Weyburn Defeats Kindersley Twice Over Weekend

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Friday nights game:

It was a see-saw affair that either team could of won. I really liked Kindersleys compete level on Friday night as they gave the Sherwood's best Weyburn Red Wings a run for their money. Weyburn opened the scoring on the powerplay as Coltyn Sanderson potted his 20th of the season. Kindersley however would respond on a special moment for 2 Klipper forwards. First being Trent Hermary who netted his 1st as a Klipper against his former team, and secondly for Chase Nelson who was called up from the Regina Pat Canadians as he picked up his 1st SJHL point on a nice pass out in front to Hermary.

Early in the second period Wheaton King banged home his 4th of the season out in front on a mad scramble to give Kindersley the lead. You would have thought Kindersley would of had the extra jump after scoring the go ahead marker but instead Weyburn would pick their game up scoring three of their own to to take back the lead and go up by 2. Goals were from Pereira, Kmita and Willams. Former Klippers captain Jordon Hoffman would pick up assists on all 3 goals for Weyburn as they took a 4-2 lead to the dressing room after 40.

Kindersly came out with some jump in the 3rd period as Wheaton King would tally his 2nd of the game and team leading 27th point. King also had a multi goal game against Weyburn in their previous meeting. Shortly after Sanderson would add his 2nd of the game to restore the 2 goal lead for Weyburn. Despite being down by 2 Kindersley kept coming as they would draw a 5-3 powerplay. They pulled the net minder to make it a 6 on 3 attack but really looked dysfunctional in the process. Weyburn killed off the 5 on 3 but then took another penalty late as Johnson boarded Blatz down low in the corner. Daniels would bang home his 4th of the season out in front with 23 seconds left on the powerplay but it was little to late for the Klippers who were unable to tie things up with 23 seconds left in the hockey game. Really Kindersley gave Weyburn everything they had and it was a great hockey game that set things up nicely for the rematch on Sunday.

Sundays game:

Weyburn was coming off a loss out in Battlefords on Saturday and were playing their 3rd game in 3 nights. Kindersley on the other hand looked like they were going through a Sunday snooze session for the most part of Sundays game. It wasn't much of a game except for all the rough stuff in the 3rd period. Weyburn would score 3 times in the opening frame with 2 goals from Hoffman and 1 from Bruce. For Hoffman he now has 12 points in 4 games with Weyburn and was arguably their best player over the weekend. Bruce would add another to make it 4-0 Weyburn early in the 2nd period. It seems like they may have let their foot off the accelerator as Kindersley brought an intense game to the 3rd period. Trent Hermary broke the shutout bid for Teskey on a beautiful shot that went bar down from the high slot. That was the lone Kindersley marker as they would fall 4-1. Sparks however started to fly late in the 3rd as Morin and Sanderson squared off and then to wrap up the contest Kissick went with Kennelly. Morin landed a huge KO knockdown punch on Sanderson that knocked him to the ice. In terms of Kissick he went with Kennelly right as the final buzzer sounded. For Kissick that was his 2nd scrap of the game. Also back in the 2nd period Brett Blatz got booted from the contest for a check from behind which may lead to a suspension. In terms of the fights we may also see a few suspensions coming for both clubs. I will have to took a quick look over the SJHL rules in terms of the suspensions. It's safe to say these 2 clubs do not like each other no matter where each team sits in the standings. 

In terms of the Klippers they remain 6 points back of Notre Dame, but the Hounds have 3 games in hand. Kindersley will need to take care of business on home ice this weekend when they host Flin Flon Saturday and Sunday night.

Here is a picture courtesy of Kirk Verner from the Kindersley Clarion. He got a good shot of Bradley Buckingham's fight that took place in the 1st period last night against Schneider.