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Stony Plain 701 at Sherwood Park Saints

The Saints take on Stony in a rematch from last weekends 8-4 loss in Stony Plain. They hope that home ice will allow for a better outcome this time. The Saints score an early power play goal to take the lead 1-0. They follow it up to go up 2-0. The Saints out shoot Stony 12-6 and lead 2-0 after one period of play.

The Saints score again to take a 3-0 lead. Stony registers their first shot on net in the second period with 12:28 left on the clock. Stony gets on the board with just under three minutes left in the second period. The Saints control most of the play in the first half of the period, but Stony pushes back in the second half of the period. Stony out shoots the Saints 10-7 in the second, but trail 3-1 on the scoresheet at the end of the period.

The Saints get in penalty trouble in the first half of the period allowing Stony to get some momentum going. Stony out shoots the Saints 15-4 in the third period, but falls 3-1 to the Saints. The win cuts into Stony’s points lead in the standings.

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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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Sturgeon 701 at Sherwood Park 703 – Saints

By John K. White

The Saints came out flat after crushing Ft. Saskatchewan in their previous tiering-round game, and the visiting Sturgeon Mustangs used aggressive forechecking to pump in four goals in the first period.

It was an uphill slog from there, and Sturgeon may have drawn extra inspiration and edge after one of their top players went down hard after a mid-ice collision with the Saints’ Connor Kreiser. The play resulted in a five-minute major penalty against the Saints for kneeing and a misconduct.

The Mustangs took the next five penalties in the second period, and the Saints did manage one goal to make it 5-1 after two.

Saints’ defenceman Brenden Bullick was a presence all game, whether it was on the penalty kills or on zone entries.

In the third, Sturgeon goaltender Drake Young elevated his already strong game to new levels, making several spectacular saves to keep the Saints hopes dim. Despite that, two late Saints goals from David Fleming and Illia Gniazdovskyi made things interesting. But, the surge came just a bit late as the Mustangs held on for a 5-3 final.

Another tiering round has ended.  Hear are your leaders for the 2024 – 2025 season tiering round:

Points = 11 Dominic Amyotte-Lorenson and Anraj Dahliwal

Goals = 6 Dominic Amyotte Lorenson

Assists = 6 Anraj Dahliwal and Easton Roy

Penalty Minutes = 30 Connor Kreiser

Wins = 3 Carsten Scheuer

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SE702 at Sherwood Park 703 – Saints

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Southwest Zone 704 at Sherwood Park 703 – Saints

Both teams seemed a bit rusty in the first period as it was the first game of the season for both squads.  SZ704 got on the board first, but the Saints responded quickly to tie the game.  The first period ended deadlocked at 1.

An early goal gives the Saints a 2-1 lead in the second period and the Saints go up 3-1 less than three minutes into the second . The Saints dominate the second period and held a 5 -1 lead after the frame.

The Saints let off a little in the third period, but still held on for a 5-2 victory outshouting their opponent by a wide margin.  Unfortunately, the Saints suffered injuries to Zac Crane and Reno Zaharia that forced both players to leave the game.

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Devon at Sherwood Park

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Southwest Zone Oil Kings at Sherwood Park Raiders

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Bryson Oleksyn scores on a partial breakaway against NE702 on Feb. 3, 2023 in Sherwood Park.

Northeast Zone 702 at Sherwood Park

Bryson Oleksyn scores on a partial breakaway against NE702 on Feb. 3, 2023 in Sherwood Park.
Bryson Oleksyn scores on a partial breakaway against NE702 on Feb. 3, 2023, in Sherwood Park.
And celebrates after the goal.

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Northeast Zone 702 at Sherwood Park

SP opened the scoring on a power play with a nice feed into the middle for a tap in goal. Things went downhill after that with SP trailing 4-1 after one.

SP coming out a little sluggish to start the second period. NE playing a more physical game and it is paying off with a 4-2 lead after two.

An early goal extends the lead to 5-2. SP counters right back. 5-3 with most of the period left.

Two crossbars by SP and it remains 5-3. First one could have been in.

A pretty even last two periods ends in a 6-3 final.

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Joe Bremner makes a save in close.

Southeast Edmonton 704 at Sherwood Park

An even, but sloppy, first period saw both teams trying to work out the rust from the holiday break. SE had the better opportunities outshooting SP 13-8.

The first half of the second period saw the ice continue to tilt in SE’s favor, but it stayed a 1-1 tie. A late power-play goal gave SE a 3-1 lead after two.

A tight-checking third period led to a 4-1 final.

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