The High River Flyers started their HJHL weekend games early with a Thursday night (Nov. 7) tilt in their first of back-to-back home games against the Cannex Cochrane Generals.
Kashton Payne got the start in net for the Flyers on Thursday, making 52 stops in the contest. The 6'4 goaltender kept his team in the game by making an abundance of saves along with key saves, but the Generals found a way to take the win in overtime with a 3-2 score.
Aidan Schopf opened the scoring in the game with his fourth goal of the season, with Ryan Terpstra and Lucas Gough adding the helpers. The 1-0 Flyers lead wouldn't hold on for long as the Generals got on the board less than 30 seconds later with a goal from Alexander Devnich.
In the second period, Gough gave the Flyers their one-goal lead back with a goal for his second point on the night, Evan Thachuk picked up an assist on the goal. Cochrane would pepper Payne with 21 shots in the period, and Caden Stephenson tied things up with less than two minutes left in the second for the Generals.
The third period would go scoreless thanks to Payne, who made 17 saves to push it to overtime. James Quaife ended things for Cochrane with just under a minute left in overtime when he squeaked a goal past Payne, who had made five saves in the extra period.
Tonight (No. 8), the Flyers hosted a Veterans Appreciation Night at the Bob Snodgrass Recreational Complex (BSRC) but came out on the wrong side of a 4-2 hockey game.
Kaiden Fulton was called upon to be the starter for the second of back-to-backs. He would make 30 saves on 33 shots in the loss.
This time, it was the Generals opening up the scoring with a goal coming from Evan Sine. Cochrane's one-goal lead would only hold for less than five minutes as Tiernan Rowen found twine with help from Owen Grant. The first-period marker would be Rowen's second goal of the 2024-2025 HJHL regular season.
Cobin Housley gave the Generals their two-goal lead back in the second period for the only marker in the period. Terpstra got his second point in the back-to-back games with a goal on the powerplay, evening things up once again. Thachuck picked up his second point of the weekend with the primary assist and Cody Steinert grabbed the secondary helper.
Generals answered back with less than three minutes in the game with a goal from Nathan Sherriffs sixth of the season. Brenden Thubron cemented things with 46 seconds left scoring an empty netter for the 4-2 final.
Flyers will be back playing on home ice Friday night (Nov. 15) at the BSRC when they host the Coaldale Copperheads at 8:00.