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Weyburn Red Wings post back-to-back weekend wins

The Weyburn Red Wings have improved their record to four wins in a row, after winning both of their weekend games, including three players scoring hattricks.

WEYBURN - The Weyburn Red Wings have improved their record to four wins in a row, after winning both of their weekend games, including three players scoring hattricks.

Hosting Yorkton on Saturday night, the Red Wings came away the victors by the score of 6-4, including a hattrick for both Jaxson Ruthven and Ethan Dekay, and in a neutral-site game in Assiniboia, Weyburn defeated the Notre Dame Hounds 7-1, and Liam Fitzgerald had a hattrick.

In the home game, Ruthven was first on the board with a goal in the first period, assisted by Jerome Maharaj. The Terriers tied the game 13 seconds later, then made it 2-1 when former Red Wing Keenan Ingram scored in the second period.

Ruthven got his second goal of the night a minute later, assisted by Maharaj and Dallen Oxelgren, then Ethan Dekay scored, assisted by Ruthven and Simon Martin.

Yorkton tied the game again, then Ruthven completed his hattrick near the end of th second period, assisted by Martin and Maharaj once more.

Dekay scored twice more in the third period, both times assisted by Maharaj, and once by Ruthven and Martin.

Angelo Zol was in goal for the full 60 minutes, stopping 45 of the 49 shots made on net.

In the game held in Assiniboia, the first period was all Red Wings, with Liam Fitzgerald getting a hattrick, and the goal came from Dekay. In the second period, Jase McNichol, Max Chakrabarti and Drew Molde all scored, and Notre Dame scored the last goal of the period for their lone mark on the scoreboard.

Assists on the night included three by Lucas Schmid, and singles by Chakrabarti, Martin, McNichol, Dekay, Josh Karman, Oxelgren and Ryder Rommelaere.

Zol was again the goalie for the full game, making 31 saves on 32 shots on net.

The next action for the Red Wings will be a road trip, first stopping in Nipawin to take on the Hawks tonight, Oct. 16, and on to Flin Flon for a pair of weekend games on Oct. 18-19.

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