Deszi Wiens (picutred) made 38 saves as the Melville Millionaires blanked the SJHL-leading Weyburn Red Wings 4-0 for their 7th consecutive win.Colton Kennedy scored twice, Michael Jordan and Brayden Metz added the others as the Mils out-shot Weyburn 46-38.
Melville's now above .500 for the first time in a while at 25-24-2-1, and have now opened up a 5-point lead over Yorkton for 4th spot, still with a game in hand.
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Carter Selinger scored two first period goals, helping the Swan Valley Stampeders to a 4-2 win over Neepawa. The Natives out-played the Stampeders for the better part of the first period, out-shooting Swan Valley 14-6 in the opening frame, and 28-21 on the night.
Jayme Janzen made 26 saves in the win, and the Stampeder powerplay, which has lagged a bit of late, proved to the difference, converting on all three PP opportunities, while killing off Neepawa's one and only chance on the man-advantage.
Chris Reimer (36) and Myles Stevens (26) also scored for the Stampeders.
The Stamps pull back ahead of Portage by two points into 2nd place by themselves, but the Terriers now have a game in hand, and host Steinbach tonight (THU). Swan Valley then travels to Portage for a HUGE matchup Saturday night, in what is most likely a first round preview, and that Saturday game will go a long way in deciding home ice.
Neepawa COULD still get into that 2 vs 3 series, but they really needed this game to keep those chances more realistic. Now they're 10 points back of Swan for 2nd (with 5 games remaining), and 8 out of 3rd.
Hard to believe the Stamps have just 4 games left, and that was actually our last Stampeder broadcast of the regular season, as we're down to 5 regular season broadcasts... three of which are with Melville (starting Friday @ ND), one with Yorkton (Sunday vs KIN), and finishing off with Wayway next Friday in OCN.
Playoffs are coming!
1 comment:
Definitely that goaltender the Mils were lacking all season... What a game by Wiens!!
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