MOOSE JAW -- The Moose Jaw WINMAR Warriors continued their impressive start to the Saskatchewan Male AAA Hockey League campaign with a pair of wins over the Estevan Innovex Bears this past weekend.
The Warriors rolled to a 9-2 win over on Saturday at Temple Gardens Centre and then held on for a 6-5 win over Estevan in the rematch on Sunday afternoon.
As a result, Moose Jaw improves to 3-0 on the season and hold down first place in the 12-team league.
Moose Jaw 9, Estevan 2
The Warriors scored a pair of goals in each of the first two periods before pouring in five more in the third to secure the lopsided victory.
Carson Park led Moose Jaw with a goal and three assists, while Max Fuessel picked up a hat trick. Braden Nowoselski and Jamie Kirwan each had a goal and three points, Carson Deichert, Maclain Ethier and Layne McKechnie scored their other goals.
Hudson Sayers added three assists while Marek McIvor and Tobin Schaefer had two helpers apiece.
Dylan Brass and Gunner Moore scored for Estevan, who trailed 2-0 after the first and 4-2 through two.
Steven Wawryk stopped 36 shots to pick up the win in goal, Jaxon Juchinka stopped 27 for Estevan.
Other results Saturday saw the Warman Wildcats take a 9-1 win over the Notre Dame Hounds, while the Battlefords Stars scored twice in the final six minutes for a 4-2 win over the Tisdale Trojans and the Yorkton Kinsmen Maulers defeated the Prince Albert Mintos 4-1.
Moose Jaw 6, Estevan 5
Moose Jaw took a 4-2 lead out of the first period and led 5-3 through two before hanging on for the one-goal victory in Sunday’s rematch.
Deichert picked up two goals and four points while Kirwan, McIvor, Fuessel and Wade Franks had their other markers. Park had three assists, Schaefer and Deklin Larmer two each.
Moore had a pair of goals for the Bears, Boston Schmidt, Ethan Boehm and Kayson Anderson also scored. Rhett Amberson had two assists.
Kaleb Page stopped 25 shots for Moose Jaw and picked up the win, Evan Hutcheon had 34 saves in the losing effort.
Other results Sunday saw the Regina Pat Canadians improve to 2-0 on the season with a 4-2 win over the Swift Current Legionnaires, while Prince Albert downed Yorkton 4-3, Tisdale took a 3-2 overtime win over Battlefords and Warman downed Notre Dame 6-3.
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