After nine games, the Battleford Beaver Blues and Maymont Settlers have the same record, they are 1-1 against each other and ultimately that means the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League is setting up for an exciting final month of the regular season.
The top two teams in the SPHL did battle Saturday in Battleford and after building up a 5-0 lead, the Beaver Blues held on to win 7-6.
Jon Kachur and Les Taylor scored in the first period for Battleford and Dustin Dmytryshyn, Kachur and Jeff Heck followed suit in the second period. Scott Swain finally got Maymont on the board, but shortly after that, Brent Salzl put the Beaver Blues up 6-1.
Cue the Maymont offence - Reegan Johnston and Byron Von Hagen scored for Maymont before the second was over and in the third, Kenton Albert and Kyle Litchenwald help make it a 6-5 game.
With less than four minutes left, Salzl scored to give his team some insurance, which they would need. Stacey Wandler scored for Maymont late in the third period but that was how the game ended. Mitch Hawtin earned the win for Battleford while Shane Chicoine and Mat Leitner split time for Maymont.
The other Saturday game featured Radisson beating Hafford 7-3. Dylan Yaremko and Andrew Peeyachew both scored twice for Radisson while Troy Rookes, Jonathan McIntosh and Kelly Cronin had the other goals.
Ryan Scheafer, Randy Fedler and Scott Lange scored for Hafford.
Hafford also lost 3-1 to Glaslyn Friday. Jordan Dymytryshyn scored two goals and Jesse Bannerman added one for Glaslyn. Patrick Gauthier had the lone Hafford goal. Cameron Simkins earned the win while Ryan Knapton was saddled with the loss.
The other Friday night game had Saulteaux edge Cut Knife 8-7. Blair Pewap had a hat trick for the Cut Knife Colts in the loss. Ashley Swiftwolfe, Kris Moccasin and Daniel Autet all had two goals for Saulteaux. Quentin Swiftwolfe and Shane Gopher had the other Saulteaux goals.
Jean Fauchon was in net for the win.
Wednesday, the Perdue Pirates moved to Biggar after their ice couldn't be used because of the recent warm weather. Radisson was in Biggar and the Perdue Pirates pulled out the 9-6 win.
The SPHL will be busy this week with two games Friday, three games Saturday, one Sunday, two Tuesday and another one Thursday.
