        The Big 6 Hockey League is well underway having begun at the beginning of November. The competitive senior men’s league has been a staple in the southeast since the 1959/60 season when in December of ’59 the Soo Line Hockey League needed new life. A meeting was held in Oxbow that year and the Bienfait Coalers, Frobisher Flyers, Glen Ewen Eagles, and Oxbow Aces came together.
               Teams have since come and gone from the league and there are currently seven teams participating.
               This year the Redvers Rockets, Wawota Flyers, Oxbow Huskies, Arcola/Kisbey Combines, Bienfait Coalers, Midale Mustangs, and Carnduff Red Devils will be vying for The Lincoln Trophy, which is the original championship trophy still used today.
               Last year the Wawota Flyers gave the Bienfait Coalers a good battle in the final round, but Bienfait earned the trophy, clenching the top spot in the Big 6 for the fifth year in a row.
               This year teams are determined to stop the Coalers from reaching a sixth year in a row with the trophy. In total, the Coalers have won the league 15 times, which is the most out of any of the teams since the Big 6 began.
               The Redvers Rockets have moved to the top of the list this year with three wins, two losses, and one overtime loss, which has earned them seven points so far this season. The Flyers are following in second with three wins and one loss earning them six points. Tied with them are the Arcola/Kisbey Combines with three wins and two losses and the Bienfait Coalers with three wins and three losses.
               The Oxbow Huskies trail them with two wins and two losses.
               The Midale Mustangs  and Carnduff Red Devils each have two points with one win. The Mustangs have two losses and the Red Devils three.
               Top Scorers include Tayler Balog of Arcola with seven goals and five assists; tied for second are Brennan Wrigley of Bienfait with five goals and six assists and Troy Miller of Arcola with five goals and six assists; Justin Lamontagne of Wawota follows with six goals and four assists; while Brady Fidierchuk of Redvers and with six goals and three assists, Dakota Rose of Redvers with six goals and three assists, and Payden Benning of Bienfait with one goal and eight assists are tied at nine points each; all tied at seven points are Mark Moriarty of Carnduff with five goals and two assist, Keegan Malaryk of Bienfait and Brent Struble of Wawota each of four goals and three assists, as well as Brendon Vertefeuille of Arcola with four goals and three assists.
               The three top goalies so far include Rhett Freistadt of Redvers and Adam Jordan of Wawota each with three wins and one loss with a Goals Allowed Average (GAA) of 3.25. They are followed closely by Shane Marsh of Midale with one win, two losses, and a GAA of 3.67.
               The next action for local teams includes Arcola at Oxbow on Friday, Dec. 4, Redvers at Wawota and Midale at Carnduff on Dec. 5. For a full schedule visit:
(All stats current as of Monday, Nov. 30, 2015)
