Slash marks The St. Albert Slash skated to victory twice last weekend in the Alberta Female Hockey League. Scores were 2-1 against the Edmonton Pandas (0-6-1) in St. Albert and 4-2 against the Rocky Mountain Raiders (4-1-1) in Dewinton.
Slash marks
The St. Albert Slash skated to victory twice last weekend in the Alberta Female Hockey League.
Scores were 2-1 against the Edmonton Pandas (0-6-1) in St. Albert and 4-2 against the Rocky Mountain Raiders (4-1-1) in Dewinton.
Jaden Bogdan broke a 1-1 stalemate with 4:54 remaining in Saturday’s contest against the Pandas.
Vanessa Verbitsky opened the scoring in the second period with the Slash shorthanded.
The Slash outshot the Pandas 25-18 and Brianna Sank (3-0, 0.97 GAA) was between the pipes.
The next day, Alexis Butz’s power-play goal made it 3-2 and 2:08 minutes later Jayme Doyle connected as the Slash (5-1) finished with 22 shots overall.
Tyra Meropoulis and Taylor Anker potted goals in the first and the Raiders knot it at two on the power play in the second.
Camryn Drever (2-1, 2.01 GAA) faced a game-high 35 shots.
Friday the 2017 Esso Cup midget AAA female national champions host the Lloydminster Steelers (5-0) at 8:15 p.m. at Go Auto Arena and Saturday’s game against the Calgary Fire (2-3-1) is 1:45 p.m. at Max Bell Centre.
Raiders win
Eddie Gallagher’s third goal of the season was the winner Sunday to snap a five-game losing streak for the St. Albert Tire Warehouse Raiders.
Kyle Fulton and Ryan Harker assisted on the power-play marker with 9:44 to play in the 2-1 decision against the Canadian Athletic Club (2-5-1) at Akinsdale Arena.
Both teams scored in the first period and Jacob Charko’s goal was sniped with the man advantage.
Shots were 25-11 in the third and 67-30 for the Raiders. Mitch Reidy (3-2, 2.82 GAA) was in net.
The day before in Leduc, the Raiders dropped a 6-3 decision to the Oil Kings (3-4-1) as the defending Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League champions pumped in three unanswered goals in the third and the last tally was an empty-netter.
Zach Carlson, Blake Sydlowski and Charko (power play) struck in the middle frame.
The shot count was 49-31 for the Raiders as Evan Fradette (0-3, 3.38 GAA) and Reidy split time in net.
The Raiders (3-5) have games on tap this weekend at the Akinsdale rink against the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers (3-6) at 1:45 p.m. Saturday and Airdrie Bisons (3-5) at 1:15 p.m. Sunday.
Meanwhile, first-year midget Austin Spiridakis made his Alberta Junior Hockey League debut Sunday with the Drumheller Dragons and was the team’s player of the game in the 4-2 loss to the Whitecourt Wolverines.
The Raiders are also hosting the AMHL’s Showcase Extravaganza Nov. 3 to 5 at Servus Credit Union Place.
Volunteers are needed for the 18-game weekend. For more information, contact Jessica Spiridakis at
[email protected].
The Raiders play the Okotoks Oilers (4-2-2) Nov. 4 at 7:15 p.m. and Red Deer Chiefs (3-2-3) Nov. 5 at 4:15 p.m. and both games are at Go Auto Arena.
Jets blanked
The first loss for the Morinville Jets after five wins was Sunday’s shutout by the Beverly Warriors at Ray McDonald Sports Centre.
Beverly (8-1) capitalized on the power play in the second period and notched the insurance marker at 3:37 of the third.
Shots were 21-9 in the second and 34-31 overall for the Jets. Luke Hall (2-1, 2.27 GAA) was between the pipes.
The result was the fourth shutout of the season for the west division leaders in the Capital Junior B Hockey League.
The Jets (6-2-1) were coming off their fifth in a row as Brett Dubuc lit the lamp five times in the 10-1 rout of the Edmonton Mustangs (1-7-1) last week at Bill Hunter Arena.
Dubuc’s fourth goal was a shortie and he also collected two assists.
The 2017 CJHL second-team all-star forward leads the league in goals with 14 and is second on the Jets in points with 17.
Lee Gadoury is the team’s top point producer with 19 for seventh place in the CJHL scoring race.
Cooper Kenda and Alex Michalcheon chipped in with one goal and three assists apiece and Gadoury, Josh Mcrae and Tyler Sonnichsen also produced singles.
Shots on goal were 54-24 for the Jets and Colton Kucher (2-1, 1.95 GAA) was in net.
It was 9-0 when the Mustangs ended Kuchar’s shutout bid on the power play with 8:50 remaining.
Friday the Jets face-off against the host Beaumont Chiefs (8-2) at 8 p.m. and Sunday the Stony Plain Flyers (5-7) are in Morinville for a 7:15 p.m. contest.
Merchants lose
The St. Albert Merchants dropped their fourth game in a row in Friday’s loss to the Fort Saskatchewan Hawks in the Capital Junior B Hockey League.
Shots were 29-26 for the Hawks in the 6-3 decision at Akinsdale Arena.
The Merchants trailed 4-2 after 40 minutes.
Peter Corrigan tied it at one in the first period, Christian Foote closed the gap to 3-2 in the second and Brenden Passek closed out the scoring in the third.
The Hawks (5-2-2) cashed in on the power play twice and Ethan Crotty (4-4, 3.71 GAA) was in net for The Blue Guys.
The loss was also the fifth in six games for the fourth-place Merchants (6-5) in the west division.
Friday the Merchants play the Riggers (2-9) in Leduc and Sunday the Spruce Grove Regals (1-8-1) are the visitors. Game times are 8 p.m.
The Merchants are 2-3 on home ice.
Sharp Sabres
Jaxon Dube potted a pair as the St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres knocked off the PAC Saints in Saturday’s win in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League.
Dube also picked up an assist in the 6-1 decision at Grant Fuhr Arena.
Dylan Leslie, Chase Visser (power play), Holden Selin and Graeme Hampton recorded singles and Palmer Strang added two assists against the Saints (4-4).
The Sabres outshot the Saints 50-14 and Matt Tebbutt (5-0-1, 2.35 GAA) was in net.
Monday’s score between the Sabres (6-1-2) and CAC Lehigh Cement (4-3) in St. Albert was unavailable at press time.
The next game is Sunday versus the Calgary Northstars (5-5-1) at 10:45 a.m. at Akinsdale Arena.
Midget 15 Flyers
The St. Albert Flyers and the Canadian Athletic Club square-off Thursday in the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League.
Puck drop is 8 p.m. at Terwillegar Community Rec Centre.
The midget 15 Flyers (4-2-2) and CAC (4-1) rank among the top teams in the north division.
The Flyers split last weekend’s homestand and the 3-2 loss to the Sherwood Park Squires (5-1) was followed by the 5-4 win over the Grande Peace Storm (1-6-1).
Ryley Morgan and Ronin Pusch generated goals against the Squires and Ethan Barwick (2-2, 2.51 GAA) tended the twine as the Flyers held the upper hand in shots 33-25.
Morgan’s second goal against the Storm was the winner with 2:56 to play.
Noah Wilson tied it at four early in the third period.
Pusch and Tyson Kowaluk also scored and Morgan and Ryland Strauss had two helpers apiece.
Shots were 34-19 for the home team and the netminder was Matt Clement (2-0-2, 4.00 GAA).
Saturday the Flyers play the Oil Kings (5-2) in Leduc at 5:45 p.m.
Female Sharks
The midget elite St. Albert Sharks are undefeated to start off the season in the Alberta Female Hockey League.
The Sharks defeated the North Central Impact 4-1 Oct. 15 in Leduc and blanked the Edmonton Pandas 3-0 Friday at Go Auto Arena.
Jessica Kormysh, Brooklyn Schroeder, Aleena Taylor and Kendra Johnston scored and Holly Borrett was tested 12 times by the Impact (0-2-1).
Johnston (shorthanded), Annika Neset and Alex Black filled the net against the Pandas (1-3) and Cecelia Michelutti stopped 14 shots.
The Sharks (2-0) are in Sherwood Park on Saturday to play the Fury (2-1) at 4 p.m. and Sunday’s game against the Lloydminster Steelers (1-2-1) starts at 1:30 p.m. at Go Auto Arena.
