The Battlefords Stars were in Tisdale for two games Friday and Saturday against the Tisdale Trojans in midget AAA play, but wound up on the short end of both.
They lost Friday’s contest 4-2, despite having a 2-1 lead through one period. Luke Fennig and Cale Tuer-Treble were the goal scorers in that game, but Tisdale tied in on the power play goal from Cade Hayes in the second and Skylar Olson got the game winner on the power play in the third.
Saturday’s contest saw Tisdale blank the Stars 4-0. Tanner Martin stopped all 20 Stars shots in the Trojans’ win. Next action for the Stars is home to Swift Current Saturday night and then again Sunday afternoon at the Civic Centre.
The Battlefords Sharks had the weekend off. Their next games are against the Saskatoon Stars on Saturday and Sunday on the road.
In midget AA play in the Centre Four league, the Battlefords Midget Barons now have a 6 win 3 loss record, having come off a 4-2 win Sunday at home to the Prince Albert Dairy Queen Chill.
Their next action is Friday night at the Civic Centre against Martensville.
The Battlefords Bantam AA Barons report they attended the Graham Tuer Bantam Challenge October 25-28 in Regina.
The Barons finished 3-2 and ultimately being eliminated by the Brandon Bantam AAA Wheat Kings in the B side semifinals. Goalie Ty Shumanski was named a second team all star for the tournament.
The Barons next action is Friday versus Melville at 8 p.m. and Saturday versus Saskatoon Stallions at 5:15 p.m., both games are at Battleford Arena
In senior action, the Sask West Hockey League opens its regular season with two games this Friday night. Luseland is at the Wilkie Outlaws and Biggar Nationals are at the Unity Miners.
There are already revisions to the schedule, as two teams have announced they are taking one-year leaves of absences from the league. The Eatonia Huskies made the announcement last week. A few days later the Kerrobert Tigers confirmed on Facebook that they would also not be icing a team.
On Facebook the Tigers issued a statement saying “it was not feasible to ice a team with the amount of committed players.” They still intend to do fundraisers and planning so the team can return next season.
