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Team Alberta scored eight straight times to come from down 4-0 and beat Saskatchewan at the WHL Cup on Saturday.

The win redeems their 5-2 loss to Saskatchewan in round robin, and puts Alberta in the gold medal game against Manitoba.

Saskatchewan will play BC in the bronze medal game on Sunday in Red Deer.

There are five members of the Swift Current Home Hardware Legionnaires playing for Saskatchewan at the tournament for elite 15-year-olds in the four western Canadian provinces. 

Brady Birnie scored his 1st career WHL hat-trick as the Swift Current Broncos finish their five game home-stand with a 7-4 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds Saturday night.

The Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings finished the month of October with just one loss in regulation, coming back on October 4th, after they skated to a 5-3 win over the Melfort Mustangs last night. The win gives the Red Wings points in 10 consecutive games, the only blemish on the streak coming in an overtime loss to the Humboldt Broncos Tuesday. 

Weyburn was led by Ethan Dekay and Jaxson Ruthven, who finished the game with a pair of goals each. Turner McIntyre would also get his first goal of the season in the win. 

Kamloops, B.C. – Brayden Yager and Lynden Lakovic had a goal and three points each, but it wasn’t enough for the Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday night in Kamloops.

The Warriors fell 6-4 to the Blazers to drop the second game of their five-game road trip through the BC Division.

“I thought the first period and third period were really good, I thought we stuck to what we need to do, we played well, we were structured and did lots of really good things,” Warriors associate coach Scott King said.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will host the CFL’s West Division final. Sergio Castillo kicked a walk-off 51-yard field goal to lift Winnipeg past the Montreal Alouettes 28-27. Zach Collaros threw for 331 yards and completed a nine-yard touchdown pass to Nic Demski as the Bombers clinched first place in the division with an 11-7 record. The B.C. Lions will meet the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina next Saturday in the division semifinal.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will host the CFL’s West Division final. Sergio Castillo kicked a walk-off 51-yard field goal to lift Winnipeg past the Montreal Alouettes 28-27. Zach Collaros threw for 331 yards and completed a nine-yard touchdown pass to Nic Demski as the Bombers clinched first place in the division with an 11-7 record. The B.C. Lions will meet the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina next Saturday in the division semifinal.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will host the CFL’s West Division final. Sergio Castillo kicked a walk-off 51-yard field goal to lift Winnipeg past the Montreal Alouettes 28-27. Zach Collaros threw for 331 yards and completed a nine-yard touchdown pass to Nic Demski as the Bombers clinched first place in the division with an 11-7 record. The B.C. Lions will meet the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina next Saturday in the division semifinal.

The Portage Terriers and Winnipeg Freeze battled it out in a tighter game than most were expecting, with Portage coming out on top 2-1 in overtime. The Terriers came into the game winners of four straight, while the Freeze have only won one game this season.

A quiet first period saw just one entry found the scoresheet. Jacob Michelson would take a cross-checking penalty with 38 seconds remaining in the frame, which the Freeze would not get an opportunity to set up, thanks to a couple nifty clears from Owen Witt.

The Swift Current 57's have a new head coach.

The WCBL club turned over the reins to former assistant coach Ruddy Estrella.

“I’m excited to have the opportunity to be the head coach for the Swift Current 57’s," Estrella said in a team media release. "The team has a history of winning behind it, and I am up for the challenge to bring that back. I have family that ties me to the city and the community, so it means a lot to me to be coming back."

Estralla joined the 57's last season as a member of Jayson Veyna's staff.

The Swift Current Comp. Ardens are bringing home the bronze.

The Ardens topped Yorkton Regional 4-1 in today's bronze medal game at the 5A high school soccer provincials. 

It was some redemption for Ardens after Yorkton beat them to claim gold at regionals.

Swift Current started provincials with a dramatic 2-1 overtime win over St. Mary on Friday.

They then fell 3-0 to Holy Cross in the provincial semi-final before wrapping up their season with the win over Yorkton.