Day Two Showcase Recap (From the SJHL Website)

From the SJHL Website:


Four of the five games played at the Strike Energy Showcase on Friday were one-goal affairs as the competition was fierce in front of numerous college and professional scouts.


On Friday morning, Russell Abbott was the story as he made 39-saves in a 2-1 shootout decision for Notre Dame over La Ronge. Defenseman Blayne Stevenson had the only goal of the shootout. Travis Eggum, just acquired from Kindersley, tipped in a Dustin Stevenson shot in the first period for the Ice Wolves. Trevor Cameron converted a goal mouth pass on a powerplay in the second for the Hounds.



The Flin Flon Bombers whipped the Nipawin Hawks 7-2 and they also raced out to a 3-0 first period lead after outshooting the Hawks 19-0 in the opening twenty minutes. It appeared as though Nipawin as going to sneak back in as they cut the lead to 4-2 before Mathieu Lecours scored late in the second by beating Ryan Kerpan up high and that, essentially, put the game out of reach. Lecours finished with three points.



Yorkton survived a third period scare and defeated the Melville Millionaires 4-3 in a game that saw defenseman Drew McDermott make his SJHL debut after being reassigned by the WHL’s Everett Silvertips. Torey Stott scored two including a nice second period tally as he jumped out of the penalty box and went in on a breakaway. Luke Boechler stopped 38-shots for the win. The Mils scored two in the final six minutes to make it close after falling behind 4-1.



AJ Whiffen made several spectacular saves over the final forty minutes to preserve Weyburn’s 4-3 win over the Estevan Bruins. Whiffen stopped 32-of-33 in the second and third periods and the Wings capitalized early with two powerplay goals in the first five and a half minutes of the game as they snapped a four game skid.



The host Battlefords North Stars fell 2-1 to the Humboldt Broncos as the Broncos got shorthanded goals from Nick Keller and Cameron Gibson. Keller scored on a left wing rush when he threw the puck at the net. Gibson scored when he took a centring pass out of the corner from Spencer Braaten. Andrew Bodnarchuk was the difference with a 33-save effort.


On Saturday, three more games will take place before the event wraps up.



At 2pm, the Bruins will play the Yorkton Terriers and the Bruins will be looking to get to within two points of fifth place Melville in the Sherwood Conference. Yorkton is tied with Notre Dame for third, three points back of second place Kindersley.