SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN - It was another busy weekend in the Big Six Hockey League, with eight games on the schedule.
The Oxbow Huskies captured one of the top games of the weekend, a back-and-forth, 5-4 victory over the Moosomin Rangers.
Derek Cooney’s goal 5:45 into the third period proved to be the winner. Braden Brock, Kelby Widenmaier, Steven Henderson and Colton Schell had the Huskies’ other goals. Cody Levesque was in goal.
Bud Holloway scored twice for Moosomin, while Drayson Skulmoski and Monty Driver also had goals. Kyler Beckett was in net for the Rangers.
The Bienfait Coalers defeated the Arcola-Kisbey Combines 6-4. Daniel Wanner scored the winner 5:33 into the third period.
Kaelan Holt, Taysen Holt, Wyatt Garagan, Klae Bayda and Ryan Curzon were the Coalers’ other scorers.
Duane Hislop, Kaden Tuchscherer, Maverick Gusikoski and Austin Fleck scored for Arcola-Kisbey.
Colin Quennelle was the goalie for Bienfait, while Keegan Mitchell was the Combines’ netminder.
The Carnduff Red Devils beat the Kipling-Windthorst Oil Kings 5-3. Cole Barreth, Ben Hiltz, Nico Anderson, Matthew Plews and Devon Carriere had the Red Devils’ markers.
Drew Czerwonka had two goals for the Oil Kings, and Ty Kotylak also scored.
Cody Dumaine (Carnduff) and Dylan Dedecker (Kipling-Windthorst) were the goalies.
Three more games were played on Saturday. The Redvers Rockets trounced the Carlyle Cougars 9-1. Jon Gaudet opened the scoring for Carlyle 8:32 into the first period, but Kenton Miller tied the game 11 seconds later.
Presten Kopeck had three goals and two assists for Redvers, and Miller added two goals. Kevin Mann, Todd Gervais, Kelsey Kenler and Bradey Fidierchuk also scored for Redvers.
Ryan Kulyk and Zane Winter split the goaltending duties for Carlyle. Thomas Bauche was the Rockets’ goaltender.
The Wawota Flyers scored five times in the first period and four more in the second to defeat the Combines 9-2. Jesse Gabrielle had four goals and three assists for seven points, and Devin Stewart had three goals and three assists. Ayden Lawless and Degan Galbraith also scored.
Lucas Fleck had both goals for the Combines.
Kye Steinke was the goalie for the Flyers and Zac Eaton was the Combines’ netminder.
The Yellow Grass Wheat Kings shelled the Oil Kings 11-1. Zach Douglas and Brandt Hudson each scored twice for Yellow Grass, while Kyle Crozier, Dylan Frey, Andrew Hulbert, Dylan Frey, Judson Christopherson and Burke Johnstone also scored. Jesse Watson finished with four helpers.
Braeden Wozniak had the Oil Kings’ tally.
Nolan Bergen (Yellow Grass) and Winston Grayson (Kipling-Windthorst) were the goalies.
The Midale Mustangs edged the Carlyle Cougars 4-3 on Sunday. Connor Burk scored in the first period for Midale, and Tayler Thompson, Steven Lindenbach and Kendall Oliver tallied in the middle frame for a 4-0 advantage.
Jayden Hansen, Zach Brown and Dakota Rose had goals for Carlyle in a five-minute span of the third to make the game interesting.
Zane Winter (Carlyle) and Talen King (Midale) were the goalies.
The Rangers trounced the Flyers 10-4. Wawota had a 3-2 lead in the first period on goals by Devin Stewart, Brady Dinwoodie and Nolan Murray, but the Rangers took over from there.
Dylan Lamontagne had the other Wawota goal.
Bud Holloway had four goals and two assists for the Rangers. Carter Sewchuk had three goals, Drayson Skulmoski added two and Brayden Nabholz also scored.
Kye Steinke was in goal for Wawota, while Levi Horn was the Moosomin goalie.
Midale was slated to visit the Bienfait on Tuesday night. (Results were not available at press time).
Nine games are scheduled for next weekend. Games for Dec. 16 are Arcola-Kisbey at Kipling-Windthorst, Wawota at Redvers, Carlyle at Oxbow and Yellow Grass at Midale.
The following day, Oxbow will be at Midale, Carnduff will visit Yellow Gras, Kipling-Windthorst will visit Redvers and Carlyle be at Arcola-Kisbey. All games will start at 8 p.m., except for Oxbow at Midale, which starts at 6:30 p.m.
The Yellow Grass Wheat Kings will visit the Moosomin Rangers on Dec. 18 at 6 p.m.
