The top of the Big Six Hockey League standings got a little more crowded last weekend.
The Wawota Flyers captured a big four points beating the Carnduff Red Devils 4-1 at the Wawota Community Forum on Jan. 6 thanks to two-goal performances by Ryan Taylor and Devin Stewart before the club knocked off the Midale Mustangs 9-4 at home the next evening. The two wins bring the Flyers record to 8-4-1, which is good for 17 points putting them just two back of the league-leading Red Devils and Bienfait Coalers.
The Red Devils (9-4-1) kept their top ranking intact by beating the Carlyle Cougars 4-2 at the Carlyle Sports Arena on Jan. 7. Carnduff's Trevor Geiger played a big part in the win by recording two second period goals as well as one more late in the third period.
The Cougars (2-11) entered the game against Carnduff 24 hours after losing a squeaker to the Mustangs (4-8-1) on the road. Down 3-0 shortly into the third period, Carlyle's Ben Johnstone helped lead his team back to within one on two quick markers, but that was as close as they would get.
The Yellow Grass Wheat Kings (7-4-3) also occupy a top-four spot in the standings thanks to a big 6-5 win over the Redvers Rockets (8-5) at the Redvers Rec Centre on Jan. 6. The Wheat Kings would have advanced into the third spot if not for a poor showing against the Oxbow Huskies (5-7) the next evening. After jumping out to a 3-1 lead after the first period, the Wheat Kings gave up three unanswered markers to Brycen Mayer and Brody Haygarth, with two, over the next 40 minutes.
The Rockets didn't fare any better in their second contest of the weekend losing 3-2 to the first place Bienfait Coalers (9-2-1) at the Bienfait Memorial Arena on Jan. 7. Coaler Riley Tetreault notched the game winner with 9:31 left in the third period, while Jackson Walliser picked up the win between the pipes.
This weekend is set to be another busy one in the Big Six Hockey League with all eight teams getting into action. The Coalers start things off with a trip to Yellow Grass to play the Wheat Kings on Thursday before heading home to face the Flyers on Friday.
The Cougars and Red Devils also have home games on Friday with the Huskies heading to Carlyle and the Rockets travelling to Carnduff. The Huskies then travel to Midale on Saturday for a date with the Mustangs, while the Red Devils hit the road on Sunday for an early evening tilt against the Flyers.
