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Preview: Nov 8-9: MANITOBA at REGINA REGINA COUGARS (1-7-0, 2-10-0, OHT35 #33) MANITOBA BISONS (4-4-0, 5-7-2, OHT35 #12) Friday, Nov 8th at 7:00 pm at Regina Saturday, Nov 9th at 3:00 pm at Regina Live Links: ➤ Video: [CanadaWest.tv] ➤ Friday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] ➤ Saturday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] Manitoba Links: ➤ GoBisons: [Adam Henry and Alexis Anderson are Boston Pizza Bison Sports Athletes of the Week] ➤ GoBisons: [Disciplined play defines Sean Christensen, as he plays his fifth year] ➤ GoBisons: [WEEKEND PREVIEW: Women’s hockey at home, women’s volleyball, and more] ➤ Manitoban: [University of Manitoba Bisons should take penalty killing cue from Canada West opponents] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] Regina Links: ➤ UofR: [Men's Hockey Site] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] Other Links: ➤ USports: [Schedule/Links] ∞ [Standings] ➤ CW: [Home Page] ∞ [Schedule] ➤ LeagueStat: [Media Stats] After a bye week, the Herd is now off to Saskatchewan back-to-back weekends. First to meet the Banjo Cats in Regina, and next to face the Banjo Mutts in Saskatoon. Hopefully, the team will not be too grossed out by bad breath permeating from the stands and the general stench of the place. This has the makings of a trap weekend. Regina has had a bad start and have had a bye week to address what ails them. While they were overwhelmed by Calgary and MRU, they were quite respectable against Lethbridge and UBC. Meanwhile, the Bisons have split every series so far, including an exhibition series at home against these very Kittens. Last year, Regina beat the Bisons 3-out-of-4. However, in the three previous seasons the Bisons won 11-out-of-12. Overall, the Bisons have won 7 of the last 8 games played in Regina. A quick look at the stats pages shows Regina's problems. Their top scorer is Conner Chaulk (1-4-5), and second is Landon Peel (0-4-4). The rest of the roster has 3 points or fewer. In goal, they once again are using all three goaltenders due to the stress of playing in the Regina kitty litter. The Bisons are led by Adam Henry (4-5-9) and Keaton Jameson (1-8-9), part of a 5-way tie for 9th in conference scoring. In goal, Riley Lamb has taken the starting role and has been both busy and effective. His numbers are 4-2-0, .923 S%, 3.13 GAA. Jeremy Link got his first start last weekend, so it looks like he has jumped past Tyler Brown in the depth chart. ELSEWHERE IN THE CW ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (7-1-0, 13-3-0, OHT35 #3) CALGARY DINOSAURS (6-1-1, 12-2-2, OHT35 #2) Links: ➤ UofA: [Men's Hockey Site] ➤ UofC: [First-place Battle of Alberta hits the ice] The nation's feature match-up of the weekend comes from the heart of #Wexit Country. The Bedrock Boys got it going during the pre-season and have maintained the pace ever since. This is a home-and-home series, Friday in Calgary and Saturday in Edmontown. The Evil Monkeys and Dinos had some tight battles in pre-season, and I expect these games to be hard-fought as well. LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS (3-5-0, 3-8-1, OHT35 #23) MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (6-2-0, 9-4-1*, OHT35 #6) Links: ➤ UofL: [Pronghorns look to rebound in home-and-home series with the Cougars] ➤ MRU: [Men's Hockey Site] The Hørny Ønes have managed a few points here and there and are close enough to the middle of the standings to be confused with a playoff contender. I suspect they will falter a bit, and it could come in this home-and-home series. The Bluegars are a bit of surprise team thus far, moreso with others than with me. I liked their recruiting this year. OUT EAST ONTARIO Wed Nov 06 Ryerson 3 Nipissing 2 (so) Thu Nov 07 Waterloo 3 Brock 6 Thu Nov 07 W. Ontario 5 Guelph 4 Fri Nov 08 Laurier at Waterloo Fri Nov 08 York at RMC Fri Nov 08 Concordia at Lakehead Fri Nov 08 Carleton at McGill Fri Nov 08 Laurentian at UQTR Fri Nov 08 Toronto at Queen's Fri Nov 08 Windsor at Ontario Tech Sat Nov 09 Laurentian at UQTR Sat Nov 09 Windsor at Ontario Tech Sat Nov 09 Concordia at Lakehead Sat Nov 09 McGill at Ottawa Sat Nov 09 Toronto at RMC Sat Nov 09 W. Ontario at Laurier Sat Nov 09 Brock at Guelph Sat Nov 09 Ryerson at Queen's Sat Nov 09 York at Nipissing Sun Nov 10 Carleton at Ottawa ATLANTIC Wed Nov 06 Dalhousie 1 St. F.X. 3 Fri Nov 08 St. F.X. at UPEI Fri Nov 08 Acadia at Moncton Fri Nov 08 Saint Mary's at New Brunswick Sat Nov 09 Acadia at New Brunswick Sat Nov 09 Saint Mary's at Moncton Sat Nov 09 UPEI at Dalhousie Links: ➤ [USp Presto S&R] ➤ [OUA LS Daily] ➤ [AUS S&R]

Nov 2: Mutts Regaining Form SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4 U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3 (in overtime) Links: LeagueStat: [Summary] Boxscores: [CWHT] Stories: [rp @CW] The Mutts did not blow away the T-irds in this one, but a sweep against a decent side is a sign that the duelling banjos are now in synch with spoons and jugs in this hillbilly symphony. UBC jumped out to a 3-2 lead after one, and that was it for scoring until the 3rd. Backup Travis Child got the win for the Mutts whilst Rylan Toth got the loss. Shots were 29 each. OUT EAST AUS Sat Nov 02 St. F.X. 1 Saint Mary's 2 (ot) Sat Nov 02 UPEI 3 New Brunswick 6 OUA Sat Nov 02 Nipissing 4 Guelph 9 Sat Nov 02 Concordia 0 Carleton 2 Sat Nov 02 W. Ontario 3 Waterloo 2 Sat Nov 02 Laurentian 1 Toronto 7 Sat Nov 02 Ottawa at UQTR ppd Sat Nov 02 Queen's 4 McGill 7 Sat Nov 02 RMC 1 Ryerson 3 Sat Nov 02 Windsor 1 York 2 (so) Links: • [USp/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post NEXT UP Canada West Fri Nov 08 Lethbridge at Mount Royal Fri Nov 08 Alberta at Calgary Fri Nov 08 Manitoba at Regina Atlantic Wed Nov 06 Dalhousie at St. F.X. Ontario Sun Nov 03 Ontario Tech at Toronto Wed Nov 06 Ryerson at Nipissing Thu Nov 07 Waterloo at Brock Thu Nov 07 W. Ontario at Guelph

Nov 1: Bison Bye Week This was a CW bye week, except that Sask and UBC decided to play now, and study next weekend. Apparently the Mutts have to learn a lot of gazintas. SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4 U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 0 Links: LeagueStat: [Summary] Boxscores: [CWHT] Stories: [rp @CW] After a slow start the Banjo Mutts are looking more like themselves. Nowhere near as good as the 25-3-0 record last year, but way better than Regina. OUT EAST AUS Wed Oct 30 New Brunswick 4 Moncton 2 Wed Oct 30 Saint Mary's 4 St. F.X. 0 Fri Nov 01 St. F.X. 1 Acadia 4 Fri Nov 01 UPEI 3 Moncton 2 (ot) OUA Wed Oct 30 Ontario Tech 1 Brock 2 Fri Nov 01 Laurier 3 Waterloo 6 Fri Nov 01 Queen's 2 Carleton 3 Fri Nov 01 Windsor 2 W. Ontario 1 (ot) Fri Nov 01 RMC 2 Brock 8 Fri Nov 01 Nipissing 4 York 5 Fri Nov 01 Laurentian 1 Ryerson 2 Fri Nov 01 UQTR 1 Concordia 5 Links: • [USp/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post NEXT UP Canada West Sat Nov 02 Saskatchewan at UBC Atlantic Sat Nov 02 St. F.X. at Saint Mary's Sat Nov 02 UPEI at New Brunswick Ontario Sat Nov 02 Nipissing at Guelph Sat Nov 02 Concordia at Carleton Sat Nov 02 W. Ontario at Waterloo Sat Nov 02 Laurentian at Toronto Sat Nov 02 Ottawa at UQTR Sat Nov 02 Queen's at McGill Sat Nov 02 RMC at Ryerson Sat Nov 02 Windsor at York Sun Nov 03 Ontario Tech at Toronto

Oct 27: Four Series, Four Splits Ooops, I thought I posted this Sunday night. U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3 MANITOBA BISONS 1 Links: LeagueStat: [Summary] : [Report] CW Hockey Tech: [Summary] : [Report] : [Text] Boxscores: [USp/CIS] : [Coach's View] : [UofM] Stories: [UofM] : [rp @CW] : [UBC] This was a tight game, with few penalties, and in the end it took an empty-netter to leave the Bisons with their 4th straight series split of the season. At 4-4-0 they are now two points ahead of the T-irds, who are now 2-4-2. The Bisons gave rookie Jeremy Link his first start in net, and up fronty Tony Apetagon was in for Nico Labossiere. UBC also switched goaltenders, added a 20th player (Shaun Dosanjh), and shuffled their lines a fair bit. Here's the alignment: MANITOBA BISONS Goal 1 Link (30 Lamb) Defence 2 Henry 3 Christensen 4 Stanley 25 Skrumeda 5 Schioler 28 Pouteau Forwards 14 Keane 10 Skoleski 17 Veloso 22 Leipsic 12 Jameson 29 Wasylak 16 Tripp 9 Thiessen 15 Dalke 11 Carlson 20 Apetagon 19 Halvorson Scratches 6 Dyck 8 Barley 13 Labossiere 21 Harris 26 Leblanc 27 Doerksen 35 Brown U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS Goal 34 Toth (47 Dea) Defence 26 Carvalho 29 Smith 6 Dosanjh 13 Becker 40 Smart 43 Pouliot Forwards 14 Kryski 20 Glover 19 Sandhu 37 Clayton 25 Kehler 21 Greenwood 17 Vetterl 42 Popoff 16 Stratton 18 Orban 9 Michaud 22 Benjafield Scratches 7 Faith 10 Revel 39 Maquignaz 44 James Quick Summary 2nd 3:39 UBC Glover (4) ASST: Carvalho Sandhu 2nd 16:32 MAN Apetagon (1) ASST: Halvorsen 2nd 17:18 UBC Vetterl (1) ASST: Benjafield Smith 3rd 19:43 UBC Vetterl (2) ASST: Sandhu (EN) W: Toth (21 saves, 22 shots) L: Link (45 saves, 47 shots) Of note, each team had just one 1st period PP, and in the 2nd there were off-setting minors. It sure kept the game flowing. The 3rd period really flew by, though. Following a conference bye next week, the Bisons will have back-to-back weekends in Banjoland, first against Regina and then against Sask. Their next home action is against the Evil Monkeys on November 22nd and 23rd. OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD No other games in the land of #Wexit. OUT EAST OUA Sun Oct 27 RMC 4 Concordia 6 Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post NEXT UP Canada West Fri Nov 01 Saskatchewan at UBC Sat Nov 02 Saskatchewan at UBC Atlantic Wed Oct 30 New Brunswick at Moncton Wed Oct 30 Saint Mary's at St. F.X. - from Oct 11th Fri Nov 01 St. F.X. at Acadia Fri Nov 01 UPEI at Moncton Ontario Wed Oct 30 Ontario Tech at Brock Fri Nov 01 Laurier at Waterloo Fri Nov 01 Queen's at Carleton Fri Nov 01 Windsor at W. Ontario Fri Nov 01 RMC at Brock Fri Nov 01 Nipissing at York Fri Nov 01 Laurentian at Ryerson Fri Nov 01 UQTR at Concordia

Oct 26: Bisons Beat Birds Since the Bisons play Saturday/Sunday this weekend, this is a massive post to cover Friday and Saturday games. U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 2 MANITOBA BISONS 5 Links: LeagueStat: [Summary] : [Report] CW Hockey Tech: [Summary] : [Report] : [Text] Boxscores: [USp/CIS] : [Coach's View] : [UofM] Stories: [UofM] : [rp @CW] : [UBC] This was a tale of two games. In the first, the Bisons lambasted the T-irds and built a 4-0 lead. In the second, a steady parade of Bisons to the penalty box allowed UBC dominate the shot clock while scoring two goals. Here's how they lined up: MANITOBA BISONS Goal 30 Lamb (1 Link) Defence 2 Henry 3 Christensen 4 Stanley 25 Skrumeda 5 Schioler 28 Pouteau Forwards 14 Keane 10 Skoleski 17 Veloso 22 Leipsic 12 Jameson 29 Wasylak 16 Tripp 9 Thiessen 15 Dalke 11 Carlson 13 Labossiere 19 Halvorson Scratches 6 Dyck 8 Barley 20 Apetagon 21 Harris 26 Leblanc 27 Doerksen 35 Brown U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS Goal 47 Dea (34 Toth) Defence 40 Smart 43 Pouliot 13 Becker 29 Smith 26 Carvalho Forwards 17 Vetterl 42 Popoff 22 Benjafield 37 Clayton 20 Glover 19 Sandhu 14 Kryski 21 Greenwood 25 Kehler 18 Orban 9 Michaud 16 Stratton Scratches 6 Dosanjh 7 Faith 10 Revel 39 Maquignaz 44 James Quick Summary 1st 4:11 MAN Thiessen (2) ASST: Skrumeda (PP) 1st 9:27 MAN Keane (3) ASST: Wasylak Jameson 1st 13:48 MAN Henry (3) ASST: Wasylak 2nd 3:01 MAN Henry (4) ASST: Skoleski Jameson (PP) 2nd 5:41 UBC Popoff (2) Vetterl Smart (PP) 3rd 0:58 UBC Sandhu (3) ASST: Glover Popoff (4) (PP) 3rd 17:53 MAN Stanley (1) ASST: Leipsic (5) (EN) W: Lamb (40 saves, 42 shots) L: Dea (13 saves, 17 shots) The lineup switch for the Bisons was that Lucas Skrumeda, who had been playing centre, was back on the blueline. Mitchell Dyck came out, and Nico Labossiere filled the gap up front. The Bisons converted on two-out-of-three powerplays. UBC's attempted comeback was also based on powerplays, just that the two goals came on seven opportunities. Once the Bisons took their 4-0 lead, 7 of the 8 remaining penalties were to Bisons. The only UBC penalty came in an offsetting penalties situation. With the goaltending of Riley Lamb and a big lead, the Bisons never seemed panicked about the situation. The Bisons do not have a lot of veterans this year, but their three 5th year players are all doing a great job and are leading the team. Forward Jonah Wasylak had two assists and an imposing physical presence. Adam Henry had two goals, and with Sean Christensen formed a first line defence pair. The Bisons scored some nice goals on the night. Dylan Thiessen was set up by Skrumeda on a rare PP breakaway. Geordie Keane's goal was a tic-tac-toe set-up, Henry's first came from Wasylak's steal on Dea's mishandled play behind the net, and Henry's second was a traditional blast from the blueline on a powerplay. Matthew Stanley's empty-netter was about a 195-foot curling shot. The win boosts the Bisons to 4-3-0, their first time over .500 since they won their opening game. UBC is now 1-4-2. The rematch goes Sunday at 2:00 p.m. OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD Friday MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 6 REGINA COUGARS 1 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT Stories: rp @CW Andrew Fyten scored twice and Wyatt Hoflin stopped 12 of 13 shots to pace the Bluegars to an easy win in this one. Dawson MacAuley stopped 24 of 30 in defeat. Saturday MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5 REGINA COUGARS 3 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT Stories: rp @CW This was also a tale of two games. In the 1st period, the Bluegars outshot the Banjocats 18-1 and built a 2-0 lead. The rest of the way, Regina was competitive in outshooting MRU 19-17 and scoring 3 goals each. The final MRU goal was an empty-netter. One note: If you were stuck in the popcorn line in the 2nd intermission you may have missed three goals. With MRU holding a 3-1 lead, Regina scored after 7 seconds of the 3rd. MRU scored 12 seconds later, and Regina scored again in 20 seconds. Riley Morris got the win (17 saves on 20 shots) and Brandon Holtby took another loss (30 saves on 34 shots). The Bluegars are now 6-2-0 and the Banjocats fall to 1-7-0. Friday CALGARY DINOSAURS 2 SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 3 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT Stories: rp @CW The Mutts answered the call in this tight affair. Had they lost, they would have been scrambling for a playoff berth. Taran Kozun got the win with 19 saves on 21 shots, and Matthew Greenfield stopped 24 of 27 in getting the loss. Saturday CALGARY DINOSAURS 3 SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2 (in overtime) Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT Stories: rp @CW Matt Alfaro's 7th and 8th goals of the season (including the overtime winner) led the way for the Dinos. Both teams stuck with their starting goaltender. Greenfield stopped 31 of 33 for the win, Kozun stopped 30 of 33 for the loss. The Mutts now hit .500 for the first time, at 3-3-2, and the Dinos are 6-1-1. Friday ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 9 LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 1 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT Stories: rp @CW This was bad. The Evil Monkeys are just way better than the Hørny Ønes. Shots were 68-19. There must be a serious Viagra shortage in Lethbridge, or perhaps an over-abundance of bananas in Edmontown. Brendan Burke stopped 18 of 19 for the win, and Taz Burman stopped 59 of 68 for the loss. Saturday ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2 LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 1 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT Stories: rp @CW Both sides switched goaltenders for this rematch. It seemed to do the Hørny Ønes some good. They held a 1-0 lead after one period. In the end, though, a valiant 55 save effort from Jack Burgart was not enough as he was tagged with a loss. Matt Berlin got the win for the Evil Monkeyswith 23 saves on 24 shots. The Apes now sit in first place with a 7-1-0 record. Lethbridge falls to 3-5-0 and are lone in 6th. OUT EAST AUS Fri Oct 25 Moncton 5 Dalhousie 4 Fri Oct 25 New Brunswick 2 St. F.X. 3 Fri Oct 25 Saint Mary's 8 Acadia 9 Sat Oct 26 Acadia 3 UPEI 2 Sat Oct 26 New Brunswick 6 Dalhousie 0 OUA Fri Oct 25 Ryerson 6 W. Ontario 2 Fri Oct 25 Toronto 7 Lakehead 4 Fri Oct 25 York 2 Windsor 3 (ot) Fri Oct 25 UQTR 4 Laurentian 1 Fri Oct 25 Carleton 3 Ontario Tech 1 Fri Oct 25 Nipissing 0 Queen's 1 Fri Oct 25 McGill 4 Ottawa 2 Sat Oct 26 UQTR 4 Laurentian 3 Sat Oct 26 Carleton 4 RMC 1 Sat Oct 26 Brock 6 Waterloo 0 Sat Oct 26 Toronto 3 Lakehead 1 Sat Oct 26 York 2 W. Ontario 6 Sat Oct 26 Guelph 2 Laurier 4 Sat Oct 26 Nipissing 1 Queen's 8 Sat Oct 26 Ottawa 2 Ontario Tech 5 Sat Oct 26 McGill 5 Concordia 2 Sat Oct 26 Ryerson 0 Windsor 1 (so) Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post NEXT UP Canada West Sun Oct 27 UBC at Manitoba Atlantic Wed Oct 30 New Brunswick at Moncton Wed Oct 30 Saint Mary's at St. F.X. - from Oct 11th Ontario Sun Oct 27 RMC at Concordia Wed Oct 30 Ontario Tech at Brock

Preview: Oct 26-27: UBC at MANITOBA U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (1-3-2, 3-5-3, OHT35 #25) MANITOBA BISONS (3-3-0, 4-6-2, OHT35 #12) Saturday, Oct 26th 7:00 p.m. at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg Sunday, Oct 27th at 2:00 p.m. at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg Live Links: ➤ Video: [CanadaWest.tv] ➤ Audio Saturday: [UMFM 101.5] ➤ Audio Sunday: [UMFM Second Stream] ➤ Saturday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] ➤ Sunday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] Manitoba Links: ➤ GoBisons: [Henry's extensive experience helping Bisons hockey in all areas] ➤ GoBisons: [WEEKEND PREVIEW: Women’s soccer playoffs, volleyball openers, football, and more] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] UBC Links: ➤ UBC: [Hockey ‘Birds off to Winnipeg to face Bisons] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] Other Links: ➤ USports: [Schedule/Links] ∞ [Standings] ∞ [Top 10] ➤ CW: [Home Page] ∞ [Schedule] ➤ LeagueStat: [Media Stats] The T-irds, being located out in British California, do not face much 0of their CW rivals in pre-season. Last year, they played none of their co-CWs and this year faced only the Evil Monkeys. Then they started the regular season where their first two opponents were those same Primates and the Bedrock Dinos. All three series saw them lose once in regulation and once in OT. Not great, but nevertheless respectable for a middle-of-the-road team. All-in-all, it made them difficult to rate. So then we got to last weekend and it was Tweety-Birds against Puddy-Tats. On home ice, a convincing sweep would have cast UBC in a favourable light. However, they needed the help of an umbrella-wielding little old lady to gain a split in a hard-fought series. Now the T-irds are coming to Friendly Manitoba to face the Bisons, the very embodiment of .500 hockey. The Bisons were 1-2-1 against the T-irds last year, and over the last four years both sides are 8-7-1 on the head-to-head scoreboard. One issue for the T-irds is injuries. This has happened before. Hockey in BC is not as rough and tumble as it is on the prairies. Therefore, my theory is that it requires some adjustment for them. The first thing I'll be checking is how many players they dress. Their second issue is between the pipes, where veteran Rylan Toth has hogged all the ice time. He is 1-2-2, 3.68 GAA, .883 S%. His CW career numbers are 12-16-4, 3.23 GAA, .898 S%. Those are mid-range CW numbers. Backup Patrick Dea lost his only start where he surrendered two goals. Last year he was 5-5-1, 3.71 GAA, .880 S%. The T-irds have no scorers in the Top 20. However, Quinn Benjafield and Carter Popoff both have 4 points, and Benjafield and Austin Glover each have 3 goals in 6 games. Meanwhile, the Bisons have three players inside the Top 20 and two more tied for 20th. Captain and defenceman Adam Henry (2-5-7) and Keaton Jameson (1-6-7) are in a 6-way tie for 10th, Jeremey Leipsic (2-4-6) is in a 4-way tie for 16th, and Colton Veloso and Geordie Keane (both 2-3-5) are in a massive tie for 20th. Keane is quite a story. He was on the team two years ago and dressed just four times, going pointless. After sitting out a season, he's working hard, grinding it out, and contributing decent offensive stats. Without a Bison game Friday night, I can focus on the other series via CanadaWest.tv. ELSEWHERE IN THE CW MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (4-2-0, 7-4-1, OHT35 #7) REGINA COUGARS (1-5-0, 2-8-0, OHT35 #33) Links: ➤ MRU: [Men's Hockey Site] ➤ Regina: [Men's Hockey Site] Who doesn't like a good Cougar fight? These games will not be arguments about spilled beer and one b**** putting the moves on another's boyfriend. They will be only about 2 points in the standings. Now the Bluegars are on the move, and the Banjocats are desperately trying to pick up whatever scraps they can. The Bluegars opened with a sweep of the Banjomutts, followed by splits with the Bisons and Evil Monkeys. In so doing, they have turned heads from coast-to-coast. On the other hand, Team Hillbilly has had it rough. They opened being blitzed by Bedrock U, and things looked dismal. Then came a sweep in Lethbridge, where they lost even with 41 shots on goal per game. But just when all looked lost, they posted a win at UBC last weekend en route to s hard-fought split. Players to watch? Well, Regina has no Top 20 scorers. Five players lead the team with 3 points each. Once again, they have three goaltenders trying to recover from shell-shock. Brandon Holtby has the best numbers, a respectable 1-2-0, 2.86 GAA, .912 S%. That could switch quickly. Rookie Curtis Meger is 0-1-0, 6.45, .839 S% and veteran Dawson MacAulay is 0-2-0, 9.47 GAA, and .750 S%. Yikes. Meanwhile, MRU has 5 of the Top 9 scorers and 6 of the Top 20. That says it all! CALGARY DINOSAURS (5-0-1, 11-1-2, OHT35 #2) SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (2-3-1, 3-4-1, OHT35 #16) Links: ➤ Sask: [Saskatchewan's 1980s men's hockey dynasty honoured] ➤ Calgary: [Men's Hockey Site] This is the series I will likely watch first on Friday night. A lot of people might be surprised with my pre-season pick to place Bedrock U ahead of the Banjomutts. But so far it has panned out. The Dinos played 8 non-conference games, and Sask just the two. Maybe it is just a case where Sask needs to catch up to the conditioning of the other teams. One note: Sask really dominated the Hørny Ønes last week. That doesn't make up for the way they were pushed around by MRU or Alberta, however. My feeling is that this series will be a TSN Turning Point for one team or the other. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (5-1-0, 11-3-0, OHT35 #3) LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS (3-3-0, 3-6-1, OHT35 #20) Links: ➤ Alberta: [Record 391 WHL Scholarships awarded to graduate players for fall academic semester] : [PDF] ➤ Lethbridge: [Repost of WHL Story] I have a hunch that this will be the weekend's roadkill series. The Hørny Ønes had a dismal pre-season but then managed to squeeze two points out of the Bisons, then racked up four more against Regina. Things were looking up. Was last weekend a sign they were crashing back to Earth? The Evil Monkeys generally take no pity in these situations. Both of these teams linked to WHL scholarship stories. It is always amazing to see how many players are included, and how many do not play for their school team. Lots of players also go to schools without teams. More detail is in the links. Here's the CW summary: Alberta – 39 Saskatchewan – 39 UBC – 30 Calgary – 25 Manitoba – 23 Mount Royal – 21 Regina – 21 Lethbridge – 19 Trinity – 5 MacEwan – 5 OUT EAST ONTARIO Wed Oct 23 Waterloo 5 Guelph 4 Thu Oct 24 Laurier 1 Brock 2 Fri Oct 25 Ryerson at W. Ontario Fri Oct 25 Toronto at Lakehead Fri Oct 25 York at Windsor Fri Oct 25 UQTR at Laurentian Fri Oct 25 Carleton at Ontario Tech Fri Oct 25 Nipissing at Queen's Fri Oct 25 McGill at Ottawa Sat Oct 26 UQTR at Laurentian Sat Oct 26 Carleton at RMC Sat Oct 26 Brock at Waterloo Sat Oct 26 Toronto at Lakehead Sat Oct 26 York at W. Ontario Sat Oct 26 Guelph at Laurier Sat Oct 26 Nipissing at Queen's Sat Oct 26 Ottawa at Ontario Tech Sat Oct 26 McGill at Concordia Sat Oct 26 Ryerson at Windsor Sun Oct 27 RMC at Concordia ATLANTIC Wed Oct 23 UPEI at Saint Mary's – postponed Fri Oct 25 Moncton at Dalhousie Fri Oct 25 New Brunswick at St. F.X. Fri Oct 25 Saint Mary's at Acadia Sat Oct 26 Acadia at UPEI Sat Oct 26 New Brunswick at Dalhousie Links: ➤ [USp Presto S&R] ➤ [OUA LS Daily] ➤ [AUS S&R]

Oct 19: Out-of-Town Scoreboard I posted after the Bison matinee was over, now it's time for the rest of the story .... OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 3 SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 8 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT : USP/CIS Stories: UofS : rp @CW : rp @UofL The Banjo Mutts picked apart the Horny Ones as best they could this weekend. This does not make up for the 0-3-1 start, but it sure goes a long way. A 28-game season vanishes quickly. Carson Stadnyk and Carter Folk each had two goals for Sask, and Taran Kozun stopped 19 of 22 shots for the win. At the other end, Nikolas Amundrud started but was yanked mid-way with 11 saves on 15 shots. Taz Burman mopped up with 20 saves on 24 shots. Despite the sweep, the Mutts remain 1 point (!) behind the Horny Ones, who are now 3-3-0. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3 MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 0 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT : USP/CIS Stories: MRU : rp @CW : rp @UofA My guess is the Evil Monkeys were feeling the pressure after losing their Friday night home game in this series. They are now 5-1-0 (2nd place) and the Bluegars fall to 4-2-0 (3rd place). Tyler Soy Boy scored twice for the Apes. Brendan Burke made 21 saves for the shutout victory. Wyatt Hoflin started again for MRU, and stopped 29 of 32. REGINA COUGARS 1 U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 4 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT : USP/CIS Stories: UBC : rp @CW : UofR Late Friday: UofR : USp/CIS Boxscore The T-irds needed a big 3rd period to put this one away. It was 1-1 after two, and a goal in the 1st minute of the 3rd set the stage. Rylan Toth stopped 29 of 30 shots for the win, and Brandon Holtby stopped 31 of 35 in taking the loss. UBC had 16 shots in the 3rd period. The wekend split gave each side their first win of the season. Every team in the CW has at least one win and one loss now. Next weekend the Birds come to town to face the Bisons in a Saturday night/Sunday afternoon double-header. OUT EAST AUS Sat Oct 19 Dalhousie 3 New Brunswick 4 (ot) Sat Oct 19 St. F.X. 3 Moncton 6 Sat Oct 19 UPEI 3 Acadia 4 OUA Sat Oct 19 Ontario Tech 5 RMC 2 Sat Oct 19 Brock 4 UQTR 7 Sat Oct 19 Guelph 4 Ottawa 5 (ot) Sat Oct 19 W. Ontario 2 Carleton 3 (ot) Sat Oct 19 Windsor 3 Lakehead 2 (ot) Sat Oct 19 Ryerson 5 Toronto 6 (ot) Sat Oct 19 Laurier 5 McGill 2 Sat Oct 19 Queen's 0 York 3 Sat Oct 19 Waterloo 3 Concordia 2 (ot) Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post NEXT UP Canada West Fri Oct 25 Mount Royal at Regina Fri Oct 25 Calgary at Saskatchewan Fri Oct 25 Alberta at Lethbridge Note: UBC at Manitoba on Sat and Sun Atlantic Wed Oct 23 UPEI at Saint Mary's Ontario Sun Oct 20 Nipissing at Cornell (NCAA) Wed Oct 23 Waterloo at Guelph Thu Oct 24 Laurier at Brock

Oct 19: Bisons Achieve a Split CALGARY DINOSAURS 3 MANITOBA BISONS 4 (in overtime) Links: LeagueStat: [Summary] : [Report] CW Hockey Tech: [Summary] : [Report] : [Text] Boxscores: [USP/CIS] : [Coach's View] : [UofM] Stories: [UofM] : [rp @CW] : [rp @UofC*] Well isn't that something. The Bisons end the Dinos' winning streak in hockey while simultaneously kicking the living crap out of them in football across the street. Here's how they lined up: MANITOBA BISONS Goal 30 Lamb (35 Brown) Defence 2 Henry 3 Christensen 4 Stanley 6 Dyck 5 Schioler 28 Pouteau Forwards 22 Leipsic 12 Jameson 29 Wasylak 14 Keane 10 Skoleski 17 Veloso 11 Carlson 25 Skrumeda 19 Halvorson 16 Tripp 9 Thiessen 15 Dalke Scratches 8 Barley 13 Labossiere 20 Apetagon 21 Harris 26 Leblanc 27 Doerksen 1 Link CALGARY DINOSAURS Goal 31 Salmond (1 Greenfield) Defence 29 Shearer 41 Khaira 44 Hines 7 Brown 2 Kearley 3 Gagnon Forwards 16 Alfaro 17 Gordon 11 Elder 23 Graham 21 L Fisher 22 Cook 18 Xavier 9 Black 26 Schoonbaert 39 Zablocki 24 Harrison 15 Vanstone Scratches 5 Henderson 10 R Fisher 27 Rauckman 28 Uhrich 30 Gutenberg 42 Gibson Quick Summary 1st 6:25 MB Jameson (1) ASST: Leipsic Wasylak 2nd 4:23 CD Alfaro (6) ASST: Black 2nd 11:36 CD Black (3) ASST: Xavier Gordon (PP) 3rd 7:43 MB Skoleski (1) ASST: Wasylak Skrumeda 3rd 9:21 CD L Fisher (2) ASST: Cook Graham 3rd 13:29 MB Henry (2) ASST: Thiessen 1st OT No Scoring 2nd OT 0:42 MB Skoleski (2) ASST: Henry Veloso W: Lamb (46 saves, 49 shots) L: Salmond (8 saves, 12 shots) The only roster change for the Bisons wass that Tyler Brown replaced Jeremy Link as backup goaltender. No biggie. The other change was Devon Skoleski and Lucas Skrumeda switching lines. Skoleski scored twice, including the winner on a 2-on-1 with Adam Henry in 3-on-3 overtime. Skoleski missed all of the games up until now, so it was nice to see him back in the lineup. Skrumeda was paired with Ryan Carlsom (also a converted defenceman) and Nathan Halvorson on an effective checking line. Despite the lop-sided shot clock on both nights, for all but about 15 minutes on Friday night, there was never more than a one-goal gap between the teams. The Bison goals were generally nice passing plays being converted. At the other end, Bedrock U must be concerned that possession and territory generates lots of mediocre shots. Usually when you see this many shots on goal, there are several periods where the game looks like a perpetual power play. Not the case here. However you look at it, the Bisons have 4 points in 4 games against what have been the hottest two teams in the CW. So this has to be the decent start they needed with such a roster laden with rookies. The Bisons host UBC next weekend on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Dinos are runnin' back to Saskatoon. OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 1 SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 5 (in progress - after two periods) Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT Seems like the Banjo Mutts got the wake-up call. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS - MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 7 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT This starts at 6:00 MT/7:00 CT. REGINA COUGARS 1 U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 1 (in progress - after two periods) Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT The T-irds cannot afford another home loss here against those danged Puddy Tats. OUT EAST AUS All night games OUA Ontario Tech 5 RMC 2 Brock 4 UQTR 7 Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post

Oct 18: Dinos Win and Cougar Surprises Steal Spotlight CALGARY DINOSAURS 5 MANITOBA BISONS 2 Links: LeagueStat: [Summary] : [Report] CW Hockey Tech: [Summary] : [Report] : [Text] Boxscores: [USP/CIS] : [Coach's View] : [UofM] Stories: [UofM] : [rp @CW] : [rp @UofC] The Bedrock Dinos showed why they're #1 in the OHT35. In short, the Bisons played pretty well but to beat the Dinos they will need the odd break and some big performances. A couple big, strong forwards would help as well. Here's how they lined up: MANITOBA BISONS Goal 30 Lamb (1 Link) Defence 2 Henry 3 Christensen 4 Stanley 6 Dyck 5 Schioler 28 Pouteau Forwards 29 Wasylak 12 Jameson 22 Leipsic 14 Keane 25 Skrumeda 17 Veloso 11 Carlson 10 Skoleski 19 Halvorson 16 Tripp 9 Thiessen 15 Dalke Scratches 8 Barley 13 Labossiere 20 Apetagon 21 Harris 26 Leblanc 27 Doerksen 35 Brown CALGARY DINOSAURS Goal 1 Greenfield (31 Salmond) Defence 44 Hines 7 Brown 29 Shearer 3 Gagnon 42 Gibson 41 Khaira Forwards 11 Elder 17 Gordon 16 Alfaro 23 Graham 21 L Fisher 22 Cook 39 Zablocki 15 Vanstone 24 Harrison 9 Black 18 Xavier 26 Schoonbaert Scratches 2 Kearley 5 Henderson 10 R Fisher 27 Rauckman 28 Uhrich 30 Gutenberg Quick Summary 1st 1:12 CD Gordon (2) ASST: Hines Vanstone 1st 8:00 MB Tripp (1) ASST: Dalke Thiessen 1st 8:44 MB Keane (2) ASST: Veloso Jameson (PP) 2nd 8:52 CD Elder (3) ASST: Alfaro Gordon 2nd 15:29 CD Elder (4) ASST: Gordon Alfaro 3rd 4:45 CD Cook (3) ASST: L Fisher (PP) 3rd 19:02 CD Elder (5) ASST: Gordon Shearer (PP) W: Greenfield (12 saves, 14 shots) L: Lamb (45 saves, 50 shots) The shots were 25-13 through two periods, and the score 3-2, both in favour of the Dinos. The Bison forwards did not manage a load of shots but did generate two high quality opportunities off passing plays, and two of those were converted. In the 3rd period the shots were 25-1 for the Dinos. The TSN Turning Point would have been the 4-2 goal. After that one, the Dinos locked down the Bisons. The rematch goes Saturday at 2:00 p.m. OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 0 SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 5 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT : USP/CIS Stories: UofS : rp @CW : UofL I know it's early, but this was a must-win for the Banjo Mutts. In fact, Saturday's rematch is also a must-win game. The threat of going from 25-3 to a cellar-dweller would not sit well in Hillbillyland. Carson Stadnyk led the way with 2 goals. Taran Kozun got the win with an 18 save shut-out. Taz Burman got the loss after being yanked in the 2nd period, stopping 13 of 16 shots. Nikolas Amundrud finished with 22 saves on 24 shots. MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 7 ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT : USP/CIS Stories: UofA : rp @CW : rp @MRU* Well this one will get the tongues wagging nation-wide. Like I said in pre-season, MRU recruited what they needed. I never pegged them to win 3 straight road games against Sask and Alberta, however. That Bison split last weekend sure looks good now, eh? The Evil Monkeys did rack up the shots, outshooting the Bluegars 39-28. Brendan Burke got the loss after a 1st period pulling when he stopped just 5 of 8 shots. Matt Berlin stopped 16 of 19 shots in relief. Wyatt Hoflin stopped 36 of 39 for the W. Connor Chartier scored twice for MRU, including a shorthanded penalty shot. MRU hosts Saturday's rematch. REGINA COUGARS 2 U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 1 Links: LeagueStat: Summary Boxscores: CWHT : USP/CIS* Stories: UBC : rp @CW : UofR* On a night when the Evil Monkeys lose at home, the game gets pipped for the title of upset-of-the-night when the previously winless Banjo Cats steal the spotlight. The Tweety-Birds warned that they thought they saw a dangerous puddy-tat but nobody listened. Chalk one up for the Felines! Brand Holtby got the win, with 38 saves on 39 shots. Patrick Dea stopped 23 of 25 in defeat. OUT EAST AUS St. F.X. 3 UNB 6 Saint Mary's 8 UPEI 2 Dalhousie 3 Moncton 2 (OT) OUA Ontario Tech 5 RMC 2 Guelph 3 Carleton 2 Windsor 5 Lakehead 3 Waterloo 1 McGill 6 Brock 3 UQTR 4 (OT) Ryerson 2 York 1 Laurier 5 Concordia 6 Nipissing 4 Laurentian 3 W. Ontario 7 Ottawa 2 Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post

Preview: Oct 18-19: CALGARY at MANITOBA CALGARY DINOSAURS (4-0-0, 10-1-1, OHT35 #1) MANITOBA BISONS (2-2-0, 3-5-2, OHT35 #13) Friday, Oct 18th at 7:00 CT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg Saturday, Oct 19th at 2:00 CT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg Live Links: ➤ Video: [CanadaWest.tv] ➤ Audio: [UMFM 2nd stream] ➤ Friday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] ➤ Saturday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] Manitoba Links: ➤ GoBisons: [Wasylak's gritty game a perfect recipe for Bisons] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] Calgary Links: ➤ GoDinos: [Unbeaten Dinos head to Winnipeg] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] Other Links: ➤ USports: [Schedule/Links] ∞ [Standings] ➤ CW: [Home Page] ∞ [Schedule] ➤ CW: [CW-WHL 3 Stars Video] ➤ LeagueStat: [Media Stats] In the Town of Bedrock the Dinos are off to the best start of any team in U-Hockey. They have swept Regina (now 0-4-0) and UBC (now 0-2-2). While the Bisons are 2-2-0, their opponents are both now 3-1-0 with, naturally, their only losses coming against the Bisons. Last year, the Bisons held their own against the Dinos, going 2-2-0. Over the last 4 years, the Bisons are 9-6-1 against Calgary. The Dinos have 6 players at or above a point-per-game pace: Matt Alfaro (5-4-9), Graham Black (2-6-8), Jordan Xavier (2-4-6), Ryan Gagnon (0-6-6), Coda Gordon (1-4-5), and Kaden Elder (2-2-4), all of whom are in the CW's top 20 scorers. Meanwhile, two Bisons are at that level: Adam Henry (1-5-6) and Jeremy Leipsic (2-3-5). Matthew Greenfield has started 3-of-4 for the Dinos and has impressive stats (3-0-0, .910 S%, 1.89 GAA). Meanwhile, Bison rookie Riley Lamb has taken over the starter's role and has impressive stats himself (2-1-0, .915 S%, 3.03 GAA). Last weekend, Josh Tripp dressed for his first games as a Bison. That leaves Devon Skoleski and Matthew Leblanc as the only players yet to dress. ELSEWHERE IN THE CW LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS (3-1-0, 3-4-1, OHT35 #14) SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (0-3-1, 1-4-1, OHT35 #23) Links: ➤ GoHorns: [Pronghorns look to keep rolling in Saskatoon] ➤ UofS: [PREVIEW: Huskies look to get back on track at home] The Hørny Ønes are likely satisfied with their record, whilst the Banjo Mutts are bewildered with theirs. I must say that the Mutts did not look bad against the Evil Monkeys last weekend, and they have played two strong teams. But let's face it – they lost twice at home to MRU and the Bisons just split on the road against MRU. The Mutts need 4 points here. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (4-0-0, 10-2-0, OHT35 #2) MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (3-1-0, 6-3-1 (tie), OHT35 #9) Links: ➤ MRU: [Men's Hockey Site] ➤ UofA: [Men's Hockey Site] The Bluegars are off to a nice start. However, in the last 4 years, the Evil Monkeys are 15-1-0 against MRU. And the Monkeyes aren't looking too shabby so far, either. This is a home-and-home series. Are MRU deserving of my praise? This series will go a long way in categorizing them. REGINA COUGARS (0-4-0, 1-7-0, OHT35 #35) U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (0-2-2, 3-5-3, OHT35 #18) Links: ➤ UofR: [Men's Hockey Site] ➤ UBC: [-Birds back home, look for breakout weekend against Cougars] Both sides are winless, true, but the T-irds cannot be criticized too much. They have played the top two teams in the OHT35, so 0-2-2 is not bad. The Banjo Cats have some room for optimism, since they recorded 41 shots in each game last weekend. Both sides are desperate for points. UBC holds a massive 13-3 edge over Regina in the last four years. OUT EAST ONTARIO Wed Oct 16 Ryerson 3 Guelph 6 Fri Oct 18 Ontario Tech at RMC Fri Oct 18 Guelph at Carleton Fri Oct 18 Windsor at Lakehead Fri Oct 18 Waterloo at McGill Fri Oct 18 Brock at UQTR Fri Oct 18 Ryerson at York Fri Oct 18 Laurier at Concordia Fri Oct 18 Nipissing at Laurentian Fri Oct 18 W. Ontario at Ottawa Sat Oct 19 Ontario Tech at RMC Sat Oct 19 Brock at UQTR Sat Oct 19 Guelph at Ottawa Sat Oct 19 W. Ontario at Carleton Sat Oct 19 Windsor at Lakehead Sat Oct 19 Ryerson at Toronto Sat Oct 19 Laurier at McGill Sat Oct 19 Queen's at York Sat Oct 19 Waterloo at Concordia Sun Oct 20 Nipissing at Cornell (NCAA) ATLANTIC Wed Oct 16 Acadia 4 Saint Mary's 2 Fri Oct 18 St. F.X. at New Brunswick Fri Oct 18 Saint Mary's at UPEI Fri Oct 18 Dalhousie at Moncton Sat Oct 19 Dalhousie at New Brunswick Sat Oct 19 St. F.X. at Moncton Sat Oct 19 UPEI at Acadia Links: ➤ [USp Presto S&R] ➤ [OUA LS Daily] ➤ [AUS S&R]

Sunday Morning Links Stories: rp @UofM Stories: UofA : rp @CW : rp @UofS These are the links that were not uploaded until Sunday morning.

Oct 12: Bisons Rebound for a Split The Bisons played in one of three matinees today. I'm not a big fan of Saturday afternoon games myself. Although I could see why the travelling team would much sooner play an earlier game. Now that each team has played one series at home and one on the road, here's how Saturday night went. MANITOBA BISONS 5 MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 4 Links: LeagueStat: [Summary] : [Report] CW Hockey Tech: [Summary] : [Report] : [Text] Boxscores: [USP/CIS] : [CW] : [Coach's View] Stories: [MRU] : [rp @CW] : [rp @UofM*] Late link: [Friday rp @UofM] A split on the road at MRU is probably going to be looked upon as a pretty good weekend for the vast majority of teams as this season wears on. This win gives the Herd consecutive splits (2-2-0) and is the first blemish on the Bluegars' record (3-1-0). The game was an oddity in that the Bluegars were running up the shot clock, however the Bisons were able to respond with odd-man rushes. As on Friday night, the teams swapped leads from time to time. However, the Bisons pulled ahead for good in the 2nd period, where they scored four goals, the last three unanswered, to take a 5-2 lead into the 3rd. The official stats say that the 3rd period shots were 17-1 in favour of MRU, which seems incorrect. In any event, MRU could draw back two goals but that was all. The Bisons were again upset with the officials. MRU had two 5-on-3 powerplays and in this one Jonah Wasylak got the 10 minute misconduct for arguing. In the end, MRU was 3-for-8 on the PP and the Bisons were 2-for-5. However, it must be noted that the first Bison goal came 2 seconds after a PP expired so it was basically generated by PP pressure. Riley Lamb got the win, and it appears that he has won the starter's job. He stopped 37 of 41 shots. Riley Morris suffered the loss with 6 saves on 11 shots through two periods. He was yanked in favour of Wyatt Hoflin in the 3rd period, and he stopped the lone shot credited. Quick Summary 1st 13:54 MC Lees (3) ASST: Kennedy (PP) 1st 19:30 MB Leipsic (2) ASST: Veloso Henry 2nd 0:23 MB Veloso (2) ASST: Keane Henry (PP) 2nd 6:26 MC Lindgren (5) ASST: Lees Chartier (PP) 2nd 8:35 MB Dalke (2) ASST: Thiessen Tripp 2nd 11:43 MB Carlson (2) ASST: Henry Halvorsen 2nd 14:46 MB Keane (1) ASST: Jameson Leipsic (PP) 3rd 0:12 MC Jensen (1) ASST: Richards Iverson 3rd 4:54 MC Lees (4) ASST: Rankin (PP) As you can see, Colton Veloso returned to the Bison lineup and found his way into the scoring stats. Next Friday the Bisons return home to face the Bedrock Dinos, whilst MRU will visit the Evil Monkeys. OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 4 CALGARY DINOSAURS 5 (in overtime) Links: LeagueStat: Summary : CWHT Boxscores: USP/CIS : CW Stories: UofC : rp @CW* : UBC The T-irds had a 4-1 lead 12 minutes into the 2nd period. Then Mr. Slate must have devised a comeback strategy. Once again, UBC had just 16 skaters and two goaltenders dressed. They were 4-for-5 on the PP! Matthew Greenfield stopped 24-of-28 for the win, and Rylan Toth stopped 32 -of-37 for the loss. The Bedrock Boys are now 4-0-0 and coming to Winnipeg next weekend. UBC is 0-2-2. However, they have played the two best teams (Alberta and Calgary). REGINA COUGARS 5 LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 7 Links: LeagueStat: Summary : CWHT Boxscores: USP/CIS : CW Stories: UofL : rp @CW : UofR The Banjo Cats once again recorded 41 shots yet lost. That's what happens when you fall behind 7-1 before mounting a comeback. Kyle Gordon scored twice for the Horny Ones. Taz Burman stopped 36-of-41 for the win. Regina again went through two goaltenders. Curtis Meger stopped 12-of-16 before being yanked in the early 2nd period. Brandon Holtby came on in to stop 8-of-11 and was tagged with the loss. Lethbridge is now doing better than expected, with a record of 3-1-0. At 0-4-0 Regina already has a lot of ground to make up in the 24 remaining games. SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2 ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3 (in overtime) Links: LeagueStat: Summary : CWHT Boxscores: USP/CIS* : CW* Stories: UofA* : rp @CW* : rp @UofS* As noted, lots of links have yet to be uploaded. I saw this as it was the only evening game. Sask played pretty well, as the overtime aspect would suggest. Nevertheless they are now 0-3-1. At least they are a point ahead of their provincial rival! The Evil Monkeys are 4-0-0. Matt Berlin stopped 24 of 26 shots for the win, and Taran Kozun stopped 34 of 37 for the loss. Fun Fact: Sask was 25-3-0 last year. They are now assured of a worse record after just four games. OUT EAST AUS Sat Oct 12 UQTR 5 W. Ontario 1 Sat Oct 12 Ottawa 4 Waterloo 2 Sat Oct 12 Carleton 4 Laurier 3 (ot) Sat Oct 12 Toronto 3 Ryerson 6 Sat Oct 12 Lakehead 4 Laurentian 3 (ot) Sat Oct 12 RMC 2 Nipissing 5 Sat Oct 12 McGill 1 Windsor 3 Sat Oct 12 Concordia 4 Ontario Tech 1 Sat Oct 12 York 1 Guelph 3 OUA Sat Oct 12 Saint Mary's 6 Dalhousie 2 Sat Oct 12 St. F.X. 4 Acadia 5 (ot) Sat Oct 12 New Brunswick 3 UPEI 2 Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post NEXT UP Canada West Fri Oct 18 Calgary at Manitoba Fri Oct 18 Regina at UBC Fri Oct 18 Lethbridge at Saskatchewan Fri Oct 18 Mount Royal at Alberta Atlantic Wed Oct 16 Acadia at Saint Mary's Fri Oct 18 St. F.X. at New Brunswick Fri Oct 18 Saint Mary's at UPEI Fri Oct 18 Dalhousie at Moncton Ontario Wed Oct 16 Ryerson at Guelph Fri Oct 18 Ontario Tech at RMC Fri Oct 18 Guelph at Carleton Fri Oct 18 Windsor at Lakehead Fri Oct 18 Waterloo at McGill Fri Oct 18 Brock at UQTR Fri Oct 18 Ryerson at York Fri Oct 18 Laurier at Concordia Fri Oct 18 Nipissing at Laurentian Fri Oct 18 W. Ontario at Ottawa

Oct 11: Bluegars Edge Bisons In the CW it was Hockey Night in Alberta as each series was hosted by an Alberta team. The Bison game was a nail-biter. The rest were not. MANITOBA BISONS 3 MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5 Links: LeagueStat: [Summary] : [Report] CW Hockey Tech: [Summary] : [Report] : [Text] Boxscores: [USP/CIS] : [CW] : [Coach's View] : [UofM] Stories: [MRU] : [rp @CW] : [rp @UofM*] Manitoba-MRU games used to be the hardest hitting games in Usports hockey. The sides got some smaller, quicker players and the games lost a little edge. However, tonight we got a bit of that back. The Bisons were down to 17 skaters and two goaltenders, so the injury bug is around. They had their usual starting 6 on defence, and Riley Lamb started in goal. A notable scratch up front was Colton Veloso. Quick Summary 1st 11:03 MC Lindgren (4) ASST: Iverson, Gerrie (PP) 2nd 2:05 MB Thiessen (1) ASST: Pouteau, Keane 2nd 5:45 MB Halvorsen (1) ASST: Leipsic, Jameson 2nd 9:00 MC Lipon (1) ASST: Zandee 2nd 14:53 MC Blake (1) ASST: Fyten, Rankin (PP) 2nd 18:32 MC Blake (2) ASST: Lindgren (PP) 3rd 3:16 MB Dalke (1) ASST: Henry, Thiessen 3rd 19:47 MC Zandee (1) ASST: Chartier, Fyten (ENG) So three rookie Bisons with their first goals accounted for all the scoring. Th e power plays were the difference. The Bluegars went 3-for-5 and the Bisons went 0-for-3. Riley Morris got the win with 24 saves on 27 shots. Riley Lamb took the loss with 34 saves on 38 shots. The rematch is a twi-nighter starting at 3:00 MT or 4:00 CT on Saturday. OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 1 ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5 Links: LeagueStat: Summary : CWHT Boxscores: USP/CIS : CW Stories: UofA : rp @CW : rp @UofS I watched the replay of this one after watching the Bison game. I am snowed in with a blizzard so I may as well stay up late and watch as many games as possible. The Evil Monkeys were by far the better team. The Mutts had some good stretches and are FAR from a weak team. But they seem like a run-of-the-mill CW team now. The Apes had five different scorers. Brendan Burke got the win with 27 saves/28 shots, and Travis Child got the loss with 35 saves/40 shots. U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 1 CALGARY DINOSAURS 4 Links: LeagueStat: Summary : CWHT Boxscores: USP/CIS : CW Stories: UofC : rp @CW : rp @UBC This was the most defensive game of the night. Bedrock U jumped out to a 3-0 1st period lead, then it was 4-1 after two. UBC then managed a paltry 3 shots in the 3rd period. Had they scored on every shot they had in the 3rd, they would have had a tie at best. The Dinos had four different goal-scorers. Matthew Greenfield stopped 19 of 20 for the win, and Rylan Toth stopped 15 of 19 for the loss. REGINA COUGARS 1 LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 4 Links: LeagueStat: Summary : CWHT Boxscores: USP/CIS : CW Stories: UofL : rp @CW : UofR At first this looks like a convincing win for the Hørny Ønes. However, the Kittens actually outshot them 41-31. To keep the theme of the night going, Lethbridge had four different goal scorers. Taz Burman stopped 40 of 41 for the win and Dawson MacAuley stopped just one of three shots he faced before being yanked after 4+ minutes of play. Brandon Holtby stopped 26 of 28 the rest of the way. OUT EAST AUS Fri Oct 11 UQTR 6 W. Ontario 3 Fri Oct 11 Carleton 5 Waterloo 4 (ot) Fri Oct 11 Ottawa 3 Laurier 1 Fri Oct 11 York 3 Brock 2 Fri Oct 11 Lakehead 3 Laurentian 5 Fri Oct 11 McGill 3 Windsor 1 Fri Oct 11 RMC 5 Nipissing 4 (so) Fri Oct 11 Concordia 0 Queen's 5 OUA Fri Oct 11 Saint Mary's at St. F.X. - changed to Wed Oct 30 Fri Oct 11 Moncton 0 New Brunswick 4 Fri Oct 11 Acadia 4 Dalhousie 1 Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post

Preview: Oct 11-12: MANITOBA at MRU MANITOBA BISONS (1-1-0, 2-4-2, OHT35 #17) MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (2-0-0, 5-2-1*, OHT35 #6) Oct 11th at 7:00 MT/8:00 CT at Calgary Oct 11th at 3:00 MT/4:00 CT at Calgary Live Links: ➤ Video: [CanadaWest.tv] ➤ Friday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] ➤ Saturday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] Manitoba Links: ➤ GoBisons: [Men's Hockey Site] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] Mount Royal Links: ➤ MRU: [Men's Hockey Site] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] Other Links: ➤ USports: [Schedule/Links] ∞ [Standings] ➤ CW: [Home Page] ∞ [Schedule] ➤ LeagueStat: [Media Stats] I already posted my look at the MRU roster a while back. Both sides were in the Excited States last week, and each picked up a point. The Bluegars had the more impressive pre-season and also managed a sweep of the Banjo Mutts in Saskatown to start the season. I picked them for #4 in the CW, myself. ELSEWHERE IN THE CW REGINA COUGARS (0-2-0, 1-5-0, OHT35 #35) LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS (1-1-0, 1-4-1, OHT35 #19) Links: ➤ UofR: [Men's Hockey Site] ➤ UofL: [Pronghorns hit home ice versus Cougars] OK, this is not the marquee matchup of the weekend. Hopefully, the games will be close at least. If one side could sweep this they would have a great bonus. SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (0-2-0, 1-3-0, OHT35 #22) ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (2-0-0, 8-2-0, OHT35 #2) Links: ➤ UofS: [Men's Hockey Site] ➤ UofA: [Bears upset top-ranked UMD Bulldogs] A year ago this match-up would have drawn attention from U-Hockey fans from coast-to-coast. Now people are wondering if the Evil Monkeys will torment their banjo-lovin' canine guests. U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (0-1-1, 3-4-2, OHT35 #15) CALGARY DINOSAURS (2-0-0, 8-1-1, OHT35 #1) Links: ➤ UBC: [‘Birds back in action to face familiar rival Dinos] ➤ UofC: [Dinos welcome T-Birds to FDB] This match-up is interesting because the Dinos have been off to such a great. UBC have been fair-to-middling. Their only CW opponent so far has been Alberta. They are 3-0-0 against lower leagues, 0-2-2 against the Monkeys, and 0-2-0 against the NCAA. Hard to gauge. OUT EAST ONTARIO Wed Oct 09 Queen's 2 Ontario Tech 3 Thu Oct 10 Guelph 5 Ryerson 2 Thu Oct 10 Toronto 1 Brock 5 Fri Oct 11 UQTR at W. Ontario Fri Oct 11 Carleton at Waterloo Fri Oct 11 Ottawa at Laurier Fri Oct 11 York at Brock Fri Oct 11 Lakehead at Laurentian Fri Oct 11 McGill at Windsor Fri Oct 11 RMC at Nipissing Fri Oct 11 Concordia at Queen's Sat Oct 12 UQTR at W. Ontario Sat Oct 12 Ottawa at Waterloo Sat Oct 12 Carleton at Laurier Sat Oct 12 Toronto at Ryerson Sat Oct 12 Lakehead at Laurentian Sat Oct 12 RMC at Nipissing Sat Oct 12 McGill at Windsor Sat Oct 12 Concordia at Ontario Tech Sat Oct 12 York at Guelph ATLANTIC Wed Oct 09 UPEI 4 Moncton 1 Fri Oct 11 Saint Mary's at St. F.X. Fri Oct 11 Moncton at New Brunswick Fri Oct 11 Acadia at Dalhousie Sat Oct 12 Saint Mary's at Dalhousie Sat Oct 12 St. F.X. at Acadia Sat Oct 12 New Brunswick at UPEI Links: ➤ [USp Presto S&R] ➤ [OUA LS Daily] ➤ [AUS S&R]

Oct 6-7: Bisons Lose a Shoot-out MANITOBA BISONS 3 NEBRASKA-OMAHA MAVERICKS 4 (in shoot-out) Links: Game Story: [UNO] Box Score: [UNO] : [USCHO] The Omaha game story describes the game as a 3-3 tie. However, after two overtime periods a shoot-out was held, and it went 1-0 in favour of Omaha. The Bison line-up was the same as for the UND game, except that goaltending duties were split between Tyler Brown and Jeremy Link. Brown gave up 3 goals on 16 shots, and Link stopped all 29 shots he faced (including the prolonged overtime). Brief Summary: 1st 07:54 MAN-1 Jameson (Dyck and Wasylak) 1st 12:54 UNO-1 Pulkkinen (Jones and Ward) 1st 17:19 UNO-2 Ward (Brushett and Pulkkinen) 2nd 04:27 UNO-3 Schuldt (Conley and Abate) 2nd 10:53 MAN-2 Skrumeda (Veloso) 3rd 13:23 MAN-3 Christensen 5th SO UNO-4 Ward The Bisons are at MRU on Friday and Saturday, and next host Calgary on 18th and 19th. OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 2 MINNESOTA GOPHERS 2 Links: Game Story: [UofM] Boxscore: [USCHO] : [UofM (pdf)] This was held on Sunday. MRU goes 0-1-1 on the weekend. MRU will host the Bisons on the weekend when conference play resumes. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2 ST. CLOUD STATE HUSKIES 4 Links: Game Story: [SCSU] Boxscore: [USCHO] : [SCSU] This loss gives the Monkeys a 1-1-0 record on the trip. Must seem strange to lose to Huskies! OUT EAST AUS - NCAA Exhibitions Sun Oct 06 New Brunswick 5 Boston College 0 OUA - NCAA Exhibitions Sat Oct 05 Ryerson 3 Niagara 4 (late result) Sun Oct 06 Brock 4 Quinnipiac 4 (ot) Sun Oct 06 Guelph 3 New Hampshire 4 Sun Oct 06 Ottawa 0 Penn State 5 Sun Oct 06 Waterloo 2 Ferris State 2 (ot) Sun Oct 06 W. Ontario 2 Ohio State 5 Sun Oct 06 Windsor 2 Michigan 8 Mon Oct 07 W. Ontario 1 Michigan State 6 Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] • [USCHO] • [College Hockey News] * indicates link not active as i post

Oct 5: Bisons Defeated at UND MANITOBA BISONS 1 NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS 5 Links: Game Story: UND Box Score: UND pdf : USCHO Colton Veloso gave the Bisons a 1-0 lead in the 1st period but from then on it was all UND. The USCHO link had the alignment for both teams. Here's the Bisons: Goal: Lamb (Brown) Defence: Henry - Christensen Stanley - Dyck Pouteau - Schioler Forwards: Tripp - Jameson - Wasylak Keane - Skrumeda - Veloso Barley - Thiessen - Dalke Carlson - Labossiere - Halvorsen Apetagon - Harris Which means that the scratches were: 1 Link 10 Skoleski 22 Leipsic 26 Leblanc 27 Doerksen The Bisons have Sunday off before facing the Omaha Mavericks on Monday night. OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 2 MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS 5 Links: Game Story: [MSU] Boxscore: [USCHO] : [MSU] MRU next faces the Minnesota Gophers on this mini-tour. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5 MINNESOTA-DULUTH BULLDOGS 3 Links: Game Story: [UMD] Boxscore: [USCHO] : [UMD] Next up for the Monkeys are the SCSU Huskies. Even in the States they can't get away from Mutts. OUT EAST AUS Sat Oct 05 Dalhousie 3 Saint Mary's 4 Sat Oct 05 Moncton 1 St. F.X. 6 NCAA Exhibitions Sat Oct 05 New Brunswick 2 Boston College 4 OUA Sat Oct 05 Nipissing 4 Ontario Tech 1 Sat Oct 05 York 3 Toronto 5 Sat Oct 05 Lakehead 3 Laurier 1 Sat Oct 05 McGill 2 Concordia 3 (ot) Sat Oct 05 Queen's 1 Laurentian 4 NCAA Exhibitions Sat Oct 05 Brock 3 Rensselaer 6 Sat Oct 05 Guelph 1 Vermont 6 Sat Oct 05 RMC 0 Clarkson 7 Sat Oct 05 Ryerson at Niagara - no report Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] • [USCHO] • [College Hockey News] * indicates link not active as i post

Preview: Oct 5-7: MANITOBA at NCAA MANITOBA BISONS (1-1-0, 2-3-1, OHT35 n/a) NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (0-0-0, 0-0-0, NCHC 4th) NEBRASKA-OMAHA MAVERICKS (0-0-0, 0-0-0, NCHC 7th) Saturday, Oct 5th at 7:00 CDT at The Ralph, Grand Forks Monday, Oct 7th at 7:00 CDT at Baxter Arena, Omaha Live Links: ➤ Video: [NCHC TV] ➤ Audio (Saturday): [KQHT Grand Forks] : [CHN Link] ➤ Audio (Monday): [Omaha On-line] ➤ Saturday: [UND S&R] ➤ Monday: [Sidearm Stats] Manitoba Links: ➤ The Manitoban: [Adam Henry talks new Canada West hockey season and Manitoba Bisons recruiting class] ➤ GoBisons: [Riley Lamb and Nicole Davis are Boston Pizza Bison Sports Athletes of the Week] ➤ GoBisons: [Bison Sports announce 129 student-athletes with U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian status for 2018-19] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] Host Links: ➤ Fightinghawks.com: [Notes: Homecoming weekend sees exhibition opener] ➤ OMavs.conm: [Men's Hockey Site] Other Links: ➤ USports: [Schedule/Links] ∞ [Standings] ➤ CW: [MHKY: Alberta tops preseason poll] ➤ CW: [Home Page] ∞ [Schedule] ➤ LeagueStat: [Media Stats] UND usually has a pile of links but darned if I can find them. Hopefully, one of the radio links works. ELSEWHERE IN THE CW Sat Oct 05 Alberta at Minnesota Duluth (NCAA) Sat Oct 05 Mount Royal at Minnesota State (NCAA) Sat Oct 05 Trinity Western (BCIHL) at Colorado College (NCAA) Sun Oct 06 Alberta at St. Cloud State (NCAA) Sun Oct 06 Mount Royal at Minnesota (NCAA) Sun Oct 06 Trinity Western (BCIHL) at Air Force (NCAA) Only ALberta, MRU, and TWU (who join next year) are involved in the NCAA games this year. NCAA links: College Hockey News: 2019‑20 Season Schedule/Results USCHO.com: Scoreboard | College Hockey | USCHO.com OUT EAST ONTARIO Wed Oct 02 Carleton 5 UQTR 4 (ot) Thu Oct 03 Ottawa 3 McGill 2 Thu Oct 03 Lakehead 0 Waterloo 6 Fri Oct 04 UQTR 2 RMC 3 Fri Oct 04 Guelph 2 Toronto 3 Fri Oct 04 Lakehead 3 Laurier 2 Fri Oct 04 Windsor 6 Brock 3 Fri Oct 04 Queen's 4 Laurentian 1 Fri Oct 04 Carleton 2 Concordia 0 Fri Oct 04 Nipissing 4 Ontario Tech 1 Sat Oct 05 Nipissing at Ontario Tech Sat Oct 05 York at Toronto Sat Oct 05 Lakehead at Laurier Sat Oct 05 McGill at Concordia Sat Oct 05 Queen's at Laurentian Sat Oct 05 Brock at Rensselaer (NCAA) Sat Oct 05 Guelph at Vermont (NCAA) Sat Oct 05 RMC at Clarkson (NCAA) Sat Oct 05 Ryerson at Niagara (NCAA) Sun Oct 06 Brock at Quinnipiac (NCAA) Sun Oct 06 Guelph at New Hampshire (NCAA) Sun Oct 06 Ottawa at Penn State (NCAA) Sun Oct 06 Waterloo at Ferris State (NCAA) Sun Oct 06 W. Ontario at Ohio State (NCAA) Sun Oct 06 Windsor at Michigan (NCAA) Mon Oct 07 W. Ontario at Michigan State (NCAA) ATLANTIC Fri Oct 04 Acadia 2 Dalhousie 1 Sat Oct 05 Dalhousie at Saint Mary's Sat Oct 05 Moncton at St. F.X. Sat Oct 05 New Brunswick at Boston College (NCAA) Sun Oct 06 New Brunswick at Maine (NCAA) Links: ➤ [USp Presto S&R] ➤ [OUA LS Daily] ➤ [AUS S&R]

Sept 29: Home Loss for a Weekend Split LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 5 MANITOBA BISONS 4 Links: LeagueStat: Summary/Scorer's Sheet/Text Box CWHT: Summary/Game Report/Text Box USports: Boxscore/Play-by-Play/Coach's View Story/box/video: UofM : rp @CW : rp @UofL I thought I posted this on Sunday night. But with this being a bye week I never noticed the omission until now. Here's how they lined up: MANITOBA BISONS Goal 35 Brown (30 Lamb) Defence 3 Christensen 2 Henry 6 Dyck 4 Stanley 5 Schioler 28 Pouteau Forwards 29 Wasylak 12 Jameson 22 Leipsic 14 Keane 25 Skrumeda 17 Veloso 11 Carlson 13 Labossiere 19 Halvorson 20 Apetagon 9 Thiessen 15 Dalke Scratches 8 Barley 10 Skoleski 16 Tripp 21 Harris 26 Leblanc 27 Doerksen 1 Link LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS Goal 35 Burman (33 Amundrud) Defence 5 Rayman 44 Wardley 19 Fisher 3 Valentine 2 Gatenby 25 Trott Forwards 8 Chynoweth 9 Sward 24 Coleman 20 Maxwell 6 Maxwell 21 White 14 Gordon 26 Clarke 18 Guenter 16 Gross 34 Mindus 27 Grant Scratches 4 Patrician 7 Jensen 11 King 12 Janke 17 Borynec 22 Roy 29 Burgart BRIEF SUMMARY 1st 1:16 UL White ASST: R Maxwell, B Maxwell 1st 2:33 UM Carlson ASST: Christensen, Halvorsen 1st 9:40 UM Veloso ASST: Keane 1st 17:15 UL Guenter ASST: Clarke, Gordon 2nd 6:23 UL Clarke ASST: Guenter, Valentine (PP) 2nd 8:41 UM Wasylak ASST: Henry, Schioler (PP) 2nd 11:17 UM Henry ASST: None 2nd 18:06 UL Gross ASST: Valentine, Gordon (PP) 3rd 0:47 UL B Maxwell ASST: Rayman (SH) An afternoon game after a night game sometimes produces an odd, offensive game. And this was one of those. The Bisons made two roster changes, starting Brown over Lamb in goal and Apetagon took over from Barley in the forwards. The Hørny Ønes shifted the defense pairings a bit but dressed the same 20 players. The penalties were ultimately the difference. Lethbridge was 2-for-6 on the PP and the Bisons broke even, going 1-for-5 and giving up a shorthanded goal. Each side also had a goal waived off. After each side had an early goal, the Bisons never got untracked once the penalties started kicking in. Veloso scored on a break-away mid-period. But within seconds of a PP ending, Guenter squeezed one under Brown's pads to tie the game. That save which somehow trickles through the pads seems to be Brown's problem area. It happened on this goal, the one waived off, and in the pre-season. The 2nd period saw Lethbridge take the lead on a point shot. Wasylak tied it on a one-timer to the top shelf, and Henry gave the Bisons on a scramble upon the end of a PP. A PP deflection allowed the Horns to tie the game at 4-4 after two. After being out-of-synch for two periods, the Bisons did get it together in the 3rd. But not until after a sloppy line change on a PP in the opening minute provided Maxwell and Lethbridge an opportunity to take the lead. This was the second such occurrence in the game. The CW has a bye week next. The Bisons are headed to the Excited States for some non-conference play. On Oct 11-12 the Bisons are on the Road against MRU. The next home series is Oct 18-19 against Calgary. OUT EAST OUA Exhibition Sun Sep 29 UQTR 1 McGill 4 Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post NEXT UP Canada West bye week Atlantic Fri Oct 04 Acadia at Dalhousie Ontario Wed Oct 02 Carleton at UQTR Thu Oct 03 Ottawa at McGill Thu Oct 03 Lakehead at Waterloo Fri Oct 04 UQTR at RMC Fri Oct 04 Guelph at Toronto Fri Oct 04 Lakehead at Laurier Fri Oct 04 Windsor at Brock Fri Oct 04 Queen's at Laurentian Fri Oct 04 Carleton at Concordia Fri Oct 04 Nipissing at Ontario Tech

Sept 28: Herd Starts with a Shut-Out LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 0 MANITOBA BISONS 2 Links: LeagueStat: Summary/Scorer's Sheet/Text Box CWHT: Summary/Game Report/Text Box USports: Boxscore/Play-by-Play/Coach's View* Story/box/video: UofM : rp @CW : rp @UofL So, after this game I tried staying away for an all-night viewing of Rugby World Cup from Japan. But, alas, I fell asleep before saving my post. So here it is as I watch the stream of Australia-Wales.The Bison recruits in goal and on defence were blue-chip this off-season, and it showed in their season opener. They outshot the Hørny Ønes 37-26 and had control of the game from the outset. When the Horns did get shots, they seldom were able to turn it into sustained pressure. It was generally a one-and-done situation. Riley Lamb posted the shut-out in his CW debut.On the offence, a pair of sophomores avoided the jinx. Jeremey Leipsic got his goal in the opening minute of the second period. Defenceman Mitchell Dyck got his first goal in the CW in the opening minute of the third. Jameson's line with Wasylak and Leipsic scored both goals.Here's how they lined up:MANITOBA BISONSGoal30 Lamb (35 Brown)Defence3 Christensen 2 Henry6 Dyck 4 Stanley5 Schioler 28 PouteauForwards29 Wasylak 12 Jameson 22 Leipsic14 Keane 25 Skrumeda 17 Veloso11 Carlson 13 Labossiere 19 Halvorson8 Barley 9 Thiessen 15 DalkeScratches10 Skoleski 16 Tripp 20 Apetagon21 Harris 26 Leblanc 27 Doerksen1 LinkNote: Former #18 Bradley Goethals is now off the roster. With Skrumeda and Carlson moved from defence to forward, the team now has 5 forwards scratched for each game. LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNSGoal35 Burman (33 Amundrud)Defence5 Rayman 44 Wardley19 Fisher 25 Trott2 Gatenby 3 ValentineForwards8 Chynoweth 9 Sward 24 oleman20 Maxwell 6 Maxwell 21 White16 Gross 34 Mindus 27 Grant14 Gordon 26 Clarke 18 GuenterScratches4 Patrician 7 Jensen 11 King12 Janke 17 Borynec 22 Roy29 BurgartBRIEF SUMMARY1st No Scoring2nd 0:31 UM Leipsic (1) ASST: Christensen(1), Jameson (1)3rd 0:53 UM Dyck (1) ASST: Jameson (2), Leipsic (1)The rematch goes Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the Wayne Fleming Arena on the U of M Campus.By the way, Lethbridge has a new uniform this year which is as dark as blue can be, almost black. I'll see if a good picture is available with my Sunday report.OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD CALGARY DINOSAURS 5 REGINA COUGARS 1 Links: LeagueStat: Summary/Scorer's Sheet/Text Box CWHT: Summary/Game Report/Text Box USports: Boxscore/Play-by-Play/Coach's View Story/box/video: UofR : rp @CW : rp @UofC Bedrock U is looking good so far. This was a battle of rookie goaltenders. The Dinos had Brodan Salmond (stopped 16 of 17) and the Banjo Cats had Curtis Meger (stopped 35 of 40). Matt Alfaro scored twice and added an assist for the Dinos, giving him 4 goals and 3 assists on a very productive weekend. MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 7 SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 2 Links: LeagueStat: Summary/Scorer's Sheet/Text Box CWHT: Summary/Game Report/Text Box USports: Boxscore/Play-by-Play/Coach's View Story/box/video: UofS : rp @CW : rp @MRU* The Banjo Mutts lost just 3 games last year. They could have that many this year before they sit down for crawdads and possum shanks for Thanksgiving. I called Sask to slip and MRU to rise, but this sweep and decisive scoreline is shocking. The shots were almost even (30-29 in favour of the Bluegars). The teams stuck with their starting goaltenders, and Riley Morris' 27 saves on 29 shots got him a “W”. For the Mangy Mutts, Taran Kozun stopped 18 of 24 and was yanked after that 6th goal. 2nd year backup Travis Child then stopped 5 of 6 shots. Leading the offence were Riley Lindgren (with a hattrick) and Chris Gerrie (with a pair). Of note, the Bluegars were 3-for-7 on the PP. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5 U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 0 (in overtime)Links: LeagueStat: Summary/Scorer's Sheet/Text Box CWHT: Summary/Game Report/Text Box USports: Boxscore/Play-by-Play/Coach's View Story/box/video: UBC : rp @CW : rp @UofA Matt Berlin, another rookie goaltender, made his debut with a shutout for the Evil Monkeys. This was a one-sided win, following Friday's overtime encounter. The Apes were led by Ryan Jevne and Trevor Cox, each with a goal and a pair of assists. Berlin made 20 saves for the win, and Rylan Toth stopped 33 of 38 shots in the loss. The T-irds line-up shows just 15 skaters and a goaltender dressed for the game.OUT EASTAUSSat Sep 28 UPEI 2 St. F.X. 9 Sat Sep 28 New Brunswick 4 Acadia 6 Sat Sep 28 Moncton 2 Saint Mary's 3 (ot) Note: The St. F.X. Jeremies are the only AUS team to win both games in week 1.OUA ExhibitionSat Sep 28 Concordia 3 Ryerson 2 Sat Sep 28 Guelph 4 Lakehead 3Sat Sep 28 Nipissing 4 Laurentian 3Sat Sep 28 Queen's 0 W. Ontario 4Sat Sep 28 RMC 4 Windsor 6Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i postNEXT UP Canada WestSun Sep 29 Lethbridge at ManitobaAtlanticFri Oct 04 Acadia at DalhousieOntarioSun Sep 29 UQTR at McGill (exhibition)Wed Oct 02 Carleton at UQTRThu Oct 03 Ottawa at McGillThu Oct 03 Lakehead at WaterlooFri Oct 04 UQTR at RMCFri Oct 04 Guelph at TorontoFri Oct 04 Lakehead at LaurierFri Oct 04 Windsor at BrockFri Oct 04 Queen's at LaurentianFri Oct 04 Carleton at ConcordiaFri Oct 04 Nipissing at Ontario Tech

Team Preview: Mount Royal Cougars Since the line-ups were released so close to the season, I lacked the time to do a team-by-team. So I am doing this every now and then, by the order in which the Bisons play each opponent. Now it is time to cover the MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS, aka “Bluegars”. Here's the roster: Goaltenders: 31 Kurtis Chapman - 1st – Victoria (BCHL) 33 Riley Morris - 2nd – Okotoks (AJHL) 35 Wyatt Hoflin - 4th – Kootenay (WHL) Defencemen: 3 Tyson Helgesen - 2nd – Spokane (WHL)/Hartford (AHL) 4 Taylor Green - 4th – Coquitlam (BCHL) 6 Allan MacPherson - 3rd – Calgary (AJHL) 7 Jesse Lees - 4th – Prince Albert (WHL) 8 Ralph Jarratt - 1st - Victoria (WHL) 16 Connor Blake - 1st - Grande Prairie (AJHL) 24 Kade Jensen - 2nd – Brandon/Victoria (WHL) 26 Riley Shamray - 1st – Dauphin (MJHL) Forwards: 2 Jamal Watson - 4th – Seattle/Swift Current (WHL) 9 Hunter Zandee - 3rd - Vernon (BCHL) 10 Nic Sicoly - 1st - Aberdeen (NAHL) 11 Andrew Fyten - 1st - Swift Current/Edmonton (WHL) 12 Mitch Lipon - 3rd - Whitecourt (AJHL) 13 Josh Bly - 3rd – Kindersley/Nipawin (SJHL) 14 Keegan Iverson - 1st – Lacombe (ACHW – redshirt after pro) 17 Ryley Lindgren - 2nd – Lethbridge/Swift Current (WHL) 18 Brad Kennedy - 3rd - Halifax (QMJHL)/Weeks (MJAHL) 19 Connor Chartier - 4th – Lacombe (ACHW – redshirt after OUA) 21 Sean Richards - 1st – Everett/Seattle (WHL) 22 Brandan Arnold - 2nd – Nipawin (SJHL) 23 Nolan Yaremko - 1st – Tri-City (WHL)/Stockton (AHL) 27 Connor Rankin - 5th – Norfolk (ECHL) 28 Chris Gerrie - 4th - Lacombe (ACHW) Departures: 8 Zack Henry F 10 David Stephens F 15 Colton Kroeker F 16 Austin Adamson F 20 Luke Simpson F 21 Kord Pankewicz F 27 Grant Baker D 31 Colin Cooper G Let's look at the arrivals and departures on a position-by-position basis, starting in goal. Cooper's best season was his first (2.30 GAA, .913 S%, 13-5-0) and his worst was his fourth (last year, 3.03 GAA, .904 S%, 2-5-0). In between, his save percentages were .899 and .884. Morris emerged as their starter last year, so this departure should not hurt too badly. Hoflin has become a career backup. This will be his 4th year in the CW, which followed 4 years in the WHL. Chapman's history is checkered. He's played on 8 teams in 6 leagues the last 4 years, including the WHL, BCHL, AJHL, SJHL, MJHL, and BCIHL. The defenceman they lost was, appropriately, defensive. Baker was 0-6-6 and a +6. He played all 28 games. So he's a loss. But with five returnees, the three replacements should be an upgrade. Jarratt had a solid career with Victoria (WHL) and Blake and Shamray were captains of their Junior A teams. Up front, they have lost Stephens, their leading scorer (7-16-23) and Kroeker, tied for second (6-16-22). Even though they have three “blue chip” recruits from the Dub, this loss will hurt them. One will notice that they have had quite a number of players coming their way after emerging from the purgatory of a season in Lacombe necessitated by the need to recover eligibility. This feature makes them somewhat of a “veteran” team. I have them picked as #4 this year. MRU at Elite Prospects MRU Team Roster

Saturday Morning Links Some stuff came in too late for my regular post. Here it is now ... MOUNT ROYAL v SASKATCHEWAN Late Links: Story/box/video: UofS : rp @CW : rp @MRU* ALBERTA v U.B.C. Late Links: Story/box/video: UBC : rp @CW : rp @UofA

Sept 28: Six CW Teams Start Regular Season Due to a football game between Canada's Team – the Hamilton Tiger-Cats – and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Bison home opener series was pushed back to Saturday/Sunday. I have updated the “Live Links” to reflect that the UMFM audio feed will be on the second stream both nights. Also, the links should be for Saturday and Sunday, rather than Friday and Saturday. The “Other Links” have added another story from the U of M and a series preview from the U of L. Live Links: ➤ Video: [CanadaWest.tv] ➤ Audio: [UMFM 2nd stream] ➤ Saturday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] ➤ Sunday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] Other Links: ➤ GoBisons: [WEEKEND PREVIEW: Men’s hockey opener, Bison Bowl at IG Field, and more] ➤ GoHorns: [New look Pronghorns open season in Winnipeg] OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD CALGARY DINOSAURS 8 REGINA COUGARS 1 Links: LeagueStat: Summary/Scorer's Sheet/Text Box CWHT: Summary/Game Report/Text Box USports: Boxscore/Play-by-Play/Coach's View Story/box/video: UofR : rp @CW : rp @UofC The Dinos had eight different scorers and outshot the Banjo Cats 37-19 to coast to a victory. Matthew Greenfield got the win and Dawson MacAuley took the loss. MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5 SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4 Links: LeagueStat: Summary/Scorer's Sheet/Text Box CWHT: Summary/Game Report/Text Box USports: Boxscore/Play-by-Play/Coach's View Story/box/video: UofS : rp @CW* : rp @MRU* This was close throughout but the Bluegars assumed control in the 3rd, outshooting the Banjo Mutts 11-5 to take the win. Riley Morris stopped 19 of 23 to claim the win and Taran Kozun stopped 26 of 31 to suffer defeat. Jesse Lees and Connor Rankin scored twice each for MRU. I had these teams pegged as #3 and #4 so a close game was expected. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 4 U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3 (in overtime) Links: LeagueStat: Summary/Scorer's Sheet/Text Box CWHT: Summary/Game Report/Text Box USports: Boxscore/Play-by-Play/Coach's View Story/box/video: UBC* : rp @CW* : rp @UofA* The British Californians held 2-0 and 3-1 leads but could not hold on. I was focused on the MRU-Sask encounter and then saw the end of this one. The Evil Monkeys seemed to be in charge when I was watching. Grayson Pawlenchuk scored the tying and winning goals. Brendan Burke stopped 19 of 22 to get the win and Rylan Toth stopped 34 of 38 for the T-irds. Each side had two PP goals on 4 attempts. OUT EAST AUS Fri Sep 27 Dalhousie 5 UPEI 4 (ot) Fri Sep 27 Moncton 5 Acadia 2 Fri Sep 27 New Brunswick 9 Saint Mary's 3 OUA (Exhibition) Fri Sep 27 Concordia 4 Ryerson 8 : [RU S&R] Fri Sep 27 Guelph 4 Lakehead 1 : [LS] Fri Sep 27 Laurier 4 York 0 : [LS] Fri Sep 27 Queen's 5 Waterloo 2 : [QU S&R] Fri Sep 27 RMC 1 Windsor 5 : [UofW Twitter] Fri Sep 27 Toronto 3 Ontario Tech 1 : [LS] Links: • [USP/CIS S&R] • [OUA LS Daily] • [AUS S&R] * indicates link not active as i post

Preview: Sept 28-29: LETHBRIDGE at MANITOBA LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS (0-0-0, 0-3-1, OHT35 n/a) MANITOBA BISONS (0-0-0, 1-2-1, OHT35 n/a) Saturday, Sept 28th at 7:00 CDT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg Sunday, Sept 29th at 2:00 CDT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg Live Links: ➤ Video: [CanadaWest.tv] ➤ Audio: [UMFM 101.5] ➤ Friday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] ➤ Saturday: [Live Stats] ∞ [Hockey Tech] Manitoba Links: ➤ GoBisons: [Bisons hockey drops the puck on Sept. 28] ➤ GoBisons: [SEASON PREVIEW: Vets and a deep recruiting class mix for Bisons men's hockey] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] Lethbridge Links: ➤ GoHorns: [Men's Hockey Site] ➤ Social: [Twitter] ∞ [Facebook] ➤ CW: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] ➤ LeagueStat: [Stats] ∞ [Schedule/Results/Links] Other Links: ➤ USports: [Schedule/Links] ∞ [Standings] ➤ CW: [MHKY: Alberta tops preseason poll] ➤ CW: [Home Page] ∞ [Schedule] ➤ LeagueStat: [Media Stats] The season is about to start for real! Instead of the usual Friday/Saturday double-header, this will be a Saturday/Sunday affair. The Bison opponent will be the Hørny Ønes, a team against whom the Bisons have played their worst games in recent years. Consider this: the Herd is 7-7-2 over the last four years against both the Evil Monkeys and the Hørny Ønes. This is as good a time as any to look at the new Lethbridge line-up: Goaltenders: 29 Jack Burgart - 4 - Bemidji State (NCAA) 33 Nikolas Amundrud - 1 - Rosetown (Sr AAA) 35 Taz Burman - 2 - Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL) Defencemen: 2 Danny Gatenby - 1 - Nanaimo (BCHL) 3 Dallas Valentine - 3 - Kamloops (WHL) 4 Joshua Patrician - 1 - Humboldt (SJHL) 5 Jeff Rayman - 3 - Vancouver (WHL) 7 Spenser Jensen - 5 - Moose Jaw (WHL) 19 Taylor Fisher - 3 - Selkirk (MJHL) 25 Cameron Trott - 3 - Alaska-Anchorage (NCAA)/ Vernon (BCHL) 44 Evan Wardley - 4 - Seattle (WHL) Forwards: 6 Russell Maxwell LW - 4 - Seattle (WHL) 8 Ryan Chynoweth LW - 4 - Lloydminster (AJHL) 9 Dalton Sward C - 5 - Vancouver (WHL) 11 George King RW - 1 - Melfort (SJHL) 12 Jared Janke C - 1 - Campbellton (MHL) 14 Kyle Gordon LW - 1 - Okotoks (AJHL) 16 Landon Gross LW - 2 - Olds (AJHL) 17 Josh Borynec LW - 1 - Melville (SJHL) 18 Owen Guenter RW - 1 - Humboldt (SJHL) 20 Brooks Maxwell C - 3 - Red Deer (WHL) 21 Torrin White RW - 4 - Langley (BCHL) 22 Jordan Roy LW - 2 - Fort McMurray (AJHL) 24 Luke Coleman LW - 1 - Calgary (WHL) 26 Michael Clarke C - 1 - Humboldt (SJHL) 27 Michael Grant RW - 2 - Nipawin (SJHL) 34 MacKenzie Mindus LW - 1 - Grand Falls (MHL) Departures: 4 Blake Orban D 11 Logan Mick LW 12 Sam McKecknie C 17 Clint Filbrandt D 19 Justin Valentino LW 25 Cameron Trott D 28 Derek Brown C 29 Garret Hughson G 33 Jonny Hogue G 34 Connor Sanvido C 47 Artsiom Kalashnikov F Like the Bisons, this is a huge recruiting class. On paper at least, it is a much weaker one. They have lost their top scorer (Valentino) and two more of their top ten (McKechnie and Sanvido). Filbrandt and Orban were the core of their defence. Hughson was their starting goaltender. They also lost AK-47! They have to pray that one or more goaltenders answers the call. Taz (back for his second season) had four WHL seasons and then finished in the BCHL. Amundrud's WHL career ended 4 years ago. Since then he has had two seasons in Junior A and one in Senior AAA. Burgart is transferring from Bemidji, where he played 3 games the last 3 years. The defence lost quality, but still has six returnees. The two Junior A recruits are a cut below the players they replace. Up front, the best recruits are Coleman and Clarke. Coleman has had 4 full seasons in the WHL and scored 20 goals last year. Clarke never played major junior, but did rack up the points in Junior A (28-43-71 in 57 games last year). All-in-all, I don't see the Hørny Ønes improving much if at all on their 20 points from a year ago. Their pre-season record would indicate this. They lost twice to Red Deer College of the ACAC (3-2 in overtime and 6-3) and two more times to Mount Royal (6-0 and 3-2). However, the CW coaches' poll (linked) has them tied with the Bisons in 7th. Here's the final vote total: 1. Alberta Golden Bears - 49 (7) 2. Saskatchewan Huskies - 41 3. Calgary Dinos - 36 (1) 4. UBC Thunderbirds - 29 5. Mount Royal Cougars - 28 6. Regina Cougars - 15 7. Lethbridge Pronghorns - 13 8. Manitoba Bisons – 13 My picks are: 1. Alberta 2. Calgary 3. Saskatchewan 4. Mount Royal 5. Manitoba 6. UBC 7. Regina 8. Lethbridge I will look at each team in the CW in the upcoming days to compelete the outlooks. ELSEWHERE IN THE CW MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (0-0-0, 3-1-0, OHT35 n/a) SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (0-0-0, 1-1-0, OHT35 n/a) Links: ➤ MRU: [Men's hockey 2019-20 season preview] ➤ UofS: [PREVIEW: Huskies open 2019-20 slate at home against Cougars] The Mutts finished first a year ago before losing the conference final to the Evil Monkeys. That still qualified them for the nationals where once again their only wins were against OUA teams. En route, they eliminated the Bluegars in the CW semi-finals. So this presents as a redemption weekend for the Bluegars. MRU had respectable pre-season results, a split against Bedrock U and a sweep of Lethbridge. Meanwhile, Sask played just two games, edging out Regina before being shutout by Alberta. CALGARY DINOSAURS (0-0-0, 6-1-1, OHT35 n/a) REGINA COUGARS (0-0-0, 1-3-0, OHT35 n/a) Links: ➤ UofC: [Curtain rises on 2019-20 season in Regina] ➤ UofR: [Cougars finish off preseason with road split at Manitoba] Bedrock U had a very good pre-season, in fact the best one in the CW in my opinion. They started by sweeping aside Red Deer College, then went on to win single games against Regina and Manitoba while gaining splits against MRU and Alberta. There is no doubt that Mr. Slate has put a lot of effort into getting the Dinos ready for the season with 8 games. If they want to finally break through into the Top Two they'll need a pair of wins in road series like this one. ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (0-0-0, 5-1-0, OHT35 n/a) U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (0-0-0, 3-3-1, OHT35 n/a) Links: ➤ UofA: [Golden Bears Hockey season preview] ➤ UBC: [T-Birds open Canada West season against defending champs] The Evil Monkeys lost a load of good players. However, they also had an impressive and bountiful set of recruits. Things took a turn, however, when newly recruited goaltender Griffen Outhouse signed an AHL deal with the Manitoba Moose. The Apes had three decisive wins in pre-season (6-2 over UBC, 6-1 over Manitoba, and 4-0 over Sask) and three close ones (two of which were OTWs). The T-irds' only two games against CW opposition were those two against Alberta. Otherwise, they won their games against BCIHL and ACAC teams whilst losing their games against NCAA teams. UBC was the last CW team to update their roster page, so I have not looked into their roster too much. However, I have noticed that they have been short-staffed in the pre-season, dressing as few as 15 skaters in some games. OUT EAST ONTARIO Exhibition Games Thu Sep 26 Laurier 1 Brock 2 : LeagueStat Thu Sep 26 Waterloo 7 W. Ontario 3 : UWO S&R Fri Sep 27 Concordia at Ryerson Fri Sep 27 Guelph at Lakehead Fri Sep 27 Laurier at York Fri Sep 27 Queen's v Waterloo (at London) Fri Sep 27 RMC at Windsor Fri Sep 27 Toronto at Ontario Tech Sat Sep 28 Concordia at Ryerson Sat Sep 28 Guelph at Lakehead Sat Sep 28 Nipissing at Laurentian Sat Sep 28 Queen's at W. Ontario Sat Sep 28 RMC at Windsor Sun Sep 29 UQTR at McGill ATLANTIC Regular Season: Wed Sep 25 St. F.X. 7 Dalhousie 6 (so) : AUS Boxscore Fri Sep 27 Dalhousie at UPEI Fri Sep 27 Moncton at Acadia Fri Sep 27 New Brunswick at Saint Mary's Sat Sep 28 UPEI at St. F.X. Sat Sep 28 New Brunswick at Acadia Sat Sep 28 Moncton at Saint Mary's Links: ➤ [USp Presto S&R] ➤ [OUA LS Daily] ➤ [AUS S&R]

Sept 21: Herd Hits the Win Column REGINA COUGARS 1 MANITOBA BISONS 2 Links: Summaries: LeagueStat : CW HockeyTech : UofM There were very few line-up changes, but the game had quite a different feel. The passing was better and it looked more "regular season" than Friday's game. Both sides dressed 19 skaters and two goaltenders. Here's the alignment: MANITOBA BISONS Goal 30 Lamb 1 Link Defence 6 Dyck 4 Stanley 3 Christensen 2 Henry 5 Schioler 28 Pouteau Forwards 29 Wasylak 12 Jameson 18 Goethals 14 Keane 17 Veloso 8 Barley 11 Carlson 9 Thiessen 15 Dalke 20 Apetagon 13 Labossiere 19 Halvorson 21 Harris Scratches 10 Skoleski 16 Tripp 22 Leipsic 25 Skrumeda 26 Leblanc 27 Doerksen 35 Brown REGINA COUGARS Goal 31 MacAuley (35 Meger) Defence 27 Riddle 4 Schacher 22 Eisler 24 Hicks 2 Hilsendager 7 King 10 Eskra Forwards 21 Kreklewich 14 Coughlin 11 Odelein 16 McCorrister 9 Chaulk 17 Ripplinger 20 Duperreault 29 Campbell 19 Platt 23 Miller 13 Frei 12 Mickoski Scratches 8 Anderson 18 Adams 28 Peel 30 Holtby 32 Barnstable After a scoreless first period, the Bisons opened scoring 41 seconds into the 2nd period when Geordie Keane cashed in a perfect assist from Keaton Jameson. After 13 minutes, newcomer defenceman Matthew Stanley made it 2-0 with a hard point shot. Turner Ripplinger broke the shutout 7 minutes into the 3rd on a passing play inside the slot. Riley Lamb stopped all 11 shots he faced to get the win, and Jeremy Link came on mid-way through and stopped 14 of the 15 shots he faced. Dawson MacAuley went the distance and took the loss, with 32 saves on 34 shots. It appears that the Bisons have been hit with a few injuries. Five players (Skoleski, Tripp, Leipsic, Leblanc, and Doerksen) never dressed for either game. Also, the team went with just 6 of their 9 defencemen actually playing on the blueline. 3rd year veteran Lukas Skrumeda played centre on Friday and last year's mid-season recruit Ryan Carlson played right wing both games. The last time the Bisons used defencemen as forwards on a regular basis they finished first! Up front, a massive influx of Junior A grads (even though very accomplished ones) will obviously experience some growing pains. Two players who did shine were Geordie Keane (who did not play last year and was a scratch most times the season before) and Nico Labossiere. Both had a nose for net. A lot of the others are playing nervous right now, which is understandable. Here's a weekend stat: The Bisons were 2-for-15 on the PP, Regina was 0-for-10. Thankfully, there were far fewer penalties on Saturday than on Friday. The Bisons are 1-2-1 in the pre-season, and Regina falls to 1-3-0. The Bisons will have two non-conference games down south during the conference bye week. Regina kicks off the regular season at home with a Friday-Saturday series against Calgary, whilst the Bisons host Lethbridge inn a Saturday-Sunday series. OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5 CALGARY DINOSAURS 4 (in overtime) Links: Summaries: LeagueStat : CW HockeyTech The Evil Monkeys trailed almost the whole game but in the end won it in OT. On the pre-season, Bedrock U falls to 6-1-1 and the Apes rise to 5-1-0. Cole Sanford led the Apes with 2 goals. Matt Berlin got the win with 20 saves on 24 shots, and Tyler Gutenberg got the loss with 18 saves on 23 shots. Not the greatest save percentages heading into the season. The Monkeys were also 3-for-7 on the PP. Both sides hit the road next weekend to start the regular season, Calgary going to Regina and Alberta to UBC. MACEWAN GRIFFINS 2 U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 4 Links: Summaries: LeagueStat : CW HockeyTech The Peter Griffins scored a pair of 3rd period goals, one in the last minute, to make the scoreline look respectable. UBC had four different scorers. Rylan Toth got the win, stopping all 16 shots he faced through two periods. Ben Maquignaz played the 3rd and stopped 2 of the 4 shots he faced. UBC finishes the pre-season at 3-3-1 and MacEwan falls to 1-3-0. Their next CW action will be about a year from now. MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 3 LETHBRIDGE PRONGHORNS 2 Links: UofL: S&R This was the only CW game not uploaded to the LeagueStats system. The Bluegars finish the pre-season at 3-1-0 and the Horny Ones fall to 0-3-1. OUT EAST AUS None INTERLOCKING Sat Sep 21 McGill 5 Acadia 4 (ot) : AUS Boxscore OUA Sat Sep 21 Brock 4 Guelph 5 (ot) : UG Twitter Sat Sep 21 Laurentian at Lakehead - cancelled Sat Sep 21 Laurier 3 Windsor 0 : LU S&R Sat Sep 21 Ontario Tech 5 Ryerson 3 : RU S&R Sat Sep 21 Toronto 5 Ottawa 3 : LeagueStat Sat Sep 21 UQTR 5 Concordia 2 : CU S&R UP NEXT CW Regular Season Fri/Sat Sep 27/28 Calgary at Regina Fri/Sat Sep 27/28 Mount Royal at Saskatchewan Fri/Sat Sep 27/28 Alberta at UBC Sat/Sun Sep 28/29 Lethbridge at Manitoba OUA Exhibition Thu Sep 26 Laurier at Brock Thu Sep 26 Waterloo at W. Ontario Fri Sep 27 Concordia at Ryerson Fri Sep 27 Guelph at Lakehead Fri Sep 27 Laurier at York Fri Sep 27 Queen's at W. Ontario* Fri Sep 27 RMC at Windsor Fri Sep 27 Toronto at Ontario Tech AUS Regular Season Wed Sep 25 St. F.X. at Dalhousie Fri Sep 27 Dalhousie at UPEI Fri Sep 27 Moncton at Acadia Fri Sep 27 New Brunswick at Saint Mary's

Sept 20: Shootout Loss on Friday Night REGINA COUGARS 4 MANITOBA BISONS 3 (in a shootout) Links: Summaries: LeagueStat : CW HockeyTech : UofM So I got to watch the pre-season home opener, caught my boy's friend's band, went home, got a cat nap, then started watching three Rugby World Cup games from Japan. Can I make it to 4:45 am when the All Blacks meet the Springboks? Might need another cat nap. The first news of the evening is the arena renovations. There was a smell of paint, large fans were at ice level to clear the fog from the glass (it rained immensely and we had very high humidity), the handicapped seating stickers were being applied as the game started, and the prices at the concession stand have suffered a major boost. But the upper deck was in place. I snapped a shot of the Ice signage due to finished before they open Saturday night. I snapped a picture from the upper deck. You can see the centre ice scaffolding which is still up. It's a nice view above the netting. You can't really see the boards beneath you from that vantage point. As for the game, the Bisons dressed 19 skaters. Here's the alignment: MANITOBA BISONS Goal 35 Brown (30 Lamb) Defence 3 Christensen 2 Henry 6 Dyck 4 Stanley 5 Schioler 28 Pouteau Forwards 14 Keane 25 Skrumeda 17 Veloso 29 Wasylak 12 Jameson 20 Apetagon 11 Carlson 9 Thiessen 15 Dalke 21 Harris 8 Barley 19 Halvorson 13 Labossiere Scratches 1 Link 10 Skoleski 16 Tripp 18 Goethals 22 Leipsic 26 Leblanc 27 Doerksen REGINA COUGARS Goal 35 Meger 30 Holtby Defence 22 Eisler 24 Hicks 2 Hilsendager 7 King 10 Eskra 28 Peel Forwards 23 Miller 13 Frei 12 Mickoski 20 Duperreault 11 Odelein 29 Campbell 27 Riddle 9 Chaulk 17 Ripplinger 21 Kreklewich 19 Platt 14 Coughlin Scratches 4 Schacher 8 Anderson 16 McCorrister 18 Adams 31 MacAuley 32 Barnstable Regina scored a soft one 3:40 into the game. Tristan Frei dribbled one underneath Tyler Brown's left pad. He'd like that one back. There was then no scoring until the 3rd period. Adam Henry pounced on a loose puck 7 minutes in to tie it. Then Jonah Wasylak tipped a point shot from Keaton Jameson to give the Herd their first lead 9 minutes in. The last 3 1/2 minutes saw a flurry of activity. Tanner Campbell tied the game when the Bisons vacated the d-zone to look for more goals, leaving a break-out opportunity for the Cougars. However Adam Henry restored the lead when he pinched in from the point to sink one in the open net. With the goalie pulled for an extra attacker, Regina evened the score again when Conner Chaulk converted a scramble. Neither the 4-on-4 nor the 3-on-3 produced a goal, and after 5 saves on the shootout, Chaulk scored the winner. Regina is now 1-2-0 and the Bisons are 0-2-1 in the pre-season. Rematch goes Saturday at 1:30 p.m. OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD CALGARY DINOSAURS 4 ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3 Links: Summaries: LeagueStat : CW HockeyTech The Dinos rolled into Edmontown and gave the Evil Monkeys their first loss of the pre-season. Bedrock U is now 6-1-0 and Alberta is 4-1-0. Luke Harrison led the Dinos with two goals, including the winner. Brodan Salmond got the win (32 stops ion 35 shots). Brendan Burke gave up two goals on five shots in the first period before being yanked. Matt Berlin stopped 21 of 23 shots to take the loss in relief. The teams head south for Saturday's rematch. MACEWAN GRIFFINS 1 U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 6 Links: Summaries: LeagueStat : CW HockeyTech The T-irds now have convincing wins over both of next year's newcomers. They are now 2-3-1. Of concern, UBC dressed just 15 skaters. Holy injury bug, Batman! Tyler Sandhu led the way with a hat-trick and Matt Revel scored a pair. Rylan Toth got the win with 15 saves. Marc-Olivier Daigle (a former Monkey from 2015-16 who never played) recorded a 28 save loss. The Peter Griffins are now 1-2-0. This series also continues Saturday. OUT EAST AUS Sep 20 Moncton 2 Acadia 8 : AUS Boxscore INTERLOCKING Fri Sep 20 McGill 2 Saint Mary's 3 : AUS Boxscore[/i] Fri Sep 20 New Brunswick at York - cancelled due to ice issues OUA Fri Sep 20 Laurier 3 W. Ontario 4 : UWO S&R Fri Sep 20 Queen's 1 Ryerson 4 : RU Story Fri Sep 20 Toronto 2 Carleton 4 : UT S&R UP NEXT Canada West: Sat Sep 21 Regina at Manitoba (1:30 CDT) Sat Sep 21 Alberta at Calgary Sat Sep 21 MacEwan (ACAC) at UBC Sat Sep 21 Mount Royal at Lethbridge OUA: Sat Sep 21 Brock v Guelph (at Port Dover) Sat Sep 21 Laurentian at Lakehead cancelled Sat Sep 21 Laurier at Windsor Sat Sep 21 Ontario Tech at Ryerson Sat Sep 21 Toronto at Ottawa Sat Sep 21 UQTR at Concordia Interlocking: Sat Sep 21 McGill at Acadia