Shawnigan Lake School (2) vs Notre Dame Hounds (7) U15 Prep
Ten games in, Notre Dame’s U15 Prep group finally has a win, and Dominick Chowace (2G, 3A) had a hand in most of it. The Hounds were 0-9 going into Sunday morning’s game at the Hockey for All Centre. After a scoreless first, the goals came quickly. Chowace (2G, 3A) scored 1:50 into the second and set up Bode Gregory (1G, 1A) 36 seconds later. Liam McNaughton (1G) pulled Shawnigan within one off a Holam Ng (1A) feed. Fifteen seconds later, Henry Tyler (1G) answered with what held up as the winner. Daniel Yun (1G) and Linden Hall (1G) traded goals to make it 4-2 through 40. Notre Dame then put 26 shots on Henry Vieth in the third alone. The Shawnigan netminder stopped 44 of 51 on the day, but he couldn’t hold all of them. Chowace (2G, 3A) scored again, then fed Seamus McCartan (1G, 2A) on the power play. Defenceman Tripp Simms (1G, 1A) added another goal with the extra man to finish it.
Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (3) vs South Alberta Hockey Academy (2) U15 Prep
Thirty-nine shots to nineteen. A gap like that usually decides a game, and it would have here if Jesse Calder (37/39) hadn’t been in Coeur d’Alene’s crease. South Alberta Hockey Academy came in at 5-1-1 and spent much of Sunday night in CDA’s end, especially during a 19-shot second period. By then the visitors already had a 2-0 lead. Cash Sanford (1G) struck on the power play early, and Darren Sweetland (1G) made it two late in the first. Calder stopped everything in the middle frame but one, a Gavin Mackow (1G) goal with helpers from Max Thielen (1A) and Beckam Sprunger (1A). Rowan Oddie (1G) tied it early in the third, with Diesel Bishop (1A) earning the lone assist. With 4:12 to play, defenceman Dusty Koester (1G) potted the go-ahead goal from Tj Podollan (1A) and Owen Devonald (3A). SAHA pulled Kade Walker (16/19) with 80 seconds left, but the equalizer never came. Devonald (3A) finished with an assist on all three Coeur d’Alene goals.
North Shore Warriors (5) vs Prairie Hockey Academy (0) U15 Prep
The Warriors weren’t going to let this one get interesting. North Shore scored three times in the first 9:35, outshot Prairie Hockey Academy 43-16 and rolled to a 5-0 win, its fifth straight. Mason Layher (1G) opened it 2:21 in, Cody Simmons (1G) followed four minutes later, and Brady Droulis (1G) made it 3-0 before the midway mark. Defenceman Dakine Robinson (2A) assisted on the second and third goals. The second period was even more lopsided than the score: PHA got two shots on goal in 20 minutes. Wesley Mayor (1G) beat Gunnar Yachyshen (26/30) on his own late in the frame, and Slater Amiot (12/13) came in for the third. Only one more got past him. Sam Hopkins (1G), another defenceman, buried it without a helper during a four-minute power play. At the other end, Nikita Neklyudov didn’t need to be spectacular, just perfect, and 16 saves on 16 shots was exactly that.
RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (7) vs Okanagan Hockey Colorado (1) U15 Prep
RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg pushed its winning streak to 10 games Sunday, and its defence did a surprising share of the scoring. Ryder MacLean (2G) scored in the first period and again 66 seconds into the second, and fellow blueliner Jake Gagro (1G, 1A) added one of his own. The forwards were hardly idle. Liam Hailstone (1G) opened the scoring, and Jax Fellner (1G) made it 3-0 late in the first off a Hunter Lang (2A) setup, in a period RHAW won 22-4 on the shot count. Josh Rioux (1G) cut it to 4-1 on an Okanagan Hockey Colorado power play. Jackson Lussier (1G) and Gagro (1G, 1A) then scored 70 seconds apart midway through the second. At the other end of a 57-14 shot gap, Zane Madsen deserved better. The Colorado puck-stopper made 50 saves and kept the damage from getting worse. Brock Labelle (1G, 1A) closed it out on the power play with 54 seconds left, making it seven goals from six different scorers.
Bourget College (2) vs Rothesay Netherwood School (4) East CCM
Bourget College and Rothesay Netherwood School met for the third time in 10 days, and the second time in two days on the same ice. The day before, Bourget had won 2-1 to even the season series. This one was scoreless for 20 minutes before RNS took over the second period. Joaquin Cadiz (1G) opened the scoring 64 seconds in, and William McMullen (1G) made it 2-0 while Bourget was shorthanded three minutes later. RNS fired 20 shots at Zachary Botelho (32/35) in the period, and Drew Moores (1G) beat him a third time just past the midway mark. Bourget didn’t fold. Maddx Thinel (1G) answered on a Bourget power play 88 seconds later. Early in the third, eight seconds into another man advantage, Ludovic Roberge (1G) cut the gap to one with his 10th of the season. From there, Liam Healy held the line. The RNS goaltender stood tall through a 13-shot Bourget push and finished with 33 saves before Eric Hanley (1G) hit the empty net with one second left. RNS now leads the season series 2-1, and none of the three games has been decided by more than two goals.
Edge School (3/OT) vs Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (2) U17 Prep
Eleven seconds were left in overtime when Kyden Bartole (1G, 2A) finally beat Lucas Mills, on a Cade Mazurski (2A) helper, to give Edge School a 3-2 win and its eighth straight victory. It was the third Edge goal Bartole figured in on the day. A day after winning 5-2 in the same building, the visitors had to work much harder this time. Matteo Dufour (1G) opened the scoring midway through the first, and Christian Caby (1G) answered early in the second for Pilot Mound Hockey Academy. Defenceman Harrison Ringrose (1G) put Edge back in front at the halfway mark of the game. Then Edin Korajac (1G) tied it again with 8:46 to play, finishing a play started by Hinata Hashimoto (1A) and Trenton Wytinck (1A). From there, Mills (36/39) carried PMHA as far as he could, especially in an overtime Edge controlled 6-1 on the shot count. Six power plays between the two sides, and not one goal.
Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (2) vs Delta Hockey Academy (4) U17 Prep
If you’re going to beat Delta Hockey Academy’s U17 Prep group, you have to hold the lead to the end. Pacific Coast Hockey Academy had one with under 10 minutes left Sunday morning and couldn’t keep it. A day after a 5-4 loss at the same rink, PCHA matched the unbeaten hosts shot for shot. Colby Walker (1G) opened the scoring early in the second, with Jake Dunlop (1G, 2A) earning an assist, and Brayden Lindsay (1G) evened it unassisted 57 seconds later. When Trent Porter (1A) set up Jackson Squire (1G) midway through the third, the visitors were in front. Delta’s blue line had other ideas. Defenceman Rylan Bassi (1G) tied it 95 seconds later off another Dunlop (1G, 2A) helper. Fellow rearguard Josh Racic (1G) then found the net with 1:47 to go for the winner. Dunlop (1G, 2A) added insurance in the final seconds to keep Delta perfect at 12-0. The final shot count: 36 apiece.
Calgary International Hockey Academy (4) vs RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (7) U17 Prep
Twenty-four hours after losing 6-2 to Calgary International Hockey Academy on its own ice, RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg’s U17 Prep group got another crack at a CIHA side that hadn’t lost in regulation all season. This time, RHAW had an answer for everything. Bentley Hope (1G) and Juma Kinchen (1G, 2A) gave Calgary a 2-0 lead by early in the second. Tyler McCallum (1G), Sully Taylor (2G, 1A) and Grayson Speirs (2G, 1A) then scored in the middle frame to flip it. Max Sanders (1G) stretched the lead to 4-2 on a third-period power play, but CIHA’s defence pulled it back. Magnus Kuntze (1G) and Madden Rome (1G, 1A) scored 73 seconds apart, the second on a man advantage, with Liam Nycholat (3A) setting up both. The tie lasted less than two minutes. Taylor (2G, 1A) put RHAW back in front, David Ring (1G) followed 41 seconds later, and Speirs (2G, 1A) added one more for good measure. Revenge didn’t take long.
Yale Hockey Academy (4) vs Calgary International Hockey Academy (6) U15 Prep
Fifteen shots, fifteen saves. Mason Filipchuk didn’t start Sunday’s game for Calgary International Hockey Academy, but he finished it unbeaten, and his team scored four straight in front of him. CIHA made the switch midway through the second, right after Carson Maclean (1G, 2A) made it 4-2 for Yale Hockey Academy. Yale had built that lead on goals from Killian Wall (1G), Koen Nicholas (1G, 1A) and defenceman Matthew Tang (1G), whose goal came 15 seconds into the period. The change in goal turned the game around, even with Calgary outshot 38-25 on the day. Mick Mantrop (1G) and Matus Kudrna (1G) scored 40 seconds apart late in the second to tie it. Dawson Densmore (2G), who had opened the scoring in the first, broke the tie midway through the third. Nino Balestrieri (1G, 1A) added insurance less than three minutes later. Miles Coy (3A) set up both of Densmore’s goals and Kudrna’s equalizer.
Delta Hockey Academy (2) vs Northern Alberta Xtreme (0) U15 Prep
Delta Hockey Academy and Northern Alberta Xtreme combined for 13 power plays on Sunday, and not one of them produced a goal. In a penalty-filled game at the Hockey for All Centre, the scoring had to come at even strength, and Delta found just enough of it. The visitors controlled the first 20 minutes, outshooting NAX 21-12, but Marek Swanson (35/37) kept the Xtreme level until late in the second. That’s when Grayson Sears (1G) broke through on feeds from defenceman Easton Isfeld (1A) and Jack Walker (1A). At the other end, Logan Wagner was flawless. Delta’s man between the pipes turned aside all 27 shots he faced, including eight in a third period where NAX did most of the pushing. It didn’t help the Xtreme that they fell behind by two just 94 seconds into that period, when Alex Iaichkin (1G) scored unassisted for his 15th goal of the season.
Notre Dame Hounds (4) vs Edge School (5/OT) U17
Notre Dame did nearly everything it needed to on Sunday except hold a lead. The Hounds went in front twice at Edge School’s Kyle Stuart Memorial Arena but kept those leads for a combined 91 seconds, and Edge won 5-4 in overtime. Jaret Otto (2G) opened the scoring on his own in the first. The teams traded goals early in the second, Brayden McBride (1G, 2A) for ND and defenceman Lucas Chan (1G) for Edge. Then Carter Hepting (2G) bridged the intermission. He tied it with six seconds left in the second and put Notre Dame ahead moments into the third, the first two goals of his season. Cohen Snow (1G) answered 71 seconds later. Axton Ross (1G, 1A) restored the lead late on a McBride feed, and Otto (2G) erased it 20 seconds after that. Overtime nearly ran out before defenceman Cade Bouchard (1G) ended it with two seconds on the clock, with Satoshi Takeda (1A) assisting.
South Alberta Hockey Academy (4) vs Northern Alberta Xtreme (1) U17 Prep
Less than 24 hours after a 7-3 loss to Northern Alberta Xtreme, South Alberta Hockey Academy returned the favour with a 4-1 win, and none of it happened at even strength. Every goal in the game came on special teams. Carter Jarvis (1G) opened the scoring shorthanded in the first, set up by Jake Gerstenbuhler (1A), and Charlie Dean (1G) evened it on an NAX power play two minutes later. It stayed 1-1 into the third, and then SAHA needed just over five minutes to settle it. Captain Lucas Fisher (1G) scored on a power play carried over from the second, 15 seconds into the period. Brendan Espersen (1G) added a shorthanded goal 2:32 later, and Elliott Irwin (1G) cashed in on another man advantage. Defenceman Nolan Scott (2A) and Kyan Vansandt (2A) each assisted on two of the three. SAHA fired 25 shots in the third, and Kash Andersen, who stopped 49 of 53 on the day, was the only reason the margin didn’t grow.
Calgary International Hockey Academy (2) vs South Alberta Hockey Academy (7) Women’s U18 Prep
Marley Ward (1G) needed just 2:40 to put South Alberta Hockey Academy in front Sunday. By the end of the first, SAHA led 4-1, a day after losing 3-2 to the same opponent on the same ice. Brooke L’Hirondelle (1G) briefly tied it for Calgary International Hockey Academy. SAHA then scored three times in under five minutes: Myla Motz (1G, 1A) on the power play, defenceman Darby Amundson (1G) and Maria Facca (1G, 1A). Riley Bourque (3A) assisted on three of the four first-period goals from the blue line. Abigail Thom (1G) got one back for CIHA in the second before another SAHA defender, Danika Krooshoop (1G), pushed the gap back to three. Sara Murdoch (1G, 1A) scored 26 seconds into the third, and Kiley O’Connor (20/22) handled the rest in goal. The last word went to Kailey Karpan (1G), the third SAHA defender to score. For Karpan, Krooshoop, Amundson and L’Hirondelle, it was the first goal of the season.
Okanagan Hockey Academy (6/OT) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (5) U17 Prep
Ander-Hubert Lauri (1G) picked a good moment for his first goal of the season. Ninety-nine seconds into overtime, with defenceman Eric Kovacs (1A) on the assist, he finished off an Okanagan Hockey Academy comeback for a 6-5 win over RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna. The comeback itself belonged to Nathan Marques (3G). He put OHA ahead late in the first, after Luke Couldwell (1G, 1A) had answered Beckham Monette’s (1G) opener. RHAK flipped the game with three straight goals in the second, two from Jaxon Lodge (3G, 1A) and one from Will Tidsbury (1G, 2A). Marques (3G) cut the gap to one on a late power play, but Aksel Smith (1G, 2A) stretched it back to two early in the third. Then Dreyden Rayburn (1G) and Marques (3G) scored 64 seconds apart, with the hat trick tying it 5-5 at 8:36 to play. Two days after losing 5-3 to the same opponent, OHA now leads the season series 2-1.
Yale Hockey Academy (6) vs STAR Hockey Academy (3) U15
Five minutes in, Carter Jackson (2G, 2A) finished a Jase Chyld (2G, 1A) setup. From there, the two Yale Hockey Academy forwards spent the night returning the favour. Chyld (2G, 1A) scored one of his own early in the second, and Gavin Richardson (1G) made it 3-0 before Owen Miller (2G) got STAR Hockey Academy on the board on a power play. Jackson (2G, 2A) pushed the lead back to three early in the third, then set up Chyld (2G, 1A) on a Yale power play just over three minutes later. Both goals were the 10th of the season for each player. Defenceman Masyn Lockhart (1G, 1A), who had assisted on Jackson’s second, made it 6-1 on another man advantage, giving Jackson his fourth point of the day. STAR kept pushing late. Mitchell Host (1G, 1A) and Miller (2G) both scored on the power play in the final three minutes, leaving STAR a perfect 3-for-3 on the night in a game it still lost by three.
Prairie Hockey Academy (4) vs Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (0) U18 Prep
Remy Martins had a quiet day in Pilot Mound. Zach Henry did not. Prairie Hockey Academy outshot Pilot Mound Hockey Academy 61-13 and won 4-0, and for most of the game the only thing keeping it close was Henry, who made 57 saves for PMHA. Kase Gellner (1G) beat him midway through the first, and that lone goal held through 40 minutes. PHA finally broke through early in the third. Ramsey Thompson (1G, 1A) scored 80 seconds in, and Ryan Sieker (1G, 1A), who had assisted on Gellner’s opener, notched his first goal of the season 61 seconds later. PHA fired 26 more shots in the third, PMHA managed three, and Martins finished a 13-save shutout. Owen Grassick (1G) added the final touch with 50 seconds left, five seconds into a PHA power play, with Thompson (1G, 1A) and defenceman Ryder Remillard (2A) on the assists.
OHA Edmonton (2) vs RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (5) U15
RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna had only seen three regulation losses flash across their eleven games heading into Sunday, with OHA Edmonton in between them and another win at the RINK Training Centre. Through twenty minutes of play, OHA Edmonton led, looking like they’d be the ones to threaten Winnipeg’s stellar run. Jackson Ross took over in the second period, though. Ross would score twice in a 58-second span to open RINK Winnipeg’s lead, before he finished his hat-trick in the third to seal his team’s 5-2 win.
Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (2) vs St. George’s School (3/OT) U18 Prep
Couer d’Alene Hockey Academy’s U18 Prep squad played two consecutive games against St. George’s School on Saturday and Sunday, with St. George’s having taken the first of the two games by a 4-0 scoreline on Saturday. The second leg of the back-to-back kicked off early on Sunday, with Coeur d’Alene’s start to the game a good one, with two goals from Easton Margettie sending the Wings into the game’s closing stages up 2-0. Jason Gao, who had scored one goal in eight games prior to Sunday, scored with just under three minutes left to pull the Saints within one. Gao wasn’t done there, though, converting a rebound on the doorstep to tie the game at two with 24 seconds left. Gao, who had scored two already, scored again just 43 seconds into overtime to complete his hat-trick and seal the Saints’ win.
Okanagan Hockey Academy (0) vs Delta Hockey Academy (4) U18 Prep
Delta Hockey Academy’s U18 Prep squad dropped their last three contests of October heading towards the Okanagan Hockey Academy on Sunday, which had suffered a three-game slump of their own in October, finishing it off with wins over STAR and Wenatchee before starting November with a shootout win on Saturday. Sunday was an occasion in which the performance of one man made the ultimate impact. OHA had great chances throughout the game, hitting the Delta net with 27 shots in total, including 11 in the third. Every opportunity they had, however, was turned away by Delta’s Quinn Coupland (27/27). Coupland was rock-solid in between the pipes, setting the stage for Delta’s goal-scoring to do the necessary damage. Isaac Hannah’s first goal of the season got the party started, before Vancouver Giants prospect Eli Vickers doubled the lead, establishing a lead that Coupland and Delta’s performance ensured would not be under threat. Penticton Vees prospect Peter Banicevic (1G, 1A) scored in the second period to provide some cushion to Delta’s advantage.
St. George’s School (5) vs Edge School (3) U15 Prep
The Edge School Mountaineers have high hopes of playoff success in the U15 Prep division this season, with Sunday their last league clash before the Rocky Mountain Classic, a tournament that could serve as an early litmus test as to Edge School’s ability next to the best of the rest of the CSSHL. Edge’s back-to-back wins to start November followed their impenetrable October, one that saw them win all three games. Edge’s last loss was back on October 20, with Edge winning seven of their nine before the clash with St. George’s on Sunday. St. George’s School kept taking the lead, but kept seeing Edge equalize on Sunday. Jay Noh (2G) opened the scoring and had Edge tie the game, before Asher Jin had his go-ahead goal quickly hit back by Nazar Shmatok. Noh scored again late in the first, but Gio Niven’s goal in the second period tied the game at three, before Josh Marsh (1G, 1A) broke through. Marsh’s go-ahead goal continues his absolutely red-hot form, with the S. George’s School now having scored in six consecutive games, hitting the back of the net 12 times in that span. Edge School couldn’t respond to Marsh’s goal, with SGS hanging on for the win.
North Shore Warriors (2) vs BWC Academy (4) U18 Prep
BWC Academy have been stellar in their nine U18 Prep games prior to Sunday, losing just twice in regulation, but had fallen at the hands of Edge School on Friday and in overtime against CIHA on Saturday. Sunday proved to be BWC’s bounceback. Forty minutes of scoreless action brought the two teams into the third tied up, but two goals in the span of 42 seconds early in the third sent BWC on the right path. Connor Liu (2A) provided the primary assist on both Jacob Napoleon and Kayden Pratt’s goals to give BWC a two-goal lead. Declan Iacoviello scored on the powerplay before sealing the deal into the empty net to secure the Tigers’ win.
Edge School (3) vs Notre Dame Hounds (4/SO) U15
Edge School and the Notre Dame Hounds played three games against one another this weekend in the U15 division, with Edge School winning 6-1 and 5-3 in the first two games of the series. The game remained stagnant through forty minutes, with only a second-period goal from Maxime Villeneuve (1G, 1A) separating the two teams heading into the third period. Edge School would respond in the third, scoring three different tying goals, with Notre Dame taking three leads and seeing them all taken back. The U15 Hounds wouldn’t pass up their chance at grabbing their first win of the season, though. Samuel Aubin (65/68) had a stellar performance and would stop two in the shootout, with John Vervoordt, who scored in the third period, hitting the net in the shootout to seal the win and get their first victory of the year.
Calgary International Hockey Academy (2) vs Northern Alberta Xtreme (4) U15
The Northern Alberta Xtreme started November with a loss to Edge School before a 10-9 overtime loss to the Calgary International Hockey Academy on Saturday, predating the second half of their back-to-back on Sunday. The 10-9 scoreline wasn’t one that would be easily replicated, and NAX’s Alexander Masikewich (39/41) would make sure that wouldn’t be the case. The Northern Alberta goaltender stopped all 20 shots he faced in the first period, setting the stage for his slaters to go to work. Nash Whalen, Yixuan Liu, and Corbin Blatz goals had NAX marching into the third period up 3-0. Emerson Constable managed to beat Masikewich twice for CIHA in the third, but Masikewich made sure that was as close as CIHA would get, with NAX winning 4-2.
Indigenous Sports Academy (4) vs OHA Edmonton (7) U17
The Indigenous Sports Academy were still in search of their first win in the U17 division this season as they marched into Sunday’s clash with an OHA Edmonton team that had bested them 4-2 on Friday night. Unfortunately for ISA, OHAE looked a team intent on replicating that result on Sunday. Kole Imply (3G, 2A) scored a hat-trick in the first period to send OHAE on their way, with a goal and an assist apiece from Henry Erickson (1G, 1A), Cayden Yestal (1G, 1A), and Darius Paradayil (1G, 1A) aiding Imlay in leading OHAE to their win.
OHA Edmonton (4) vs Edge School (1) Women’s U18 Prep
OHA Edmonton had won six of eight heading into Sunday’s clash with Edge School, with the two teams playing head-to-head on Saturday, a game which OHA Edmonton won 5-3. That win marked OHA Edmonton’s fifth in a row, with OHAE continuing that positive momentum into Sunday. Sawyer Gillings scored early to give Edge School the lead, but OHAE responded, keeping the game firmly in their grasp. Avery Sam (1G, 1A) and Riley Cooper (2G, 1A) scored in the first to give OHAE the lead at the break, one they’d add on to in the second, with Cooper scoring again to extend the lead further and help secure the win.
RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (1) vs OHA Edmonton (4) U15 Prep
OHA Edmonton only play thrice in November in the U15 Prep division, wth Sunday against RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna a game OHAE would feel was a necessary win. OHAE had lost five of their last seven, with Sunday’s game being their last league game until December. Cohen Courchesne scored early to give OHAE the lead, with OHAE’s big guns aiding their efforts, with Deacon Gillespie’s (1G, 1A) and Max Holland’s goals giving OHAE a cushion. Brynley Nault made 22 saves on 23 shots to earn the win.
Delta Hockey Academy White (10) vs North Shore Warriors (1) U15
Delta Hockey Academy White’s been excellent in the U15 division this season, with just two regulation losses in 11 games so far cementing them as one of the division’s top teams so far. North Shore are looking to climb towards Delta White from the opposite side of the standings, with Sunday a chance to post their second win of the season. Unfortunately, the shots-on-goal margins would have sufficiently told the game’s story, and it would be one of Delta White dominance. Delta outshot North Shore 22-2 in the first, 19-4 in the second, and 13-2 in the third for a 54-8 margin in their favour overall. Isaiah Russell (2G) and Nathan Toothill (2G, 1A) scored two goals each for Delta, with another three points each from Victor Li (1G, 2A) and Levi Reedman (1G, 2A), leading a Delta squad to their massive win.
Yale Hockey Academy (1) vs STAR Hockey Academy (8) U18 Prep
STAR Hockey Academy had looked really good in the U18 Prep division heading into Sunday’s clash with Yale, but Yale had prevailed on Saturday night, beating STAR 5-2 in a game that marked just the second regulation loss of the season for STAR. On Sunday, STAR would make sure they forgot all about that. Adam Neilson’s (4G, 1A) first-period natural hat trick established an early lead that STAR wouldn’t lose their grasp on. Neilson’s fellow sharp-shooters on STAR did plenty of damage of their own, with Cam Hoggan (1G, 4A) assisting on three of Neilson’s goals on his way to a five-point performance. STAR’s Liam Yackel (1G, 3A) and Sean Strasser (4A) popped in with four points each as well, helping STAR to the 8-1 win.
Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy (4/SO) vs Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy (3) U17 Prep Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy were the latest to face the Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy in the U17 Prep division, with Sunday marking Wenatchee’s twentieth chance to post a win this season. Thanks to an excellent performance, specifically from goaltender William Duffy (61/64), Wenatchee would take that chance. A 3-3 game led to an elongated shootout, with eight unsuccessful attempts leading to a fifth round that was finally decisive. Liam Rebillaco scored before William Duffy made the deciding save to lead Wenatchee to a victory.
Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (3) vs Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (4/OT) U15 Prep
The Pilot Mound Buffaloes and Pacific Coast Sea Devils put a wrap on this weekend’s U15 Prep showcase in Winnipeg, with Sunday both team’s last U15 Prep game until their season schedule kicks back into gear in late November. A pair of goals early in the third period from the Sea Devils gave PCHA a 3-1 lead in the early stages, putting the Buffaloes on the brink. Mohammad Rafih managed to score less than three minutes after his team had gone down 3-1 to make it a one-goal game again. Brycen Faul came into the game on a five-game point streak and would extend it to six with a goal in the back half of the third to tie the game and send it to overtime, where Faul would factor in again. He provided Dane Magwood the puck in overtime, earning an assist on the overtime goal, with Magwood now having scored ten goals in six games, and scoring in all but one regular season game so far this season.
Balmoral Hall School (0) vs RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (5) Women’s U18 Prep
Five wins from six games to start the Women’s U18 Prep season for Balmoral Hall School has seen them take a place among the top of the standings in the Women’s division in the CSSHL this season, with their clash on Sunday against a RINK Winnipeg team that proved too much for Balmoral to handle. More specifically, Rowyn Street (3G, 1A) was too much for Balmoral to handle. Up 1-0, Street scored two in the second, before completing her hat-trick in the third and providing Chloe Anderton (1G,1 A) with an assist on her goal to seal the deal. RHAW’s Sienna Bennett made 25 saves on 25 shots for the shutout win.
Kuper Academy (2) vs Bishop’s College School (3) East BioSteel
Kuper Academy and Bishop’s College School are two of the top contenders to finish atop the East BioSteel division, with Kuper having won five of seven and Bishop’s having won six of seven prior to Sunday. Bishop’s led by one heading into the late stages of the second period, when it appeared Kuper had pulled the contest back to even ground. However, the game was only 1-1 for 11 seconds. Alex Han would immediately respond for Bishop’s to make it 2-1, before providing Jan Hanzlik (1G, 1A) with a primary assist on his goal in the third to make it 3-1. Kuper pulled a goal back late, but Bishop’s hung on for the win in a clash of two of the divisions’ best.
North Shore Warriors (2) vs Yale Hockey Academy (8) U17 Prep
Yale Hockey Academy and the North Shore Warriors played a U17 Prep clash on Saturday, which Yale won 6-0, continuing a good run of form, with Yale not having lost in regulation since October 9. That excellent run had given North Shore no chance on Saturday, and unfortunately for the Warriors, Yale’s streak continued into Sunday. Three first-period goals were followed up by two goals in the early stages of the second for Yale, with YHA’s 5-1 lead through two periods built upon in the third. Multi-point efforts from Carter Di Stefano (2G), Hayden Zygarliski (1G, 1A), Jesper Schelter (2A), Max Ritchey (1G, 1A), Kaleb Newson (1G, 1A), and Jace Williams (1G, 1A) led the way for Yale in the win.
