Steven Mah

The Swift Current Female Midget AA Broncos edged the rival Parkland Fire 3-2 in their only Saskatchewan Female Midget AA Hockey League game of the week. Swift Current scored twice on the power play, including the eventual game winning goal off the stick of Taylor Kohls. Alex Chapman and Rio Runcie also scored for the Broncos. Autumn Nimegeers, Paris Appel, Kayla...

The Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats are suddenly the hottest team in the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League with four straight wins after a pair of one-goal victories in Melville over the weekend. Saturday, Taylor Lind took over the league scoring lead when she was in on all three goals in a 3-2 win over the host Melville Prairie...

The Swift Current Broncos won the goaltending and special teams battles to defeat the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings on Sunday. Overage goaltender Riley Lamb made 47 saves in his Broncos debut to lead the Broncos to a 4-2 win as the Broncos scored twice on three power play opportunities. “Yeah it was definitely a game to remember for sure, the first...

The Swift Current Comp. Colts senior boys basketball team lost all three games at a weekend tournament in Estevan. The Colts opened the tournament with a 97-47 loss to the Notre Dame Hounds. Aussie Wiebe led the Colts with 11 points, followed by 10 each from Bren Medina and Carlos Dungca. The Colts lost their next game 81-69 to the host...

The Swift Current Broncos didn’t quit until the final buzzer, but lost 5-3 to the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds on Saturday. Fatigue, surprisingly, was not an issue for the Thunderbirds. Playing their sixth road game in nine days, Seattle scored four of the first five goals to skate past the Broncos. Seattle got out to a quick start with a pair of...

Former Swift Current Broncos forward Giorgio Estephan has been named to the Eastern Conference All-Stars for the East Coast Hockey League All-Star Game. Estephan, 21, has 13 goals and 16 assists in 30 games with the Newfoundland Growlers in his first professional season. He also had one assist in three games with the Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League. The...

The second seeded Ilta Grain/Westax (Kirkpatrick) rink defeated top seeded Andrews Ag Ltd. (Andrews) on Thursday to win the Swift Current Curling Club - Innovation Credit Union Super League championship. Kirkpatrick was joined by Third Shawn Hiebert, Second Mitch Minken, and Lead McAyla Krauchek. Other games on January 10: Cypress Ford/Subway (Rumpel) defeated Choice Driving School (Quintin). B&A Petroleum/Nitro Millwright (Seidler) defeated Kruse...

The Swift Current Broncos made one final deal prior to today’s Western Hockey League trade deadline, which passed at 4 p.m. The Broncos shipped leading scorer Alec Zawatsky to the Moose Jaw Warriors for 18-year-old forward Tyler Smithies and two draft picks. Zawatsky leads the Broncos with 26 points in 39 games played this season. Smithies has three points in 19 games...

The Swift Current Broncos put up a valiant effort, but lost 3-2 to the visiting Red Deer Rebels on Tuesday. The Broncos took the lead 1:56 into regulation when Carter Chorney a puck into the open net for his 11th goal of the season. Dawson Barteaux tied the game midway through the period with a screened point shot on the power...

One day before the Western Hockey League trade deadline, the Swift Current Broncos announced a franchise altering deal. The rebuilding Broncos dealt goaltender Joel Hofer to the Portland Winterhawks in exchange for six draft picks, including two first-round picks. The 18-year-old goaltender has been simply sensational in his first season as a starting goaltender. He has a 6-21-2-1 record, 4.02 goals...