The St. Albert Miners raised their senior B record to a perfect 8-0 in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League after winning twice on the road last weekend.
The Miners defeated the Okotoks Raiders 9-4 and the defending provincial champion Calgary Mountaineers 13-7.
Graedon Cornfield, the RMLL’s leading scorer, fired three goals on the power play and added three assists against the Raiders (4-4).
Captain Nate Schmidt potted a pair and Sean Reid, Ryan Davis, John Lintz and Derek Draper also scored.
The Miners led 3-2 after the first period and 6-3 after two periods.
In net was Dave Marrese.
Schmidt recorded two goals and six assists against the Mountaineers (1-5).
Cornfield racked up four goals, Darren Kinnear netted two of his three goals with the man advantage and Lintz, Nick Petz, Tom Buckley and Jordan Cornfield notched singles. Netminder Matt Hiebert assisted on two goals.
The Miners snapped a 1-1 first-period deadlock by outscoring the home team 5-3 in the middle frame.
Friday the Miners play the Edmonton Outlaws (2-4), last year’s provincial finalists, at 8 p.m. at Bill Hunter Arena.
Sunday the Miners host the Mountaineers at 2 p.m. at Northstar Hyundai Arena. The Miners are gunning to complete a sweep of all the Calgary and area teams in the RMLL.
The St. Albert Crude remains the team to beat in junior B Tier 1 lacrosse after knocking off the seven-time defending provincial champion Calgary Mountaineers in Saturday’s showdown at Akinsdale Arena.
Derek Burak’s three goals and three assists and captain Erik Turner’s two power-play goals and six assists spearheaded the attack in the 13-10 victory against the Mountaineers (8-2), last year’s national silver medallists at the Founders’ Cup in Winnipeg.
Mathew Meek-White tallied twice and Cody Stannard had one goal and three helpers. Brody Tod, Simon Hansen, Reece Runco, Cam Ellingson and Owen Feist also connected. In net was Troy Boucher.
The Miners posted period leads of 5-2 and 11-5.
It was the first tilt between the top teams in the north and south divisions since the Mountaineers swept the best-of-five provincial final.
Next year the Mountaineers will host the Founders’ Cup. This year it will be staged in Halifax from Aug. 18 to 24.
Sunday the Crude (10-0-1) extended their winning streak to 10 games in the 16-10 decision against the Rockyview Silvertips (1-10) in Airdrie.
Turner whipped up six goals and four assists, Greason Neddow scored twice and picked up three assists and Stannard chipped in with one goal and five assists. Hansen and Feist registered two goals apiece and Ellingson, Jacob Dion and Lucas Roberts also scored.
With 5:19 to play head coach Terry Dokken was slapped with a gross misconduct and ejected from the game.
This weekend the Crude play twice in Saskatoon against the Saskatchewan Swat (5-6).
The St. Albert Drillers are winless in five games in female lacrosse after Sunday’s loss in Calgary.
Katie Schmidt, a former junior B Driller who moved to Calgary to attend university, pumped in five goals in the 15-6 win by the junior A Cardinals.
The Drillers (5-7), outscored 7-2 in the third period, were derailed by a short bench in the loss.
The Drillers were led by Shayla Michayla’s hat-trick and Shanya Shwetz’s four assists. Kathryn Hicks, Charleigh Kondas and Brooke Huber also scored.
The Drillers and Cardinals (6-3-1) meet again this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Akinsdale Arena.
Tuesday the Drillers visit the Edmonton Senior Bandits (3-5) at 8:30 p.m. at Coronation Arena.
The last game before the provincials is June 21 against the junior B Calgary Axemen (2-5) at 3 p.m. at Akinsdale.
