The St. Albert Flyers streak into the weekend with 17 wins and no losses in the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League.
The midget 15 Flyers have home games on tap against the SSAC Bulldogs (10-5-2) today at 4:15 p.m. and the CAC (6-6-3) Sunday at 3:45 p.m. at Akinsdale Arena.
The last victory for the Flyers (107 GF/19 GA) was Tuesday’s 12-1 thumping of the Maple Leafs (2-15-2) in St. Albert.
Erik Boers pumped in four consecutive goals in the second period for 14 in total on the season.
Jaron Coles tallied three times, captain Blake Sydlowski and Stuart Dovey potted a pair each and Dominik Cesarz also scored.
Cam Aucoin also collected four assists.
Sydlowski and Dovey are ranked first and fifth in the AMMHL scoring race with 43 and 33 points, respectively.
Sydlowski and Dovey are also the team leaders in goals with 19 and 18 apiece.
The Flyers led 3-0 after the first and 9-0 entering the third. It was 12-0 when the Leafs lit the lamp with 7:59 to play.
Shots were 61-23 and Evan Fradette (8-0, 0.71 GAA) was in net.
The St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres skate twice this weekend in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League.
The Sabres (17-0-1) are in Sherwood Park today for a game at 1 p.m. against the Flyers (9-8-5) and Sunday they host the Calgary Flames (7-7-5) at 10:45 a.m. at Akinsdale Arena.
The Sabres were 16-0 before rallying to tie the Flyers 5-5 last week in St. Albert.
On the horizon is the Dec. 22 home date with the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers (17-3-1) at 7 p.m.
The Nitro north division Sabres and Charger north division Rangers are tied for the overall AMBHL lead in points with 35 apiece.
The Sabres and Rangers will be joined by the Calgary Bisons (12-7-3) of the Challenger south division and the Lethbridge Golden Hawks (17-3-2) and Red Deer Rebels (14-2-4) of the Ram south division as the AMBHL reps at the John Reid Memorial Tournament, Jan. 19 to 22 at Servus Credit Union Place.
The 39th annual St. Albert bantam AAA tournament will also feature the Okanagan Hockey Academy in Edmonton, Rink Hockey Academy of Winnipeg, Notre Dame Hounds, Burnaby Winter Club Bruins, Delta Hockey Academy Wild, Pursuit of Excellence Academy of Kelowna, Yale Hockey Academy of Abbotsford, Toronto Marlboros, Colorado Thunderbirds, Rocky Mountain Roughriders of Colorado and Phoenix Jr. Coyotoes.
Yale is the defending champion and in the 2016 A final defeated the Wild, the 2015 winner.
The Sabres repeated as the C playoff finalists while going 1-3-1 after posting a 2-3 record in 2015.
Jessica Kormysh scored Wednesday’s overtime winner as the bantam elite St. Albert Raiders rattled off their sixth victory in a row in the Alberta Female Hockey League.
The 3-2 decision against the Sherwood Park Royals (7-2-2) at Go Auto Arena also lifted the Raiders (8-2) into a first-place tie in the north division.
The power-play marker by Kormysh was her fifth goal and ninth point of the season.
Tayler Premak and Bronwyn Boucher opened the scoring in the first period.
Elle Boyko (5-1, 1.36 GAA) stopped a game-high 31 shots.
The Raiders are in Grande Prairie this weekend for two games against the Peace Country Storm (1-7-2).
