In the first action back for the Big 6 Hockey League in 2015, the Arcola/Kisbey Combines came out with a win against the Oxbow Huskies.
           The game took place on Saturday, Jan. 3, in Arcola where the Combines fought for a 6 to 1 win over the Huskies.
           The Bienfait Coalers also found success on Jan. 3 in Carnduff with a score of 6 to 1 over the Carnduff Red Devils.
           Following the 2015 opener the league standings have the Wawota Flyers in first, Carnduff Red Devils in second, Bienfait Coalers in third, Arcola/Kisbey Combines in fourth, Redvers Rockets in fifith, Midale Mustangs in sixth, and the Oxbow Huskies in seventh.
           The top scorers include Brent Struble with Wawota sitting at 31 points, followed by Riley Riddell with Wawota at 29 points, in third is Brody Haygarth of Oxbow with 24 points, while Issac Friesen of Carnduff and Justin Lamontagne of Wawota are tied with 23 points, they are followed by Dan Moriarty of Carnduff who has 21 points, while Ian McKenzie of Midale and Brennan Wrigley of Bienfait are tied with 18 points, Jon Gaudet of Wawota follows with 17 points, and Payden Benning rounds out the top 10 scorers in the league with 16 points.
           The top goalies in the league include Adrian Rubeniuk of Carnduff with a record of 3.28 goals allowed average (GAA), Jackson Walliser of Bienfait with a GAA of 3.33, followed by Adam Jordan with a record of 3.41, and finally Shane Marsh of Midale with a GAA of 3.48.
           January is the final month of regular games before playoffs begin in February.
           The next action for the league will occur on Friday, Jan. 9, and Saturday, Jan. 10. On the Friday, Oxbow will be in Bienfait, Wawota will be in Redvers, and Arcola will play in Midale. The Arcola versus Midale game will be available to listen to online at goldenweststreaming.com/cjsl_stream with the face-off to be held at 8 p.m.
           Saturday will see Wawota versus Bienfait and Carnduff in Midale. Both games will see the puck dropped at 8 p.m.