League: Edmonton Federation Hockey League

Southwest Zone 703 at Sherwood Park Saints

This is the third meeting between these teams in the last 11 days. The Saints have won the previous two meetings in close games.  In the last meeting, all 3 of SZ703’s goals came on the powerplay.

The Saints control most of the play in the first period, but give up a late short handed goal to SZ703. Shots ended up 7 a piece and SZ703 holds a 1-0 lead after one period of play.

The Saints score 7 seconds into the second to tie the game at 1. The Saints continue to control the play and score again to go up 2-1. The Saints score again to go up 3-1. The Saints draw another power play opportunity with 5:45 left in the second period. The Saints fail to take advantage, but out shoot SZ703 13-4 in the second and continue to hold a 3-1 lead going into the third period.

The Saints kill off a couple of penalties midway through the third, but give up a late goal to make it 3-2. A very late five minute penalty gives SZ703 a chance to tie the game. The Saints score a short handed empty net goal to win 4-2. SZ out shot the Saints 7-5 in the third, but the Saints held a 25-18 shot lead overall.

Next up is a rematch with Sturgeon in the Final.

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Stony Plain 701 at Sherwood Park Saints

The second game of minor hockey week sees the Saints take on Stony Plain. An even, but sloppy at times, first period saw the Saints out shoot Stony 11-6. The score remains tied 0-0.

The Saints kill off the first part of the 5-3 and score a short handed goal down a player to go up 1-0. The Saints continue to lead 1-0 after two periods despite taking three penalties. Shots were 9-4 for the Saints in the second frame.

The Saints take another penalty early in the third period. Stony takes advantage and ties the game at one. The Saints score shortly afterwards and retake a 2-1 lead. The Saints then take yet another penalty to give Stony another chance on the power play. The Saints kill off the penalty and then get a power play of their own.  A late tip in goal gives the Saints a 3-1 lead. An empty net goal seals the game 4-1. The Saints out shoot Stony 8-4 in the third and 28-14 overall.

Next up is SZ703 in the semi-final.

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Sturgeon 701 at Sherwood Park Saints

The Saints kick off minor hockey week with a game against Sturgeon. This is the third meeting of the year between these two teams and the Saints are 0-2 so far this season. The Saints finally score first against Sturgeon and take a 1-0 lead. A fairly even first period saw the Saints out shoot Sturgeon 10-8 and they continue to hold a 1-0 lead after one.

Sturgeon ties the game at one midway through the second on a tip in. The Saints retake the lead 2-1 with about 5 minutes left in the second. Shots in the second favored the Saints 9-8. The score remains 2-1 after two periods of play.

The Saints add a late goal to go up 3-1. The Saints then add an empty net goal to seal the game 4-1. The Saints outshoot Sturgeon 12-3 in the third and 30-20 overall. Next up is Stoney Plain tomorrow afternoon.

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Southwest Zone 703 at Sherwood Park Saints

An early power play goal gives SZ703 a 1-0 lead. The Saints tie up the game on a delayed penalty call. They then score shortly after to take a 2-1 lead. A power play goal ties the game at 2. A fairly even first period saw the Saints out shoot SZ703 10-7.  The score remains knotted at 2 after one period of play.

Another power play gives SZ703 the lead 3-2. A power play goal by the Saints ties it up at 3. The Saints control most of the play in the second out shooting their opponents 16-7. The score is tied at 3 after the second period. The officiating has been a little questionable this game.

The Saints kill off an early penalty to start the third period. The Saints take the lead 4-3 on a nice shot by Bryson Oleksyn after a face off win. The Saints add an empty net goal to win the game 5-3 despite allowing three power play goals. They out shoot SZ703 13-6 in the third and 39-20 overall.

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Sherwood Park Saints at Southwest Zone 703

Recap by Keith Yasinko

2nd game of a back to back weekend for the Saints coming off the loss to KC the night before.  Tonight’s roster includes 2 affiliates, 1F and 1D.  A sluggish start has the Saints down 2 midway through the period.  The Saints do manage to kill all 3 minor penalties in the back half of the period and trail 2 to 0 after 1.

A penalty filled second period has the Saints give up one more goal and trail 3 to 0 after 2.  Saints do kill of a full 2 minutes of 5 on 3 late in the period to keep it close-ish.  7 minor penalties (9 if you include double minors) had the Saints playing shorthanded most of the period.

A different Saints team shows up to start the third and get 2 quick goals form Reno Zaharia in the first 2 minutes to pull within 1.  The Saints completely dominate the period and are rewarded with 2 more quick goals from Dawson Macmillan and Affiliate Johnny Law to go up 4 to 3 with 10 minutes remaining.  Saints keep up the pressure and go up by 2 on a goal from Easton Roy with only 5 minutes left.  SZ gets one back to make it interesting at 5 to 4 with 3:30 left however the Saints pressure nets them the clincher from David Fleming with 1 minute left.  Saints hang on to win this one 6 to 4 and even the league season record at 2-2.

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Sherwood Park Saints at Knights of Columbus 702

Recap by Keith Yasinko

Saints first game back after the lengthy Christmas break with a roster that includes 4 affiliate players (2 forwards and 2 Defenseman) due to absences, injuries, and suspensions.  Previous meeting between these teams in the tiering round saw a 5-2 Saints victory.

Back and forth first period ends with the teams tied at 1.  The Saints outshot KC 11 to 8 and not a single penalty to either team in that period.

The goals came in bunches in the second period, unfortunately by a 4 to 1 margin for KC leaving the Saints with a 5 to 2 deficit after 2 periods.  Shots in the second were 15 to 13 in favor of KC.

Saints start the 3rd on a power play and score a quick one to get it to 5-3.  Another power play goal less than a minute later makes it 5-4 and a shorthanded goal less than 2 minutes after that has it all tied up at 5 only 4 minutes into the third period.

Unfortunately, the tie is short lived as KC strikes back with both a shorthanded goal and a power play goal to go up 7 to 5 with just under 9 minutes remaining.

Ben Kraiger stops a penalty shot to keep the deficit to only 2.

A Saints power play goal with just under 5 minutes left cuts the lead to 1.

A late KC bench minor gives the Saints a late power play.  6 on 4 with the goalie pulled for the last minute however despite some great looks, the Saints cant find the equalizer and fall 7 to 6.

Saints outshoot KC 17 to 13 in the third and 41 to 36 overall.

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Sherwood Park Saints at Leduc 701

The Saints second regular season game sees them on the road against Leduc. Leduc is coming off a one goal win against Beaumont yesterday. This is the first meeting of the year between theses two teams. The Saints score on their second shot of the game to take a 1-0 lead. The Saints dominate the first period out shooting Leduc 14-6. They continue to hold a 1-0 lead after the first period.

The Saints score an early second period goal to extend the lead to 2-0. Leduc’s goalie the makes a breakaway save to keep it 2-0 Saints. Leduc capitalizes on a Saints giveaway on their own end to cut the lead to 2-1. A post saves Leduc from going down 3-1. A fairly even second period saw the shots even at 9. The Saints hold a 2-1 going into the third period. The Saints have successfully killed off their 2 disadvantages so far this game. All the practice last game seemed to help.

The Saints fail to take advantage of an early power play in the third period and the score remains 2-1. Leduc ties the game at two with a shot from the point with 6:43 left in the game. The Saints respond quickly with a goal to take the lead 3-2. The Saints take a late penalty to give Leduc a chance to tie the game. The Saints score a short handed game to take a 4-2 lead. Another penalty gives Leduc a 5 on 3. The Saints kill off the opportunity to hold a 4-2 lead with 1:24 left in the game. Another late penalty allows Leduc to pull their goalie. The Saints hang on for a 4-2 victory.

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Sturgeon 701 at Sherwood Park Saints

The Saints look to avenge their last loss of the tiering round against Sturgeon in their first game of the league season. The Saints dominate the first five minutes of the first period, but then run into some penalty trouble seeing four Saints in the box and only one SU701. The Saints manage to kill off a lengthy 5 on 3. The Saints also manage to kill off a second 5 on 3. A penalty filled first period saw Sturgeon out shoot the Saints 11-7.

An early power play goal gives Sturgeon a 1-0 lead in the second period. The Saints now get a lengthy 5 on 3 to try to tie the game. The Saints fail to capitalize on the opportunity, but they do score a goal shortly after to tie the game at 1. Unfortunately, they then give up one shortly afterwards. The Saints give up a short handed breakaway goal to fall behind 3-1. The Saints out shoot Sturgeon 14-6 n the second period, but trail 3-1 on the scoresheet.

The Saints kill off yet another lengthy 5 on 3. The Saints give up another breakaway goal and fall behind 4–1. The time on the clock get shortened which hurts the Saints as they had a five minute power play. Shots on the third were 10-4 for the Saints, but they fall 4-1 to Sturgeon.

Pictures of the referees included since they delayed the game so much.

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