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Carstar Okotoks Bisons forward Sam Callahan continues to be a problem for teams around the HJHL, as he added two assists in the 5-1 win over the High River Flyers tonight (Nov. 2) at the Murray Arena.

It was the second meeting of the 2024-2025 HJHL season between the Foothills rivals, with the Herd now holding a 2-0 series lead over High River.

The Boissevain Border Kings, Melita Bisons, Rivers Jets and Neepawa Farmers were winners in the Tiger Hills Hockey League Saturday night. Ryan Patterson, Andrew Albrecht, and Carter Cowlthorp scored two goals each as the Border Kings defeated the Carberry Plainsmen 9-1. Ryan Crepeele had two goals and an assist as the Bisons beat the Deloraine Royals 5-2. Dylan Thiessen had a hat trick and Riley Shamray had a five-point night with a goal and four helpers as the Jets downed the Souris Elks 13-3.

The Steinbach Pistons rallied from a 3-1 deficit and beat the Winnipeg Freeze 6-3 at the HyLife Centre in La Broquerie. Brett Kaiser scored twice while singles went to Noah Szabo, Brayden Berg, Brody Green and Mathis Laplante. Mitchell’s Job Peters opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal 1:49 into the first period for the Freeze. Merik Boles and Luke Mackenzie did the goal scoring and Raiden LeGall stopped all 24 shots he faced in the Niverville Nighthawks 2-0 victory over the Winnipeg Blues.

The Notre Dame Hawks, Springfield Winterhawks and defending champion Ste. Anne Aces were winners in the South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League Saturday night. Jeff Michiels had two goals and three assists and the Hawks defeated the Portage Islanders 7-3. Eric Pushka scored the go-ahead goal 5:38 into the third period as the Winterhawks won their first ever SEMHL game 5-4 over the Morden Bombers. Matt Bailey had two goals and four assists as the Aces defeated the Warren Mercs 11-4.

It came down to a final measurement but Rachel Homan and Team Canada held on to beat Korea 6-5 Saturday night in the final of the 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championship in Lacombe.

Homan tied the game up at 5 in the ninth end and then stole one in the tenth to pull out the victory over the defending champs from South Korea who went home with silver this year. Homan's rink is the first Canadian team to win the tournament in its three-year history.

Team China won the women's bronze medal on Friday with a 7-3 victory over Japan.

The Portage Terriers extended their season-long win streak to seven games with a 4-0 victory over the Virden Oil Capitals at Stride Place. 

The Terriers opened the scoring in the first period while shorthanded. Decker Mujcin sprung Wyatt Dreger on a three-on-one with Scott Cousins, which ended with Mujcin putting away his first of the night. 1-0 after the first period.

Here are results for the Swift Current Curling Club's Innovation Federal Credit Union Super League for Thursday, October 31, 2024.

Chinook Golf Course vs ACT Swift Sliders 1
Subway defeated Growlytics
Revolution Automotive defeated Urban Cellars
Therrien Contracting defeated James

In the first meeting of the season, the Steinbach Pistons and the Selkirk Steelers, the top two teams in the East, went head-to-head and it was the team that is chasing down first place, the Pistons, that made the best impression, winning the game 5-1.

Right from puck drop there was a strong indication of the game plan from the visiting Pistons. Strong forechecking forced an early turnover and a deflected point shot clanked off the post but stayed out.

Clarke Caswell’s career night and Brady Birnie’s second hat-trick in as many weeks helped the Swift Current Broncos to their 9th win of the season with a 9-4 road win in Prince Albert over the Raiders Friday night.

The Swift Current Home Hardware U18 AAA Legionnaires put on a show for a lively crowd Friday night as they completed a four-goal comeback win over the Saskatoon Blazers to stretch their winning streak to seven games.