The Carnduff Red Devils and Redvers Rockets have both taken 1-0 series leads in their best-of-five Big Six Hockey League semifinal series.
Redvers won 6-4 over the Bienfait Coalers Friday thanks to four power play goals. Craig Gaudet scored thee goals, and Brady Gaudet scored a pair. Brady Fiederchuk scored the other goal, with Drew Hoff adding three assists. Bienfait scored three themselves on the power play, with Tyler Spencer, Dylan Herzberg, Brennan Wrigley and Hunter Piche each scoring singles. Wyatt Garagan had a pair of assists.
Game 2 of that series will be Friday in Bienfait, while Redvers hosts Game 3. If necessary, Game 4 will be Tuesday in Bienfait and Game 5 will be March 9 in Redvers.
Sunday, Carnduff shut out the Wawota Flyers at Wawota. Brandon Trask led the way offensively for the Red Devils with a pair of first period goals. There were no goals until the third period, when Mark Moriarty scored twice. Adrien Rubeniuk recorded the goose egg for Carnduff.
Game 2 of that series is also scheduled for Friday in Carnduff, with Sundays Game 3 also set for Carnduff. Game 4 if necessary will be in Wawota Wednesday and Game 5 would be in Carnduff March 9 if it’s needed.
In the battle for provincial senior B level supremacy, Carnduff played the Odessa/Vibank Bruins, and won the two-game, total-goal series 12-6.
In the first game of their series last Friday, Carnduff won 5-4, Kody Martin scored two for the Red Devils and other goals for the team were scored by Cody Moore, Blake McMillen and Nico Anderson.
Odessa/Vibank won Game 2 7-2 on Tuesday night in Carnduff. The Bruins scored early in the first period to tie the game, but Matt Audette’s goal a few minutes later restored the Red Devils lead.
Audette, Jordan Miller and Brandon Trask scored in the second period to give the Red Devils a 4-1 advantage through two periods, and a four-goal lead in the series.
Anderson scored in the third to boost the Red Devils advantage, but the Bruins notched a goal less than a minute later. Goals by Shawn Gallant and Martin rounded out the scoring for Carnduff in the game and in the series.
