Chiefs erupt offensively

Posted on: Staff Writer

Tyler Lowey
Times Reporter

 

The Twitter account for the Wheatland Chiefs flooded timelines with updates during their 22-goal performance over the weekend in South Central Alberta Hockey League action.
The local double-A midget team destroyed the winless Cranbrook Dynamiters 15-2 Nov. 11 at Hussar Arena, as 13 different players etched their way onto the score sheet.
Isaac Benoit led the charge, as he finished with five goals and a pair of assists. He now leads the Chiefs with 13 goals and 23 points in 12 games.
Chayse Hnatowich pulled the hat trick and Wacy Sandum piled up two goals and one assist.
Lucas Muenchrath netted the winner in the first and added an assist. Other scoring came from captain Ryan Bell (1G, 1A), Riley Romashenko (1G, 1A), Scott Desserre (2A), Zachary Suntjens (2A), Kelton Travis (2A), Robert Butterwick (2A), Kale Clouston (1G) and Ryan McHarg (1A).
With Ty Tarvyd getting the call to play with the CFR Chemical Bisons, Riley Stovka started in net and only needed to make a pedestrian 12 saves for his fourth win.
The Chiefs rode a pair of short-handed goals to rout the Red Deer Elks 6-2 on Nov. 13 at the Kinsmen Twin Arenas.
Trailing 1-0 after the first, Hnatowich scored his first of two on the night on a lovely tic-tac-toe play from Romashenko and Butterwick.
Sandum deflected a point shot from Tyler Skehar on a five-on-three powerplay. Travis picked up a second assist on the play. Sandum added the winner at the end of the second from Bell and Suntjens.
Romashenko supplied a goal and two assists and Benoit netted one goal in the third.
Tarvyd returned and played 52 minutes, making 24 saves on 26 shots, running his record to 6-0-1. Stovka chipped in with seven minutes in the crease and recorded three saves, while Tarvyd dealt with an equipment issue.
Following the weekend’s slate, the Chiefs carry the top offence by a mile with 77 goals for. The next closest are the Medicine Hat Hounds with 50.
Only one game this weekend for the Chiefs as they host the Foothills Bisons on Nov. 20 (7 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre.

 

Braves lose a tough one
The Red Deer Parkland Transmission avenged the Elks loss with a 6-2 victory over the Wheatland Braves Nov. 12 at the Kinsmen Twin Arenas.
The local double-A peewee team trailed 4-0 in the second when Tyler Fairbairn found the back of the net on the power play from Josh Alberda. Fairbairn leads the Braves with 11 goals and 17 points. Alberda sits third with five goals and eight points.
Phillip Raycroft chipped in a short-handed tally at the 8:02 mark of the third period. Rhett Harten stopped 27 shots in his seventh appearance of the season.
The Braves picked up their second win of the season as they shaded the Central Alberta Selects 5-3 Nov. 13 at the Can Pak Arena 2. Cole Whelan’s third goal of the year ended up being the winner with 9:13 remaining in the second from Tate Yule.
Alberda chipped in with a goal and an assist, with other scoring coming from Ryan Grabmuller (1G), Carter Gosling (1G), Cyle Clayton (1A), Fairbairn (1A), Ryder Many Grey Horses (1A), Cole Tweit (1A) and Raycroft (1A).
Matthew Dovichak blocked 22 shots for his first win on the year.
The Braves travel to Lethbridge to tangle with the Lethbridge Hurricanes White Nov. 18 at the Henderson Ice Centre.
They return home Nov. 20 to host the Red Deer Motors at the Strathmore Family Centre. Puck drop is set for 4:15 p.m.

 

Warriors drop two
The Wheatland Warriors stretch of well-played hockey came to an end over the weekend as they allowed 89 shots, dropping a pair of games.
First, the Cranbrook CPC Hornets stung the local bantam team 5-1 on Nov. 12 at Hussar Arena.
Trey Gillis sniped his seventh from Kobe Gosling at 8:48 of the second period.
Logan Grant was peppered in net, allowing five goals on 45 shots.
On Nov. 13, the West Central Trilliant Real Estate Group Tigers overwhelmed the Warriors 7-1 at the Rocky Arena Complex.
Nolan Bailey pulled an unassisted marker on the power play three and a half minutes into the third. He leads the Chiefs with nine goals and 15 points.
Corey Ross made his seventh start and allowed seven goals on 44 shots.
The Warriors won’t suit up for another regular season game until Dec. 3, when they travel to the Taber Community Centre to take on the Taber Golden Suns.
They will return to the Strathmore Family Centre Dec. 4 (4:15 p.m.), when the Central Alberta Selects come to town.
The Warriors travel down to Medicine Hat for a tournament that kicks off Nov. 24.