Edge School (3) vs Okanagan Hockey Academy (2) U15 Prep
Edge School and OHA Penticton hit the ice as the first game of the day at the Hockey for All Centre in Winnipeg. Edge started their weekend with a 4-0 lead over BWC Academy on Friday, while OHA followed a Thursday evening win with a loss at the hands of the Calgary International Hockey Academy on Friday. Mason Liebel (1G, 1A) scored the only goal of the first period to give OHA the lead, but a run of Edge School domination in the second period saw the game’s trajectory swing in their direction. Nazar Shmatok (1G, 1A), Gio Niven (1G, 1A), and Cohen Snukal-Lyon (1G, 1A) scored consecutive goals for Edge, with the two-goal lead they built in the second period enough to secure them the win. OHA pulled a powerplay goal back, but Edge School’s David Tisdale made 32 saves on 34 shots to help the Mountaineers hang on.
Notre Dame Hounds (5) vs Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (11) U15 Prep
Friday night saw Coeur d’Alene fall at Pilot Mound’s hands in a 4-3 game with razor-thin margins, with the game against Notre Dame on Saturday their third chance to pick up their first victory November. Notre Dame have Shawnigan lake on Sunday to follow Notre Dame Saturday, with the Hounds still in search of their first win of season against the Wings. Coeur d’Alene did enough offensive damage in the first period to make sure to comfortably secure a result, with three powerplay goals in the first twenty minutes amongst six the Wings would score. Notre Dame made the final forty minutes close, scoring four of their own to try and keep up with the Coeur d’Alene offence. They scored a handful of their own, but Coeur d’Alene prevailed thanks to their 11 goals in the game, with five points from TJ Podollan (1G, 4A), four points each from Owen Devonald (2G, 2A) and Brodie Grimm (1G, 3A), and three points each from Cash Sanford (1G, 2A), Tyler Trumbla (1G, 2A), and Aden Bancarz (1G, 2A) leading the Wings to the win.
Calgary International Hockey Academy (4/OT) vs BWC Academy (3) U15 Prep
The Calgary International Hockey Academy’s U15 Prep squad suffered a rare defeat against SAHA in their last game of October, with CIHA looking to win their third straight game following a rare defeat. Meanwhile, BWC Academy came into Saturday looking to be just the third team to beat CIHA this season, with BWC having split their first two games at the showcase in Winnipeg, beating Pilot Mound and falling at the hands of Edge School. The trajectory of the entire game followed a similar pattern throughout. On three different occasions during the course of regulation play, CIHA took a lead, but each time they did so, BWC hit back. Colton Smith (1G, 2A) and Lucas Beaudin (2G, 1A) had their goals hit back by Cooper McBride, Sullivan Shoucair (1G, 1A), and Mars Zhang. CIHA outshot BWC 47-21 in the game as a whole, with Mick Mantrop finding the breakthrough in overtime for Calgary, winning the game with his first goal of the month.
St. George’s School (1) vs Delta Hockey Academy White (2/SO) U15
A pair of teams at the peak of the U15 division clashed in Delta on Saturday morning, with St. George’s School and Delta Hockey Academy White having played once this season, an early October clash that went Delta White’s way in a shootout. The two teams traded second period goals, with Delta’s dominance giving goaltender Jack Jeffery (42/43) all he could handle, but Jeffrey doing enough to force a shootout. Come the shootout, it was Evan Bamara who broke through, scoring on Delta’s first attempt. His stood as the only goal of the shootout to lead Delta White to the win.
OHA Edmonton (0) vs RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (2) U15
OHA Edmonton began October hot with a pair of victories to start but struggled against a pair of excellent opponents in the five games to follow coming into this weekend. In the first of three straight head-to-head games at the RINK Training Centre on Friday, RINK Winnipeg prevailed 5-2, with the win Winnipeg’s fourth in a row. It would be the defences and goaltending of Winnipeg on Saturday that would lift them to their fifth straight win, with goaltender Lukas Unger making 33 saves on 33 shots in the win. Unger’s strong performance meant Winnipeg didn’t need much offence in the game, with a second-period shorthanded goal from Adrian Sinclair and a third-period dagger from Jackson Ross (1G, 1A) doing the requisite damage in the win.
Bourget College (2) vs Rothesay Netherwood School (1) East CCM
Bourget College and Rothesay Netherwood School play Saturday and Sunday in Rothesay, with the first of the back-to-back going Bourget College’s way. Rothesay had prevailed in their most only game prior to Saturday, by a score of 3-1 eight days ago, but Bourget managed to hit back in the second game of their season series. The two teams had traded goals in the second period as the contest marched into the third all tied up, but with less than 14 minutes left, Ludovic Roberge (1G, 1A) broke through, giving Bourget a 2-1 lead they’d hold until the end of the game.
Selwyn House School (3) vs Bishop’s College School (7) East BioSteel
Selwyn House School followed a huge win over OHA to start the month with a 4-3 loss to Kuper Academy on Friday, with Selwyn looking to Saturday’s clash with Bishop’s College School as their chance to bounce back. Bishop’s had proved a formidable opponent to all they’d played prior to Saturday, with five wins out of six games to start the season propelling them towards the top of the East BioSteel division. The positive beat would go on for Bishop’s, as after they’d go down 1-0, an explosion of offence put the game out of Selwyn’s reach. Elliott Correia scored two and Gavin Hartman hit the net with his fifth of the season among a run of seven straight Bishop’s goals in an eventual 7-3 win.
Indigenous Sports Academy (0) vs Northern Alberta Xtreme (3) U17
The Northern Alberta Xtreme won big over the Indigenous Sports Academy on Thursday, with Saturday their second head-to-head clash in just three days. NAX’s win over ISA marked their fourth consecutive victory, with Saturday resulting in their fifth. Benjamin Vialaneix scored an excellent goal in the first, followed by a pair off the stick of Reed Fellows in the second to give NAX a 3-0 lead that ISA wouldn’t be able to come back from. Nixon Riggins made 31 saves on 31 shots for the shutout win.
Balmoral Hall School (5) vs Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (1) Women’s U18 Prep
Balmoral Hall School’s Women’s U18 Prep squad came into Saturday with four wins in five games to start the season, with the Buffaloes keen on getting back in the win column after a trio of losses to end October. It was, however, Balmoral who would stay in excellent form, handing Pilot Mound with another loss. Balmoral got offensive contributions from all over their lineup, with Emilie Bonin and Kittson Dunning scoring their first goals of the season, and Balmoral’s top scorers getting in on the offence through Lydia Hill and Brannagh Rae. BHS’ Isabelle Labossiere made 23 saves on 24 shots in the win.
Okanagan Hockey Colorado (1) vs North Shore Warriors (5) U15 Prep
The guests of the U15 Prep weekend met the North Shore Warriors on Saturday, with North Shore heading into the game having won three straight before their clash with Okanagan Hockey Colorado. OHC led through twenty minutes, but their 1-0 lead would be quickly turned around by North Shore early in the second. Consecutive goals from Mason Stanton (1G, 2A) and Magnus WolffVonGudenberg within less than minutes apart gave North Shore a lead, with two more goals on the powerplay from Wesley Mayor (2G, 1A) expanding the lead beyond what was possible for Colorado to salvage. Warriors goaltender Nikita Neklyudov stopped 33 of 34 in the win.
RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (4) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (3) U15 Prep
The battle of the RINK Hockey Academy sides on Saturday marked the first head-to-head clash between Winnipeg and Kelowna’s U15 Prep squads this season. Winnipeg, the hosts of the U15 Prep showcase this weekend, started November with back-to-back wins over the Notre Dame Hounds and Delta Hockey Academy. Kelowna led 2-1 through forty minutes, but Winnipeg would go on a run of three straight goals in the third, led by some of their top offensive weapons. Brock Labelle tied the game at two early in the period, with Ryan Koenig (2G, 1A) hitting the net for his second of the game just 36 seconds after Labelle’s equalizer. Nash Smook made it 4-2 on a powerplay later in the period, a goal that would prove crucial for Winnipeg. Rowan McGrath scored late for Kelowna, with Smook’s goal standing as the game winner for Winnipeg.
North Shore Warriors (0) vs Delta Hockey Academy Green (6) Women’s U18 Prep
Delta Hockey Academy Green had won five straight games heading into Saturday, with Delta Green and the North Shore Warriors’s clash their second in as many days. Friday night saw Delta Green beat North Shore 5-0 and Delta would follow it up Saturday with a similarity dominant performance. Adie Schneider (1G, 2A) opened the scoring with her tenth goal of the season already, with Sophia Dhami (1G, 1A) and Lexi Howitt scoring to give Delta Green a 3-0 lead within the game’s first three minutes and nine seconds. Emma Biros (1G, 1A) scored on the powerplay in the second to help Delta pull away, with Delta Green eventually winning 6-0. Mya Young (12/12) earned the shutout.
Edge School (5) vs Notre Dame Hounds (3) U15
Edge School’s U15 squad has done absolutely nothing but score goals and win games since the start of October, with Edge heading into Saturday in search of their eighth straight win. Edge bested Notre Dame on Friday, with Edge getting goals from six different goal scorers yesterday in their victory. Notre Dame led 3-2 heading into the last five minutes of the third period, but Levi Pomeroy took things into his own hands. Pomeroy, who hadn’t scored in his first 11 games of the season, tied the game for Edge. Pomeroy’s wait for his second goal only lasted 48 seconds, with Kolter McHale forcing a loose puck his way in the offensive zone, leading to Pomeroy dancing his defenceman and finishing it off into the top corner of the net. Beckhem Falloon sealed the deal for Edge late.
Calgary International Hockey Academy (6) vs RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (2) U17 Prep
Calgary International Hockey Academy is one of just a few teams with a better record than RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg as they marched into Saturday’s clash, with Winnipeg starting down a CIHA team that had won 11 of their last 13. Winnipeg stayed in the hunt through forty minutes, with the game marching into the third tied at two, but an excellent goal early in the third from Juma Kinchen (1G, 2A) gave CIHA a lead, one they’d double merely 52 seconds later through Maxwell Parker (1G, 1A), before another quick goal from Seth Gagnon (1G, 1A) stuck the dagger in Winnipeg.
Edge School (2) vs South Alberta Hockey Academy (4) U18 Prep
Edge School’s U18 Prep squad remained undefeated heading towards Saturday’s clash with the South Alberta Hockey Academy, a team with a stellar record of their own, having won seven of nine, and looking to prevent Edge from winning their eighth consecutive game. Jett Evans scored his second of the game shorthanded late in the second to give the Mountaineers a 2-0 lead, one that Edge would feel should have given them a comfortable lead. However, with 66 seconds in the period left after Evans’ goal, SAHA’s powerplay would quickly go back to work. Zach Schwartz scored his first of the season for SAHA to pull them back within one, a goal that changed the complexion of a game that had looked squarely in Edge’s hands. Carson Ward (2G) and Aidan Poulin (1G, 1A) scored consecutive goals for SAHA in the third, turning the deficit into a lead within five minutes, with Poulin’s powerplay goal standing as the game-winner. Ward scored into the empty net to ensure SAHA’s win, handing Edge School their first U18 Prep defeat of the season.
Notre Dame Hounds (3) vs Edge School (7) U17
Edge School’s U17 squad have been a tough team to beat all season, something Notre Dame had learned back in September. The Hounds came close, losing 3-2 and 3-2 in a shootout in back-to-back games against Edge, with Notre Dame hoping one of two games this weekend against Edge could get the Hounds retribution. The first on Saturday started with the ice tilted in the Mountaineers’ eway, with Edge dominating proceedings. Despite that, Notre Dame hit the back of the net first, giving them a lead that would last just shy of ten minutes. From there, Edge never looked back. Kyson Sylvester (2G, 2A) scored an excellent goal late in the period to give Edge the lead, added to by Jaret Otto (1G, 2A) and Dryden Hanson (1G, 1A) in the second. Notre Dame fought back in the third but ultimately couldn’t challenge the Mountaineers’ control of the game in a 7-3 Edge School win.
South Alberta Hockey Academy (3) vs Northern Alberta Xtreme (7) U17 Prep
The South Alberta Hockey Academy and Northern Alberta Xtreme’s U17 Prep sides came into Saturday on opposite sides of the standings, with SAHA having won ten of twelve so far this season, and NAX still looking to carve out their second victory. Although SAHA started the game on the front foot, NAX would snatch control of the game with three goals in barely four minutes in the back half of the first period. Jackson MacDonald scored his first of the season to give NAX the lead, before Maddon L’Hommecourt (2G, 3A) went to work, scoring and providing an assist in the first period, before providing Kyler Stocks (2G, 1A) with two primary assists in the second, and scoring the first goal of the third period. NAX completed the underdog win in the third, helped by Ben Wagner in between the pipes, who made 53 saves in the face of 56 SAHA shots.
Calgary International Hockey Academy (2) vs OHA Edmonton (3/OT) U18 Prep
OHA Edmonton won an overtime thriller over the Calgary International Hockey Academy on Friday, with Saturday CIHA’s opportunity to earn a win in the second half of the two teams’ back-to-back. CIHA won the two teams’ first game back in October, with Saturday’s winner taking the lead in a season series that will next see the two teams come together in February. It looked like it was to be CIHA’s day as the game marched towards its closing stages, with Cole Chudyk (1G, 1A) having led CIHA into the final minute with a 2-1 lead. In the dying seconds, OHA Edmonton worked the puck to Artello Forestal (2G), who snapped a shot into the net’s top corner with one second left to force overtime. Once there, Chayse Fedoriuk played hero, scoring his seventh of the season to win it in dramatic fashion for OHAE.
Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy vs Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy U17 Prep
The Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy’s quest for their first win of the season brought them up against the Coeur d’Alene Wings on Saturday in the two teams’ second of three consecutive head-to-head clashes. Coeur d’Alene bumped a four-game slump of their own in their victory over Wenatchee on Friday and would carry that positive momentum into Saturday. Jagger Clark (1G, 2A) opened the scoring late in the first, before assisting on both of Alex Li’s goals that would follow. Luke Brandon (1G, 1A) and Ethan Miller added to the lead from there in the third, with Coeur d’Alene’s Ayden Olynick making 34 saves in the shutout win.
Edge School (5) vs Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (2) U17 Prep
Eleven shots, five goals. Edge School needed barely 11 minutes at Black Jack Stewart Arena to build its lead, then spent the next 40 trying, without luck, to add to it. Lachlan Kisio (1G) scored 82 seconds in, and Tucker Derkach (1G) answered for PMHA about a minute later, but the visitors pulled away from there. Cade Mazurski (2G, 1A) put Edge back in front, and Easton Lischka (2G) struck twice in 21 seconds, the second one unassisted. Mazurski (2G, 1A) then made it 5-1 off a Kyden Bartole (2A) feed. After that, Avery Cantleberry shut the door in the PMHA crease, stopping all 32 shots he saw over the final two periods to finish with 38 saves on 43. The home side outshot Edge 34-32 after the first intermission and drew eight power plays, but only one went in: a late Bladen Norton (1G) marker. Cohen Spencer (39/41) handled everything else.
Northern Alberta Xtreme (5) vs Yale Hockey Academy (3) U15 Prep
Yale had done the hard part. Jack Hagen (1G) opened the scoring, but NAX answered with three goals in the first. Myer Hipkins (2G) scored twice, the first one shorthanded, and Malik Flynn (2A) set up both. Dalton Sherwick (1G) added the other in between. In the second, the Yale U15 Prep group outshot the Xtreme 12-8, and Emmett Rumbold (2G, 1A) pulled them all the way back. He scored unassisted, then tied it late in the period off a Hudson Burns (1A) feed. Sebastian Morgan (2G) then needed less than eight minutes to take the lead back. He scored on the power play 69 seconds into the third, set up by Lukas Albrecht (2A). Then he walked in alone from centre ice on a penalty shot and beat Mason Baptiste (28/33) for his 14th goal of the season. At the other end, Marek Swanson made 21 saves on 24 shots, and Yale got only four pucks on him in the whole third period.
Okanagan Hockey Academy (6) vs North Shore Warriors (5) U18 Prep
With 18 seconds left and his team down a goal, Karter Lundmark (3G) finished off his hat trick to salvage a shootout loss. The Warriors had a 3-0 lead before the game was even half over. Jayden Maschke (1G) and Lundmark (3G) scored in the first, and Vlad Ibragimov (1G, 1A) made it 3-0 just 11 seconds into the second. Then Okanagan started chipping away. Rylan Bengert (1G) got the visitors on the board, and Rhys Parker (1G) made it a one-goal game late in the period. Lundmark (3G) put the two-goal lead back early in the third, but OHA kept coming. Talon Scinocca (1G) scored, then Ollie Halowaty (1G) tied it, and defenceman Carson Webb (1G) put Okanagan ahead 5-4 with about four minutes left. Then Lundmark (3G) found the net one last time, set up by Ibragimov (1G, 1A) and Landon Kelly (2A). Two of the three goals that turned this game around for OHA came from the back end, from Parker (1G) and Webb (1G).
Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (8) vs Prairie Hockey Academy (1) U15 Prep
A day after losing 8-2 to Okanagan Hockey Colorado, Pacific Coast leaned on its defencemen to bounce back. Blueliners had a hand in seven of the eight PCHA goals, led by Rhett Resicini (2G, 1A), who scored the first two goals of his season. Finnegan Follick (3A) set up three, starting with Luke Bowes’s (1G) power-play opener three minutes in. The power play went a perfect 4-for-4. Gus Steeves (1G), Resicini (2G, 1A) and fellow defenceman Sebastian Byram (1G) also scored with the extra man. Greyson Ekramoddoullah (1G, 1A) and Blaise Sorenson (1G) helped build a 4-0 lead after one period. Early in the third, Tate Davis (1G, 1A) finished an Easton Lang (2A) feed. Slater Amiot spent the evening under fire at the other end, facing 54 shots and turning aside 46. Prairie’s only goal also came on the power play: Jackson Simpson (1G) scored his first of the season, set up by Kipton Tremblay (1A).
Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (4) vs Delta Hockey Academy (5) U17 Prep
Undefeated Delta hosting a 10-3-0-0 Pacific Coast team was one of the weekend’s best matchups on paper, and it went right down to the final minute at Planet Ice Delta. Kingston Fisher (1G) gave the visitors the lead midway through the first, but Jake Dunlop (1G) tied it 29 seconds before the intermission. Delta then took over the middle period. Josh Anderson (1G), Zach Giles (1G) and Ryder Pavlic (1G) all scored, with Graeme Burke (2A) assisting two of them, to build a 4-2 lead. Brayden Lindsay (2G) brought PCHA back. He made it 4-3 late in the second, then tied the game shorthanded midway through the third off a Jackson Squire (2A) feed, his 11th of the season. Rio Manhas (37/42) kept it level while Delta kept firing, finishing with a 42-33 edge in shots. Then PCHA took a late penalty, and Braelyn Nunley (1G, 1A) scored on the power play with 57 seconds left to keep Delta perfect.
Indigenous Sports Academy (2) vs Prairie Hockey Academy (7) U17 Prep
Prairie Hockey Academy evened its season series with Indigenous Sports Academy at two wins apiece, turning a 2-1 loss the night before into a 7-2 win at Barkman Arena. Maguire Lepp (2G) opened the scoring midway through the first, set up by Dylan Bye (1A) and Johnny Stewart (1A). In the second, Cooper Danroth (1G) scored on the power play with captain Slade Tremblay (2A) assisting, and Cooper Hale (2G) made it 3-0 on a pass from Tay Mann (2A). ISA pushed back twice in the third. Kaythin Mirasty (1G) scored early in the period, but Hale (2G) answered less than three minutes later. Then Maximus Bigchild (1G) buried his first of the season to make it 4-2. After that came three Prairie goals in 85 seconds: Deklan Street (1G), Lepp (2G) and Avery Schantz (1G) all scored before ISA could catch its breath. By the end, the home side had piled up 53 shots, 24 of them in the second period alone.
Yale Hockey Academy (3) vs STAR Hockey Academy (2) U15
One goal in 40 minutes, then four in less than 11. Kane Golding (2G) scored the only goal of the first two periods late in the first, with Vanik Virk (2A) earning the helper, and the game stayed 1-0 through a scoreless middle frame. Golding (2G) doubled the lead just 37 seconds into the third, assisted by Virk (2A) and Hudson Koch (1A), and the game suddenly opened up. Less than six minutes later, Callan Dorzek (1G) got STAR on the board, with Leif Steingard (1A) and Mitchell Host (1A) on the assists. Jase Chyld (1G) restored Yale’s two-goal cushion on a pass from Gregory Karsai (1A). Then STAR defenceman Benjamin Herbert (1G) scored his first of the season, set up by Calvin Smith (1A) and Ian Harder (1A), to make it 3-2 with nine minutes left. STAR outshot Yale 13-11 in the third, which evened the shots at 28 apiece, but the home side got no closer.
South Alberta Hockey Academy (6) vs St. George’s School (7/OT) U15 Prep
Michael Sung (2G, 2A) won it for St. George’s 2:27 into overtime, but first he had to get them there. South Alberta led 6-5 late in regulation. With David Itin pulled for an extra attacker, Sung tied it with 29 seconds left, set up by Caleb Thomas (3A) and Henry Jiang (1A). In overtime he finished a play with Thomas (3A) and Lincoln Germyn (2A), and his teammates mobbed him. It took six ties and four lead changes to get there. Teddy Maser (2G, 1A) and Declan Okell (1G) scored power-play goals 77 seconds apart to turn a 2-1 South Alberta deficit into a lead in the second. Asher Rogachevsky (1G) tied it, and Jay Noh (1G) put SGS back in front 19 seconds before the intermission. Early in the third, Rowan Oddie (1G, 2A) tied it and Gavin Mackow (1G) gave South Alberta the lead again. After St. George’s tied it at 5-5, Maser (2G, 1A) put South Alberta back in front with another power-play goal. SAHA outshot SGS 45-25, and Itin finished with 39 saves. Easy to miss in all of that: Josh Marsh (3G) had a hat trick for St. George’s, two of the goals on the power play.
OHA Edmonton (5) vs Edge School (3) Women’s U18 Prep
If you left Kyle Stuart Memorial Arena after 40 minutes, you missed the game. Edge School led 3-1 going into the third. Sawyer Gillings (1G, 1A) scored in the first, and defender Mika Higgins (1G) added another later in the period. In the second, Sienna Saunders (1G) scored, set up by Gillings (1G, 1A) and Kaitlin Ringrose (1A). Breina Moore kept it that way for a long time: OHA Edmonton kept coming, and through two periods the only puck to get past her was an Ashtyn May (1G) power-play goal. Moore finished with 49 saves on 54 shots. Then the third period flipped the game. Riley Cooper (1G) made it 3-2 on the power play, Ryann Chimera (1G) tied it 75 seconds later, and Avery Sam (1G, 1A) put the visitors ahead 27 seconds after that. That’s three goals in 1:42. Sam (1G, 1A) then set up Siri Bolding (1G) for an insurance goal midway through the period. OHA Edmonton is now 3-0 against Edge this season.
Prairie Hockey Academy (5) vs Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (3) U18 Prep
Prairie did all its damage in the first period and spent the rest of the night protecting the lead. Kashton Smith (1G) opened the scoring midway through the period, and Pilot Mound’s Sam McLean (1G) answered 41 seconds later. Then Prairie scored three times in just over four minutes. Soren Hayden (1G, 1A) and Bryden Wagner (1G) both scored with defenceman Cash Walker (2A) assisting, and Zander Watson (1G) added his first of the season. After that, Yuki Kido kept the home side in it, finishing with 38 saves on 42 shots. Pilot Mound’s two top scorers led the comeback. Maddox Ramage (1G, 2A) scored late in the second, set up by Brock Vodden (1G, 2A). Midway through the third, Vodden (1G, 2A) returned the favour with Ramage (1G, 2A) assisting, making it 4-3 with more than 11 minutes left. Pilot Mound never found the tying goal, and Kase Gellner (1G) put it away with an empty-netter off an Isaac Rimmer (1A) pass with 42 seconds to go.
OHA Edmonton (2) vs Delta Hockey Academy (4) U15 Prep
Delta’s U15 Prep group needed a response after Friday’s 7-3 loss to RINK Winnipeg, and its defencemen supplied most of it. Jack Walker (2G) scored twice on the power play in the first, and defencemen Seven Xie (3A) and Easton Isfeld (2A) assisted on both. Sajan Chatha (2G) made it 3-0 midway through the second, set up by Alex Iaichkin (2A). OHA Edmonton finally broke through 71 seconds into the third, when Brody Schwartz (1G) scored with Gannon Smith (1A) and Kiptyn Bodnar (1A) assisting. About three minutes later, Chatha (2G) restored the three-goal lead, with Iaichkin (2A) and Xie (3A) on the play. Josh Fenske (1G) scored his first of the season on the power play with five seconds left, set up by Deacon Gillespie (1A) and Brody Matthews (1A). That was the only other puck to beat Logan Wagner, who made 25 saves on 27 shots. Delta barely outshot OHAE, 29-27.
Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (0) vs St. George’s School (4) U18 Prep
Sam Trnecka was under siege in the Coeur d’Alene crease all night, and for 40 minutes he nearly held. St. George’s fired 19 shots in the first and 21 in the second, and only one got through: Jayan Sinha (2G) late in the first, set up by captain Jason Gao (2A) and Noah Fowler (1A). The third period finally broke open. Bradey Ching (2G) scored on the power play less than four minutes in, with defencemen Dax Diep (2A) and Quinn Pickering (2A) assisting. Sinha (2G) added his second midway through the period, from Gao (2A) and John Main (1A). Ching (2G) closed the scoring with Pickering (2A) and Diep (2A) assisting again. SGS outshot the visitors 66-24, Trnecka finished with 62 saves, and Joffrey Chan needed 24 for the shutout at the other end. It was St. George’s first win since Oct. 11 and ended a four-game winless run.
Calgary International Hockey Academy (10/OT) vs Northern Alberta Xtreme (9) U15
Calgary International trailed by three with about seven minutes left and still won 10-9 in overtime, in the wildest game of the night. For most of the evening it belonged to Northern Alberta. Corbin Blatz (2G) scored 25 seconds in, and the Xtreme led 4-1 after the first. CIHA answered with four straight goals in the second before NAX scored twice more, with a goalie change at each end along the way. Lochlan Kisslinger (3G) finished off his hat trick early in the third, and when Augustine Paziuk (1G) made it 9-6, the game looked over. Then Calgary scored three times in 84 seconds. Defencemen Jameson Booth (1G) and Charlie DiFlumeri (2G) got the first two, and Brixtin Cenaiko (3G) tied it. Overtime lasted 14 seconds: Cenaiko (3G) completed his own hat trick, set up by Max Raymond (2A) and Emerson Constable (1G, 2A), and the visitors piled onto the ice.
Yale Hockey Academy (5) vs STAR Hockey Academy (2) U18 Prep
STAR came in on a six-game winning streak and undefeated at home, and on shots alone that run looked set to continue. The home side outshot Yale 47-40, but Coby Kidwell stopped 45 of them, and Matteo Di Stefano (3G) made the most of the chances at the other end. Di Stefano (3G) opened the scoring in the first, set up by Teagan Dernisky (1G, 2A) and defenceman Jackson Beggs (2A). Late in the period, Adam Neilson (2G) scored twice in 41 seconds to put STAR up 2-1. That was all Kidwell allowed. Tony Cabelka (1G) tied it in the second, Dernisky (1G, 2A) scored the game-winner, and Di Stefano (3G) made it 4-2 late in the period off a Tanner Massey (2A) pass. STAR changed goalies for the third. Di Stefano (3G) completed his hat trick midway through the period, with Dernisky (1G, 2A) and Jacson Bradbeer (2A) assisting.
Calgary International Hockey Academy (3) vs South Alberta Hockey Academy (2) Women’s U18 Prep
South Alberta scored two power-play goals 34 seconds apart early in the first. Teagan Torgerson (1G) scored first, set up by Darby Amundson (1A) and Avery Moore (1A). Then defender Riley Bourque (1G) finished a play from captain Teylor Crocker (1A) and Maria Facca (1A). That looked like plenty for an undefeated team, but Calgary International kept clawing back. Talysa Mah (1G) scored unassisted late in the first, and Molly Crockett (2G) tied it on a power play in the second, set up by Weston Christianson (1A) and Olivia Trann (1A). From there, Sophia Bacon held the line, stopping 31 of 33 as SAHA outshot the visitors 33-24. With 58 seconds left in regulation, Crockett (2G) found the winner, from Abigail Thom (1A) and Trista Ferguson (1A). South Alberta came in 5-0, and this was its first loss of the season.
Delta Hockey Academy Black (1) vs BWC Academy (4) U15
Things nearly remained scoreless through the opening 20 minutes of play, but a late goal off the stick of Rhett Lowndes gave Delta Black the lead heading into the second. However, that lead wouldn’t last long as Lucas Hansen (2G) would strike for BWC Academy 25-seconds into play. Isaiah Abdulla (1G, 1A) would grant BWC Academy their first lead of the match shortly after. L. Hansen buried another before the end of the frame while Axel Hume added some extra insurance in the third. Malcom Mui came up big for BWC Academy after surrendering the lone goal making all 17-saves through the next forty minutes of play. Jase Taylor recorded 28 saves in the loss and stopped a penalty shot attempt in the second.
Yale Hockey Academy (6) vs North Shore Warriors (0) U17 Prep
Following a scoreless first, Yale would kick things into high gear halfway through the second. Eddie Kemp would open the scoring with his seventh of the season, followed by Theodore Kim (2G, 1A) just over a minute later. Kim would close the frame with Yale’s third while Mason Cumiskey (1G, 1A) would open the scoring in the third on the powerplay. Hayden Zygarliski and Jace Williams (1G, 1A) closed the scoring with a pair of shorthanded goals. Logan Hwang would record 32 saves for his 5th career CSSHL shutout.
