We are getting into the nitty gritty of hockey in the area, with many finals being set or getting started.
League
Game one of the SWHL finals kicked off Saturday night in Wilkie. The two-seed Outlaws hosted the four-seed Edam 3 Stars, and the home team romped to a 7-1 win.
Ryan Keller fired up the crowd early with the eighth of the playoffs, followed quickly by Mike Sittler’s fifth of the playoffs for a solid 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. In the second period, Mitch Suchan would extend that lead to 3-0, but Josh LaClare would claw it back down to a two-goal deficit. That would be as close as they would get as Brock Harrison and Keller would extend the lead up to 5-1 after two frames. Harrison and Rick Cey would tack up insurance markers for the final result.
Taryn Kotchorek stopped 26 of 33 shots in the loss, while Jared Herle stopped 39 of 40 shots in the win.
Game two was set for March 18 in Edam, with the score unavailable at the time of press deadlines.
Provincials
In Senior ‘C’, the Wilkie Outlaws hopped on a bus on Sunday and headed to Foam Lake for game one of the provincial final against the Flyers from the Long Lake Hockey League. That resulted in a 7-6 overtime loss for the Outlaws.
In Senior ‘D’, the Edam 3 Stars are North Champs after a 4-3 double OT win in game two against the Delisle Bruins. They will now face the Redvers Rockets in the finals, with Edam holding the hammer in the series.
