Grizzlys take a bite of Wheatland Warriors

Tyler Lowey
Times Reporter

 

The Olds Grizzlys pulled off a home-and-home series sweep of the Wheatland Warriors with a 5-2 victory Jan. 15 at the Strathmore Family Centre.
“We didn’t earn anything out there tonight,” said Warriors head coach Cody Brown. “When you get comfy against good, hard-working teams like that, they’ll make you look silly in a hurry.”
The local double-A bantam team (8-13-2) jumped in front 2-0 after a pair of sharp-angled first period goals from Nolan Bailey and Kage Yellowfly.
From there, the Grizzlys (13-6-2) took over, scoring five times. Of their five goals, two came on deflections, taking Grizzly-friendly bounces in front of the net, and Mitch Tessemaker accidentally put one past his own goalie while on the power play in the third.
The Warriors were outshot 43-22, as Corey Ross made 38 stops in net.
The Cranbrook CPC Hornets (12-8-3) host the Warriors Jan. 21 at Western Financial Place.

 

Chiefs slay Timberwolves
The Wheatland Chiefs stayed away from ladders and black cats on Friday, Jan. 13, as they managed to dust off the 9-9-4 Bow Valley Timberwolves 4-2 at Cochrane Arena.
Wacy Sandum opened the scoring on an end-to-end rush for his 18th goal. Isaac Benoit picked up his first of two assists on the evening.
Kale Clouston, Brady Skiffington and Lucas Muenchrath added snipes and Riley Stovka stopped 12 shots to pick up his ninth win.
The Chiefs (20-2-2) play in their only home game of the month Jan. 21 (4:45 p.m.) when they host the Red Deer CanPro (7-12-4) at the Strathmore Family Centre. It will be the first and only meeting of the two teams this season.

 

Braves edged 5-4
The Okotoks Oilers Black avenged their Dec. 11 loss to the Wheatland Braves with a 5-4 edging Jan. 14 at Murray Arena.
Like the Warriors, the local double-A peewee team (5-15-2) were staked to an early lead, but saw it slip away in the later stages.
The Braves jumped in front 3-0 in the first period on goals from Josh Alberda, Cole Whelan and Cyle Clayton.
The Oilers (6-13-2) answered with three straight of their own, spanning between the second and third periods.
Clayton added his another on the power play.
Rhett Harten made 19 saves in net.
The Braves host the Central Alberta Selects (1-19-4) Jan. 22 (1:30 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre.