Local Sports

Playing without six regular skaters was just too much for the Swift Current Home Hardware Legionnaires.

As you heard on Country 94.1 FM's Local Sports Love, the Legionnaires dropped a clash between the 2nd and 3rd place teams in the Saskatchewan U18 AAA Hockey League 6-2 to the Regina Pat Canadians.

The Legionnaires were without six players due to injury or suspension coming out of their game against Warman on Sunday.

Swift Current got two goals from Jackson Fox to keep the game at times close.

Down three midway through the second period, the Winkler Flyers refused to quit, storming back to tie the game but couldn't complete the comeback as they lost to the Neepawa Titans 4-3 in overtime.

Things couldn't have started much worse for the Flyers as the Titans scored 21 seconds into the game and then again just over two minutes after that to take a 2-0 lead.

Frustrated, Kam Thomas tried to spark his team as he dropped the gloves with a Titans forward. Both were given 5-minutes for fighting and game misconducts.

Things looked a little bleak after the first period but the Steinbach Pistons stuck with the program and came away with four unanswered goals leading them to a 4-1 win over Selkirk on Tuesday night.

The opening period forecasted what the entire game would end up being, lots of extra curricular activities after whistles, little to no space through any of the zones and lots of chatter.

Steinbach cut a path to the penalty box and it allowed the Steelers to capitalize, grabbing a 1-0 lead on their second man advantage of the game.

The SaskTel Tankard officially kicked off at noon today, as the stones are now officially sliding at the dual men's and women's curling provincials in Kindersley.

Matt Lang, the lead for Team Thomas, shared one of the perks of a dual event.

"It was nice to see the ladies play this morning and get an idea of what the ice was going to look like." said Lang, as the Thomas rink used that pre-scouting on route to a 6-2 win over Team Jacobson.

UPDATE: Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025, 7:05 PM

(Information via Curlsask.ca/scoreboard)

There'll be plenty of pink at the SLS Centre this Saturday with the return of the annual Pink in the Rink game of the U18 AA Bow Valley Timberwolves.

It's become a tradition of this, and other Timberwolves teams, to help create awareness and raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. Funds from the U18 game will support the fight against breast cancer.

In the Southwest Sask Hockey League U15 Division.

Cabri is home to the Swift Current Canucks tonight.

Cabri is 11-2-2 on the season, while the Canucks are 6-11-2.

Puck drop is 7:30 PM at the SWT Arena.

In the U13 Division, Lawson Layman had a hat trick as Lafleche beat Glentworth/Rockglen 6-1 yesterday, while Ryker Penner had four points in the Swift Current Stallions 7-5 win over the Swift Current Mustangs.
 

The Eagle Sky Estevan Bruins have announced that Drew Kocur will serve as interim head coach and general manager for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

Kocur, who joined as an assistant coach in 2023, previously led the Pilot Butte Storm to a Junior B Provincial Championship and earned Coach of the Year honours in the 2022-23 season.

The Bruins are currently fourth in the SJHL’s Viterra Division, holding a 12-18-4 record and sitting nine points out of a playoff spot, with 22 games remaining.

UPDATE: Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025, 3:20 PM

(Information via Curlsask.ca/scoreboard) 

The Okotoks Oilers have announced a new date for their game, which was postponed in November.

Due to poor weather, the game between the Oilers and the Blackfalds Bulldogs was postponed on November 23 and has now been changed to Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m. The game will be played in Blackfalds.

With the change, the Oilers will have a busy week in March, playing five games in eight nights.