After their quest at a perfect regular season was stymied by the Unity Miners, the Wilkie Outlaws gained a measure of revenge at home Tuesday night over their closest rivals.
Thanks to an 8-4 victory over the Miners, the Outlaws wrapped up a three game sweep of their Saskatchewan West Hockey League semifinal series and continued their quest for a fourth straight league title in the process.
Having cruised to a clean sweep over the Luseland Mallards in the quarter-final round, the Outlaws continued their winning ways over a Miners side that had upset the Eatonia Huskies.
Brett Harrison led the way for the Outlaws on Tuesday with two goals and three assists, while Brock Harrison had a pair of goals and an assist.
Dustin Glackin, Lorne Griffiths, Reece Frenrich and Rory Gregoire also scored for the hosts, who split goaltending duties between Jered Herle and Curtis Sander.
Mark Ganter had two goals and an assist for the Miners, who also got goals from Behn Robertson and Cam Chalmers.
Goaltender Ryan Rewerts was busy all night long as he made 49 saves.
The Outlaws are now awaiting their opponent for the best-of-five league final, as the Macklin Mohawks and Kindersley Red Lions continued their semifinal series.
The Mohawks had a 2-1 series lead heading into Wednesday’s game in Kindersley, the outcome of which was not known as of press time.
A fifth and deciding contest is expected to take place this weekend in Macklin, though a date and time was still to be determined as of Wednesday morning.
Before the finals get underway, the Outlaws will be in action this weekend in a provincial Senior A series against the Hague Royals.
After opening up the best-of-three affair with a 4-2 win, the Outlaws can sweep aside the Royals in Hague Friday at 8:30 p.m.
A third game, if needed, would be held in Wilkie at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Five other teams in the SWHL are also still alive in their provincial playoff series.
The Red Lions, who are also playing in Senior A, trail the Lumsden Monarchs 1-0 in their best-of-three series.
They will look to stay alive on Friday night in an 8:30 p.m. battle in Lumsden.
If required, a third game would be held in Kindersley at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Biggar Nationals will begin their Senior B quarter-final series Friday on the road against the Beachy Bombers.
The second game in the total-goal series will be held Saturday in Biggar at 8 p.m.
In Senior C play, the Eatonia Huskies hold a 4-2 lead over the Gull Lake Greyhounds ahead of the second game in the total-goal series, which will be held in Gull Lake Saturday.
The Kerrobert Tigers will look to keep their lead intact in the second leg of their Senior C series with the Hafford Hawks Saturday, as they have a 7-5 advantage heading into their 6:30 p.m. clash in Hafford.
Finally, in the Senior D playoffs, the Luseland Mallards trail the Edam Three Stars 6-3 in their two-game total goal matchup.
The second leg of that series will take place in Luseland Sunday at 5 p.m.
