Steven Mah

The Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats took a stranglehold on their opening round Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League playoff series with a 6-1 win over the host Battlefords Sharks on Friday. The Wildcats won the special teams battle for a second straight game when they finished two-for-three on the man-advantage and killed off all five shorthanded situations. The game was...

The Swift Current Abbey Resources swept a second straight playoff series with a 6-1 win over the host Estevan Bruins on Friday. After storming through the Saskatchewan Midget AA Hockey League regular season with 36 consecutive wins, the Broncos are now 6-0 in the playoffs to reach the South Division final. Quinn Patenaude led the Broncos with one goal and four...

The Swift Current Home Hardware Legionnaires were together as a hockey team one last time on Friday as they gathered for their year-end awards banquet. The Legionnaires finished fifth in the 12-team Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League with a 28-14-1-1 record and then were swept in the opening round of the playoffs by the Notre Dame Hounds. The Legionnaires handed out...

There were no major upsets in the opening round of the Swift Current Curling Club’s Innovation Credit Union Super League playoffs on Thursday. Four of the top five teams advanced to the semi-finals. The only minor upset came when fifth seeded Swift Plumbing & Heating Ltd (Wicks) knocked off fourth seeded Cypress Ford/Subway (Rumpel). Wicks will now face top seeded...

The Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats scored three power play goals in a 6-2 win over the visiting Battleford Sharks to open the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League playoffs. The game’s first three goals were scored on the power play and the two teams combined for five power play goals overall. Maddy McCleary scored the only goal of the first...

After winning her second league scoring title in three seasons, Shaunavon’s Taylor Lind was presented with the Hayley Wickenheiser Most Valuable Player Award before the opening game of the playoffs on Thursday. Lind led the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League with 29 goals and 31 assists in 28 games. She finished her career in second in league all-time scoring...

The Swift Current Home Hardware Legionnaires were eliminated from the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League playoffs in a 4-2 loss to the Notre Dame Hounds on Wednesday. One night after losing in double overtime on home ice, the Legionnaires were swept in the best-of-five series with a road loss in Wilcox. The Hounds led on first-period goals from Kenzie MacKinnon and...

The Swift Current Home Hardware Legionnaires will put their season on the line tonight after a 5-4 double overtime loss to the Notre Hounds on Tuesday. Josselin Dufey scored midway through the second overtime period to lift the visiting Hounds to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League quarter-final series. The Legionnaires had held 2-0, 3-1, and...

The Swift Current Broncos were on the tracks as the train was coming through on Tuesday. The host Prince Albert Raiders clinched top spot in the Western Hockey League regular season with a 6-0 win over the Broncos. It marks the second time the Raiders have won the Scotty Munro Trophy after posting a 58-11-3 record in 1984-85. The Raiders improved...

Gull Lake’s Taylor Kirwan was rewarded for a fine debut season with the University of Lindenwood Lions. The Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats alumnus was named to the College Hockey America All-Rookie Team after leading all Lindenwood defenseman with 13 points in 32 games. She scored two goals this season, both against Syracuse, and blocked 35 shots. The Lions finished the...