Wolverine Weekly

Wolverines  return from Christmas break lose three

After 16 days off the wolverines returned to action as they travelled to Swan River to take on the stampeders. The first period was a back and forth affair and it looked like both teams were a little sluggish from the long Christmas break.Wayway would get the scoring started early in the first as Cody Koskimaki would get his third goal of the year unassisted. The stamps would answer with two of their own but Ashley Howie would get his 16th and 17th goals of the year to take a 3-2 lead into the second. In the second not much would change. It appeared wayway would hold the 3-2 lead going into the 3rd but with ten seconds to go in the 2nd period  Justin Valentino would tie the game at 3-3. In the third wayway just couldn’t seem to get anything going and swan would score to early goals and coast to the 5-3 victory. With the win the stamps closed to within 4 points of the wolverines. Cory Simons(7-10) would stop 28 of 33 shots for the loss.

On Friday night wayway would travel to Dauphin to take on the first place kings. Wayway would get the first goal of the game as Zaine Walker would get his 5th goal of the year assists to Curtis Veitch. In the 2nd wayway would get a pp and at the 7:07 mark Ashley Howie would get his 18th goal of the year assist to Pierre Landry and Richard Little. The 2-0 lead lead would not last long though as dauphin would capitalize on app of their own to get the score to 2-1 heading into the 3rd. In the 3rd dauphin’s Jesse Sinatynski would get his 2nd goal of the game to tie it at 2-2. Dauphin would continue to pepper wolverines goaltender Cory Simons but he would hold the fort and force OT. In OT Dauphin’s Jesse Sinatynski would complete the hat trick with a 1:32 left in OT to earn the 3-2 win. Cory Simons(7-11) would be solid all night but take the loss stopping 38 of 41 shots and receive the games 2nd star.

Wayway would finish their road trip off on Sunday night as they would travel to neepawa to take on the natives. Wayway would once again get the games first goal on the pp as Brett Pinkerton would get his 18th goal of the year assist to Bobby Janzen and Pierre Landry. Neepawa would pop two in to finish off the period with a 2-1 lead. Neepawa would extend the lead to 3-1 as Rley Pace would get on past wolverines goaltender Cory Simons. Wayway would close the gap to 3-2 with another pp goal as Steven Duda would get his 4th of the year assists to Richard Little and Connor Pennell. In the 3rd wayway would pepper 24 shots at Natives goaltender Riley Feser but he would stand tall and stop all 24 shots to earn the 3-2 win.Wayway would outshoot neepawa 52-19 but would continue to struggle scoring goals. Cory Simons (7-12) would once again take the loss for wayway stopping 16 of 19 shots. A very disappointing start to the second half of the season registering only one point on the three game road trip.

In other news Shane Goodrunning would return back to the wolves lineup Sunday night against the natives. Wayway has aslo acquired a 92’ (D)Marty McFadden of Carman MB. From the Fort Frances Lakers of the SIJHL for future considerations.  The wolves losers of five straight have only a one point advantage on the Swan Valley Stampeders for the crucial 3rd place spot in the Sherwood division.Swan Valley has closed the gap on wayway but rattlin off three straight wins. Third is a crucial spot as it looks like the 5th place team Winnipeg Saints hold the crossover spot on swan and wayway as they lead wayway by ten points. So it appears that a wayway swan battle down the stretch will decide the playoff spot in the Sherwood.Wayway next home action is Wed. Jan 11 as they will take on the Winnipeg Saints followed by a home and home with the Swan Valley Stampeders on the 14th and 15th of January.

Wolves get back to work after eight days off

The Wolverines enjoyed and extended break of eight days off during the first week of Dec. It was back to work though on Fri. night as the wolves traveled to Neepawa to take on the Natives. The wolves get out to a sluggish start as you can imagine after eight days off and trail 1-0 after the 1st .In the 2nd Pierre Landry would get his fourth goal of the year on the pp and tie the game at 1-1.In the 3rd Ashley Howie would take things over for Wayway and get his 10th and 11th goals of the year and would finish the night with 2 goals and an assist and the games 1st star. Curtis Veith and Stephane Robidoux would each register two assists on the night. Cory Simons (6-7) would get the win for Wayway stopping 25 of 26 shots on the night.

The next night Wayway would welcome the Steinbach Pistons to town and once again they would give up the games first goal and head into the 1st intermission down 1-0.Ashley Howie would get Wayway going once again on the pp as he would notch his 12th goal of the season assists Pierre Landry and Connor Pennell.Steinbach would get the lead back a few minutes later on a pp of their own as Brett Fargher would get one past wolves goalie Cory Simons. The lead would not last long however as Russell Turner would get his 8th goal of the year assist to Stephane Robidoux. Nothing more would be decided in the 3rd or in overtime and the game would need a shootout. Bo Leonard and Brock Genyk would score for Steinbach and Bobby Janzen and Robidoux would miss for Wayway giving the pistons the 3-2 shootout win. Cory Simons (6-8) took the loss for Wayway stopping 20 of 22 shots.

On Tues and wed Wayway would welcome the blizzard to town for two games. Once again Wayway would start off slow and OCN would jump out to an early 3-0 1st period lead. In the 2nd however Wayway would get an early pp and Connor Pennell would get his 1st goal as a wolverine and 5th of the year assists to Pierre Landry and Bobby Janzen. The wolves would close the gap to 3-2 at the 16:00 mark as Tyler Posch would pounce on a rebound and get his 2nd goal of the year assists to Russell Turner and Cody Koskimaki. Wayway would keep the pedal down in the 3rd but Jorden Iron would silence the crowd on the pp to take a 4-2 lead. With 0:24 seconds left in the 3rd Curtis Veitch would get his 9th of the year but it would be too little too late. OCN’s Matt Krahn would play outstanding for the blizzard stopping 37 of 40 shots and getting the games 1st star. Cory Simons(6-9) would take the loss stopping 20 of 24 shots.

The rematch would go on wed night and on this night Wayway would finally get out to the start they wanted. They would outshoot the blizzard 14-3 in the 1st and Curtis Veitch would get his 10th goal of the year to take a 1-0 lead. In the second Wayway would continue their domination and would get three more goals past blizzard goaltender Matt Krahn. Connor Pennell would get things started with his 6th of the year and moments later Steven Duda would get his 2nd goal of the year. Veitch would round the scoring out in the second with his second goal of the game and 11th of the year. In the 3rd Connor Pennell would get his 2nd of the game and 7th of the year on the pp assist to Duda and newly acquired Andrew Clark.Cory Simons(7-9) would rebound from the tough loss the night before and get his league leading 3rd shutout of the year stopping 23 shots in the 5-0 victory.

In other news Wayway would acquire 93 (D) Andrew Clark of Brandon MB. From Selkirk Steelers for future considerations.In other roster moves at the Dec. 1 cut down day Wayway would send Liam Mcallister to Jr.B and also Dallas Holenski would be sent to Jr. B.Dallas will continue to be with the hockey club through the remainder of the season though playing with the wolves and his Jr. B team.Also Brett Lafond and James Davison would leave the team for personal reasons.Wayway would also add a 92 (G) John Knotts to replace the departure of Davison.Wayway will head into the Christmas break hosting the Dauphin Kings on Sat. Dec.17 and travel to Portage to take on the Terriers on Sun. the 18th.

Wolverines drop three fall to .500 on the year

On Sat. night the wolves played host to the Portage Terriers at the communiplex.The terriers would get ou to the fast start getting a couple pp in the first and capitalizing on both of them to take an early 2-0 lead.Cody Koskimaki would find a loose puck in the slot and rip home his 2nd of the year assists to Bobby Janzen and Ashley Howie. Wayway would tie things up early in the 2nd as Janzen would get hjis sixth goal of the year assists to Jean Michel Naud and Connor Pennell. The lead would not last long though as Brandon Lauder and Tanner Waldvogel would score two minutes apart to take a 4-2 lead going into the third.The wolves would get out to the start they would want in the 3rd as Stephane Robidoux would get his third goal of the year assist to Curtis Veitch to close the gap to 4-3. Wayway would keep pressing trying to get the equalizer but Andrew Wiebe would score an empty net goal ending all hopes of a comeback. Cory Simons(5-5) would take the loss stopping 22 of 27 shots on the night.Newly acquired Connor Pennel played his first game with the wolves and registered an assist in his first game with the wolves.

On tues night Wayway would travel to Credit Union Place in Dauphin to take on the first place Kings. The teams would play a tight checking game in the first and go into the intermission tied at 0-0. In the second Wayway would get a pp and looked to go up 1-0,but Jeff Archibald would score a shorthanded goal to give the Kings a 1-0 lead. Less than one minute later though the wolves would capitalize on that pp as Zaine Walker(4) would tie the game at 1-1.Assists to Bobby Janzen and Pierre Landry. In the 3rd Tanner Butler would score 1:57 into the third to give the kings a 2-1 lead. Moments later Jesse Sinatynski would score his league leading 28th goal of the season. Dauphin would hold off Wayway late at skate out with a 3-1 victory.Cory Simons(5-6) once again got the call and played well stopping 31 of 34 shots getting the games 3rd star.

Wayway finished the week off facing the last place Neepawa Natives at the communiplex in Wayway. Looking to get back in the win column the boys would come out flying.They would fire 21 shots at Natives goaltender in the first.Bobby Janzen(7) would start the scoring off on the pp assist to Pierre Landry and Brett Pinkerton. Just three minutes later Steven Duda would get his 2nd goal of the year also on the pp,assists to Connor Pennell and Curtis Veitch. The natives would get one back, but with 0:23 seconds left in the first Russell Turner would streak in down the wing and fire home his 7th of the year on a nifty pass from Curtis Veitch.2nd assist to Zaine Walker.In the 2nd Hudson Morrison would pick off the natives defense while shorthanded,but would miss a wide open net. The natives would bring the puck down the ice and score app goal to narrow the score to 3-2. Neepawa would keep chipping away and Justin Dalebozik would tie the game at 3-3. Just 0:16 into the third CJ Kort would sneak a wrap around attempt pass wolves goalie Cory Simons and take a 4-3 lead.Just Dalebozik would get his 2nd goal of the game to dash the wolves hopes. Wayway would not quit though as Curtis Veitch would get his 8th goal of the year at the 17:15 mark of the 3rd. Wayway would pull Simons to try and get the equalizer but Natives goalitender Riley Feser would shut the door at steal a 5-4 victory out of Wayway. Cory Simons (5-7) took his 3rd straight loss for Wayway stopping 23 of 28 shots. A disappointing way to end the week.The wolves now have 8 days off to dwell on thins as they evened their record at 14-14-3 sitting third in the Sherwood Division 4 points behind OCN.

In other news as the cut down Dec.1 deadline approached where teams must be down to 25 cards or lower to make room for trades at the Jan.10 deadline.Wayway would ship 92 (D) Thomas Ward-Cardinal to the Grand Prairie Storm of the AJHL for the Hockey Canada playing rights of 93 (D) Sean Flynn and future considerations. Wayway would make a couple more numbers move as they would send a couple players down to Jr. B. This puts Wayway at 22 players heading into the Jan.10 deadline.Ricahrd Litlle  would return to the lineup against the natives after missing 9 games with a knee injury.Brendan Luschinski remains out with a concussion.

Wayway loses two up in OCN

Wayway travelled to OCN for a two game road trip tues. and wed. night. The wolves were looking to extend their lead on the blizzard for 2nd in the Sherwood. The blizzard had other ideas and took both games by a score of 4-0 on tues. and 4-1 on wed. Wayway could not solve Matt Krahn as he stopped 59 of 60 shots he faced in the two games.Cory Simons (4-3) played in both games and registered both losses for the wolves.The wolves pp one of the best in the league could not register a goal in the 2 games going 0 for 15 on the pp.The only bright spot was Curtis Veitch scored the lone goal for the wolves in the two games giving him 5 on the year. Veitch has now scored 4 goals in 5 games.With the two wins the blizzard have overtaken the wolves for 2nd spot in the Sherwood Division. Wayway still leads the season series 3-2. It seems like every night these two teams keep trading places in the standings and should be a fun one to watch all year.Wolves won’t have a lot of time to dwell on the losses as they will return home on the weekend for two games. The first place Dauphin Kings will make their first trip of the year on Sat. and the Wpg Blues will travel to Wayway on Sun.

In other news 92’ (G) Cory Simons was named the MJHL player of the week ending Nov.13.Cory won 2 games last week recording his second shutout of the year.he also went into Dauphin and stopped 41 of 44 shots to earn the win.On tues. night Steven Duda returned to the line up after missing 4 games with a shoulder injury.Richard Little missed his 4th and 5th games with a lower body injury. His status is unknown at this time.

Wayway  wins two divisional games. Loses to Selkirk

On thurs. night the Wolves took on the OCN Blizzard in a second place match up. Wayway came out flying and demolished the Blizzard in a 7-0 victory. It was the Brett Lafond show on this night as he netted the hat trick to give Brett 6 goals on the year. Also Thomas Ward-Cardinal returned to the lineup  after missing four games due to some family issues. Thomas also had a great night registering a goal and three assists. Other goal scorers for Wayway were Curtis Veitch(2), Brett Pinkerton(13) and Hudson Morrison(2).Cory Simons (3-1) stopped 20 shots to earn his second shutout of the year..

Wayway looked to keep things going as they welcomed the Selkirk Steelers to town.Wayway lost the weekend before 3-1 to the Steelers in Selkirk.Wayway got out to a quick jump with an early pp and Shane Goodrunning(10) would snipe one past Steeler goalie Trent Michalik. The Steel would answer a few moments later on a pp of their own as Hudson Friesen would score for the steel. Six minutes later the Steel would capitalize on another pp and go into the first intermission with a 2-1 lead. Wayway would answer just 0:44 secons into the second as Goodrunning(11) would score his second goal of the game assists to Bobby Janzen and Ashley Howie. Selkirk would get the lead back at the 5:20 mark as Friesen would get his second goal of the game. Wayway would get a pp and Curtis Veitch(3) would tie the game up at 3-3 assists to Janzen and Zaine Walker. Selkirk would to the lead early in the third as Chris Daniels would get behind the Wolves defense and put it past Wolves goaltender James Davison. Brett Pinkerton(14) would once again tie the game up at 4-4 assists to Goodrunning and Howie, but at the 12:31 mark Hudson Friesen would get a lucky bounce off his chest and register the hat trick. Selkirk would sneak in one more past James Davison (5-5) who took the loss stopping 23 of 29 shots. Final score 6-4 for Selkirk.

Wayway could not dwell on the tough loss at home on Sat. night as they travelled to Dauphin the following day to take on the first place Kings. Wayway would get the start they wanted as Jean Michel Naud(6) would pounce on the Scott Gallaher rebound 1:41 into the game to give the Wolves an early 1-0 lead, second assist to Brett Lafond.Wayway would make it 2-0 on the pp as Shane Goodrunning(12)would knock home the puck from out of the air on a saucer pass from Thomas Ward-Cardinal second assist to Brett Pinkerotn.Dauphin would close the gap with );14 seconds left in the first as Brendan Kotyk would go end to end and put one past Wolves goalie Cory Simons.In the second the old divisional rivalry would heat up as the teams would each pick up three fighting majors and a few diryt hits along the way.Dauphing would tie the game up half way through the second but Stephane Robidoux(2) assist to Pinkerton would score a pp goal on the 5 on 3.Dauphin would get their own 5-3 but Wayway’s Cory Simons would come up large and holding the fort for Wayway. In the third Dauphin would tie the game up as Jesse Sinatynski would score his league leading 25th goal of the year. Nothing more would be settled and the game would need overtime. Things wouldn’t last long though as Ashley Howie would steal the puck from Kotyk and slide through the crease across to Curtis Veitch(4) to get the game winner 0:47 seconds into OT. The game winner was Veitch’s third goal in three games. Cory Simons (4-1)was once again outstanding stopping 41 of 44 shots and getting the games second star. A crucial road win for the wolves in the Kings barn closing the gap on the first place Kings to ten points with two games in hand. Wayway travels to OCN tues. and wed. for two against the Blizz as these two teams continue to battle for second place in the Sherwood division.

Wolves  salvage one point on tough road trip

Wayway took to the road for two games on the weekend traveling to Selkirk on Sat and Portage on Sun. These two rinks on never easy to play in,but going in on a 4 game win streak Wayway looked to stay hot. On Sat night in Selkirk Wayway got off to a good start when Steven Duda scored his first of the year on the pp assist to Richard Little. Selkirk would answer back five minutes later and tie the game at 1-1. Selkirk woul pepper Wolves goaltender James Davison in the first out shooting Wayway 11-4. In the second Selkirk’s Dylan Heide would give Selkirk the lead at the 6:27 mark. Wayway could not seem to muster much offense on this night and late in the 3rd Hudson Friesen would get his second goal of the game with 3:12 remaining to give the Steelers a 3-1 win. The only bright spot for Wayway on this night was goalie James Davison as he stopped 28 of 31 shots on this night giving the Wolves a chance to possibly get the game into overtime and earn a point, but they would fall short on this night.

Wayway did not have much time to dwell on the poor effort in Selkirk as they travelled into Portage the next night to take on the Terriers. The boys came out with a much better effort on this night and would get the games first goal with 20 seconds left in the first as Stephane Robidoux would get his first goal of the year assists to Curtis Veitch and Zaine Walker. In the second the Wolves looked to go up two on the pp but the Terriers Dylan Butler would pick off a pass and go in on goal and score a shorthanded goal on Wolves goaltender Cory Simons.Way way would make amends again on the pp at the 1:12 mark of the third as Shane Goodrunning(8) would get one by Terriers goaltender Shea Cooper assist to Robidoux. Wayway could not hold on to the lead as Riley Hay would answer for the Terriers and tie the game at two. Nothing more would be solved in regulation time or overtime. The game would need a shootout. Brett Lafond would get one by Cooper in the second round to tie the shootout at 1-1.In the fouth round Brett Pinkerton would miss for Wayway and Yvan Pattyn would score to give the Terriers a 3-2 shootout win. The shootout loss would salvage one point on the weekend and with that point would hold onto second place in the Sherwood division over the OCN Blizzard. Wayway’s next home action is an important second place matchup as the Blizzard come to town on Thurs. Nov. 10 game time is 7:30.

Wolverines continue winning ways

The Wolverines stayed hot as they they collected three wins this week. Winners of 7 of their last 9 games Wayway dominated the Wpg Saints on Thursday defeating them 8-2.Ashley Howie (6) led the way with 2 goals for the Wolves. Russell Turner (4) scored the game winner with 1:15 left in the second. In the third Wayway filled the net with five goals in the 3rd .Bobby Janzen(3),Jean Michel Naud(5) Shane Goodrunning(2)(7) and Hudson Morrison with his first MJHL goal rounded out the goal scoring for the Wolves.Bobby Janzen was a plus 5 on the night and was given the games third star.James Davidson(5-3) got the win for Wayway in goal with another solid effort stopping 26 of 28 shots.

On Sat night Wayway traveled to Winkler to take on the first place flyers.Wayway played another solid game and skated out of Winkler with a 2-0 win.Russell Turner (6) scored both goals on the night and newly acquired goalie Cory Simons (Chicago Illinois)stopped 24 shots for his first Mjhl win and shutout in his first Mjhl game.Turner was named the games first star and Simons was named the second star.

Wayway returned home Wednesday to take on the last place Neepawa Natives.The Natives are still reeling from a hazing incident last month that has decimated the team.Neepawa came into Wayway with only 16 players.Wayway dominated the game from the drop of the puck and got the games first goal 0:33 into the game when Brett Pinkerton would get his first goal of the night.Pinkerton would not stop there as he would get his second goal of the game at 8:48 assist to Richard Little.In the second Pinkerton would complete the natural hat trick as he would bang home the Pierre Landry shot on the pp. Pinkerton would end his career night with his fourth goal of the game and 12th of the year late in the third. Final score 7-2 for Wayway.Pinkerton was of course given the games first star finishing the night with 4g and 1 ass. Wayway peppered the Natives outshooting them 44-16 on the night.Cory Simons wasn’t busy but got his second win in as many games.

In other news Wayway welcomed team captain Stephane Robidoux back after missing 16 games due to injury.he would have a solid night with 1 ass and even a fight to end the night against the Natives.With the addition of Cory Simons,Josh Switzer became expendable and Wayway sent Josh down to Jr.B in Grenfell.He was looking forward to playing in his hometown.Good luck Josh on the rest of your season. Don’t miss wolverines next home action when they take on the OCN Blizzard on Thurs. Nov. 10. Game time is 7:30