With just one week to go in the Big Six Hockey League season before a Christmas break, teams have started to pull away from the bottom two.
The first place Carnduff Red Devils (11-1-0) are certainly one of those teams, earning wins over Arcola/Kisbey 10-1 Friday and Oxbow 7-6 Saturday to extend their lead in the league.
The Red Devils jumped out to a 6-0 lead on Arcola/Kisbey (0-10-0) in the first period and were up 10-0 by the end of the second. Big Six leading scorer Matt Audette had three goals and a pair of assists, while Shawn Gallant scored three goals and an assist in the game for the Red Devils.
Carnduff was in danger of going to overtime against an undermanned Oxbow (5-6-0) Huskies team when they scored the winning goal with 31 seconds to go in regulation when Mark Moriarty scored his second of the game. Both Audette and Moriarty scored a pair for the Red Devils in the game. Derek Cooney had two goals and two assists in the game for the Huskies.
Redvers (9-4-0) is staying close to the league leader, just a pair of wins behind the Red Devils with a 7-5 home win over the Carlyle (1-11-1) Wednesday and a 5-2 home win over Yellow Grass (7-4-1) Saturday. Carlyle attempted a comeback after going down 6-3 after two periods Wednesday but Kevin Mann’s empty net goal for the Rockets with five seconds left sealed the game for the Rockets. Kelsey Kenler scored a pair for the Rockets in the game while five different scorers hit the net for the Cougars.
Dakota Rose scored a goal and an assist for the Rockets Saturday, with Drew Hoff adding a pair of assists, while Corey Koski and Devon Johnson scored for Yellow Grass.
The Bienfait Coalers are 6-4-0 on the season, licking their wounds after a 5-2 road loss at the Wawota Flyers (6-1-3) in which only 10 players played. Hunter Piche and Mason Benning scored for the Coalers and Dallas Kickley had assists on both goals.
The Midale Mustangs (6-5-0) played a pair of close games on the week, losing 4-3 to Wawota Wednesday but winning 5-4 over Carlyle Saturday. Braden Kmita’s goal at 2:18 wont he game for the Mustangs. Garrett Sherlock had a goal and two assists in the game and Brad Tomiski had a goal and three assists.
The schedule is busy for the final hockey week of 2017 with four games on Friday and two on Saturday. Carnduff is at Redvers and Midale is at Oxbow on Friday, while the Carlye travels to Wawota Saturday and Oxbow is at Midale.
