Saturday, November 26, 2011

Swift Current Bantam Tournament

The Swift Current Bantam "AA" tournament got underway yesterday with eight teams taking part.  Of the eight teams, there is one "AAA" team - Calgary Northstar Sabres.  Although the Northstar Sabres are sitting 4th in Challenger South with a 4-10-3 record, they have only allowed 9 more goals than they've scored.  We'll see just how good a team such as Melville is from Saskatchewan, who would have to be considered the best team from Saskatchewan their.  Also taking part in the tournament are:  Regina Hurricanes, Saskatoon Frostbite, Calgary NWCAA, Edmonton SSAC Alberta Sportswear AA, Notre Dame AA and Swift Current.

Day 1
Calgary Northstar Sabres 6 - Notre Dame AA Hounds 2
A pair of 98 born stars led the way for Calgary as Brayden Dunn scored 1-5-6 while Parker Aucoin 3-2-5.  Jordan Xavier the captain also picked up 3 points.  Jack Flaman anad Rhett Kingston scored for Notre Dame.

Swift Current 7 - SSAC AA 2
Tanner Nagal scored 3 goals for Swift Current in the win.  Team scoring leader Kole Lind was strong with 1-2-3.  For SSAC, Jake Donald had 1-1-2.  Donald has just 5 points in 17 league games in the ERBHL.  Ryan Gorodetsky had 20 pims and he has 32 this year in the ERBHL.

Melville 7 - Calgary NWCAA AA 6
Dakota Boutin had a huge game with 2-4-6 and Rykr Cole had 1-2-3.  For Calgary, Hayden Ursalak had 3-1-4.  He leads his AA council team with 7-7-14 in the regular season.  Cale Makar was said to be strong on Defense for Calgary.

Regina Hurricanes 4 - Saskatoon Frostbite 3
Dennan Blanchard had 1-2-3 to lead the way for the Regina Hurricanes.  Blanchard leads his team in scoring this year with 5-2-7 in 8 games.  Erik Fleishhacker had 2 goals for the Frostbite and Cam Hebig, the teams scoring leader with 2 assists.

Action continues today at 10:45 am in Swift Current. 

1 comment:

  1. Just curious why you would think Melville is the best Saskatchewan team at the tournament? Looking at the league they lost both contests between them and Swift this season!

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