The Carman Beavers and Red River Wild were winners in the South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League Friday night. Marcus Sekundiak potted the winner on the power play 2:04 into overtime to lift the Beavers past the Ile des Chenes Northstars 4-3. Noah Skorpad, Dane Halstead and Everett Bestland scored in regulation for Carman. Tyler Swerdyliak had a pair of goals for the Northstars. Brent Wold had the other Ile des Chenes goal. Geordie Keane scored the only goal of the shootout to lift the Wild past the Winkler Royals 4-3. T.J. Matuszewski scored twice in regulation for Red River. Tyler Anderson had the other Wild goal. Justin Augert, James Penner and Aaron Lewadniuk replied for the Royals.
Ryan Thiessen had three goals and an assist as the defending Zone 4 High School Hockey League champion Morden Thunder downed the Mountain Mustangs 8-1. Josh Hiebert scored twice in the Carman Cougars 4-3 victory over the Pembina Tigers.
The Winkler Flyers opened their three-game weekend road trip with a 5-2 win over the Northern Manitoba Blizzard in The Pas. Isaiah Peters, Liam Carlone, Charles Bernier, Mathys Blanchette and Jayce Legaarden did the goal scoring for the defending Turnbull Cup champions.
Pembina Valley dropped a 7-1 decision to the St. Boniface Riels. Austin Spicer had the lone goal for the Twisters who have lost nine in a row and are in the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League basement with a record of 1-10-1.
The Pembina Valley Hawks fell 4-3 in overtime to the Parkland Rangers at Credit Union Place in Dauphin. Haiden Friesen, Cole Secord and Tyson Pethybridge did the goal scoring in regulation for the Hawks.
Nikolaj Ehlers had three goals and an assist in the Winnipeg Jets 6-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Mason Appleton, Josh Morrissey and Gabriel Vilardi also scored for the Jets who have won 10 of their first 11 games.
The Manitoba Moose lost 4-2 to Milwaukee. Reid Schaefer had a pair of goals for the visiting Admirals. Nikita Chibrikov and Axel Jonsson-Fjallby did the goal scoring for the Moose.
Canada’s Rachel Homan will meet Eunji Gim of South Korea in the women’s gold medal game at the 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships in Lacombe, Alberta. Homan, vice-skip Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and lead Sarah Wilkes defeated China’s Rui Wang 6-5 in an extra end in the semifinals. Canada’s Brad Gushue lost 10-8 to John Shuster of the United States in the men’s bronze medal game.