Saturday Early

The North American AAA Hockey Classic continued in Winnipeg last night with two more games. First off, Sask-Can ran their record to 2-0 with a 6-1 victory over the now 0-2 Northwest Thrashers. Adam Santoro and Brett Armstrong each scored twice for Sask-Can, while David Shephard chipped in with a goal and an assist. In the final game of the evening the Norman Icebears picked up their first win of the tournament, outscoring the Manitoba Lightning 8-5. Both teams are now 1-2. Aavory Wilkie picked up a 5 point night with 2 goals and 3 assists for Norman, while Aaron Beauchamp also had a 5 point night with 1 goal and 4 assists. For the Ligntning Adam Wowryk had a hat trick, he now had 5 goals in the tournament. Matthew Davis had a goal and 3 assists.

Action will continue today with four more games on the slate, concluding the round robin portion of the tournament. Pembina Valley and Sask-Can both play twice today and both have a 2-0 record. Pembina will play Sask-Can in the final game of the round robin which should decide who gets the first place finish in the round robin and a buy to the tournament final on Sunday. At this point it is looking like it will be Pembina and Sask-Can in the final though as Sask-Can have outscored their opposition 15-1 while Pembina has outscored theirs 15-5.

Standings
Sask-Can 2 0 0 4 15 1
Pembina Valley 2 0 0 4 15 5
Norman Icebears 1 2 0 2 11 22
Man Lightning 1 2 0 2 16 22
NW Thrashers 0 2 0 2 8 15

Tournament Leaders Top 15
Player GP G A PTS Team
Aaron Beauchamp 3 3 5 8 Norman
Adam Wowryk 3 5 1 6 Lightning
Taylor Fisher 2 2 4 6 Pembina Valley
Adam Santoro 2 4 1 5 Sask-Can
Chris Toupin 2 3 2 5 Pembina
David Sheppard 2 2 3 5 Sask-Can
Cody Young 2 2 3 5 Sask-Can
Aavory Wilkie 3 2 3 5 Norman
Matthew Davis 3 2 3 5 Lightning
Carter Amson 2 4 0 4 Sask-Can
Scott Gal 2 3 1 4 Pembina
Gordon Wasteste 3 3 1 4 Thrashers
Brett Smith 3 1 3 4 Lightning
Jack Lotscher 2 1 3 4 pembina
Devan Bertoia 2 1 3 4 Sask-Can