Humboldt Broncos

The Humboldt Broncos are two legs up in their opening round playoff series against the Weyburn Red Wings following a pair of successful outings at the EPA this weekend.  

On Friday night, the Broncos got a solid all-round performance for a 6-1 statement over the Wings.  

Ben Costantino, who led all rookie defensemen in goals and points, picked up his first career playoff goal beating Red Wings Netminder, Dazza Mitchell. 

The Humboldt Broncos took a step forward in the SJHL league standings with their away win over the Battlefords North Stars on Friday night. Then, they slid back from their third place standings with a home ice loss the next night. It’s a race to the finish line for teams who have locked up their playoff spots making the first-round picture clearer in the fast approaching post-season. Here’s the breakdown of the two games.  

Friday, March 8 

The Humboldt Broncos celebrated the accomplishments early this season on Saturday, March 2 at the Humboldt Legion.

Joined by family, friends, and fans the Broncos presented 24 individual awards giving recognition to a wide range of achievements.

Here are your 2023/24 Award Winners:

2017-18 Bronco Memorial Mentor of the Year – Landen Stromme

Elgar Petersen Award for Contributions On/Off the Ice – Cage Newans

Roger Nielsen Hockey Ministries Award – Chase Cooke

Colony Motors Top Scorer – Spencer Bell

Friday night 

Simple, effective hockey for the Humboldt Broncos. 

5-on-5 dominating, a successful PK, and timely goals were the propellent to a 5-1 road victory over the Melfort Mustangs on Friday night. 

The new month started off on the right path for the Humboldt Broncos as they locked up two points against the Millionaires in a 5-2 victory on the road Friday night. 

The victory was built through a hard fought 60-minute effort with strong defensive awareness and scoring from five different players. The victory also started off the month of February string, after a Jekyll and Hyde January where the Broncos won three of their first four games, before losing five of the subsequent six. 

It was not the performance the Broncos were hoping for in the midst of their 3-game road trip.

After defeating the Weyburn Red Wings on Thursday night in a valiant 60-minute effort, it was a totally different looking team as the Humboldt Broncos fell rather flat throughout the majority of the game on Friday, dropping a 4-1 defeat to the Estevan Bruins.

The opening frame was competitive.

Six combined powerplay goals narrated the story of the Battlefords North Stars 5-4 victory over the Humboldt Broncos on Friday night.

With just three points separating the two Nutrien Division rivals, the two clubs embarked on the front half of a home-and-home weekend set in the Battlefords on Friday night.

The pair had split their previous two games back in October with identical 2-1 shootout victories for the visiting teams, setting the scene of a closely contested series.

Friday, January 12

In the third meeting of the season between the SJHL’s two horses, the Humboldt Broncos were unable to overcome the Melfort Mustangs, losing 5-2 on Friday night.

There was certainly no holiday hangover for Humboldt.

The Broncos were tasked with a healthy dose of travel in the new year with back-to-back road games to open the 2024 stretch to the playoffs.

Starting with Saskatchewan’s east in the Parkland region on Friday night, the Broncos took care of business, taming the Yorkton Terriers in a 3-1 victory. The following night they hopped back on the bus to the West Central Events Centre defeating their division rival, the Kindersley Klippers, 6-4.

The Humboldt Broncos picked up a pair on their northern swing.

In the second game of a three-game in three-day northern road stretch, the Broncos once again defeated the La Ronge Ice Wolves, picking up a 5-2 victory on Friday night in the Mel Hegland Uniplex.

For the second straight game, the Broncos scored the all-important first goal.

Ben Costantino, who was inactive in the opening game of the road trip, slotted back in the lineup and found the back of the net for his 6th of the season to give the Broncos a 1-0 lead.