2023-24 Manitoba Bisons/USports Hockey

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September 8, 2023: Bisons’ Bye Week

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

REGINA COUGARS 2
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 1

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

Nobody posted a game story, and nobody uploaded stats to LeagueStat, so all we have is the score for all games across the CW.

I know it’s only exhibition, but the Banjo-Cats must be purring after this win. Since 2014 they are 2-25-2 against the Banjo-Mutts.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3
CALGARY DINOSAURS 6

Links:
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results
➤ UofC: Schedule & Results

The Dinos win the rematch of last year’s conference final. It was their first game, but the Evil Monkeys now fall to 1-2-0. Without stats I can’t say much. But that’s a lot of goals given up so far.

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 0
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 6

Links:
➤ MacU: Schedule & Results
➤ MRU: Schedule & Results

The Bluegars haven’t posted a thing about new recruits. I’d like to see if they adequately replaced their departed players. The Mythical Mutants are now 1-2-0 in pre-season, and this was MRU’s first game.

SIMON FRASER RED LEAFS 3
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 5

Links:
➤ SFU: Simon Fraser University is set to take on the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds for the season’s first local rivalry matchup
➤ SFU: Simon Fraser University will look to rebound after last night’s 5-3 loss against their former BCIHL rival Trinity Western University Spartans
➤ UBC: Schedule & Results

The T-irds started their pre-season against the BCIHL. They follow with games against TWU and NAIT (of the ACAC). It will be hard to get a gauge on them.

NEXT UP
Sat Sep 9 Calgary at Alberta 7:00 MDT
Sat Sep 9 Mount Royal at MacEwan 5:00 MDT
Sat Sep 9 Saskatchewan v Regina 2:00 CST (at Big River FN)
Sat Sep 9 Simon Fraser at Trinity Western 12:30 PDT

OUA
Sat Sep 9 R.M.C. v Queen’s 7:30 EDT (at Gananoque, Ont.)
Sat Sep 9 Guelph at Carleton 7:00 EDT
Sun Sep 10 Guelph at Ottawa 4:00 EDT

ACAC/ACHA
Sat Sep 9 Briercrest College at Jamestown 7:00 CDT
Sun Sep 10 Briercrest College at Jamestown 3:00 CDT

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September 9, 2023: Bisons’ Bye Week Wraps Up

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 3
REGINA COUGARS 0

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

In the end, each team of banjo-lovers gets one win and one loss. Seems appropriate on a weekend where the football hillbillies were demolished.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 5
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3

Links:
➤ UofC: Schedule & Results
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results

The Evil Monkeys reserved a space for LeagueStat updates, then uploaded nothing but the score. Maybe it will be a Sunday morning update. This makes Alberta 1-3-0 to start the season, which is unusual for them.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS -
MACEWAN GRIFFINS -

Links:
➤ MRU: Schedule & Results
➤ MacU: Griffins cancel back half of preseason series vs. Mount Royal due to injuries

This is something new to me. The Mythical Mutants had to cancel due to too many injuries. No report on how many injuries there were. This was Mac’s home game of the home-and-home series. It is a bad omen to start the season with an injury problem.

SIMON FRASER RED LEAFS 2
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 3

Links:
➤ SFU: Team Website
➤ TWU: Schedule & Results

This game was Holy Trinity’s season debut, and saw SFU fall to 0-2-0. This result was more-or-less as expected.

NEXT UP
Fri Sep 15 Calgary at Saskatchewan 7:00 MDT
Fri Sep 15 MacEwan at N.A.I.T. (ACAC) 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 15 Manitoba at Briercrest College (ACAC) 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Fri Sep 15 Minot State (ACHA) at Regina 7:00 CST
Fri Sep 15 Mount Royal at Alberta 5:00 MDT
Fri Sep 15 U.B.C. at Trinity Western 7:15 PDT
Sat Sep 16 Alberta at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT
Sat Sep 16 Calgary at Saskatchewan 3:00 MDT
Sat Sep 16 Manitoba at Regina 2:30 CST/3:30 CDT
Sat Sep 16 N.A.I.T. (ACAC) at MacEwan 5:00 MDT
Sat Sep 16 Trinity Western at U.B.C. 7:00 PDT

OUT EAST

Sat Sep 9 R.M.C. 2 Queen’s 5 : [ QU ] : [ RMC ]
Sat Sep 9 Guelph 2 Carleton 5 : [ GU ]
Sun Sep 10 Guelph at Ottawa 4:00 EDT
Thu Sep 14 Ontario Tech at Toronto Metro 3:00 EDT
Thu Sep 14 Waterloo v Queen’s 2:00 EDT (at London)
Fri Sep 15 Carleton at York 7:15 EDT
Fri Sep 15 McGill at U.Q.T.R. 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 15 Ottawa at Toronto 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 15 Waterloo at Western Ontario 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 15 Windsor at Laurier 6:00 EDT
Sat Sep 16 Carleton at Toronto 6:00 EDT
Sat Sep 16 Windsor at Ontario Tech 3:00 EDT
Sat Sep 16 Ottawa at York 7:15 EDT

Fri Sep 15 Moncton at St. F.X. 7:00 ADT
Fri Sep 15 New Brunswick at U.P.E.I. 7:00 ADT

OUA/AUS Interlock
Fri Sep 15 Saint Mary’s at Concordia 7:00 EDT
Sat Sep 16 Saint Mary’s at Concordia 8:00 EDT

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

OUT WEST

Sat Sep 9 Briercrest College 4 Jamestown (ACHA) 2 : [ UJ (w video) ]
Sun Sep 10 Briercrest College at Jamestown (ACHA) 3:00 CDT
Fri Sep 15 UA-Augustana at Red Deer Poly 7:00 MDT
Sat Sep 16 Minot State (ACHA) at Briercrest College 2:00 CST

Fri Sep 15 Vancouver Island at Victoria 7:00 PDT
Fri Sep 15 Penticton (Senior AA) at Okanagan 7:45 PDT
Sat Sep 16 Victoria at Vancouver Island 7:00 PDT

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

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September 10, 2023: Sunday Special

OUT EAST

Sun Sep 10 Guelph 5 Ottawa 6 : [ GU ] : [ UfO ]

OUT WEST

Sun Sep 10 Briercrest College 4 Jamestown (ACHA) 2 : [ UJ ] : [ BC Instagram ]

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September 11, 2023: Bison Roster Announced

Here’s the roster with returnees in green, departures in red, and new are blue.

I thought that Veloso and Thiessen were leaving, so that’s a bonus. The departures who will be missed are Dyck, Skoleski, and Davis. The oddity is that all three goaltenders are coming back, along with one recruit.

I’ll be doing conference-wide roster analysis once all rosters are announced.

Link:
➤ GoBisons.ca: Roster Page

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Preview: September 15-16: MANITOBA at BRIERCREST/REGINA

MANITOBA BISONS (0-0-0)
BRIERCREST CLIPPERS (ACAC: 2-0-0)
Friday, September 15th at 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT at Caronport, SK

Live Links:
➤ None

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: Team Website

Briercrest Links:
➤ Briercrest: Team Website
➤ Instagram: Briercrest Athletics

Other Links:
➤ USports: Men’s Hockey
➤ CW: Schedule & Results
➤ LeagueStat: Media Access ∞ Daily Schedule
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results

As far as I can determine, this is the first men’s hockey game between these two schools. I remember watching a bit of basketball at the U of W when the “Caronport Clippers” (as they were then called) were playing the Wesmen. A babysitter took me and my sister there for a few minutes.

I’m not expecting a lot of reports on the game, unless through Briercrest’s Instagram. Their website has no news stories and their schedule is regular season only.

The Clippers beat Jamestown (ACHA) 4-2 twice last weekend. The Bisons demolished Jamestown back in 2017 (IIRC). It was barely competitive hockey.

MANITOBA BISONS (0-0-0)
REGINA COUGARS (1-1-0)
Saturday, September 16th at 1:00 CST/2:00 CDT at Regina, SK

Live Links:
➤ None

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: Team Website

Regina Links:
➤ Regina: Team Website

Regina hasn’t uploaded a news story since the end of last season, so they are Cats of Mystery this year. Elite Prospects list just four announced rookies for them:

• Benjamin Christian - D - Drumheller (AJHL)
• Leyton Holoien - D - Melfort (SJHL)
• Ayden Third - D - Vernon (BCHL)
• Jordan Borsyiuk - C - Lloydminster (AJHL)

The Banjo-Cats did manage a split with Sask last weekend on neutral ice, so they must have something going for them.

ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

MINOT STATE BEAVERS (0-0-0)
REGINA COUGARS (1-1-0)

Links:
➤ MSU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofR: Team Website

This is a special treat for Regina’s beaver lovers. MSU won the ACHA Division 1 national title last year. They split a pair of home ice games against Briercrest last year.

CALGARY DINOSAURS (2-0-0)
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (1-1-0)

Links:
➤ UofC: Team Website
➤ UofS: Team Website

Neither side has their current roster page updated. Sask has no news stories posted since the end of last season. Bedrock U’s sweep of the Evil Monkeys has to more impressive that Sask’s split against their Banjo-loving brethren.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (1-0-0)
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (1-3-0)

Links:
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ MRU: Team Website

This is a home-and-home series, Friday in Edmontown and Saturday in Calgary. Neither side has a roster page uploaded, however the Evil Monkeys did upload rosters and stats for their home game against MacEwan two weeks ago. They are slated to do so again on Friday, so check the above LeagueStats link.

The Monkeys cannot be happy with a 1-3-0 start. The Bluegars were supposed to play MacEwan twice last weekend, but damaged them too much on Friday so that Saturday’s game was cancelled.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (1-0-0)
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (1-0-0)

Links:
➤ UBC: Team Website
➤ TWU: Team Website

Both sides uploaded roster pages this week, which I have not had a chance to review just yet. Both sides beat the SFU Globetrotters last weekend. UBC’s schedule also confirms that there are indeed two games this weekend, Friday at Holy Trinity and Saturday at UBC.

MACEWAN GRIFFINS (1-2-0)
N.A.I.T. OOKS (ACAC: 0-0-0)

Links:
➤ MacU: Team Website
➤ NAIT: NAIT Men’s Hockey Adds Nine Recruits For The 2023-24 Season

Hopefully the Mythical Mutants have enough players for two games this weekend. I believe that this is the first match-up between these former ACAC rivals since Mac moved to the CW. NAIT has a season preview story linked. Both teams are based in Edmontown, but NAIT hosts Friday and Mac hosts Saturday.

OUT EAST

Thu Sep 14 Ontario Tech at Toronto Metro 3:00 EDT
Thu Sep 14 Waterloo v Queen’s 2:00 EDT (at London)
Fri Sep 15 Carleton at York 7:15 EDT
Fri Sep 15 McGill at U.Q.T.R. 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 15 Ottawa at Toronto 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 15 Waterloo at Western Ontario 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 15 Windsor at Laurier 6:00 EDT
Sat Sep 16 Carleton at Toronto 6:00 EDT
Sat Sep 16 Windsor at Ontario Tech 3:00 EDT
Sat Sep 16 Ottawa at York 7:15 EDT

Fri Sep 15 Moncton at St. F.X. 7:00 ADT
Fri Sep 15 New Brunswick at U.P.E.I. 7:00 ADT

OUA-AUS Interlock
Fri Sep 15 Saint Mary’s at Concordia 7:00 EDT
Sat Sep 16 Saint Mary’s at Concordia 8:00 EDT

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

OUT WEST

Fri Sep 15 UA-Augustana at Red Deer Poly 7:00 MDT
Sat Sep 16 Minot State (ACHA) at Briercrest College 2:00 CST

Fri Sep 15 Vancouver Island at Victoria 7:00 PDT
Fri Sep 15 Penticton (Senior AA) at Okanagan 7:45 PDT
Sat Sep 16 Victoria at Vancouver Island 7:00 PDT

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

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September 15, 2023: BISONS WIN IN BIBLE BELT

MANITOBA BISONS 5
BRIERCREST CLIPPERS 1

Links:
➤ UofM: Team Website
➤ Instagram: Briercrest Athletics

Early in the 3rd period I saw on Briercrest’s Instagram page that they had a live stream and they provided the password. Briercrest is a lot better than they were in the past, but the Bisons still controlled play at most times. The Clippers were 13-9-2 last year and lost out to NAIT in a 3-game series where every game was decided by one goal.

The announcers claimed that the shots were 48-42 in favour of the Bisons, but that seems a little “generous” on both accounts. I’m hoping to see some sort of summary before Saturday morning.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

MINOT STATE BEAVERS 5
REGINA COUGARS 3

Links:
➤ MSU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofR: Schedule & Results

No stats on this one but this has to rank as a surprise loss for the Banjo-Mutts, especially after they split with the Banjo-Mutts last weekend.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 2
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 4

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ MRU: MHKY: 2023-24 recruiting class eager to hit the ice
➤ MRU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results

Quick Summary
MRU: R. Holmes (12:01 1st) , R. Holmes (11:30 2nd)
Alta: A. Thacker (04:00 1st) , A. Thacker (14:11 1st) , B. Gustafson (11:40 3rd) , M. Ward (19:10 3rd)
Goal: MRU: Sims (24 shots, 21 saves); Alta: Berlin (27 shots, 25 saves)

Nice to see that the Evil Monkeys uploaded scores, stats, and rosters for this one. The Bluegars also uploaded a story on their recruiting class. I’ll be looking into the rosters soon.

The final goal was an ENG for the Apes. I know it’s only exhibition, but 2-3-0 is a whole lot better than 1-4-0 for the Primates. The Bluegars are now 1-1-0.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 4
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofS: Boxscore
➤ UofC: Schedule & Results

Quick Summary
Calg: J. Joseph (11:23 2nd) , C. Gutenberg (14:30 2nd) , J. Poole (16:26 2nd) , J. Poole (15:08 3rd)
Sask: K. Sorensen (01:56 2nd) , J. Pillar (06:08 2nd)
Goal: Calg: Tetachuk (22 shots, 20 saves), Sask: Ross (38 shots, 34 saves)

It looks like Bedrock U is off to a fine start, 3-0-0 and racking up good stats. Mr. Slate will like this. The Banjo-Mutts fall to 1-2-0.

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 2
N.A.I.T. OOKS 5

Links:
➤ MacU: Schedule & Results
➤ NAIT: Schedule & Results

No stats on this one. Hopefully the Mythical Mutants at least had a full roster after cancelling a game last weekend. After an opening win over the Evil Monkeys, they now have three straight losses.

Is this a sign that the CW has weakened over the off-season? In three inter-conference games, only the Bisons won.

U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 4
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 3

Links:
➤ UBC: Schedule & Results
➤ TWU: Schedule & Results

No stats uploads from Holy Trinity, but the T-irds are slated to do so in Saturday’s rematch.

NEXT UP
Sat Sep 16 Alberta at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT
Sat Sep 16 Calgary at Saskatchewan 3:00 MDT
Sat Sep 16 Manitoba at Regina 2:30 CST/3:30 CDT
Sat Sep 16 N.A.I.T. at MacEwan 5:00 MDT
Sat Sep 16 Trinity Western at U.B.C. 7:00 PDT

OUT EAST

Thu Sep 14 Ontario Tech 3 Toronto Metro 2
Thu Sep 14 Waterloo 2 Queen’s 4
Fri Sep 15 Carleton at York (no report)
Fri Sep 15 McGill 4 U.Q.T.R. 3
Fri Sep 15 Ohio (ACHA) 3 Brock 2
Fri Sep 15 Ottawa 3 Toronto 4
Fri Sep 15 Queen’s 4 Nipissing 2
Fri Sep 15 Waterloo 1 Western Ontario 2
Fri Sep 15 Windsor 4 Laurier 1
Sat Sep 16 Carleton at Toronto 6:00 EDT
Sat Sep 16 Windsor at Ontario Tech 3:00 EDT
Sat Sep 16 Ottawa at York 7:15 EDT

Fri Sep 15 Moncton 3 St. F.X. 2 (ot)
Fri Sep 15 New Brunswick at U.P.E.I. (cancelled)

OUA-AUS Inter-Conference
Fri Sep 15 Saint Mary’s 1 Concordia 2
Sat Sep 16 Saint Mary’s at Concordia 8:00 EDT

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

OUT WEST

Fri Sep 15 UA-Augustana 3 Red Deer Poly 5
Sat Sep 16 Minot State (ACHA) at Briercrest College 2:00 CST

Fri Sep 15 Vancouver Island 1 Victoria 2 (ot)
Fri Sep 15 Penticton Silver Bullets (Sr AA) 3 Okanagan 7
Sat Sep 16 Victoria at Vancouver Island 7:00 PDT

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

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September 16, 2023: BISONS END TRIP WITH LOSS

After falling asleep waiting for eastern scores, here’s the Saturday report.

MANITOBA BISONS 2
REGINA COUGARS 4

Links:
➤ UofM: Schedule & Results
➤ UofR: Schedule & Results
➤ UofR: YouTube

The Banjo-Cats live-streamed the game on YouTube, but I only found out about it early in the 3rd period via a YouTube notice. USports teams need to announce these sorts of things in advance.

The good thing about a YouTube stream is that I could watch the game afterwards. The players did not have names on their jerseys. So I just covered the Bison roster. Here’s how they lined up:

Goal
34 Hawryluk - 35 Murphy

Defence
16 Hartje - 24 Wareham
4 Malchuk - 25 Calder
5 ???

Forwards
18 Hooker - 9 Thiessen - 17 Veloso
11 Ostir - 19 Arpin - 20 Apetagon
14 Zimmerman - 28 Behun - 26 Boucher - 10 Paulhus
23 Fawkes - 12 Trimble - 13 Sutter

Scratches
G 1 Harkness - 30 Thornton
D 6 Fry - 8 Toth - 27 Gottfried
F 21 Basarab - 29 King

The scoring was kinda like this (SOG and time of goals was not announced):

1st
UofM - Behun - 1st shot of game before stream started
UofR - McCabe - PP

2nd
UofR - Culling - a long shot where Hawryluk whiffed on it
UofR - Runke - PP
UofM - Ostir - PP

3rd
UofR - empty-netter - not sure if it counted because time expired

Ethan Anders went the distance in the Regina goal.

There is no #5 on the Bison roster and the announcers never said his name. Of the scratched players, it could be #27 Gottfried in a different jersey but I never got a good look at him.

I infer that some injuries happened on the blueline, otherwise it makes no sense to dress just 5 d-men and 13 forwards. With 5 d-men they all played a lot. Malchuk and Hartje never paired up, and neither did Calder and Wareham. #5 played with everybody. I believe I saw Boucher back on the blueline a couple of times. In any event, IMO a team cannot play a season with just 7 d-men. Last year the injuries were up front, but playing a d-man up front is no problem in my view.

Four goaltenders is also too many, obviously. I am hoping the new guy Thornton pans out. He looked solid against Briercrest. But that’s a far cry from the upper echelons of the CW.

Overall, the Bisons had the majority of possession and territory. They had a lack of finish and the goaltending was okay, but for that one whiff.

I suppose I’ll find out more next weekend when Lakehead and Regina come to town. The Bisons are 1-1-0, Regina is 2-2-0, and Lakehead has not yet played.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 4

Links:
➤ MRU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results

Nothing but the score for this one. The Bluegars’ split makes them 2-1-0, and the Evil Monkeys fall to 2-4-0.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 5
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofS: Boxscore
➤ UofC: Schedule & Results

Quick Summary
Calg: D. Melin (05:29 1st) , J. Gricius (11:42 1st) , J. Gricius (14:51 1st) , C. Gutenberg (19:16 1st) , J. Joseph (12:03 2nd)
Sask: M. Gross (14:24 1st) , C. Petruic (00:18 2nd)
Goal: Calg: Stankowski (44 shots, 42 saves), Sask: Ross (31 shots, 26 saves)

Bedrock U is now 4-0-0, and Sask falls to 1-3-0. That big lead in shots would infer that Sask needs better goaltending, and that Stankowski would have been the 1st star.

N.A.I.T. OOKS (ACHA) 1
MACEWAN GRIFFINS 8

Links:
➤ NAIT: Schedule & Results
➤ MacU: Schedule & Results

Mac needed the win to avoid the embarassment of a sweep against their former ACAC rival. They clearly did so in fine fashion. I got the scores off Instagram and X. Mac’s got the best website this year, but they need to upload to LeagueStat.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 1
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 6

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ TWU: Lowe Scores Lone Goal in Loss to UBC (report with boxscore)
➤ UBC: Schedule & Results

Quick Summary
TWU: C. Lowe (16:00 3rd)
UBC: S. Huo (04:52 1st) , S. Huo (01:31 2nd) , S. Mutala (15:56 2nd) , S. Atkinson (02:45 3rd) , C. Miller (07:48 3rd) , J. Lee (15:12 3rd)
Goal: TWU: Audet (36 shots, 30 saves), UBC: Schwebius (14 shots, 13 saves)

After a close win on Friday night, the T-irds destroyed the Holy Trinity. That shot clock looks ominous. Kudos to the T-irds for uploading stats, and to TWU for uploading a game story. Now TWU needs to verify if they are playing the next two weekends on their schedule page.

NEXT UP
Thu Sep 21 Briercrest College (ACHA) at Trinity Western TBD #
Fri Sep 22 Alberta v Saskatchewan 7:00 MDT (at Cold Lake)
Fri Sep 22 Lakehead (OUA) at Manitoba 7:30 CDT
Fri Sep 22 Mount Royal at Calgary 7:00 MDT
Sat Sep 23 Calgary at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT
Sat Sep 23 Lakehead (OUA) v Regina TBA (at Winnipeg)
Sat Sep 23 N.A.I.T. (ACHA) at U.B.C. 7:00 PDT
Sat Sep 23 Saskatchewan v Alberta 7:00 MDT (at Cold Lake)
Sat Sep 23 Okanagan (BCIHL) at Trinity Western 7:00 PDT #
Sun Sep 24 Regina at Manitoba 1:00 CDT
Sun Sep 24 N.A.I.T. (ACHA) at U.B.C. 3:00 PDT
Sun Sep 24 Vancouver Island (BCIHL) at Trinity Western 12:30 PDT #

indicates game not on both teams’ schedules

OUT EAST

Fri Sep 15 Carleton 4 York 1
Sat Sep 16 Carleton 3 Toronto 0
Sat Sep 16 Windsor 2 Ontario Tech 1
Sat Sep 16 Ohio (ACHA) 0 Brock 7 : [ BU ]
Sat Sep 16 Ottawa 6 York 2
Wed Sep 20 Ontario Tech at Laurier 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 Guelph at Brock 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 Laurier at Toronto 6:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 McGill at Toronto Metro 6:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 R.M.C. at Western Ontario 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 Windsor at York 7:15 EDT #
Sat Sep 23 Guelph at Nipissing 7:00 EDT (regular season)
Sat Sep 23 Laurier at Waterloo 7:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 McGill at Toronto Metro 2:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 R.M.C. at Western Ontario 3:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 Toronto at Ontario Tech 3:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 Windsor v York 2:00 EDT (at Ayr, ON) #
Sat Sep 23 Windsor at York 3:15 EDT #
Sun Sep 24 Windsor v York 2:00 pm EDT (at Ayr, ON) #

indicates team schedules conflict

Tue Sep 19 Acadia at Dalhousie 7:00 ADT

OUA-AUS Inter-Conference
Sat Sep 16 Saint Mary’s 5 Concordia 4
Thu Sep 21 Queen’s at Acadia 7:30 EDT
Fri Sep 22 New Brunswick at Carleton 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 St. F.X. at Concordia 7:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 New Brunswick at Ottawa 4:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 St. F.X. at U.Q.T.R. 4:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 Queen’s at Dalhousie 2:00 ADT

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

OUT WEST

Sat Sep 16 Minot State (ACHA) 5 Briercrest College 4
Fri Sep 22 S.A.I.T. at Red Deer Poly 7:00 MDT
Fri Sep 22 TBD at Concordia-Edmonton 7:00 MDT

Sat Sep 16 Victoria 1 Vancouver Island 2
Fri Sep 22 Logan Lake at Okanagan 8:30 PDT
Fri Sep 22 Victoria at Simon Fraser 12:30 PDT DH

ACAC-BCIHL Inter-Conference
Fri Sep 22 Briercrest College at Simon Fraser 7:00 PDT DH
Sat Sep 23 Briercrest College at Simon Fraser 1:00 PDT

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

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Preview: September 22-24: MANITOBA v LAKEHEAD v REGINA

MANITOBA BISONS (1-1-0)
LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES (OUA: 0-0-0)
REGINA COUGARS ( 2-2-0)

Friday, Sept 22nd at 7:30 CDT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg
Saturday, Sept 23rd at 7:00 CDT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg
Sunday, Sept 24th at 1:00 CDT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg

Live Links:
➤ Friday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech
➤ Saturday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech
➤ Sunday: Live Stats ∞ Hockey Tech

Manitoba Links:
➤ UofM: Schedule & Results
➤ UofM: Wichita Thunder sign Bisons standout Devon Skoleski
➤ CW: Roster
➤ LeagueStat: Exhibition Schedule/Results/Links

Other Links:
➤ USports: Schedule/Links
➤ CW: Home Page ∞ Season Schedule ∞ Daily Schedule
➤ LeagueStat: Media Stats ∞ Daily Schedule
➤ LU: Team Website
➤ UofR: Team Website

After a one-weekend revival of the old GPAC last year, the idea has been reprised for a second season. The Lakehead Norwesters (as they were known in the GPAC days) won this event last year. They then had a pretty good season, losing the OUA bronze medal playoff for the final berth in the University Cup. They were 18-6-3, and first in the OUA West. They lost to Windsor two games to one in the division final, and 4-0 to Concordia in the winner-take-all bronze playoff.

Lakehead does not at present have any non-conference games on their scheduled. Not even the upcoming Christmas tour by the Bisons. So these may be their only pre-season games before they open the regular season on October 6th.

Regina has had mixed results thus far. Without uploaded stats and rosters for any of their games thus far, it is hard to draw conclusions. Or even inferences. But a split with Sask followed by a loss to Minot State is peculiar. Unless Sask’s crop of WHL grads is not all it’s cracked up to be, or the Beavers are better than ACHA teams have been.

The Bisons still have four goaltenders (one too many), seven defencemen (two to few), and 15 forwards (a decent number). The Mystery Man wearing #5 last weekend on defence looks to have been Lucas Fry, who had been listed as #6. My impression of last weekend’s games was that the Bisons need some offensive finish to capitalize on their significant edge in territory and possession, and hopefully new recruit Kolby Thornton will be good enough to seize the starting goaltender slot.

GoBisons.ca also uploaded a story on Devon Skoleski signing in the ECHL. This was on Elite Prospects a week ago. He becomes the third player from last year’s squad to sign a pro contract, following Zach Patrick and Brett Davis.

ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (2-4-0)
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (1-3-0)

Links:
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ UofA: Team Website

It is not common to see the Monkeys and Mutts facing each other when both are sub-.500, pre-season or not. This is a Friday-Saturday neutral ice doubleheader from Cold Lake, Alberta. There’s nothing out there about live links being set up.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (2-1-0)
CALGARY DINOSAURS (4-0-0)

Links:
➤ MRU: MHKY: Home Opener Hype Video
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UofC: Team Website

In the Town of Bedrock there is a home-and-home series between the Dinos and the Bluegars. Both sides have run up some good results so far. Friday night is hosted by the Dinos, and Saturday night the scene shifts to MRU’s home rink.

N.A.I.T. OOKS (ACAC: 1-1-0)
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (3-0-0)

Links:
➤ NAIT: Team Website
➤ UBC: Hockey ‘Birds add Jake Wright, Ben Kotylak to forward group

The Ooks split with MacEwan last weekend, and have had no ACAC opponents thus far. UBC’s record is somewhat deceptive. They have had one game against Simon Fraser and two games against Holy Trinity. The linked story says they have just two new players this year, one from the Dub and one who toured the BCHL, AJHL, and SJHL.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (1-2-0)
BRIERCREST CLIPPERS (ACAC: 0-2-0)
OKANAGAN LAKERS (BCIHL: 0-0-0)
VANCOUVER ISLAND MARINERS (BCIHL: 1-0-1)

Links:
➤ TWU: Team Website
➤ Briercrest: Instagram
➤ Okanagan: Instagram
➤ Okanagan: X/Twitter
➤ VIU: X/Twitter
➤ VIU: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

Holy Trinity’s schedule has none of these games on it. Briercrest’s website has nothing on exhibition games, but they do put up pretty pictures on Instagram. The Lakers’ site has been down for a while, but their social media links are working. VIU’s links are going. They even had a game on YouTube last weekend. Briercrest plays Thursday, and the BCIHL games go Saturday and Sunday.

OUT EAST

Fri Sep 22 Guelph at Brock 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 Laurier at Toronto 6:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 McGill at Toronto Metro 6:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 R.M.C. at Western Ontario 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 Windsor at York 7:15 EDT #
Sat Sep 23 Guelph at Nipissing 7:00 EDT (regular season)
Sat Sep 23 Laurier at Waterloo 7:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 McGill at Toronto Metro 2:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 R.M.C. at Western Ontario 3:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 Toronto at Ontario Tech 3:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 Windsor v York 2:00 EDT (at Ayr, ON) #
Sat Sep 23 Windsor at York 3:15 EDT #
Sun Sep 24 Windsor v York 2:00 pm EDT (at Ayr, ON) #

Tue Sep 19 Acadia at Dalhousie 7:00 ADT

OUA-AUS Inter-Conference
Thu Sep 21 Queen’s at Acadia 7:30 EDT
Fri Sep 22 New Brunswick at Carleton 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 22 St. F.X. at Concordia 7:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 New Brunswick at Ottawa 4:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 St. F.X. at U.Q.T.R. 4:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 Queen’s at Dalhousie 2:00 ADT

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

OUT WEST

Fri Sep 22 S.A.I.T. at Red Deer Poly 7:00 MDT
Fri Sep 22 TBD at Concordia-Edmonton 7:00 MDT

Fri Sep 22 Logan Lake at Okanagan 8:30 PDT
Fri Sep 22 Victoria at Simon Fraser 12:30 PDT DH

ACAC-BCIHL Inter-Conference
Fri Sep 22 Briercrest College at Simon Fraser 7:00 PDT DH
Sat Sep 23 Briercrest College at Simon Fraser 1:00 PDT

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

[Hollywood]

September 22, 2023: NORWESTERS BEAT BISONS

LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES 5
MANITOBA BISONS 3

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: Schedule & Results
➤ LU: Lakehead kicks of preseason in Manitoba

Quick Summary
Lake: Massie (01:47 1st) , Mack (11:08 1st) , Mack (05:43 2nd) , Van Unen (10:14 3rd) , Pouliot (14:08 3rd)
Man: H. Ostir (02:04 2nd) , J. Paulhus (12:38 2nd) , N. Basarab (06:18 3rd)
Goal: Lake: Wright (35 shots, 32 saves); Man: Harkness (28 shots, 23 saves)

This was a bit of a strange game where a lot of Bison talent was left in the stands. Nevertheless, it did answer some questions about this Bison squad. First, here’s how they lined up:

Manitoba
Goal
1 Harkness (30 Thornton)

Defence
16 Hartje - 24 Wareham
25 Calder - 4 Malchuk
5 Casey - 9 Thiessen

Forwards
11 Ostir - 19 Arpin - 20 Apetagon
10 Paulhus - 29 King - 26 Boucher
14 Zimmerman - 28 Behun - 21 Basarab
23 Fawkes - 12 Trimble - 13 Sutter

Scratches
G 34 Hawryluk - 35 Murphy
D 6 Fry - 8 Toth - 27 Gottfried
F 17 Veloso - 18 Hooker

Lakehead
Goal
31 Wright (30 Aiken)

Defence
18 Jette - 3 Whittaker
23 Massie - 5 Turpin
2 Borbely - 28 McNeill - 8 Van Den Hurk

Forwards
14 Van Unen - 27 Mack - 15 Ho
11 DeGrazia - 17 Gerrie - 21 Pouliot
16 Blackwell - 29 Edwards - 25 Massie
19 Stiles - 9 Smith - 24 Miles

Scratches
G 1 Cicigoi
D 4 Wojciechowski - 22 Williams
F 10 Badalamenti - 13 Fox

The apparent Bison top line was dismantled for this game. Dylan Thiessen was moved to defence, and Colton Veloso and Jonny Hooker never suited up.

Thiessen had an eventful night on the blueline. One must give him credit for going back there. Less than two minutes into the game, he had the puck on the RW side of his own goal and went to throw it around the boards. But oops. He picked the short side as Simon Harkness was en route to cover the LW post. Mid-way through the period he surrendered a break-away on a turnover and it was 2-0 for the Thundermutts. D’oh.

Thiessen turned things around in the 2nd period when he made a silky-smooth PP pass to Hayden Ostir to make it a 2-1 game. The Bisons did manage to dominate the 2nd and 3rd periods, outshooting Lakehead 26-17 over that span.

However, with the game tied 3-3 mid-way through the 3rd period, Harkness whiffed on a shot from Josh Van Unen to restore the Lakehead lead. Then LU added a PP goal for insurance. While one could not blame Harkness on the first two goals, this was the kind of comeback win that a good goaltender can achieve for his team.

The Mutts did dress 21 players (seven defencemen). That helped when two players were assessed 10 minute misconducts on separate occasions.

I also found out that the Mystery Man in #5 is defenceman Brandon Casey. He was paired with Thiessen and covered effectively for the most part. Blueline returnees Parker Malchuk and Chase Hartje were good at carrying the puck, but it seems that defence-first is this year’s motto. No end-to-end rushes from Hartje in this one. Newcomers Owen Wareham and Kian Calder looked okay to me.

The Herd is now 1-2-0 and this was Lakehead’s first game.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

BRIERCREST CLIPPERS 2
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 8

Links:
➤ BC: Instagram
➤ TWU: Team Website

This game was played on Thursday night to open the Clippers’ tour through British California. I believe that this was the first game between these teams. It is still not listed on the Holy Trinity schedule. They are now 2-0-0 against colleges and 0-2-0 against the CW.

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2
(in a shootout

Links:
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results
➤ UofS: Schedule & Results

No details have been uploaded from this neutral ice battle in Cold Lake, Alberta. The Monkeys are now 3-4-0 and the Banjo-Mutts are 1-3-1.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 0
CALGARY DINOSAURS 4

Links:
➤ MRU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofC: Schedule & Results

No data on this game either. Nevertheless, it would seem that Bedrock U is the team to beat. They are now 5-0-0 and their scores are convincing.

NEXT UP
Sat Sep 23 Calgary at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT
Sat Sep 23 Lakehead (OUA) v Regina 7:00 CDT (at Winnipeg)
Sat Sep 23 N.A.I.T. (ACAC) at U.B.C. 7:00 PDT
Sat Sep 23 Saskatchewan v Alberta 7:00 MDT (at Cold Lake)
Sat Sep 23 Okanagan at Trinity Western 7:00 PDT #
Sun Sep 24 Regina at Manitoba 1:00 CDT
Sun Sep 24 N.A.I.T. (ACAC) at U.B.C. 3:00 PDT
Sun Sep 24 Vancouver Island (BCIHL) at Trinity Western 12:30 PDT #

OUT EAST

Wed Sep 20 Ontario Tech 1 Laurier 5
Fri Sep 22 Guelph 0 Brock 3
Fri Sep 22 Laurier 2 Toronto 4
Fri Sep 22 McGill 2 Toronto Metro 4
Fri Sep 22 R.M.C. 2 Western Ontario 8
Sat Sep 23 Guelph at Nipissing (regular season game) 7:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 Laurier at Waterloo 7:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 McGill at Toronto Metro 2:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 R.M.C. at Western Ontario 3:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 Toronto at Ontario Tech 3:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 Windsor at York 3:15 EDT
Sun Sep 24 Windsor v York 2:00 pm EDT (at Ayr, ON)

Tue Sep 19 Acadia 7 Dalhousie 1
Thu Sep 21 U.P.E.I. 2 Moncton 4
Fri Sep 22 Saint Mary’s 2 Moncton 4

OUA-AUS Interconference Games
Thu Sep 21 Queen’s 5 Acadia 2
Fri Sep 22 New Brunswick 5 Carleton 2
Fri Sep 22 St. F.X. 2 Concordia 4
Sat Sep 23 New Brunswick at Ottawa 4:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 St. F.X. at U.Q.T.R. 4:00 EDT
Sat Sep 23 Queen’s at Dalhousie 2:00 ADT

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

OUT WEST

Fri Sep 22 S.A.I.T. 2 Red Deer Poly 5

Fri Sep 22 Victoria 5 Simon Fraser 0
Fri Sep 22 Logan Lake at Okanagan - no report

ACAC-BCIHL Inter-Conference Games
Fri Sep 22 Briercrest College 1 Simon Fraser 6
Sat Sep 23 Briercrest College at Simon Fraser 1:00 PDT

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

[Hollywood]

September 23, 2023: SATURDAY MORNING LINKS

Fri Sep 22 Logan Lake 1 Okanagan 6

Links:
➤ Instagram: Okanagan : Logan Lake
➤ X/Twitter: Okanagan
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results

[Hollywood]

September 23, 2023: NORWESTERS WIN ANOTHER

LAKEHEAD THUNDERWOLVES 5
REGINA COUGARS 0

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ LU: Lakehead downs Bisons to open Preseason (with boxscore)
➤ LU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofR: Schedule & Results

Quick Summary
Lake: Gerrie (12:19 1st) , Stiles (13:33 1st) , McNeill (07:11 2nd) , Gerrie (12:50 2nd) , Edwards (17:22 3rd)
Reg: none
Goal: Lake: Cicigoi (37 shots, 37 saves); Reg: Meger (26 shots, 21 saves)

I was one of the select group of hockey fans to attend this game. It is fun to watch a game as a neutral observer every once in a while. The cliche for this one was “the score was no indication of the play”. Here’s how they lined up:

Regina
Goal
35 Meger (30 Evanoff)

Defence
3 McCabe - 7 Sass
4 Reimer - 2 King-Cunningham
32 Third - 16 Schmidt

Forwards
9 Shindle - 23 Pearce - 11 Runke
22 Asham-Moroz - 14 Culling - 12 Houk
29 Doucet - 27 Barlage - 8 Brook
28 Christian - 21 Borysiuk - 17 Barnstable

Scratches
G 31 Anders
D 20 Holoien
F 10 Davis - 18 Whyte - 19 Bjorklund

Lakehead
Goal
1 Cicigoi (30 Aiken)

Defence
4 Wojciechowski - 8 Van Den Hurk
3 Whittaker - 22 Williams
28 McNeill - 5 Turpin
2 Borbely

Forwards
11 DeGrazia - 17 Gerrie - 21 Pouliot
9 Smith - 24 Miles - 10 Badalamenti
16 Blackwell - 29 Edwards - 25 Massie
15 Ho - 14 Van Unen - 19 Stiles

Scratches
G 31 Wright
D 18 Jette - 23 Massie
F 13 Fox - 27 Mack

Goaltending was the biggest difference in this game. Last year, Meger’s numbers were 1-7-0, 5.04 GAA, and .841 S%. He played about a third of Regina’s games. Adam Evanoff was their #1, and he was on the bench.

For Lakehead, Cicigoi’s numbers were 10-5-0, 2.61 GAA, and .919 S%. Last night’s starter Max Wright was 8-3-0, 2.49 GAA, and .920 S%. Those numbers go a long way to explaining both games.

The Nor’westers went 2-0-0 and are now finished their pre-season. Regina falls to 2-3-0.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 4

Links:
➤ UofS: Schedule & Results
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results

Game 2 in the Cold Lake Series goes to the Evil Monkeys, and raises their pre-season record to 4-4-0. The Banjo-Mutts must be concerned about their 1-4-1 record. They open the regular season in Winnipeg on Thursday.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 5
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 2

Links:
➤ MRU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofC: Schedule & Results

Both sides have finished their pre-seasons, with Bedrock U going 6-0-0 and the Bluegars going 2-3-0, with one game cancelled. Dinos have had the most impressive record in the CW thus far.

N.A.I.T. OOKS 1
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 6
(after two periods)

Links:
➤ NAIT: Schedule & Results
➤ UBC: Schedule & Results

I’ll have to check for a final score on Sunday, I guess.

OKANAGAN LAKERS 3
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 6

Links:
➤ OKL: Instagram
➤ TWU: Team Website

Holy Trinity is cleaning up against the BCIHL and ACAC, now 3-0-0.

NEXT UP
Sun Sep 24 Regina at Manitoba 1:00 CDT
Sun Sep 24 N.A.I.T. (ACAC) at U.B.C. 3:00 PDT
Sun Sep 24 Vancouver Island (BCIHL) at Trinity Western 12:30 PDT #

OUT EAST

Sat Sep 23 Guelph 1 Nipissing 2 (regular season)
Sat Sep 23 Laurier 1 Waterloo 2
Sat Sep 23 McGill 4 Toronto Metro 0
Sat Sep 23 R.M.C. at Western Ontario - no report
Sat Sep 23 Toronto 3 Ontario Tech 1
Sat Sep 23 Windsor 5 York 2
Sun Sep 24 Windsor v York 2:00 pm EDT (at Ayr, ON)

none

OUA-AUS Interconference Games
Sat Sep 23 New Brunswick 5 Ottawa 4
Sat Sep 23 St. F.X. 6 U.Q.T.R. 5
Sat Sep 23 Queen’s 4 Dalhousie 2

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

OUT WEST

Sat Sep 23 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T. - no report

none

ACAC-BCIHL Inter-Conference Games
Sat Sep 23 Briercrest College 3 Simon Fraser 4 (so)

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

[Hollywood]

September 24, 2023: SUNDAY MORNING LINKS

N.A.I.T. OOKS 1
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 10

Links:
➤ NAIT: Schedule & Results
➤ UBC: Schedule & Results
➤ UBC: Instagram

This is a margin of victory I had not anticipated. The T-irds prior scores were 5-3 over SFU and 4-3 and 6-1 in a sweep over TWU. Remember that NAIT split with MacEwan earlier this pre-season.

OUT EAST

Sat Sep 23 R.M.C. at Western Ontario - still no report

OUT WEST

Sat Sep 23 Red Deer Poly 6 S.A.I.T. 3

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results

SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Sun Sep 24 Regina (CW) at Manitoba (CW) 1:00 CDT
Sun Sep 24 N.A.I.T. (ACAC) at U.B.C. (CW) 3:00 PDT
Sun Sep 24 Vancouver Island (BCIHL) at Trinity Western (CW) 12:30 PDT
Sun Sep 24 Windsor (OUA) v York (OUA) 2:00 pm EDT (at Ayr, ON)

[Hollywood]

September 24, 2023: BANJO-CATS BEAT BISONS

REGINA COUGARS 5
MANITOBA BISONS 0

Links:
➤ Summaries: LeagueStat : CW
➤ Game reports: LeagueStat : CW
➤ UofM: Schedule & Results
➤ UofR: Schedule & Results

Quick Summary
Reg: J. Doucet (01:29 2nd) , K. Runke (02:23 2nd) , D. McCabe (01:13 3rd) , E. Houk (02:23 3rd) , J. Borysiuk (17:48 3rd)
Man: none
Goal: Man: Thornton (31 shots, 26 saves); Reg: Evanoff (31 shots, 31 saves)

Afternoon games often tend to be absurd, and this one was just that. Here’s how they lined up:

Regina
Goal
30 Evanoff (35 Meger)

Defence
28 Christian - 4 Reimer
3 McCabe - 7 Sass
16 Schmidt - 2 King-Cunningham
32 Third

Forwards
29 Doucet - 27 Barlage - 8 Brook
17 Barnstable - 14 Culling - 12 Houk

9 Shindle - 23 Pearce - 11 Runke
22 Asham-Moroz - 21 Borysiuk

Scratches
G 31 Anders
D 20 Holoien
F 10 Davis - 18 Whyte - 19 Bjorklund

Manitoba
Goal
30 Thornton - (34 Hawryluk)

Defence
16 Hartje - 8 Toth
24 Wareham - 4 Malchuk
5 Casey - 25 Calder

Forwards
18 Hooker - 9 Thiessen - 17 Veloso
11 Ostir - 19 Arpin - 20 Apetagon
14 Zimmerman - 28 Behun - 21 Basarab
10 Paulhus - 12 Trimble - 13 Sutter

Scratches
G 1 Harkness - 35 Murphy
D 6 Fry - 27 Gottfried
F 23 Fawkes - 26 Boucher - 29 King

On paper, this was a much stronger Bison lineup than the one on Friday night. The shots ended at 31-31, which was a fair indication of the play. A pair of quick goals early in the 2nd gave Regina the cushion they needed. The same thing happened in the 3rd, with goals at almost identical times.

The Bisons finish the pre-season at 1-3-0 and Regina is even-Steven at 3-3-0.

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

N.A.I.T. OOKS 2
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 4

Links:
➤ NAIT: Schedule & Results
➤ UBC: Schedule & Results

This looks like a more normal score than Saturday’s whitewash. The T-irds finish the pre-season at 5-0-0, with a light strength of schedule.

VANCOUVER ISLAND MARINERS 1
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 5

Links:
➤ VIU: X/Twitter
➤ TWU: Team Website

Holy Trinity goes 3-0-0 on the weekend, with none of these games showing up on their schedule. They are 4-2-0 on the pre-season, but 0-2-0 against CW teams (i.e., UBC).

NEXT UP

Regular Season
Thu Sep 28 MacEwan at Calgary 7:00 MDT
Thu Sep 28 Saskatchewan at Manitoba 7:00 CDT
Fri Sep 29 Alberta at U.B.C. 7:00 PDT
Fri Sep 29 Calgary at MacEwan 7:00 MDT
Fri Sep 29 Regina at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT
Fri Sep 29 Saskatchewan at Manitoba 2:30 CDT
Sat Sep 30 Alberta at U.B.C. 3:00 PDT
Sat Sep 30 Regina at Mount Royal 5:00 MDT

OUT EAST

Exhibition
Sat Sep 23 R.M.C. 3 Western Ontario 7 (late report)
Sun Sep 24 Windsor 4 York 2
Thu Sep 28 Ontario Tech at Brock TBA
Fri Sep 29 Laurier at Windsor 6:00 EDT
Fri Sep 29 Ottawa at R.M.C. 7:00 EDT
Fri Sep 29 Brock at York 7:15 EDT
Sat Sep 30 Concordia at McGill 7:00 EDT
Sat Sep 30 Waterloo at Nipissing 3:30 EDT
Sat Sep 30 Western Ontario at Laurier TBA

Regular Season
Sun Oct 1 U.Q.T.R. at McGill 4:00 EST

Exhibition
Wed Sep 27 Dalhousie at Acadia 7:00 ADT
Sat Sep 30 U.P.E.I. at Dalhousie 2:00 ADT
Sat Sep 30 Saint Mary’s at St. F.X. 5:00 ADT

OUA-AUS Inter-Conference Games
Fri Sep 29 Toronto Metro at New Brunswick 7:00 ADT
Sat Sep 30 Toronto Metro at New Brunswick 5:00 ADT

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

OUT WEST

Fri Sep 29 Augustana at Portage College 7:00 MDT

Fri Sep 29 Vancouver Island at Alaska-Anchorage (NCAA) 7:00 AKDT
Sat Sep 30 Vancouver Island at Alaska Fairbanks (NCAA) TBA
Sat Sep 30 Simon Fraser at Michigan (NCAA) 7:00 CDT

Regular Season
Sat Sep 30 Logan Lake at Okanagan 6:00 PDT

ACAC-BCIHL Inter-Conference Games
Fri Sep 29 Victoria at Concordia-Edmonton 7:00 MDT
Sat Sep 30 Victoria at Concordia-Edmonton 7:00 MDT

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