The Meota Combines continued to roll in Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League action over the weekend.
The Combines romped to an 11-3 win Friday night over the Spiritwood Timberwolves at the North Battleford Civic Centre, for their 11th win in a row — good for first place in the league standings.
Meota got things started with three unanswered goals to begin the first period. Michael Pylypow scored twice to give the Combines the early lead, and then Taylor Tatchell made it 3-0 with 3:19 left in the period. Shane Gopher's goal cut the margin to 3-1 with 12 seconds left and that was how it stood after one.
The period was also marked by a fight between Brody Tatchell of Meota and Nelson Peters of Spiritwood, both of them getting five minutes for fighting and game misconduct penalties.
The second period saw Brett Miller score 44 seconds into the frame, followed by a goal by Tyson Knight to make it 5-1.
Adam Fineday cut it to 5-2 but a goal from Aaron Cadrin made it 6-2 before another fight broke out, this time involving Sean Leniuk (Combines) and Patrick Robinson (Wolves).
Chance Henderson's goal made it 6-3 but that was as close as Spiritwood would get. Miller's second goal made it 7-3 to end period two, and then a goal by Pylypow and two more by Knight completed hat tricks for both.
A final marker by Aaron Cadrin with 2:28 left wrapped up another dominant win by Meota, who now move to a record of 11-2 on the SPHL season.
Meanwhile, the Battleford Beaver Blues earned themselves a road victory that same night against the Glaslyn North Stars by a 7-5 margin.
Dillon Friesen had two goals for the Blues. The others were scored by Jon Kachur, Scott Maunula, Brett Michnik, Mitch Mignault and Keegan Sparrow. Mitch Perkins scored twice in the losing cause for Glaslyn.
The home teams had better outcomes in the other Friday night action. Shellbrook took down the visiting Maymont Settlers 7-5, with Jason McComas with two goals and two assists for the Silvertips. Meanwhile the Hafford Hawks beat the Cut Knife Colts 2-1. Ryan Scheafer and Scott Thompson scored for Hafford, while Jamie Wuttunee notched the lone Colts marker.
Scores from Saturday saw Maymont beat Perdue in Maymont 8-5, Hafford winning on the road at Spiritwood 5-4 and Cut Knife all over the visiting Radisson Wheatkings 7-3. Seven different Colts players scored in that contest.
The weekend action concluded Sunday afternoon with Perdue hosting Shellbrook.
League action resumes Tuesday night as the Combines return to action in Maymont at 8 p.m., looking for win number 12 in a row.
The Radisson Wheatkings will host Hafford Wednesday night at 8:30 p.m., while the Battleford Beaver Blues are back at home Thursday, 8 p.m., against Cut Knife.
