2024-25 Manitoba Bisons/USports

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OUT EAST

Wed Nov 27 R.M.C. 1 Ottawa 5
Fri Nov 29 Toronto Metropolitan at Western Ontario 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Fri Nov 29 Waterloo at R.M.C. 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Fri Nov 29 Lakehead at Ontario Tech 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Fri Nov 29 Carleton at Ottawa 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Fri Nov 29 York at McGill 7:30 EST/6:30 CST
Fri Nov 29 U.Q.T.R. at Queen's 7:30 EST/6:30 CST
Sat Nov 30 Laurier at Brock 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 York at Concordia 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 U.Q.T.R. at R.M.C. 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Waterloo at Queen's 2:30 EST/1:30 CST
Sat Nov 30 Toronto at McGill 3:30 EST/2:30 CST
Sat Nov 30 Ottawa at Carleton 4:00 EST/3:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Toronto Metropolitan at Windsor 4:00 EST/3:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Western Ontario at Ontario Tech 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Sun Dec 1 Windsor at Brock 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sun Dec 1 Nipissing at Concordia 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sun Dec 1 Laurier at Guelph 2:30 EST/1:30 CST

Wed Nov 27 Dalhousie 2 St. F.X. 6
Wed Nov 27 Saint Mary’s 3 Moncton 1
Fri Nov 29 Acadia at New Brunswick 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Fri Nov 29 St. F.X. at U.P.E.I. 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Saint Mary’s at New Brunswick 4:00 AST/2:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 U.P.E.I. at Dalhousie 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Acadia at Moncton 7:00 AST/5:00 CST

Links:
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Fri Nov 29 Portage College at Red Deer Poly 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Nov 29 Briercrest College at S.A.I.T. 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Nov 29 N.A.I.T. at UA-Augustana 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Portage College at Red Deer Poly 1:00 MST/2:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Briercrest College at S.A.I.T. 2:45 PM MST
Sat Nov 30 UA-Augustana at N.A.I.T. 6:00 MST/7:00 CST

Fri Nov 29 Vancouver Island at Logan Lake 7:00 PST/9:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Vancouver Island at Okanagan 6:00 PST/8:00 CST

Non-Conference Games
Fri Nov 29 Victoria at Simon Fraser (NCAA2) 7:00 PST/9:00 CST EX

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: YouTube Channel

 

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November 29, 2024: FIRST PERIOD KILLS BISON HOPES

MANITOBA BISONS 2
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 7

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: Team Website
➤ UBC: T-Birds overpower Bisons for fifth straight win (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Man: J. Arpin (16:07 2nd) , J. Hooker (00:32 3rd)
UBC: T. Rask (02:20 1st) , J. Wright (04:11 1st) , J. Wright (08:03 1st) , S. Huo (14:36 1st) , S. Atkinson (16:39 1st) , C. Latimer (12:10 2nd) , J. Form (19:59 3rd)
Goal: Man: Holt (L) (16 shots, 11 saves), Thornton (22 shots, 20 saves), UBC: Schwebius (19 shots, 17 saves)

This was a rough start for the Herd. The T-irds scored on their first two shots (which took four minutes) and by the end of the 1st period had five goals on 16 shots. That spelled the end of the night for starting goalie, Braden Holt. Kolby Thornton only gave up one goal per period thereafter, the last one with just one second left. However, when down 5-0 it is hard to see the result being in doubt. The other three Friday night CW games were all 3-0 after the 1st period.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 0
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 6

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ MacU: Griffins can't dig out of early hole in tough 6-0 loss to Saskatchewan (with boxscore)
➤ UofS: Vince Loschiavo's Hattrick Leads Dogs to Lopsided Win Over Griffins (with boxscore)
➤ Huskie Fan: A Ross shutout and a Loschiavo hat trick make the difference

Quick Summary
MacU: none
Sask: V. Loschiavo (02:42 1st) , V. Loschiavo (05:43 1st) , D. Holt (16:18 1st) , K. Sorensen (16:38 2nd) , L. Keeler (10:05 3rd) , V. Loschiavo (15:02 3rd)
Goal: MacU: Epp (30 shots, 24 saves), Sask: Ross (22 shots, 22 saves)

Similar to the Bison game, this was (almost) over at the end of the 1st period. The Family Guys could not be expected to rally against the Banjo-Mutts. The Bisons will be happy that they lost no ground, at least.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 0
CALGARY DINOSAURS 7

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ TWU: Spartans Fall to Calgary Dinos on the Road (with boxscore)
➤ UofC: Dinos ride power play to 7-0 rout of Spartans (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
TWU: none
Calg: J. Gricius (07:58 1st) , C. Gengenbach (08:53 1st) , J. Gricius (17:52 1st) , Z. Wytinck (03:37 2nd) , D. Sydor (10:00 2nd) , N. King (11:19 3rd) , L. Hauer (13:50 3rd)
Goal: TWU: Sommer (L) (42 shots, 36 saves), Savage (5 shots, 4 saves), Calg: Martin (25 shots, 25 saves)

This was the third one-sided game of the evening. (Good thing last-placed Regina had the bye!) Holy Trinity yanked goaltender Leon Summer 11 minutes into the 3rd period after he gave up his 6th goal of the game. Rookie Cole Savage then came on to play his first 8 minutes of CW hockey. The Spartans, rather than Bedrock U, were the ones to play a man short in this one.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 1
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 4

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ MRU: MHKY: Cougars play best game of the year, defeat Golden Bears at home (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Alta: J. Prokop (00:57 2nd)
MRU: J. Wiens (01:30 1st) , J. Lies (04:26 1st) , J. Tarzwell (09:35 1st) , B. Stevenson (18:28 3rd)
Goal: Alta: Kruger (39 shots, 36 saves), MRU: Farkas (25 shots, 24 saves)

This was the feature game of the nght, but it was also 3-0 after the 1st period. This is a big win for the Bluegars. The fact that they outshot the Evil Monkeys by such a large margin is something that would not have happened to the Apes of the past. In any event, it seems to me that the more games the CW’s top tier teams play against one another, the more they will condense in the standings.

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Sat Nov 30 MacEwan at Saskatchewan 5:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Manitoba at U.B.C. 3:00 PST/5:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Trinity Western at Calgary 6:00 MST/7:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Mount Royal at Alberta 7:00 MST/8:00 CST

STANDINGS

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Fri Nov 29 Toronto Metropolitan 1 Western Ontario 3
Fri Nov 29 Waterloo 2 R.M.C. 1 (ot)
Fri Nov 29 Lakehead 0 Ontario Tech 3
Fri Nov 29 Carleton 6 Ottawa 3
Fri Nov 29 York 3 McGill 7
Fri Nov 29 U.Q.T.R. 2 Queen's 3
Sat Nov 30 Laurier at Brock 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 York at Concordia 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 U.Q.T.R. at R.M.C. 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Waterloo at Queen's 2:30 EST/1:30 CST
Sat Nov 30 Toronto at McGill 3:30 EST/2:30 CST
Sat Nov 30 Ottawa at Carleton 4:00 EST/3:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Toronto Metropolitan at Windsor 4:00 EST/3:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Western Ontario at Ontario Tech 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Sun Dec 1 Windsor at Brock 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sun Dec 1 Nipissing at Concordia 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sun Dec 1 Laurier at Guelph 2:30 EST/1:30 CST

Fri Nov 29 Acadia 3 New Brunswick 5
Fri Nov 29 St. F.X. 6 U.P.E.I. 1
Sat Nov 30 Saint Mary’s at New Brunswick 4:00 AST/2:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 U.P.E.I. at Dalhousie 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Acadia at Moncton 7:00 AST/5:00 CST

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Fri Nov 29 Portage College 3 Red Deer Poly 7
Fri Nov 29 Briercrest College 5 S.A.I.T. 2
Fri Nov 29 N.A.I.T. 3 UA-Augustana 5
Sat Nov 30 Portage College at Red Deer Poly 1:00 MST/2:00 CST
Sat Nov 30 Briercrest College at S.A.I.T. 2:45 PM MST
Sat Nov 30 UA-Augustana at N.A.I.T. 6:00 MST/7:00 CST

Fri Nov 29 Vancouver Island 8 Logan Lake 1
Fri Nov 29 Victoria 1 Simon Fraser (NCAA2) 5 (EX)
Sat Nov 30 Vancouver Island at Okanagan 6:00 PST/8:00 CST

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube

 

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November 30, 2024: BIRDS EDGE BISONS IN GOAL-FEST

MANITOBA BISONS 5
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 7

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: Team Website
➤ UBC: ‘Birds and Bisons put on offensive show as UBC holds on for sixth straight win (with boxscore & video)

Quick Summary
Man: A. Sutter (03:21 2nd) , J. Hooker (10:05 2nd) , P. Malchuk (11:10 2nd) , E. Alarie (17:49 2nd) , A. Sutter (03:12 3rd)
UBC: J. Lee (00:56 1st) , C. Latimer (01:51 1st) , C. Douglas (02:00 2nd) , J. Wright (05:34 2nd) , S. Huo (08:29 2nd) , B. Keon (14:47 2nd) , C. Douglas (12:40 3rd)
Goal: Man: Holt (30 shots, 25 saves), Thornton (L) (16 shots, 14 saves), UBC: Mirwald (21 shots, 16 saves)

Once again, the Bisons fell behind early. However, this time they fought back gamely and could have stolen a point with any breaks. Braden Holt started in goal, again. On Friday he was pulled in the 1st intermission down 5-0. In this game, he was pulled mid-2nd period down 5-1.

Back-to-back powerplay goals mid-2nd period got the Bisons back in the game, at 5-3. The period ended 6-4 for the T-irds, that’s four goals each in a wild period. Andre Sutter scored early in the 3rd period (his 2nd of the night and season) and suddenly it was a 6-5 game. However, the period was fairly uneventful in comparison to the 2nd. UBC had an insurance goal but there were no penalties, nor any rambunctious behaviour.

Of note, Dexter Whittle returned to the Bison blueline. He was injured in pre-season against the Manitoba Moose. They could still use a 6'4" 225 lbs. blueliner going forward.

The Herd have now become the last team in the CW to hit the mid-way mark. They have just three series against Tier 1 teams (home and away against Sask and at home against Alberta) and four series against Tier 2 teams (home and away against Regina, and at home against MacEwan and Trinity).

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 2
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 10

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ MacU: Team Website
➤ UofS: Dogs Dominate in 10-2 Trouncing of Griffins (with boxscore)
➤ Huskie Fan: Entering 2025 on a high note

Quick Summary
MacU: K. Chabot (12:15 1st), C. Chorney (12:37 1st)
Sask: L. Keeler (00:31 1st), B. Tkachuk (11:10 1st), C. Stebbings (15:16 1st), L. Keeler (00:16 2nd), K. Sorensen (04:23 2nd), V. Loschiavo (07:57 2nd), J. Ball (09:55 2nd), C. Petruic (17:19 2nd), R. Pelletier (01:34 3rd), B. Tkachuk (10:58 3rd)
Goal: MacU: Epp (L) (19 shots, 12 saves), Ironside (11 shots, 8 saves), Sask: Ross (25 shots, 23 saves)

Were the Banjo-Mutts that good? Or were the Family Guys that bad? This game overlapped the Bison game so I missed it. Here the interesting observations from the summary:
1. MacEwan played one man short.
2. Roddy Ross started both games in the Mutts’ goal this weekend, ending their rotation system for the first time this season.
3. The shots were just 30-25 in favour of the Mutts.
4. There was a brouhaha 4:49 into the 2nd period, where three players on each side had 10-minute misconducts.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 2
CALGARY DINOSAURS 3

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ TWU: Spartans Battle Calgary Dinos in One-goal Loss (with boxscore)
➤ UofC: Team Website

Quick Summary
TWU: . Klessens (07:04 1st) , L. Spadafora (19:59 1st)
Calg: Z. Wytinck (14:33 2nd) , M. Stewart (12:42 3rd) , C. Gengenbach (13:27 3rd)
Goal: TWU: Sommer (38 shots, 35 saves), Calg: Tetachuk (19 shots, 17 saves)

Holy Trinity threw a major scare into Bedrock U in this one. They outshot the Dinos 13-6 in the 1st period, and held a 2-0 lead. However, the Dinos wore down the short-staffed Spartans (they were down two men), out-shooting them 16-2 in the 2nd period and 16-4 in the 3rd to rally for the win. The tying and winning goals were scored less than a minute apart, at 12:42 and 13:27 of the 3rd period.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 2
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ UofA (Friday late): Cougars earn first blood in battle of division leaders (boxscore)
➤ UofA: Palmer, Preziuso star in 5-2 Alberta win (boxscore)
➤ MRU: Team Website

Quick Summary
MRU: J. Tarzwell (00:49 2nd), J. Wiens (04:24 3rd)
Alta: T. Preziuso (05:22 1st), T. Preziuso (18:11 1st), J. Prokop (19:56 1st), A. Thacker (09:36 3rd), T. Laventure (10:46 3rd)
Goal: MRU: Farkas (26 shots, 21 saves), Alta: Palmer (34 shots, 32 saves)

I saw a large portion of this game and it was worthy of the status of a game between division leaders. The Evil Monkeys were led by their powerplay. They were outshot 34-26 on the evening, but when you go 3-for-7 on the PP, with a short-handed goal for good measure, you usually win. It was kind of a streaky game. The Monkeys led 3-0, the Bluegars made it 3-2, then a quick pair in the 3rd made it 5-2 final.

NEXT UP

Thu Dec 5 U.B.C. at Trinity Western 7:00 PST/9:00 CST
Fri Dec 6 Regina at Manitoba 7:00 CST
Fri Dec 6 Trinity Western at U.B.C. 7:00 PST/9:00 CST
Sat Dec 7 Regina at Manitoba 5:00 CST
(end of 1st semester)

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Sat Nov 30 Laurier 2 Brock 4
Sat Nov 30 York 1 Concordia 6
Sat Nov 30 U.Q.T.R. 5 R.M.C. 0
Sat Nov 30 Waterloo 2 Queen's 3
Sat Nov 30 Toronto 3 McGill 6
Sat Nov 30 Ottawa 4 Carleton 5 (ot)
Sat Nov 30 Toronto Metropolitan 3 Windsor 2
Sat Nov 30 Western Ontario 1 Ontario Tech 4
Sun Dec 1 Windsor at Brock 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sun Dec 1 Nipissing at Concordia 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Sun Dec 1 Laurier at Guelph 2:30 EST/1:30 CST
Wed Dec 4 Western Ontario at Windsor 7:30 EST/6:30 CST
Thu Dec 5 Laurier at Waterloo 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
(end of 1st semester)

Sat Nov 30 Saint Mary’s 3 New Brunswick 7
Sat Nov 30 U.P.E.I. 5 Dalhousie 1
Sat Nov 30 Acadia 4 Moncton 5
Wed Dec 4 Saint Mary's at Acadia 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
(end of 1st semester)

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Sat Nov 30 Portage College 2 Red Deer Poly 5
Sat Nov 30 Briercrest College 1 S.A.I.T. 2
Sat Nov 30 UA-Augustana 3 N.A.I.T. 6
(end of 1st semester)

Sat Nov 30 Vancouver Island 2 Okanagan 4
(end of 1st semester)

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube

 

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December 1, 2024: SUNDAY MORNING LINKS

GoBisons.ca has not posted anything about the UBC series. But there are a couple of late links shared here, along with some All-Star news.

Links:
➤ MacU: Special teams play, penalties cost Griffins in rough 10-2 loss to Huskies (with boxscore & video)

Links:
➤ UofC: Persistence pays off as Dinos finish off sweep of Spartans (with boxscore & video)

NEWS

The almost-annual USports Selects v Team Canada Juniors series is now announced for December 12th and 13th. Daytime weekday games are not exactly what I'm looking for, but there you go.

The results since 2000 are as follows:
Dec 16, 2000 at Toronto: Team Canada 5, OUA All-Stars 3
Dec 17, 2000 at Toronto: Team Canada 6, OUA All-Stars 5 (so)
Dec 13, 2001 at Toronto: OUA All-Stars 4, Team Canada 3
Dec 14, 2001 at Toronto: Team Canada 5, OUA All-Stars 0
Dec 14, 2002 at Halifax: Team Canada 5, AUS Selects 2
Dec 15, 2002 at Halifax: Team Canada 3, AUS Selects 2
Dec 14, 2003 at Kitchener: Team Canada 2, OUA All-Stars 0
Dec 15, 2003 at Kitchener: Team Canada 9, OUA All-Stars 1
Dec 14, 2004 at Winnipeg: Manitoba Bisons 4, Team Canada 2
Dec 15, 2004 at Winnipeg: Team Canada 6, Manitoba Bisons 3
Dec 15, 2005 at Vancouver: Team Canada 8, UBC Thunderbirds 1
Dec 15, 2006 at Calgary: Calgary/Lethbridge 5, Team Canada 4
Dec 13, 2007 at Calgary: Team Canada v Calgary Dinosaurs (cancelled, mumps)
Dec 15, 2009 at Saskatoon: Sask/Regina 4, Team Canada 2
Dec 14, 2010 at Toronto: Team Canada 6, OUA Selects 2
Dec 17, 2011 at Calgary: Team Canada 7, Calgary/Lethbridge 4
Dec 12, 2012 at Edmonton: Alberta Golden Bears 4, Team Canada 1
Dec 13, 2012 at Calgary: Team Canada 2, Calgary/Lethbridge/MRU 0
Dec 14, 2013 at Toronto: Team Canada 3, Toronto Selects 0
Dec 13, 2014 at Toronto: Team Canada 10, Toronto Selects 3
Dec 14, 2014 at Toronto: Team Canada 3, Toronto Selects 0
Dec 12, 2015 at Toronto: CIS 5, Team Canada 4 (so)
Dec 13, 2015 at Toronto: Team Canada 5, CIS 0
Dec 12, 2016 at Boisbriand: Team Canada 5, USports 3
Dec 13, 2016 at Boisbriand: Team Canada 3, USports 0
Dec 13, 2017 at St. Catharines: USports 3, Team Canada 0
Dec 14, 2017 at St. Catharines: USports 4, Team Canada 3
Dec 12, 2018 at Victoria: Team Canada 3, USports 2 (so)
Dec 13, 2018 at Victoria: USports 5, Team Canada 3
Dec 14, 2018 at Victoria: USports 5, Team Canada 1
Dec 11, 2019 at Oakville: Team Canada 4, USports 3
Dec 12, 2019 at Oakville: USports 2, Team Canada 1
Dec 2020 at Edmonton and Calgary: Games against Alberta Golden Bears, Mount Royal Cougars, and Calgary Dinosaurs were cancelled due to Covid lockdowns.
Dec 11, 2021 at Calgary: Team Canada 3, UofA/UofC/MRU/GMU 0
Dec 12, 2021 at Calgary: Team Canada 7, UofA/UofC/MRU/GMU 2
Dec 11, 2022 at Moncton: Team Canada 5, AUS Selects 2
Dec 12, 2022 at Moncton: Team Canada 3, AUS Selects 2
Dec 12, 2023 at Oakville: Team Canada 4, USports 2
Dec 13, 2023 at Oakville: USports 6, Team Canada 1

FWIW, going back to the 1990s, Team Canada leads CW opponents 10-5, and lead the OUA and AUS 17-2-1. However, the combined USports/CIS all-stars hold a 7-6 edge.

The former USports historical link has disappeared from their newly designed and downgraded website. I included the Web Archive link for it. The Fandom/Wikia link has all the games, plus links to stories and summaries where available.

Links:
➤ USports (Web Archive): U SPORTS Men's Hockey All Star Game
➤ Fandom/Wikia: All-Star Games
➤ Hockey Canada: World Juniors hopefuls take on U SPORTS All-Stars in two games at selection camp

The BCIHL All-Stars will face both UBC and Holy Trinity to end the holiday break. Both games are scheduled for Nanaimo (home of the VIU Mariners, and several Nanaimo Bars). On January 3rd they play UBC at 7:15 p.m. and on January 4th they play former BCIHL opponent, the TWU Spartans at 4:30 p.m. The BCIHL's last All-Star Game was against the Kazakhstan Juniors in December 2018, a 2-0 loss.

Links:
➤ BCIHL: BCIHL All-Stars to Face Off Against UBC Thunderbirds and TWU Spartans
➤ BCIHL: BCIHL Names First Ten All-Star Roster Players

 

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Preview: December 6-7, 2024: REGINA at MANITOBA

REGINA COUGARS (2-12-0, 3-16-1, OHT35 #35)
MANITOBA BISONS (2-10-2, 5-17-2, OHT35 #26)

Friday, December 6th at 7:00 CST at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg
Saturday, December 7th at 5:00 CST at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg

Live Links:
➤ Video: CanadaWest TV
➤ Friday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech
➤ Saturday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: Team Website
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Other Links:
➤ UofR: Team Website
➤ USports: Canada ready to chase gold at 2024 FISU Winter World University Games in Torino
➤ USports: Men’s Hockey Page ∞ Top 10
➤ USports: Schedule/Links ∞ Standings
➤ CW: Home Page ∞ Season Schedule
➤ CW Hockey Tech: Daily Schedule
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Media Stats ∞ Daily Schedule
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Last series:
➤ Oct 18/24: UR 3 UM 6: LeagueStat : Game Story (with boxscore)
➤ Oct 19/24: UR 6 UM 4: LeagueStat : Game Story (with boxscore)

This weekend marks the end of the first semester, and is a “mini-week” with just two conference series. The weekend of January 3-5 is similarly a “mini-week”, with both weekends featuring non-conference games as well.

The schedule this year is weird. These teams play for the 2nd time, with both series in Manitoba. The Bisons will travel to Banjoland for the 3rd series in the new year. It is odd that the Bisons are once again playing a team coming off a bye week.

The low-point of the Bison season was their home ice loss to the Banjo-Cats in the 2nd game of that first series. For the Kittens, being swept by Holy Trinity is their low-point.

The Bisons have played just four games against Tier 2 opposition thus far (going 2-1-1). They need to put together a string of wins in the remaining eight games against Tier 2 teams (four with Regina, two each against MacEwan and Trinity).

ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (2-13-1, 4-17-1, OHT35 #28)
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (10-5-1, 14-5-1, OHT35 #7)

Links:
➤ TWU: this Week in Sparta
➤ UBC: Academic All-Canadian Breakfast honours top Thunderbird student-athletes for outstanding success
➤ UBC: Red hot T-Birds battle Spartans in home-and-home series to close out 2024

This is an unusual Thursday-Friday home-and-home series. The T-irds host on Thursday, Holy Trinity on Friday. It is really hard to imagine Trinity winning a game here. Since entering the CW, UBC has won all 23 games, with one going into overtime. UBC also won all four non-conference games played before the 2020-21 season.

N.A.I.T. OOKS (5-6-1, 6-7-1, ACAC #5)
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (13-3-0, 16-8-1, OHT35 #5)

Links:
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ NAIT: Schedule & Results

This Battle of Edmontown used to be very frequent, but according to the UofA site, they have not played since 2019. Lifetime, the Evil Monkeys are 23-4-1 (the “1" being a tie, the Monkeys ave 3 OTWs, and the Ooks have one OTW). NAIT are not dominating the ACAC as they once did. They are currently sitting 5th out of 7 teams in the ACAC. This is their first series against CW opposition this year, which is unusual.

COMPLETE SCHEDULE

Thu Dec 5 U.B.C. at Trinity Western 7:00 PST/9:00 CST
Fri Dec 6 Regina at Manitoba 7:00 CST
Fri Dec 6 Trinity Western at U.B.C. 7:00 PST/9:00 CST
Fri Dec 6 N.A.I.T. at Alberta 7:00 MST/8:00 CST EX
Sat Dec 7 Regina at Manitoba 5:00 CST
Sat Dec 7 Alberta at N.A.I.T. 7:00 MST/8:00 CST EX

OUT EAST

Sun Dec 1 Windsor 2 Brock 1
Sun Dec 1 Nipissing 0 Concordia 5
Sun Dec 1 Laurier 1 Guelph 2
Wed Dec 4 Western Ontario 2 Windsor 6
Thu Dec 5 Laurier at Waterloo 7:00 EST/6:00 CST

Wed Dec 4 Saint Mary's 6 Acadia 3

Links:
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

 

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December 5, 2024: T-IRDS WIN THURSDAY NIGHT SPECIAL

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 6
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 3

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ UBC: Mutala hat trick extends T-Birds’ win streak to seven with win over Spartans (with boxscore)
➤ TWU: SPARTANS BATTLE UBC IN LOSS TO THUNDERBIRDS (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
UBC: S. Mutala (13:05 1st) , S. Mutala (17:08 1st) , S. Huo (02:09 2nd) , S. Mutala (01:00 3rd) , S. Huo (05:48 3rd) , J. Wismer (18:54 3rd)
TWU: C. Lowe (04:31 2nd) , C. Farren (05:56 2nd) , L. Spadafora (18:38 2nd)
Goal: UBC: Mirwald (19 shots, 16 saves), TWU: Sommer (43 shots, 37 saves)

This was the only CW game of the evening, so it gets a post all to itself. Holy Trinity made it interesting. It was 3-3 after two periods. The Spartans were short-handed again, with just 16 skaters.

NEXT UP

Fri Dec 6 Regina at Manitoba 7:00 CST
Fri Dec 6 Trinity Western at U.B.C. 7:00 PST/9:00 CST
Fri Dec 6 N.A.I.T. at Alberta 7:00 MST/8:00 CST EX
Sat Dec 7 Regina at Manitoba 5:00 CST
Sat Dec 7 Alberta at N.A.I.T. 7:00 MST/8:00 CST EX

OUT EAST

Thu Dec 5 Laurier 3 Waterloo 6
(End of the 1st semester.)

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: Schedule/Results

 

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December 6, 2024: THORNTON’S SHUT-OUT LEADS TO A W

REGINA COUGARS 0
MANITOBA BISONS 5

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: 'There’s no place I’d rather be than right here with my teammates playing hockey and playing the game I love'
➤ UofM: Bisons battle Cougars to conclude first half Canada West schedule
➤ UofM: Overcoming injury, Dawson Pasternak makes U SPORTS debut in major way, Bisons blank Regina 5-0
➤ UofR: Team Website
➤ LeagueStat: Media Access (new link) : Monthly Schedule

Links note: LeagueStat’s “Daily Schedule” link is no longer working. The monthly calendar and season schedule work, and individual games can be accessed through those. The “Media Access” page has a new URL, as linked.

Quick Summary
Reg: none
Man: S. Bruce (05:13 2nd) , J. Hooker (09:55 2nd) , B. Bonni (12:24 2nd) , C. Zaplitny (04:17 3rd) , S. Bruce (08:21 3rd)
Goal: Reg: Evanoff (29 shots, 24 saves), Man: Thornton (31 shots, 31 saves)

The Bisons snapped their losing streak, paced by Kolby Thornton’s shut-out, Dawson Pasternak’s season debut, and Skylar Bruce’s four-point night (two goals and two assists). Here’s how they lined up:

MANITOBA BISONS
Goal:
30 Thornton (31 Holt)

Defence:
15 Bonni - 4 Malchuk
8 Toth - 25 Calder
5 Casey - 2 Whittle

Forwards:
9 Alarie - 22 Stotts - 11 Ostir
20 Zaplitny - 21 Pasternak - 17 Bruce
19 Arpin - 18 Hooker - 28 Behun
23 Lane- 29 King - 13 Sutter

Scratches:
G: 34 Hawryluk
D: 6 Fry - 24 Wareham
F: 10 Paulhus - 12 Trimble - 14 Zimmerman - 16 Joss - 26 Boucher

REGINA COUGARS
Goal:
39 Evanoff (35 Fellner)

Defence:
20 Holoien - 22 McNutt
7 Sass - 28 Heward
5 Fishley - 3 Third

Forwards:
18 Whyte - 23 Pearce - 12 Houk
17 McMillen - 14 Culling - 8 J Brook
29 Doucet - 15 Kesslering - 37 Belitsky
9 Shindle - 32 Steele - 27 Barlage

Scratches:
G: none
D: 4 Reimer - 44 Friedt-Mohr
F: 11 Runke - 19 Bjorklund - 21 Borysiuk - 24 Wills

The addition of Pasternak gave the Bisons a boost. They were able to move Captain Hooker (their leading scorer) to the 3rd line and generated a much more balanced attack in the process. Bruce’s first goal opened the scoring, and it was set up by a beautiful pass from Pasternak.

The Bisons were guilty of taking their foot off the gas in the 3rd period, allowing Regina to close the gap on the shot clock.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 3
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 6

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ TWU: Spartans Fall to No. 3-ranked Ubc in Final Game of Semester (with boxscore)
➤ UBC: Mutala hat trick extends T-Birds’ win streak to seven with win over Spartans (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
TWU: J. Klessens (01:36 1st) , C. Farren (02:54 2nd) , C. Farren (16:43 3rd)
UBC: S. Atkinson (02:05 1st) , S. Atkinson (11:29 1st) , J. Wismer (13:28 1st) , J. Lee (01:42 3rd) , C. Douglas (07:06 3rd) , S. Atkinson (15:01 3rd)
Goal: TWU: Sommer (38 shots, 32 saves), UBC: Schwebius (14 shots, 11 saves)

After attending the Bison game, I saw from the end of the 2nd period onward in this game. The T-irds led 3-2 after two, scored early in the 3rd to put Holy Trinity in trouble. A powerplay came the Spartans’ way but a short-handed goal put the game away. In the “Boys-Will-Be-Boys” department, there were a total of NINE roughing penalties (five to Holy Trinity), and a five-minute cross-checking major to the T-irds.

N.A.I.T. OOKS 2
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 10

Links:
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results
➤ NAIT: Schedule & Results

This non-conference game was such a wipe-out that neither side uploaded anything about it. NAIT, and the ACAC in general, are not doing as well as they used to do against the CW.

NEXT UP

Sat Dec 7 Regina at Manitoba 5:00 CST
Sat Dec 7 Alberta at N.A.I.T. 7:00 MST/8:00 CST EX

STANDINGS

OUT EAST

No games.

OUT WEST

No games.

 

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December 7, 2024: UNABLE TO HOLD A LEAD, BISONS END SEMESTER ON A DOWN NOTE

REGINA COUGARS 5
MANITOBA BISONS 3

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: Cougars battle back from two down to beat Bisons 5-3
➤ UofR: Team Website

Quick Summary
Reg: B. Heward (12:45 1st) , J. Brook (15:53 1st) , C. Whyte (09:05 2nd) , J. Borysiuk (12:17 2nd) , J. Doucet (18:53 3rd)
Man: M. King (07:17 1st) , J. Hooker (11:04 1st) , G. Lane (11:31 2nd)
Goal: Reg: Evanoff (21 shots, 18 saves), Man: Holt (22 shots, 18 saves)

I saw the game but was heading out on Saturday evening, hence a delayed recap.

MANITOBA BISONS
Goal:
31 Holt (30 Thornton)

Defence:
15 Bonni - 4 Malchuk
8 Toth - 25 Calder
5 Casey - 2 Whittle

Forwards:
9 Alarie - 22 Stotts - 11 Ostir
20 Zaplitny - 21 Pasternak - 17 Bruce
19 Arpin - 18 Hooker - 28 Behun
23 Lane- 29 King - 26 Boucher

Scratches:
G: 34 Hawryluk
D: 6 Fry - 24 Wareham
F: 10 Paulhus - 12 Trimble - 13 Sutter - 14 Zimmerman - 16 Joss

REGINA COUGARS
Goal:
39 Evanoff (35 Fellner)

Defence:
20 Holoien - 22 McNutt
7 Sass - 28 Heward
4 Reimer - 3 Third

Forwards:
18 Whyte - 23 Pearce - 8 J Brook
29 Doucet - 17 McMillen - 12 Houk
9 Shindle - 37 Belitsky - 27 Barlage
19 Bjorklund - 14 Culling - 21 Borysiuk

Scratches:
G: none
D: 5 Fishley - 44 Friedt-Mohr
F: 11 Runke - 15 Kesslering - 24 Wills - 32 Steele

For some reason, the Bisons replaced Kolby Thornton (and his 22 hour old shutout and .911 save percentage) with Braden Holt (and his .879 save percentage). In my opinion, they are relatively equal in calibre. So I would use the hot hand. Especially in a must-win game.

In any event, the Bisons had a 2-0 lead in the 1st period and this looked like a replay of Friday night’s win. Once the Bisons stopped skating, it became a chippy game where the teams swapped powerplays. Each side had two powerplay goals in the end. Captain Hooker scored his 10th of the season for the Bisons.

The Christmas break is now upon us. The Bisons play in the Excited States on Dec 28 & 29, and Jan 3 & 4. The next home series is against Holy Trinity on Jan 10 & 11. The Bisons must sweep both TWU and MacEwan in the new year.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3
N.A.I.T. OOKS 4

Links:
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results
➤ NAIT: Schedule & Results

What a rebound by the Ooks! From a 10-2 loss, to a 4-3 win. Good for them!

NEXT UP

Sat Dec 28 Manitoba at Omaha 2:00 CST EX
Sun Dec 29 Manitoba at Minnesota State 3:00 CST EX
Fri Jan 3 MacEwan at Alberta 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Jan 3 Mount Royal at Calgary 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Jan 3 Manitoba at Bemidji State 7:07 CST EX
Fri Jan 3 Red Deer Poly at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST EX
Fri Jan 3 U.B.C. v BCIHL All-Stars (at Nanaimo) 7:15 PST/9:15 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Alberta at MacEwan 5:00 MST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Calgary at Mount Royal 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Manitoba at North Dakota 6:07 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Red Deer Poly at Saskatchewan 5:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Trinity Western v BCIHL All-Stars (at Nanaimo) 4:30 PST/6:30 CST EX

STANDINGS

OUT EAST

No games.

OUT WEST

No games.

 

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Preview: December 28-29, 2024: MANITOBA at MAVERICKS

MANITOBA BISONS (3-11-2, 6-18-2, OHT35 #26)
NEBRASKA-OMAHA MAVERICKS (4-4-0, 7-9-0, USCHO N/R)
MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS (9-1-2, 14-4-2, USCHO #11)

Sunday, December 29th at 2:00 CST at Baxter Arena, Omaha
Monday, December 30th at 3:00 CST at Mayo Clinic HSEC, Mankato

Live Links:
➤ Sunday: NCHC TV ∞ Radio ∞ Live Stats
➤ Monday: KTOE Radio

Other Links:
➤ GoBisons: Team Website
➤ UNO: Team Website
➤ MSU: Mavericks Ranked #11/12 in National Polls : Schedule & Results

The Christmas break is over for the Bisons, and they finish 2024 with games againbst two teams of Mavericks, one in Omaha and one in Minnesota State. They will then open 2025 with their last two non-conference games against UND and Bemidji State. Ther could be more reportage on these games Friday and Saturday as people get back to work after holidays.

ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

No games.

OUT EAST

Sun Dec 29 Concordia at Clarkson 4:00 EST/3:00 CST NCAA EX
Mon Dec 30 Guelph at Niagara 2:00 EST/1:00 CST NCAA EX

No games.

Links:
➤ OUA: Schedule & Results
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

No games.

No games.

Non-Conference Games
Sat Dec 28 Simon Fraser (NCAA2) at Massachusetts 6:00 EST/5:00 CST EX
Sun Dec 29 Simon Fraser (NCAA2) at Massachusetts-Lowell 3:30 EST/2:30 CST EX

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

 

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December 29, 2024: BISONS SHUT-OUT IN NEBRASKA

MANITOBA BISONS 0
NEBRASKA-OMAHA MAVERICKS 5

Links:
➤ UNO: Hockey scores five unanswered in exhibition win
➤ UofM: Team Website
➤ Sidearm Stats: Stats & Summary
➤ Video: YouTube Highlights
➤ Video: 1997 Complete Game
➤ MSU: PREVIEW: Mavericks Host Bisons in Exhibition Hockey

This game was 2-0 until a UNO penalty shot goal 13:55 into the 3rd period opened the floodgates. Kolby Thornton started in the Bison net, and stopped 24 of 25 1st period shots. Third-string goaltender Ross Hawryluk stopped 12 of the 16 shots he faced in the closing two periods. The final shots-on-goal were 40-20 in favour of UNO.

The game drew a crowd of 6,455 Nebraskans who could not give a crap about the NFL.

The radio team pointed out that UNO’s first game in program history was in 1997, which was a loss to the Bisons. I found a link to that game. The Bisons won 3-2 and over 8,400 fans were there.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

Sat Dec 28 Simon Fraser (NCAA2) 3 Massachusetts 4 (NCAA) : Story
Sun Dec 29 Concordia (OUA) 5 Clarkson 1 (NCAA) : Story
Sun Dec 29 Simon Fraser (NCAA2) 2 Massachusetts-Lowell 9 (NCAA) : Story
Mon Dec 30 Manitoba at Minnesota State 3:00 CST EX
Mon Dec 30 Guelph at Niagara 2:00 EST/1:00 CST EX

 

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December 30, 2024: 2024 ENDS ON A DISAPPOINTING NOTE

MANITOBA BISONS 1
MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS 6

Links:
➤ MSU: Mavericks Top Bisons 6-1 in Exhibition
➤ MSU: Stats & Summary
➤ UofM: Team Website

This was the end of the calendar year, and the Bisons lost to the #11-ranked team in the NCAA. Josh Paulhus had the Bison goal.

I have to talk about goaltending. Braden Holt went the distance in the Bison net, stopping 28 of 34 shots (.824 S%). Hopefully, the coaching staff will look at the weekend stats, and the season stats, and give Kolby Thornton the starting job when conference play resumes. On the weekend, Thornton stopped 24 of 25 shots (.960 S%) in one period, and Hawryluk stopped 12 of 16 (.750 S%) in two periods. On the regular season, Thornton has a 3.27 GAA and .911 S% while Holt has a 4.82 GAA and .879 S%.

If the Bisons want to make a playoff push, they will need to go with the hot hand in the crease.

The radio announcers pointed out that the teams played a pair of overtime games in December of 1992. MSU won the first one (3-2) and the second ended tied (6-6).

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

Mon Dec 30 Guelph (OUA) 2 Niagara (NCAA) 5 : Story

NEXT UP

A mix of conference and non-conference play before classes start on the Monday.

CWUAA
Fri Jan 3 MacEwan at Alberta 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Jan 3 Mount Royal at Calgary 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Jan 3 Manitoba at Bemidji State (NCAA) 7:07 CST EX
Fri Jan 3 Red Deer Poly (ACAC) at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST EX
Fri Jan 3 Briercrest College (ACAC) at Regina 7:30 CST EX
Fri Jan 3 U.B.C. v BCIHL All-Stars (at Nanaimo) 7:15 PST/9:15 CST
Sat Jan 4 Alberta at MacEwan 5:00 MST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Calgary at Mount Royal 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Manitoba at North Dakota (NCAA) 6:07 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Briercrest College (ACAC) at Regina 3:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Red Deer Poly (ACAC) at Saskatchewan 5:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Trinity Western v BCIHL All-Stars (at Nanaimo) 4:30 PST/6:30 CST

OUA
Fri Jan 3 York at Lakehead 7:00 EST/6:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 York at Lakehead 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Guelph at R.I.T. (NCAA) 5:00 EST/4:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Concordia at Colgate (NCAA) 3:00 EST/2:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 China at Windsor 7:30 EST/6:30 CST EX
Sun Jan 5 R.M.C. at Toronto 2:00 EST/1:00 CST

ACAC
Fri Jan 3 S.A.I.T. at N.A.I.T. 7:00 MST/8:00 CST EX

 

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Preview: January 3-4, 2025: MANITOBA at BEMIDJI STATE & NORTH DAKOTA

MANITOBA BISONS (3-11-2, 6-20-2, OHT35 #26)
BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS (5-5-2, 8-9-3, n/r)
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (6-2-0, 11-7-1, USCHO #14)

Friday, January 3rd at 7:07 CST at Sanford Centre, Bemidji
Saturday, January 4th at 6:07 CST at The Ralph, Grand Forks

Live Links:
➤ Midco Sports: BSU Video Streaming
➤ BSU: Beaver Radio Network
➤ BSU: Sidearm Stats (Live)
➤ NCHC: UND Video Streaming
➤ I Heart Radio: The Fox 96.1
➤ Stat Broadcast: UND Live Stats

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: Team Website
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Other Links:
➤ USCHO: Rankings
➤ BSU: Satosaari nets first CCHA award with Defenseman of the Month recognition
➤ BSU: Schedule & Results
➤ UND: Abram Wiebe, Sacha Boisvert collect monthly NCHC honors
➤ UND: Schedule & Results

Only the CW has all teams active on the coming weekend, with most classes across the country not resuming until Monday, January 6th. The schedule has a blend of conference and non-conference action. Manitoba is going to the Excited States to play NCAA teams, the Banjolanders are hosting ACAC teams, and the British Californians are playing All-Star Games. Only the Saudi Albertans are playing conference games, with all of them facing their cross-town rivals in home-and-home series. Now, that’s a blend!

The 1st semester was a disappointment for the Bisons. What they failed to recruit was a big blueline capable of clearing the slot, and they have suffered as a result.

This weekend they play their 5th and 6th games against NCAA teams, to go along with two games the AHL Moose, two against the OUA Thunderwolves, and four usual CW exhibitions. If anything, they should be prepared for the 2nd semester. There are only six regular season series remaining on the schedule, so it gets late early.

ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

LeagueStat’s Daily Schedule links have not recovered, so you need to go to the Monthly Schedule, then check on one game at a time after they start.

Live links:
➤ LeagueStat: Monthly Schedule
➤ Hockey Tech: Friday Live Links
➤ Hockey Tech: Saturday Live Links

MACEWAN GRIFFINS (7-7-2, 10-10-2, OHT35 #19)
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (13-3-0, 16-8-1, OHT35 #6)

Links:
➤ MacU: Inaugural MacEwan Griffins Alumni Hockey Games a resounding success
➤ MacU: Veteran journeyman goalie Epp brings experience playing for 13 teams in nine leagues over last decade
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ Gateway Online: U Sports hockey power rankings: Not what you’d expect
➤ Gateway Online: U Sports hockey could create more NHL players

The Evil Monkeys keep teasing a return to their days as a top contender, but then slip on a banana peel. Like their cross-town, non-conference series against NAIT to send the 1st semester. They won 10-2, then lost 4-3. One would think they would sweep the Family Guys, but you never know with this Monkey line-up. The Gateway Online stories are worth a read. One story looks into the Monkeys, UNB, Concordia, and Queen’s, and the other has Greasers’ Coach Knoblauch making an annual pitch for USports players.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (12-4-0, 14-5-1, OHT35 #5)
CALGARY DINOSAURS (10-5-1, 16-6-1, OHT35 #8)

Links:
➤ MRU: 2024-25 Cougars hockey mid-season recap
➤ UofC: Team Website

The Bluegars sit in 2nd place, 3 points ahead of the Dinos and one point behind the T-irds. The Dinos must win the series if they want that bye past the quarter-final round. One of these years the Bluegars are going to make the big jump into the conference finals, at least.

BRIERCREST COLLEGE CLIPPERS (9-2-1, 12-4-1, ACAC #2)
REGINA COUGARS (3-13-0, 4-17-1, OHT35 #35)

Links:
➤ BC: Team Website
➤ UofR (late link): Cougars take 5-3 road win over Manitoba to close out first half (with boxscore)

This non-conference, cross-conference match-up should be interesting. Used to be that Briercrest was destroyed in series like this, but this year they could be shooting for a split.

RED DEER POLY KINGS (7-5-1, 9-5-1, ACAC #3)
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (12-4-0, 19-5-0, OHT35 #4)

Links:
➤ RDP: Team Website
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ Huskie Fan: Men’s Hockey

Red Deer has slipped this year, but still rate as a decent opponent for a series like this one.

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TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (2-13-1, 4-17-1, OHT35 #28)
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (10-5-1, 14-5-1, OHT35 #7)
B.C.I.H.L. ALL-STARS

Links:
➤ TWU: Spartan Male Athlete of the Week I Connor Farren
➤ UBC (late link): Atkinson leads ‘Birds to eighth straight win to close out 2024 in style
➤ CW: UBC goaltender Cole Schwebius named WHL Grad of the Month for November
➤ BCIHL: BCIHL All-Stars to Face Off Against UBC Thunderbirds and TWU Spartans
➤ BCIHL: BCIHL Names Full All-Star Roster for Showcase Matchup Against UBC, TWU

I have some hope that this will evolve into an annual event for the weekend before conference play resumes. Holy Trinity and UBC are the only CW teams with 18 GPs, so the season ending is coming fast.

COMPLETE SCHEDULE

Fri Jan 3 MacEwan at Alberta 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Jan 3 Mount Royal at Calgary 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Jan 3 Manitoba at Bemidji State (NCAA) 7:07 CST EX
Fri Jan 3 Red Deer Poly (ACAC) at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST EX
Fri Jan 3 Briercrest College (ACAC) at Regina 7:30 CST EX
Fri Jan 3 U.B.C. v BCIHL All-Stars (at Nanaimo) 7:15 PST/9:15 CST
Sat Jan 4 Alberta at MacEwan 5:00 MST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Calgary at Mount Royal 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Manitoba at North Dakota (NCAA) 6:07 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Briercrest College (ACAC) at Regina 3:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Red Deer Poly (ACAC) at Saskatchewan 5:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Trinity Western v BCIHL All-Stars (at Nanaimo) 4:30 PST/6:30 CST


OUT EAST

Fri Jan 3 York at Lakehead 7:00 EST/6:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 York at Lakehead 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Guelph at R.I.T. (NCAA) 5:00 EST/4:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Concordia at Colgate (NCAA) 3:00 EST/2:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 China at Windsor (NCAA) 7:30 EST/6:30 CST EX
Sun Jan 5 R.M.C. at Toronto 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Tue Jan 7 Ottawa at R.M.C. 7:00 EST/6:00 CST (continuation of game suspended on Nov 8th)

NOTE: No mis-print. York and Lakehead play an exhibition game on Friday, followed by a regular season game on Saturday.

Mon Jan 6 Acadia at Dalhousie 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Wed Jan 8 Moncton at U.P.E.I. 7:00 AST/5:00 CST

Links:
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Fri Jan 3 S.A.I.T. at N.A.I.T. 7:00 MST/8:00 CST EX
Non-conference play per CW schedule.

All-Star Games

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: YouTube Channel

 

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January 3, 2025: BISONS LOSE IN BEMIDJI

MANITOBA BISONS 0
BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS 5

Links:
➤ Summaries: BSU Live Sidearm Stats : Boxscore
➤ BSU: Beaver Men’s Hockey Gameday – Exhibition – January 3, 2025 – vs Manitoba
➤ BSU: Beavers shutout Manitoba in exhibition matchup (with boxscore and video)
➤ YouTube: Bemidji State Men's Hockey Highlights vs Manitoba (Jan. 3, 2025)
➤ UofM: Team Website

The BSU Gameday link had the projected lines, which for the Bisons were:

Manitoba Forwards
Jonny Hooker – Riley Stotts – Dawson Pasternak
Josh Paulhus – Caden Zaplitny – Skyler Bruce
Grady Lane – Michael King – Codey Behun
Riley Zimmerman – Cameron Trimble – Andre Sutter
Extra Forward – Andrew Boucher

Manitoba Defence
Ben Bonni – Parker Malchuk
Evan Toth – Owen Wareham
Kian Calder – Lucas Fry
Extra Defence - Brandon Casey

Manitoba Goaltenders
Braden Holt
Ross Hawryluk

Therefore, the Bison scratches were Dexter Whittle, Eric Alarie, Hayden Ostir, Mitchell Joss, Jackson Arpin, Kolby Thornton

In goal, Braden Holt started and stopped 23 of 24 shots (.958 S%) in half a game. Ross Hawryluk played the 2nd half and stopped 19 of 23 shots (.826 S%). It’s good to see Holt generate Thornton-level stats.

Now it is on to The Ralph for a Saturday night game.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 4
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ MacU: Team Website
➤ UofA: Team Website

Quick Summary
MacU: E. Sundar (01:28 1st) , M. Pasemko (09:28 2nd) , S. Comrie (12:26 2nd) , E. Sundar (11:28 3rd)
Alta: A. de la Gorgendiere (04:04 1st) , A. Thacker (11:46 2nd) , S. Tschigerl (14:41 3rd)
Goal: MacU: Ward (38 shots, 35 saves), Alta: Kruger (23 shots, 19 saves)

The New Year starts with a stunning upset. I was focussed upon listening to the Bison game on the radio and watching the Bedrock/Bluegar game on CWTV, until this game became too enticing to ignore. This result was bad news for the Bisons, now 10 points behind The Family Guys. The ending was an all-out bombardment by the Evil Monkeys. They outshot MacU 16-3 in the 3rd period and had loads of excellent chances.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 7
CALGARY DINOSAURS 4

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UofC: Team Website

Quick Summary
MRU: B. Stevenson (09:37 1st) , J. Tarzwell (13:41 1st) , R. Holmes (16:37 1st) , C. Bouchard (12:13 2nd) , J. Lies (09:52 3rd) , J. Wiens (15:58 3rd) , C. Hanus (17:16 3rd)
Calg: B. Lee (10:30 2nd) , D. Sydor (14:06 2nd) , J. Gricius (18:08 2nd) , D. Melin (01:40 3rd)
Goal: MRU: Farkas (34 shots, 30 saves), Calg: Tetachuk (35 shots, 29 saves)

The Bluegars built a 4-1 lead in this one, before the Bedrock Boys stormed back, The game was tied 4-4 mid-way through the 3rd period. The win vaults the Bluegars into 1st place, one point ahead of UBC and five ahead of Bedrock U.

BRIERCREST COLLEGE CLIPPERS 1
REGINA COUGARS 8

Links:
➤ Instagram: BU
➤ BC: Team Website
➤ UofR: Team Website

All I had on this were a set of IG pictures of the scores. Big win for the Banjo-Cats.

RED DEER POLY KINGS 0
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 8

Links:
➤ RDP: Team Website
➤ UofS: Schedule & Results

No stories or summaries for this exhibition game.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 8
B.C.I.H.L. ALL-STARS 0

Links:
➤ UBC: > Team Website
➤ BCIHL: X/Twitter : YouTube

I do not see any reports on the game, and it is getting late.

NEXT UP

Sat Jan 4 Alberta at MacEwan 5:00 MST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Calgary at Mount Royal 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Manitoba at North Dakota (NCAA) 6:07 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Briercrest College (ACAC) at Regina 3:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Red Deer Poly (ACAC) at Saskatchewan 5:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Trinity Western v BCIHL All-Stars (at Nanaimo) 4:30 PST/6:30 CST

OUT EAST

Fri Jan 3 York 3 Lakehead 4 EX
Sat Jan 4 York at Lakehead 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 4 Guelph at R.I.T. (NCAA) 5:00 EST/4:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 Concordia at Colgate (NCAA) 3:00 EST/2:00 CST EX
Sat Jan 4 China at Windsor (NCAA) 7:30 EST/6:30 CST EX

no games

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: Schedule & Results
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Fri Jan 3 S.A.I.T. 4 N.A.I.T. 3 EX
no conference games

no games

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube

 

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January 4, 2025: YET ANOTHER 5-0 LOSS FOR THE HERD

MANITOBA BISONS 0
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS 5

Links:
➤ Summaries: Boxscore : Stat Broadcast Summary
➤ UND: LeagueStat
➤ UofM: Schedule & Results

Quick Summary
1st 16:24 | UND – Mac Swanson from Jake Schmaltz and Abram Wiebe
2nd 06:08 | UND – Dalton Andrew from Swanson and Wiebe
3rd 03:28 | UND – Dane Montgomery from Louis Jamernik V
3rd 04:51 | UND – Carter Wilkie from Jayden Perron and Jake Livanavage
3rd 16:35 | UND – Cody Croal from Cade Littler and EJ Emery

Goal: Man: Holt: (19 shots, 17 saves), Thornton: (25 shots, 22 saves), UND: ? (8 shots, 8 saves), Septimphelter (8 shots, 8 saves)

The Bisons’ excursion to the Excited States ended with four losses, all by five goals. It appears that the Bison line-up was the same as on Friday night, except for the goaltenders. I listened to the radio stream. It seemed to be rather hum-drum until a mini-brouhaha early in the 3rd period, where two players each had roughing minors and one Fighting Hawk (or Roughing Hawk?) got an extra 10 minutes.

The Bisons now host Holy Trinity in a must-sweep series next weekend.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5
MACEWAN GRIFFINS 2

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ UofA (Friday late): Third period surge comes up short in Bears loss to MacEwan (with boxscore)
➤ MacU (Friday late): Sundar, Ward lead Griffins to first regulation Canada West win over rival Golden Bears (with boxscore and video)
➤ MacU: Griffins unable to sustain strong start, running out of gas late to fall to Golden Bears in rematch (with boxscore and video)

Quick Summary
Alta: B. Hyland (15:41 1st) , M. Lajoie (15:54 2nd) , M. Lajoie (05:06 3rd) , M. Lajoie (08:36 3rd) , S. Tschigerl (16:00 3rd)
MacU: V. Scott (10:54 1st) , S. Comrie (11:52 1st)
Goal: Alta: Palmer (25 shots, 23 saves), MacU: Epp (40 shots, 35 saves)

The Evil Monkeys salvaged a split, but it wasn’t easy. The Family Guys had a 2-0 lead in the 1st period. Marc Lajoie notched his 3rd, 4th, and 5th bananas of the season in a natural hat-trick situation to lead the Monkeys to victory. Thus unfolds the perplexing season for the Monkeys. Flashes of brilliance, interspersed with occasional flashes of mediocrity. They are a very difficult team to anticipate.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 4
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5
(in a shoot-out)

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ UofC (Friday late): Win streak snapped in Crowchild barn burner (with boxscore)
➤ UofC: Dinos battle back but fall in shootout (with boxscore)
➤ MRU: MHKY: Cougars fend off Dinos comeback to win in a shooutout (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Calg: N. King (05:27 2nd) , C. Gengenbach (15:18 2nd) , J. Joseph (01:26 3rd) , D. Sydor (04:05 3rd)
MRU: V. Watterodt (00:30 1st) , J. Tarzwell (09:39 1st) , C. Hanus (13:28 1st) , D. Milliken (00:28 3rd)
Goal: Calg: Tetachuk (15 shots, 12 saves), Martin (L) (23 shots, 22 saves), MRU: Farkas (37 shots, 33 saves)

The Bluegars built a 3-0 1st period, chasing Bedrock starter Carl Tetachuk from the crease. The Dinos mounted quite a comeback, in what was a free-flowing kind of game. It went all the way to a shoot-out, won 2-1 by the Bluegars. For the Dinos, the point was nice. But they’ll need to a hot finish to get at least 2nd place and host the quarter-final round.

BRIERCREST COLLEGE CLIPPERS 0
REGINA COUGARS 5

Links:
➤ BC: Team Website
➤ UofR: Team Website

My only source is a set of IG scoreboard photos from Briercrest. It is not surprising when an ACAC team loses to a CW team, but I thought Briercrest could give the Banjo-Cats a better fight.

RED DEER POLY KINGS 4
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 5

Links:
➤ RDP: Team Website
➤ UofS: Schedule/Results
➤ Huskie Fan: Huskies get ready for stretch drive

After the Friday night blow-out, RDP came up with a much better effort in the Saturday rematch.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 7
B.C.I.H.L. ALL-STARS 2

Links:
➤ TWU: Team Website
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube

I caught the ending of this game on YouTube on a delayed basis. The All-Stars had some skills, but clearly lacked the team concept, as one would expect. In any event, it would be nice if they kept this event going on an annual basis.

NEXT UP

Fri Jan 10 Saskatchewan at Regina 7:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Trinity Western at Manitoba 7:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Alberta at Calgary 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Mount Royal at U.B.C. 7:00 PST/9:00 CST

STANDINGS

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OUT EAST

Sat Jan 4 York 1 Lakehead 8
Sat Jan 4 Guelph 3 R.I.T. (NCAA) 5 EX
Sat Jan 4 Concordia 4 Colgate (NCAA) 7 EX
Sat Jan 4 China 2 Windsor 4 EX: Game Story
Sun Jan 5 R.M.C. at Toronto 2:00 EST/1:00 CST
Tue Jan 7 Ottawa at R.M.C. 7:00 EST/6:00 CST continuation of game suspended on Nov 8th
Thu Jan 9 York at Western Ontario 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Thu Jan 9 Ontario Tech at Toronto 7:30 EST/6:30 CST
Thu Jan 9 Carleton at Ottawa 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Brock at Toronto Metropolitan 6:15 EST/5:15 CST
Fri Jan 10 Lakehead at Laurier 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Windsor at Concordia 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Queen's at Nipissing 7:00 EST/6:00 CST

Mon Jan 6 Acadia at Dalhousie 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Wed Jan 8 Moncton at U.P.E.I. 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Dalhousie at Saint Mary's 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 U.P.E.I. at New Brunswick 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 St. F.X. at Acadia 7:00 AST/5:00 CST

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Fri Jan 10 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T. 6:00 MST/7:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Briercrest College at N.A.I.T. 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Concordia-Edmonton at Portage College 7:00 MST/8:00 CST

Fri Jan 10 Okanagan at Simon Fraser 7:00 PST/9:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Vancouver Island at Victoria 7:30 PST/9:30 CST
Fri Jan 10 Simon Fraser (NCAA2) at Alaska-Fairbanks (NCAA) EX

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube

 

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Preview: January 10-11, 2025: TRINITY WESTERN at MANITOBA

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (2-15-1, 5-19-1, OHT35 #28)
MANITOBA BISONS (3-11-2, 6-22-2, OHT35 #25)

Friday, January 10th at 7:00 CST at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg
Saturday, January 11th at 2:00 CST at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg

Live Links:
➤ Video: CanadaWest TV
➤ Friday: Live Stats* ∞ Hockey Tech
➤ Saturday: Live Stats* ∞ Hockey Tech

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: A problem solver and proven scorer, men's hockey captain Jonny Hooker excelling in multiple ways
➤ The Manitoban: Bisons men’s hockey stumble in exhibition games
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Other Links:
➤ TWU: this Week in Sparta
➤ USports: Men’s Hockey Page ∞ Top 10
➤ USports: Schedule/Links ∞ Standings
➤ CW: Home Page ∞ Season Schedule
➤ CW Hockey Tech: Daily Schedule
➤ CW: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ LeagueStat: Media Stats ∞ Daily Schedule
➤ LeagueStat: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links

Last series:
➤ Jan 26/24: UM 3 TWU 1: Game Centre : Game Story (with boxscore)
➤ Jan 27/24: UM 3 TWU 2: Game Centre : Game Story (with boxscore & video)

The Bisons really need a sweep on home ice to kick off the 2025 segment of the season. They trail The Family Guys by 10 points, but have two games in hand and will host them for another pair of games. MacU has the bye this weekend.

Holy Trinity doesn’t have a prayer to make the playoffs. In the CW’s West Division, the top 3 make it, and TWU sits in 4th, 17 points in arrears of 3rd place Calgary. They could win all 10 remaining games and still miss out.

The Bisons have had some of their worst games against the Spartans, going just 6-4-0 since the Spartans joined the CW.

ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (12-4-0, 21-5-0, OHT35 #4)
REGINA COUGARS (3-13-0, 6-17-1, OHT35 #34)

Links:
➤ UofS: Holt just what the doctor ordered for Huskies
➤ Huskie Fan: U-Prairie Challenge continues as Huskies face Cougars in weekend series
➤ UofR: Team Website

This home-and-home Battle of Banjoland is part of the U-Prairie Challenge between the two schools. I hear the winner gets a still of moonshine and an 8-track banjo tape. Both sides swept their ACAC competition in exhibition games last weekend. The Banjo-Cats have had some decent performances interspersed with disasters. The most they can hope for is to play spoiler to a team like the Banjo-Mutts, who are chasing down the Evil Monkeys for first place in the East Division.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (15-3-0, 19-9-1, OHT35 #6)
CALGARY DINOSAURS (10-6-2, 16-7-2, OHT35 #11)

Links:
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ UofC: UCalgary sends 22 delegates to Torino
➤ UofC: Crowchild Classic tickets on sale now

The traditional rivals from Saudi Alberta play just this once under the new format. That seems inappropriate. The Evil Monkeys have had a very uneven season thus far, but do have the occasional dud game. They are still in first place in the East Division, however. Meanwhile, the Dinos are safely in a playoff position, even though moving up will require a major hot streak. I do not see UBC or MRU falling off too badly.

The annual Crowchild Classic Game is announced for January 31st. The Bluegars and Dinos will meet in the Battle of Bedrock at the Saddledome.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (14-4-0, 16-5-1, OHT35 #5)
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (12-5-1, 17-5-1, OHT35 #8)

Links:
➤ MRU: Crowchild Classic
➤ MRU: Players Bench Athletes of the Week: December 30 to January 5
➤ MRU: Fromm-Delorme named to Canada’s FISU men’s hockey team
➤ UBC: ‘Birds host Cougars to open 2025 with battle for division lead
➤ UBC: Defending Canada West Champion Thunderbirds host Winter Classic 2025 on January 17

The Bluegars are in a not unfamiliar point in the season. They have had a good year, and are on the verge of a breakthrough. Thus far in their CW history, they have been unable to make the great leap forward to become a champion-level team. With a three-point lead over the T-irds, a win in this series would give them the inside track on a first place finish and a quarter-final bye. The T-irds no doubt cannot erase the memory of their blown 3-0 lead with 3 minutes remaining against the Bluegars. They gave up three goals in the last minute of play to lose 4-3, and not even get a point.

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COMPLETE SCHEDULE

Fri Jan 10 Saskatchewan at Regina 7:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Trinity Western at Manitoba 7:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Alberta at Calgary 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Mount Royal at U.B.C. 7:00 PST/9:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Trinity Western at Manitoba 2:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Regina at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Calgary at Alberta 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Mount Royal at U.B.C. 3:00 PST/5:00 CST

OUT EAST

Tue Jan 7 Ottawa 5 R.M.C. 2 (continuation of Nov 8th)
Tue Jan 7 U.Q.T.R. 0 McGill 1
Wed Jan 8 York 3 Waterloo 1
Thu Jan 9 York 0 Western Ontario 2
Thu Jan 9 Ontario Tech 4 Toronto 5 (ot)
Thu Jan 9 Carleton 5 Ottawa 4 (ot)
Fri Jan 10 Brock at Toronto Metropolitan 6:15 EST/5:15 CST
Fri Jan 10 Lakehead at Laurier 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Windsor at Concordia 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Queen's at Nipissing 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Guelph at Western Ontario 3:00 EST/2:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 R.M.C. at Toronto Metropolitan 3:00 EST/2:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Ontario Tech at Nipissing 4:00 EST/3:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Brock at Toronto 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Lakehead at Laurier 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Waterloo at Concordia 7:00 EST/6:00 CST

Mon Jan 6 Acadia 8 Dalhousie 3
Wed Jan 8 Moncton 3 U.P.E.I. 1
Fri Jan 10 Dalhousie at Saint Mary's 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 U.P.E.I. at New Brunswick 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 St. F.X. at Acadia 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 New Brunswick at Moncton 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Saint Mary’s at St. F.X. 7:00 AST/5:00 CST

Links:
➤ OUA: LeagueStat Daily
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Fri Jan 10 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T. 6:00 MST/7:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Briercrest College at N.A.I.T. 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Concordia-Edmonton at Portage College 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Briercrest College at N.A.I.T. 2:00 MST/3:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 S.A.I.T. at Red Deer Poly 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Portage College at Concordia-Edmonton 7:00 MST/8:00 CST

Fri Jan 10 Okanagan at Simon Fraser 7:00 PST/9:00 CST
Fri Jan 10 Vancouver Island at Victoria 7:30 PST/9:30 CST
Sat Jan 11 Okanagan at Vancouver Island 7:00 PST/9:00 CST

Non-Conference Games
Fri Jan 10 Simon Fraser (NCAA2) at Alaska-Fairbanks TBD EX
Sat Jan 11 Simon Fraser (NCAA2) at Alaska-Fairbanks TBD EX

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: YouTube Channel

 

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January 10, 2025: ANOTHER HOME LOSS CRIPPLES BISON HOPES

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 6
MANITOBA BISONS 3

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM (Preview): Bisons and Spartans set to clash for the first time in 2024-2025 season
➤ UofM: Spartans score late, win back and forth battle over Manitoba 6-3
➤ TWU: Spartans Start Spring with Dominant Win over Manitoba Bisons

Quick Summary
TWU: A. Steinke (02:16 1st) , C. Lowe (13:54 2nd) , J. Pomeroy (13:10 3rd) , M. Lamoureux (17:40 3rd) , M. Simchuk (19:05 3rd) , L. Spadafora (19:15 3rd)
Man: R. Stotts (01:07 1st) , J. Arpin (05:37 1st) , R. Stotts (01:07 3rd)
Goal: TWU: Sommer (27 shots, 24 saves), Man: Holt (46 shots, 42 saves)

This loss basically finishes the Bisons. They have shuffled their forward lines, and all that has done is erased any chemistry which previously existed. The Bisons led 1-0, 2-1, and 3-2, and each time Holy Trinity tied it up. The Spartans’ first lead was at 4-3 when they scored with just over two minutes left. A pair of last-minute empty-netters sealed the deal.

The blueline will be thin the rest of the way. 2nd year Kian Calder is hurt and oft-injured newcomer Dexter Whittle has left the squad. He played just the last three games before the Christmas break.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 6
REGINA COUGARS 3

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ UofS: Huskie Powerplay Leads Dogs to UPC Road Win (with boxscore)
➤ UofR: Team Website

Quick Summary
Sask: C. Petruic (06:04 1st) , T. Prefontaine (11:37 1st) , C. Petruic (17:53 1st) , P. Gavlas (12:03 2nd) , C. Bertholet (05:06 3rd) , V. Loschiavo (07:33 3rd)
Reg: E. Pearce (03:56 1st) , S. Kesslering (10:16 1st) , E. Houk (01:19 3rd)
Goal: Sask: Kooy (22 shots, 19 saves), Reg: Evanoff (39 shots, 33 saves)

As expected, the Banjo-Mutts once again beat the Banjo-Cats. The Kittens did lead 1-0 and 2-1 at various points in the game. These teams move north to Saskatown for the Saturday rematch.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 7
CALGARY DINOSAURS 3

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ UofA: >Team Website
➤ UofC: Bears down Dinos in weekend opener (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Alta: S. Tschigerl (04:52 1st) , T. Preziuso (10:59 1st) , S. Tschigerl (14:48 1st) , M. Ward (08:21 2nd) , B. Hyland (12:37 2nd) , C. McClennon (15:44 3rd) , J. Prokop (19:34 3rd)
Calg: L. Hauer (04:01 3rd) , N. King (08:34 3rd) , D. Sydor (12:39 3rd)
Goal: Alta: Palmer (32 shots, 29 saves), Calg: Martin (26 shots, 20 saves)

The Evil Monkeys swung into the Town of Bedrock and built a 5-0 lead after two periods of play. The Dinos did score three times to make it respectable for a time, at least. Looks like the Dinos can be pencilled in for 3rd place in the CW West.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 6
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 1

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : Game Centre
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UBC: Cougars special teams sink T-Birds (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
MRU: T. Zandee (10:50 1st) , J. Wiens (12:56 1st) , C. Hanus (06:12 2nd) , R. Holmes (19:42 2nd) , R. Holmes (05:08 3rd) , J. Lies (14:04 3rd)
UBC: J. Wright (19:10 1st)
Goal: MRU: Farkas (17 shots, 16 saves), UBC: Schwebius (34 shots, 28 saves)

Have the Bluegars taken a major step on the road to being a national contender? This big win over the T-irds sets them up for a bye to the semi-finals, where they would one home series away from the U-Cup. Granted, the T-irds were missing a few key players. But this was a dominant win. The T-irds trailed 4-1 after two periods, yet had only two shots on goal in the 3rd.

NEXT UP

Sat Jan 11 Trinity Western at Manitoba 2:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Regina at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Calgary at Alberta 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Mount Royal at U.B.C. 3:00 PST/5:00 CST

STANDINGS

OUT EAST

Sat Jan 4 OJHL Selects 0 Toronto Metropolitan 2 EX
Fri Jan 10 Brock 3 Toronto Metropolitan 4
Fri Jan 10 Lakehead 3 Laurier 4 (ot)
Fri Jan 10 Windsor 4 Concordia 2
Fri Jan 10 Queen's 7 Nipissing 2
Sat Jan 11 Guelph at Western Ontario 3:00 EST/2:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 R.M.C. at Toronto Metropolitan 3:00 EST/2:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Ontario Tech at Nipissing 4:00 EST/3:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Brock at Toronto 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Lakehead at Laurier 7:00 EST/6:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Waterloo at Concordia 7:00 EST/6:00 CST

Fri Jan 10 Dalhousie 2 Saint Mary's 8
Fri Jan 10 U.P.E.I. at New Brunswick ppd
Fri Jan 10 St. F.X. 2 Acadia 4
Sat Jan 11 New Brunswick at Moncton 7:00 AST/5:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Saint Mary’s at St. F.X. 7:00 AST/5:00 CST

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: Schedule & Results
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results

OUT WEST

Fri Jan 10 Red Deer Poly 4 S.A.I.T. 7
Fri Jan 10 Briercrest College 1 N.A.I.T. 0
Fri Jan 10 Concordia-Edmonton 4 Portage College 3
Sat Jan 11 Briercrest College at N.A.I.T. 2:00 MST/3:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 S.A.I.T. at Red Deer Poly 7:00 MST/8:00 CST
Sat Jan 11 Portage College at Concordia-Edmonton 7:00 MST/8:00 CST

Fri Jan 10 Okanagan 4 Simon Fraser 10
Fri Jan 10 Vancouver Island 5 Victoria 3
Sat Jan 11 Okanagan at Vancouver Island 7:00 PST/9:00 CST

Non-Conference
Fri Jan 10 Simon Fraser (NCAA2) 1 Alaska-Fairbanks (NCAA) 2 (ot) EX
Sat Jan 11 Simon Fraser (NCAA2) at Alaska-Fairbanks 7:07 AKST/10:07 CST EX

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube