Nine games were played in the Big Six Hockey League during the weekend, and that meant lots of goals and some close games.
The Oxbow Huskies won twice, starting with a 6-3 victory over the Carlyle Cougars on Friday night.
Carlyle led 3-2 entering the third period, but Oxbow struck four times. Colton Schell and Jordan Cooney had two goals each for Oxbow, and Dylan Hull and Brycen Odgers also scored.
Ben Johnstone had two goals for Carlyle, and Jon Gaudet was the Cougars’ other scorer.
Cody Levesque was in goal for Oxbow, and Landon Audet was the Carlyle goalie.
Also on Friday, the Kipling-Windthorst Oil Kings knocked off the Arcola-Kisbey Combines 6-1. Nolan Balon, Quentin Sproat, Ty Kotylak, Lane Roth, Luc Englot and Aaron Roth scored for the Oil Kings, whose goalie was Dylan Dedecker.
Lucas Fleck scored for the Combines, and Zac Eaton was in goal.
The Redvers Rockets outgunned the Wawota Flyers 10-6. The two teams combined for nine goals in the first period alone, with Redvers leading 5-4.
Kenton Miller, Preston Kopeck, Kelsey Kenler and Craig Gaudet had two goals each for the victors, while Jordan Miller and Olivier Poirier also scored. Kopeck had five assists and Kenton Miller added four helpers.
Thomas Bauche was the Rockets’ goalie.
Ayden Lawless and Parker Sweeting had two goals apiece for Wawota, and Jesse Gabrielle and Devin Stewart notched the other goals. Gabrielle had four assists in the loss. Zach Lees and Kye Steinke shared the goaltending duties.
The Yellow Grass Wheat Kings defeated the Midale Mustangs 5-2. Zach Douglas had a hat trick for the Wheaties, while Mackenzie Metheral and Logan Knoll also scored.
Devon Johnson and Logan Martinson tallied for Midale.
Tanner Erickson (Yellow Grass) and Devon Pompou (Midale) were the goalies.
Oxbow edged Midale 7-6 on Saturday night. Schell had the winner with 5:29 to play in the third.
Odgers had three goals for Oxbow, and Cooney, Dawson Schaff and Braden Brock were the Huskies’ other scorers.
Tayler Thompson had two goals and two assists for Midale, and Dallas Kickley also scored twice. Johnson and Conner Burk had the other goals.
Drew Fenwick was the Oxbow goalie, while Devon Pompu played in goal for Midale.
The Carlyle Cougars trounced the Combines 13-2. Seven Cougars’ goals came in the second period. Johnstone had two goals and three assists on the night. Zach Brown, Mark Shaw and Dakota Rose also scored twice. Gaudet, Rhett Palmer, Derek Fleck, Tyler Fleck and Nathan Deck also scored.
Ryan Kulyk was the Cougars’ goalie.
Brett Lees and Reece Kent scored for the Combines.
Keegan Mitchell was Arcola-Kisbey’s goalie.
The Rockets defeated the Oil Kings 8-2 in another rout. Poirier and Kenton Miller had two goals and two assists each for Redvers, and John Potapinski, Braeden Magotiaux, Daylin Smallchild and Bradey Fideirchuk also scored for Redvers.
Luc Englot and Kai Jooristy were the Oil Kings’ scorers.
Cody Matthewson was the Redvers goalie and Dedecker was in net for Kipling-Windthorst.
The Carnduff Red Devils edged the Wheat Kings 5-4 in a shootout. Trey Stocker, Matthew Plews, Ben Hiltz and Mark Moriarty scored for Carnduff in the opening 17:31 of the game, but Yellow Grass fought back on goals by Riley Knoll, Luke Niemegeers, Dylan Frey and Cole Rooney.
Cody Dumaine was the Carnduff goalie and Tanner Erickson was the Wheat Kings’ netminder.
The Moosomin Rangers scored six times in the second period to defeat Yellow Grass 9-1 on Sunday evening. Bud Holloway had three goals and three assists, and Carter Sawchuck had two goals and four helpers for Moosomin. Jevon Schewan had two goals, and Devin McGonigal and Tyson Jamieson also scored.
Kyler Beckett was the Rangers’ goalie.
Douglas had the Wheat Kings’ lone goal. Nolan Bergen was in net.
Five games are scheduled for Dec. 23: Arcola-Kisbey at Moosomin, Midale at Oxbow, Yellow Grass at Carlyle, Kipling-Windthorst at Wawota and Redvers at Carnduff. All games start at 8 p.m., except for Redvers and Carnduff, which starts at 8:15 p.m.
