cassidy:
Dylan Smith Oct. 5 by lewis94
Keith Cassidy Oct. 5 by lewis94
Preview: Bruins vs. Mils
Good morning. The Bruins are back in action tonight when they take on the Melville Millionaires for the third time this season at Spectra Place.
It's the Bruins' first game since trading Chris Daniels to complete the Shea Cooper deal with Portage.
In other roster news, according to Ryan Crosson's twitter account, he's heading to the CJHL's Pembroke Lumber Kings. I'm not sure if that was a cash deal but I'll try to get the word from Keith after practice.
UPDATE: Keith said Crosson remains Bruins property and no deal has been made with Pembroke - apparently Crosson has contacts there - but they are trying to find him a good fit somewhere.
That brings the team down to seven defencemen, although they still have their eye on a few possible options to bring in another vet.
Here's a look at tonight's game.
The Bruins are riding a three-game winning streak and they will look to continue that with their third win over the Mils this season. The big line of Neufeld, Olson and Smith continues to dominate (check out the league scoring race - you may want to take a screenshot) but the good news on the weekend was that the team spread out their attack, getting goals from nine different players.
Austin Daae has made a physical impact in his first few games with the Bruins and I'd expect him to start chipping in some offence pretty soon. Josh Jelinski is another guy who's starting to heat up on the scoresheet, and rookie Tanner Froese has three goals so far.
On the back end, Tyler Kauk and Austin Yano continue to be perhaps the most cohesive pairing. Both have played extremely well while learning the ropes and their games complement each other well. Probably safe to say Derek Tendler gets the start tonight after not having played since last Tuesday against Humboldt.
It's been a slow start for the Mils and Saturday's loss in the first game in their new barn couldn't have buoyed their spirits. And, as Craig Stein reported on the weekend, it got worse when stud defenceman Lee Christensen fell in the shower and fractured his face in four places. Still, I maintain that there's a lot of talent on this team without the likes of Sean Aschim and Zach Rakochy, and they'll get it together sooner rather than later.
The biggest problem has been in goal, although 18-year-old Alex Wakaluk has done well since his recent acquisition. Still, the Mils are scouring the market for a veteran goalie. No word on who gets the start tonight.
Perhaps the biggest bright spot has been forward Ian McNulty, who's nearly halfway to last year's total of 19 points already, including five goals. Jesse Mireau is off to a good start, and Melville's getting decent production from their back end. Still, they could use more from the likes of Lucas Froese, Mark Owen, Michael Desjarlais and Roger Tagoona.
It's the Bruins' first game since trading Chris Daniels to complete the Shea Cooper deal with Portage.
In other roster news, according to Ryan Crosson's twitter account, he's heading to the CJHL's Pembroke Lumber Kings. I'm not sure if that was a cash deal but I'll try to get the word from Keith after practice.
UPDATE: Keith said Crosson remains Bruins property and no deal has been made with Pembroke - apparently Crosson has contacts there - but they are trying to find him a good fit somewhere.
That brings the team down to seven defencemen, although they still have their eye on a few possible options to bring in another vet.
Here's a look at tonight's game.
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| Estevan Bruins (4-2) |
Austin Daae has made a physical impact in his first few games with the Bruins and I'd expect him to start chipping in some offence pretty soon. Josh Jelinski is another guy who's starting to heat up on the scoresheet, and rookie Tanner Froese has three goals so far.
On the back end, Tyler Kauk and Austin Yano continue to be perhaps the most cohesive pairing. Both have played extremely well while learning the ropes and their games complement each other well. Probably safe to say Derek Tendler gets the start tonight after not having played since last Tuesday against Humboldt.
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| Melville Millionaires (1-3-0-1) |
The biggest problem has been in goal, although 18-year-old Alex Wakaluk has done well since his recent acquisition. Still, the Mils are scouring the market for a veteran goalie. No word on who gets the start tonight.
Perhaps the biggest bright spot has been forward Ian McNulty, who's nearly halfway to last year's total of 19 points already, including five goals. Jesse Mireau is off to a good start, and Melville's getting decent production from their back end. Still, they could use more from the likes of Lucas Froese, Mark Owen, Michael Desjarlais and Roger Tagoona.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Daniels dealt to Portage
The Bruins have completed their deal with the Portage Terriers, finalizing the trade of 20-year-old forward Chris Daniels to the MJHL club today.
Daniels, a Winnipeg native, had a strong pre-season and has two goals on the year, but it was a case of having too many forwards and not enough ice time, especially with so many talented youngsters with the potential to be impact players in the SJHL.
The deal now looks like this: 1991 G Shea Cooper and 1991 F Chris Daniels to Portage for 1991 D Josh Dufresne and futures.
Dufresne is playing with the Briercrest Clippers, but Keith said Friday that "we might be able to recruit him" and "we can dictate when that happens."
(You'll remember the confusion on Friday when I originally reported that two players were going to Portage... this is the other shoe.)
The Bruins are now down to 14 forwards, eight defencemen and two goalies for a total of 24 cards.
Daniels, a Winnipeg native, had a strong pre-season and has two goals on the year, but it was a case of having too many forwards and not enough ice time, especially with so many talented youngsters with the potential to be impact players in the SJHL.
The deal now looks like this: 1991 G Shea Cooper and 1991 F Chris Daniels to Portage for 1991 D Josh Dufresne and futures.
Dufresne is playing with the Briercrest Clippers, but Keith said Friday that "we might be able to recruit him" and "we can dictate when that happens."
(You'll remember the confusion on Friday when I originally reported that two players were going to Portage... this is the other shoe.)
The Bruins are now down to 14 forwards, eight defencemen and two goalies for a total of 24 cards.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Neufeld named SJHL player of the month
Not surprisingly, SJHL goals leader Calder Neufeld has been named player of the month as well as player of the week.
Here's the SJHL release:
SJHL PLAYER OF THE MONTH:
Calder Neufeld, Estevan Bruins
1992 F Calder Neufeld (Carrot River SK) scored eight goals in just five games, including three games where he posted multiple goal efforts. He finished with 12-points, which was good enough for a tie for the SJHL scoring lead on September 30th.
Honorable Mention: Tad Kozun, Nipawin; Dylan Smith, Estevan; Jay Young, Flin Flon.
SJHL DEFENSEMAN OF THE MONTH:
Carson Grolla, Notre Dame Hounds
1992 D Carson Grolla (Prince George BC) had 2-goals and 2-assists in 6-games played to start the month of September. He was also a steady veteran for the Hounds, who used a rookie goaltender in four starts.
Honorable Mention: Jesse Williamson, Nipawin; Tanner Clark, Flin Flon; Logan Sproule, Humboldt.
SJHL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH:
Tad Kozun, Nipawin Hawks
1993 F Tad Kozun (Nipawin SK) is a homegrown product leading a resurgence of sorts for the Hawks as they won six of their first seven to start the season. Kozun had 5-goals and 7-assists over that span.
Honorable Mention: Ty Reichenbach, Notre Dame; Jamie Vlanich, Yorkton; Jeremy Johnson, Yorkton.
SJHL GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH:
Ty Reichenbach, Notre Dame Hounds
1993 G Ty Reichenbach (Billings MT) won three of his four starts and didn't allow more than three goals in any one game. He finished 3-and-1, 2.04, .926.
Honorable Mention: Davis Jones, Nipawin; Matt Hrynkiw, Humboldt; Stephen Klein, Nipawin.
Also, the Bruins' Dylan Smith, Cole Olson and Steven Glass were given runner-up nods for player/goalie of the week, respectively.
Here's the SJHL release:
SJHL PLAYER OF THE MONTH:
Calder Neufeld, Estevan Bruins
1992 F Calder Neufeld (Carrot River SK) scored eight goals in just five games, including three games where he posted multiple goal efforts. He finished with 12-points, which was good enough for a tie for the SJHL scoring lead on September 30th.
Honorable Mention: Tad Kozun, Nipawin; Dylan Smith, Estevan; Jay Young, Flin Flon.
SJHL DEFENSEMAN OF THE MONTH:
Carson Grolla, Notre Dame Hounds
1992 D Carson Grolla (Prince George BC) had 2-goals and 2-assists in 6-games played to start the month of September. He was also a steady veteran for the Hounds, who used a rookie goaltender in four starts.
Honorable Mention: Jesse Williamson, Nipawin; Tanner Clark, Flin Flon; Logan Sproule, Humboldt.
SJHL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH:
Tad Kozun, Nipawin Hawks
1993 F Tad Kozun (Nipawin SK) is a homegrown product leading a resurgence of sorts for the Hawks as they won six of their first seven to start the season. Kozun had 5-goals and 7-assists over that span.
Honorable Mention: Ty Reichenbach, Notre Dame; Jamie Vlanich, Yorkton; Jeremy Johnson, Yorkton.
SJHL GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH:
Ty Reichenbach, Notre Dame Hounds
1993 G Ty Reichenbach (Billings MT) won three of his four starts and didn't allow more than three goals in any one game. He finished 3-and-1, 2.04, .926.
Honorable Mention: Davis Jones, Nipawin; Matt Hrynkiw, Humboldt; Stephen Klein, Nipawin.
Also, the Bruins' Dylan Smith, Cole Olson and Steven Glass were given runner-up nods for player/goalie of the week, respectively.
Update on Cooper trade
Here's some info on the player the Bruins acquired in the Shea Cooper deal. The player is 20-year-old defenceman Josh Dufresne. He's a Portage native who played the last two seasons with the Terriers, including last year's Anavet Cup and RBC.
Dufresne committed to the Briercrest Clippers over the off-season, although Keith had said something the other day about possibly being able to recruit him to the Bruins.
Here is the story from the Portage Daily Graphic on Dufresne joining Briercrest.
Dufresne committed to the Briercrest Clippers over the off-season, although Keith had said something the other day about possibly being able to recruit him to the Bruins.
Here is the story from the Portage Daily Graphic on Dufresne joining Briercrest.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Bruins win third straight in Melville
Two rink openings, two victories for the Bruins.
Matt Dochylo's goal 2:58 into the third period stood up as the winner as the Bruins spoiled the party with a 3-2 win over the Melville Millionaires in the opening of the Horizon Credit Union Centre tonight.
Calder Neufeld and Dylan Smith had the other Bruins' goals, with Dustin Eberle (with the first goal in the HCUC) and Lucas Froese scoring for Melville.
Steven Glass picked up his second win in as many night as the Bruins earned their first road victory of the year.
Dominic Perrault didn't play and as far as I know that was the automatic one-game suspension that came with getting in the second fight on one stoppage last night against the Hounds.
The Bruins are now off until Wednesday, when they face the Mils for the third time this year at Spectra Place.
Matt Dochylo's goal 2:58 into the third period stood up as the winner as the Bruins spoiled the party with a 3-2 win over the Melville Millionaires in the opening of the Horizon Credit Union Centre tonight.
Calder Neufeld and Dylan Smith had the other Bruins' goals, with Dustin Eberle (with the first goal in the HCUC) and Lucas Froese scoring for Melville.
Steven Glass picked up his second win in as many night as the Bruins earned their first road victory of the year.
Dominic Perrault didn't play and as far as I know that was the automatic one-game suspension that came with getting in the second fight on one stoppage last night against the Hounds.
The Bruins are now off until Wednesday, when they face the Mils for the third time this year at Spectra Place.
Bruins thump Hounds 9-1
It's hard to think of a better way to get revenge on a team for a loss than to clobber them 9-1 less than a week later.
That's what the Bruins (3-2) did to Notre Dame (3-3) last night in a game that saw them score five or more goals for the fourth time in five games this season.
I can't say much other than to direct you to the game sheet because I'm laid up with the flu and wasn't at the game.
Not only did the Bruins put on a frightening offensive display, they spread out the attack with eight different goal scorers, including Eric Baldwin and Tyler Kauk netting their first SJHL goals.
Steven Glass made 20 saves for his first SJHL win.
I was also told there was a brawl midway through the third that resulted in coach Keith Cassidy being ejected. There were two fights on that stoppage, which dictates an automatic one-game suspension for the players involved in the second fight. I'm not sure if it was Daae or Perrault in the second one.
The Bruins are in Melville tonight to open the Horizon Credit Union Centre.
That's what the Bruins (3-2) did to Notre Dame (3-3) last night in a game that saw them score five or more goals for the fourth time in five games this season.
I can't say much other than to direct you to the game sheet because I'm laid up with the flu and wasn't at the game.
Not only did the Bruins put on a frightening offensive display, they spread out the attack with eight different goal scorers, including Eric Baldwin and Tyler Kauk netting their first SJHL goals.
Steven Glass made 20 saves for his first SJHL win.
I was also told there was a brawl midway through the third that resulted in coach Keith Cassidy being ejected. There were two fights on that stoppage, which dictates an automatic one-game suspension for the players involved in the second fight. I'm not sure if it was Daae or Perrault in the second one.
The Bruins are in Melville tonight to open the Horizon Credit Union Centre.
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