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After defeating Calgary to finish off their three-game homestand, the Saskatchewan Rush travelled to Colorado for their second game of the season against the Mammoth.

The Battlefords Stars had two games back-to-back on the Valentines Day weekend against the Tisdale Trojans.

In other action in the SPHL playoffs this weekend, Edam took a 2-0 series lead over Maymont with a 2-1 win on Friday. Mitch Wall and Brent Weber had the two Edam goals; Layken Heidt scored the lone goal for Maymont.

It was a wild first couple of minutes, and wild first period for that matter, at North Battleford Civic Centre Friday night between the Meota Combines and Radisson Wheatkings to begin their best of 5 SPHL playoff series.

The Battlefords Stars continue to dominate the rest of the SMAAAHL, winning two of three in February, after edging the Saskatoon Blazers 6-5. The black and white got off to a hot start, scoring two unanswered.

The Battlefords Beaver Blues hosted the Shellbrook Silvertips at Battleford Arena for game 1 of the SPHL playoffs.

(1) Hafford Hawks vs (8) Cut Knife Colts First game: Wednesday, Feb.

Skate Humboldt was busy over the weekend hosting a pair of skating events that ran from Feb. 5-7. Regional Invitational Competition The first event was the Regional Invitational Competition on Feb. 5 & 6 for the STARSkate skaters.

Kids in the community got to bowl with the Broncos on Feb. 3 & 4. The Humboldt Broncos participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Humboldt Bowl for Kids Sake, which was the kickoff for the Bowl for Kids Sake week, which runs from Feb. 8-14.

Another week, another couple of road losses for the Humboldt Broncos as they traveled to Northern Saskatchewan on Feb. 5 & 6 and returned home being outscored 13-3. The losses extended the Broncos’ road losing streak to 23 games.