For the first time in their history, the Yellow Grass Wheat Kings have won the Big Six Hockey League championship. The team was presented with the Lincoln Trophy after sweeping the Carnduff Red Devils with a 5-4 home ice victory on March 21.
Early in the first, Devon Cobbold deked out the goalie to backhand chip the puck into the net. At 13:05, Mike Onstad was left all alone in front of the net to receive a pass from Cobbold from behind the net. With quick reflexes, Onstad was able to score.
With less than two minutes left in the period, a battle for the puck in the Devils crease led to a loose rebounded puck that Troy Miller swiftly picked up to send between the pipes for a 3-0 lead.
The Red Devils came into the second period ready for a fight and got their first goal of the night on a tally by Branden Trask, but just over a minute later, Thomas Carleton answered back with a shot fired from the point. The Red Devils came back again with another goal by Tanner Reynolds, but so did Tucker Neuberger with an unassisted goal. Before the end of the period though, the Red Devils made the score 5-3 when Cody Moore scored
The Devils were able to cut the goal gap to one in the third on a goal by Jason Boyes, but that was the only goal for the period and the Wheat Kings took the title.
Earlier, the Wheat Kings won the first game by a score of 6-4, and on March 19 they won 3-2 in double-overtime, with Neuberger getting the game-winning goal.
