Local Sports

Patrick Marleau, forward for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, reached a significant milestone scoring his 500th NHL career goal. The goal came in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on February 2.

The Saskatchewan Hockey Association has just released the SaskFirst Rosters and schedules for midget and bantam male and the U16 and U18 female tournaments. The SaskFirst U16 and U18 female hockey tournament will be held in Regina on April 6 to 9.

Power Dodge Estevan Bruins defenceman Jake Heerspink found himself playing an unfamiliar role last weekend.

The Carlyle PureChem Cougars are in the midst of playoffs in the Big Six taking on Redvers in a best of five series, while they were recently stopped in their efforts by Ochapowace Thunder in the Senior “C” South Quarterfinal.

The Carlyle Curling Club hosted the 12 th Annual Oilmen’s Bonspiel on Feb. 9-12. The curling began Thursday evening and continued through until championship rounds were held on Sunday.

The 2017 Lafleche Open Bonspiel at the Lafleche Curling Club drew to a close on February 4, with all three event finals starting at the same time.

The Red Wings will host their annual spring camp on March 25 and 26.

The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs needed extra time to capture their third straight McLeod Series championship.

The Comp Eagles basketball teams will be heading to Estevan this week with a five-point lead in the historic McLeod Series, after Weyburn hosted the first set of games on Wednesday evening.

The Estevan Power Tech midget AA Panthers fought back from a mid-game one-goal deficit to beat the Parkland Lions 5-2 at Affinity Place on Sunday.