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Moose Jaw, SK – The Moose Jaw Warriors went into Saturday’s regular season finale focused on building momentum heading into the playoffs and they did just that in dominating fashion.

The Warriors cruised to an 11-1 over the rival Regina Pats to close out the 2023-24 regular season in front of over 4,700 people at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

“[Head Coach Mark O’Leary] said in the room that he wanted to see how we would be in game one of the playoffs, so treat it like that tonight and we did a really good job of that,” Warriors forward Jagger Firkus said.

Brandon, MB – The Moose Jaw Warriors couldn’t keep the momentum going for 60 minutes on Thursday night.

After a strong first period, the Warriors ended up falling 5-3 to the Brandon Wheat Kings at Westoba Place in their final road game of the regular season.

“It was a really good first period, if we would have continued like that, we would have won the game for sure, in the second period, we were just watching them play,” Warriors associate coach Scott King said.

Regina, SK – The Moose Jaw Warriors finished off a busy weekend with another key two points on Sunday in Regina.

The Warriors knocked off the Pats, 6-3, at the Brandt Centre and in the process locked up home ice advantage in the first two rounds of the WHL Playoffs.

“It’s a big win for us and we’re feeling good going into next weekend,” Warriors forward Brayden Yager said after the win.

Moose Jaw, SK – The Moose Jaw Warriors delivered a massive counter-punch to the Saskatoon Blades in the second half of their weekend home-and-home series.

Down 3-0 after one, the Warriors scored six unanswered goals to knock off the Blades, 6-3, at the Moose Jaw Events Centre on Saturday night.

“Lears came in and said, ‘We know we can score goals, that’s not the issue that we’re down three goals, it whether we’re willing to work to get the goals back’,” Warriors forward Jagger Firkus said.

Saskatoon, SK – For two periods, the Moose Jaw Warriors were a step ahead of the Saskatoon Blades, but the script flipped in the third period.

Saskatoon scored three times in the final frame to skate to a 6-3 win over Moose Jaw on Friday night at SaskTel Centre.

“I thought we played hard for 40 minutes, there was mistakes but overall we didn’t give up and we played hard and then in the third, we just came out flat, they get one early and we took a backseat,” Warriors captain Denton Mateychuk said.

“You live and you learn from that.”

Moose Jaw, SK – The Moose Jaw Warriors are pleased to announce the signing of General Manager Jason Ripplinger and Head Coach Mark O’Leary to multi-year extensions.

“Continuing to build franchise stability is vital for the Warriors board of directors and we feel we’ve done that with bringing back Jason and Mark,” Bob Dougall, Warriors President and Governor, said.

Ripplinger has served as the Warriors’ general manager for the past four seasons, which includes three straight trips to the Western Hockey League Playoffs and back-to-back 40-win seasons.

Moose Jaw, SK – The Moose Jaw Warriors fell just short against the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Saturday night.

The Warriors saw their seven-game winning streak come to end with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Hurricanes at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

“It was a tight checking game… that was playoff hockey out there and we’ve got to get used to it pretty quick, but we got a point and we’ll move on, it wasn’t our greatest game,” WHL leading scorer Jagger Firkus said after the game.

Moose Jaw, SK – The Moose Jaw Warriors returned to the Hangar with a bang on Friday night.

The Warriors secured their seventh straight win, knocking off the Regina Pats, 6-3, at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

“It was loud in here and it was an exciting game, putting six up on the board, a couple of breakdowns here and there, but overall I liked our performance,” Warriors assistant coach Curtis Pereverzoff said.

Wenatchee, WA – Jackson Unger made 35 saves to backstop the Moose Jaw Warriors to their sixth straight win, knocking off the Wenatchee Wild 3-0 on Sunday.

The Warriors swept their road trip through the U.S. Division for the first time since 1998-99 when the team went 4-0 in the States.

“To win on the road is important, especially going into playoff time, so the confidence to be able to go into different buildings and win on the road, it’s real important,” Warriors associate coach Scott King said.

Kent, WA – The Moose Jaw Warriors held off a late push from the Seattle Thunderbirds to capture their fifth straight win on Saturday night.

The Warriors continued their march through the U.S. Division with a 4-2 win over the Thunderbirds at the accesso ShoWare Center.

“Not an ideal finish, but at the end of the day, two points in a hard building to play in, the fans were great, the atmosphere was incredible, so it was fun for our guys to experience something like that,” Warriors assistant coach Curtis Pereverzoff said.