The Nipawin Hawks are still in second place in the UPL Division as the season continues. The La Ronge Ice Wolves completed a lengthy southern road swing and the Melfort Mustangs were swept by the Flin Flon Bombers in a home-and-home last week.
As of Nov. 24, the Hawks are in second place in the UPL Division with a record of 13-6-1-0 with 27 points, four points behind the first place Flin Flon Bombers. The Mustangs are in third place with a record of 8-9-0-1 with 18 points and the Ice Wolves are in fourth place with a record of 5-13-2-1 with 14 points.
Nipawin closed their week with a 10-1 win over the Warman Wolverines in Warman on Saturday, Nov. 22.
The Hawks led 3-0 after the first period and 6-1 after the second period.
Noah Derouin and Eric Hoiness each had a pair of goals for the Hawks; other Nipawin goals came from Mason Karokochuk, Noah Heinrich, Finley Radloff, Carter Anderson, Jaxen Smyth and Clayton Nesbitt.
Cam Sarna scored the lone goal for Warman.
Gage Roberts made 34 saves for Nipawin. Griffin Wright made eight saves for Warman in just over 29 minutes before he was replaced by Steven Wawryk who also made eight saves.
The Hawks opened their week with a 4-2 win over the Melville Millionaires in Melville on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
Nipawin led 2-0 after the first period and 2-1 after the second period.
Derouin, Radloff, Will Whitter and Hudson Gainer scored for the Hawks.
Kale Margolis and Jackson Lee responded for the Millionaires.
Gage Roberts made 26 saves for the Hawks; Fuzz Aafedt made six saves in a period for Melville before he was replaced by Noah Sinagwoitz who made 17 saves.
The Kindersley Klippers were in Nipawin to play the Hawks on Wednesday, Nov. 26, results were not available.
Melfort was swept in a home-and-home by the Bombers after Flin Flon defeated Melfort 5-2 in Melfort on Saturday, Nov. 22.
The game was scoreless after the first period and the Bombers led 3-1 after the second period.
Tristin Ziola and Will Munro scored for the Mustangs.
Joey Lies had a hat trick for Flin Flon and Rhett Ewen and Reid Arberry added the other Bombers goals.
Madden Mualwka made 27 saves for Melfort; Finn Werner made 21 saves for Flin Flon.
The Mustangs opened their home-and-home with the Bombers with an 8-3 loss in Flin Flon on Friday, Nov. 21.
The Bombers led 2-0 after the first period and 6-2 after the second period.
Reis Nyland, Zayden Sadlemeyer and Tristin Ziola scored for Melfort.
Leo Seitz had a hat trick and Jack Martin had a pair of goals for the Bombers while Pierce Yakimhcuk, Daniel Morozov and Xavier Fauchon added the other Flin Flon goals.
Mulawka made 14 saves for the Mustangs in juts over 22 minutes before he was replaced by Kason Kobelka who made 24 saves. Matthew Bradley made 13 saves for the Bombers.
The Weyburn Red Wings were in Melfort to play the Mustangs on Wednesday, Nov. 26, results were not available.
La Ronge concluded their southern road swing with a 5-2 win over the Weyburn Red Wings in Weyburn on Saturday, Nov. 22.
The Ice Wolves led 2-0 after the first period and 3-1 after the second period.
Grayden Perozni had a pair of goals for the Ice Wolves; Connor Hoemsen, Everett Merchant and Evan Cook added the other La Ronge goals.
Renat Nahnieiev and Luke Dekay responded for the Red Wings.
Graham Brown made 41 saves for the Ice Wolves; Nate Stevens made 28 saves for Weyburn.
The Ice Wolves continued their southern road swing with a 7-3 loss to the Estevan Bruins in Estevan on Friday, Nov. 21.
The Ice Wolves led 2-1 after the first period and the Bruins led 4-3 after the second period.
William Knox, Trevor Oishi and Nikita Kulikov scored for the Ice Wolves.
Ewan Rennie had a pair of goals for Estevan while Nathan Harvey, Chase Holt, Rylan Williams, Lochlan Tetarenko and Ethan Andrews added the other Bruins goals.
Riley Zezel made 37 saves for La Ronge; Nathan Kam made 30 saves for Estevan
La Ronge continued their southern road swing with a 7-1 loss to the Bruins in Estevan on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
The Bruins led 2-1 after the first period and 4-1 after the second period.
Oishi scored the lone goal for the Ice Wolves.
Cash Olson had a hat trick and Noah Asmundson had a pair of goals for Estevan; other Bruins goals came from Williams and Harvey.
Brown made 34 saves for La Ronge; Dylan Adams made 30 saves for Estevan.
The Ice Wolves opened their lengthy stay in the southern part of the province with a 4-2 loss to the Weyburn Red Wings in Weyburn on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
The game was scoreless after the first period and Weyburn led 2-1 after the second period.”
Dayton Tailfeathers and Hoemsen scored for La Ronge.
Josh Sale had a pair of goals for Weyburn and Roan Burgess and Lucas Schmid added the other Red Wings goals.
Zezel made 28 saves for La Ronge; Nate Stevens made 36 saves for Weyburn.
The Red Wings are in Air Ronge to play the Ice Wolves on Friday, Nov. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 29. The Hawks are in Melfort on Friday, Nov. 28 to play the Mustangs. On Saturday, Nov. 29 the Warman Wolverines are in Melfort to face the Mustangs.
