The Winkler Royals, Notre Dame Hawks and Red River Wild were winners in the SEMHL on Saturday night. Phil Letkeman scored twice, and Chad Unrau had three assists as the Royals downed the Morden Bombers 6-2. Christopher Lesage made 36 saves as the Hawks blanked the Springfield Winterhawks 3-0. Geordie Keane scored twice, and TJ Matuszewski had a goal and three helpers, the Wild beat the Carman 9-4. Beavers.
The Pembina Valley Hawks gave up four first period goals and lost 6-2 to the Eastman Selects in Beausejour. Gavin Rondeau and Haiden Friesen did the goal scoring for the Hawks.
Pembina Valley dropped a 4-1 decision to the Yellowhead Chiefs in Shoal Lake. Casey O’Brien scored here 12th goal of the season for the Hawks.
Oliver Bonk, Calum Ritchie and Easton Cowan scored third period goals in Canada’s 4-2 victory over Sweden. Luca Pinelli also scored for Team Canada. Jack Ivankovic got the start in net for Canada and made 16 saves. Brandon Wheat Kings netminder Carson Bjarnason played the third period and stopped all six shots he faced. Canada will play its third and final pre-tournament game Monday against Czechia. Canada will open the 2025 World Junior Hockey Championship on Boxing Day in Ottawa against Finland.
Cole Perfetti had a goal and two assists as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-0 at Canada Life Centre. Neal Pionk, Nikolaj Ehlers, Morgan Barron and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck made 19-saves for his NHL leading fourth shutout of the season.
Laura Stacey scored 15 seconds into overtime to lift the Montreal Victoire past the Toronto Sceptres 4-3. Ste. Anne’s Raygan Kirk got her first PWHL start and stopped 35 of 39 shots in net for Toronto.