Honkings from the Wild Goose: Week 6

Honkings from the Wild Goose 

First, the Sask West Hockey League Standings. The Wilkie Outlaws (5-0) and Kindersley Klippers (5-1) occupy the top spots. In third is the Macklin Mohawks at 3-2, followed by the Edam 3 Stars at 2-2. The Biggar Nationals (1-7) and the Asquith Admirals (0-3-1) bring up the rear. 

Moving over to the Cross Roads Hockey League, the Rosetown Red wings lead the league at 5-0. In second is the Dodsland Stars at 4-1, followed by the Unity Miners at 3-2. Coming in fourth is the Kindersley Kodiaks with a 2-5 record. The Kerrobert Tigers (1-3) and the Luseland Mallards (0-4) round things out. 

Sask West 

On Saturday night, the Edam 3 Stars headed south for a big matchup against the Wilkie Outlaws. Wilkie came away with a tough 6-4 win. 

Carter Wakelin opened the scoring at the 13:24 mark of the first, followed by Mike Sittler and Barrett Nielsen for a 3-0 lead. In the final 5 minutes though, Brayden Buziak would score twice (once on the man advantage) to cut the lead to 3-2 after 20 minutes. It was all Outlaws in the middle frame as Rick Cey scored twice, both shorthanded goals, for a 5-2 Wilkie lead. In the third, Rory Gregoire would extend the lead to 6-2. Cody Danberg and Joel Blaquiere would cut the lead again to 6-4, but it wasn't enough. 

Taryn Kotchorek stopped 30 of 36 shots in the loss, while Jared Herle stopped 27 of 31 shots in the win. 

Also on Saturday, the Biggar Nationals played host to the Macklin Mohawks. However, Macklin came away with a 3-1 win. 

Tyler Robertsons pair of power play goals, along with Leighton Partington’s third of the year gave the Mohawks the 3-0 lead after one. No scoring was reported in the 2nd period. Brett Novak would break up the shutout bid at the 8:32 mark of the third, which rounded out scoring. 

Trevor Martin stopped 30 of 31 shots in the win, while Mason Briske stopped 40 of 43 shots in the loss. 

Cross Roads  

On Saturday night, the Rosetown Red Wings welcomed the Kerrobert Tigers in, but were rude hosts in a 10-2 drubbing. 

Lucas Richmond opened the scoring for the Tigers, with Avery Cholin adding to the lead for a 2-0 advantage after one period. That was as good as it would get for Kerrobert as Rosetown erupted with 5 goals in the second. Jordan Johnston scored his 9th of the year, followed by 4 goals from Jared Jagow for a 5-2 Red Wings lead. The barrage continued in the third as Kane Dube made it 6-2. Johnston, Cameron MacDonald, Avery Ironside and Cole Lewis finished up the scoring. 

Preston Plamondon stopped 30 of 40 shots for the loss, while Noah Martens stopped 36 of 38 shots in the win. 

Also on Saturday, the Dodsland Stars took the backroads to Kindersley for a matchup against the Kodiaks, with Dodsland winning convincingly 8-3. 

Carson Dobson opened the scoring with his 7th of the year. Calvin Feader tied things up at one, but Boston Dipple and Brad Buckingham each scored to make it a 3-1 score after 20 minutes. Dobson (PPG) and Feader would trade goals again in the 2nd, with Buckingham extending the lead to 5-2. Brandon Kelly and Dobson would further add to the list for a 7-2 Stars lead after 40 minutes. Tyler McIntosh and Tyler Benjaminson traded goals in the third to conclude the game. 

Conner Kidd stopped 35 of 38 shots in the win, while Kaden Elliot stopped 25 of 33 shots in the loss. 

History Lesson 

We’re going to look at the 1984-1985 Wild Goose season but mainly focusing on Randy Carson and the Battleford Beaver Blues.  Friend of the column Stephen Chandler remembered him beating Kindersley 6-4, as well as scoring 60 plus goals that year.  In my research, I could not find that exact game, but Randy did score an absurd 64 goals and 100 points. The Beaver Blues finished third in the league that year, losing to the eventual WGHL champion Lloydminster Border Kings in the semifinals. The Border Kings defeated the Wilkie Outlaws three straight in the final. 

Upcoming games 

Sask West 

• Friday December 12th: Edam at Asquith (8:30pm) 

• Saturday December 13th: Kindersley at Wilkie (8pm), Macklin at Edam (8pm) 

Cross Roads 

• Friday December 12th: Unity at Kerrobert (8pm), Kindersley at Rosetown (8pm) 

• Saturday December 13th: Rosetown at Dodsland (in Kerrobert, 8pm)