Jesse Wilton had a hat trick and Sawyer Wiebe made 21 saves as Killarney/Wawanesa defeated the Birtle/Shoal Lake/Rossburn/Birdtail Falcons 5-1 in the Westman High School Hockey League’s final game of 2024. Aubrey Cuvelier and Neilan Slater also scored for the Raiders. Carter Malchuk had the lone goal for the Falcons.
The Westman Wildcats lost 2-1 to the Manitoba Female U18 AAA Hockey League leading Winnipeg Avros. Cali Lavallee scored the only goal of the shootout for the Avros. Lucy Waldner had the lone goal in regulation for the Wildcats.
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.