The second season of the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League officially started on the weekend with three games underway.
Three of the four new teams to the league were in action, as the Cut Knife Colts hosted the Perdue Pirates and Glaslyn made its debut in Saulteaux.
Both Cut Knife and Perdue feature young looking rosters, as Perdue battled to a 4-3 win in Cut Knife. Both Perdue goalies saw some action, as Aidan Kerslake and Patrick Weir played for the Pirates and Jeff Ebel led the scoring with two goals. Todd Dymytyshyn was in net for the Colts, while Mike Wismer, Blair Pewap and Kerry Frank scored for the home team.
Also Friday night, Saulteaux hosted Glaslyn. The Glaslyn North Stars skated to a win in their first game in the league.
The next night, Saulteaux hosted Radisson. The Wheat Kings skated away with a 12-8 win.
There are five games on the schedule this week, starting with Radisson in Cut Knife Tuesday, Perdue in Saulteaux Wednesday, Hafford in Saulteaux and Cut Knife in Battleford Friday and Maymont in Saulteaux Saturday.
In Battleford's home opener at 8 p.m. Friday, the Beaver Blues will retire Mike Whitwell's jersey, as he was a member of the Beaver Blues last season and former Cut Knife Colt.
