Player | Points |
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Justin Gyori (SYLV) | 13 |
Daniel Tainton (OKOT) | 13 |
Scott Brown (OKOT) | 13 |
Hayden Motowylo (SYLV) | 10 |
Goalie | GAA |
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Peyton Lobe (SYLV) | 1.78 |
Jordan McGinnis (MOUN) | 1.90 |
Grady Nicholas (OKOT) | 1.95 |
Jacob Aellen (THRE) | 2.03 |
Player | Goals |
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Daniel Tainton (OKOT) | 9 |
Aydden Shaw (SYLV) | 6 |
Easton Dean (OKOT) | 5 |
Justin Vandermeer (SYLV) | 5 |
Goalie | SV% |
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Jacob Aellen (THRE) | .947 |
Kashton Payne (HIGH) | .944 |
Kaden Toussaint (SYLV) | .936 |
Braydon Yonin (COCH) | .933 |
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Nineteen. And counting. The Okotoks Bisons' season-opening winning streak is at 19-0-0 heading into this weekend's action. How long will their run of perfection continue? No one knows. Not even Bisons bench boss Chris Beston. "As long as we play well, we've proven we can play with any team in the league," Beston said. "It just depends on what we want to do. "If we show up every game, we know we have a chance. "How far will it go? I don't know. It depends on how we decide to play." They've been nearly untouchable on a lot of nights, outscoring their competition 124-40 during their impressive run. No other team has cracked the century mark in goals-scored and only the Cochrane Generals have given up fewer goals, albeit in one less game played. Tyson Scott leads the league with 22 goals and 43 points in 17 games. Linemates Tyler Alger (37 points) and Tyler Witzke (36) sit second and third respectively. So, the high-end talent is there. But it's the depth, Beston said, that has sent them to the top of the Alberta Jr. B rankings. "We're a deep team this year," Beston said. "That's what we pride ourselves on. "We have four strong lines that can score at any given point, six strong D and two good goalies. "There's no real weak spots and that's the beauty of it. We can put all four lines out there and not worry." And then there's goaltender Devin Reagan, who started the season as the consensus choice as the HJHL's top puckstopper. With a 17-0 record and a 1.78 goals-against average and .940 save percentage, he's done nothing to suggest that projection is wrong as Cochrane's Jordan Lott (5-0, 1.28 and .956) is the only 'tender in the league with stingier numbers. "This is his third year with me now and we relied heavily on him the last two years. He carried our team and we got some points when we didn't necessarily deserve points. "This year, we don't have to rely on him as heavily as in the past. "He's a kid who wants to play every game. He's a competitor and he doesn't want to be watching. That's what we love about him the most. In practice, he's pushing players. He doesn't like getting scored on in practice." The Bisons' streak hasn't been one big cakewalk. There has been some diversity. Scott scored with 2:26 remaining to beat the Coaldale Copperheads for Okotoks' third win of the season. The Generals took the Bisons to overtime but Scott struck again to send the streak to 10. Two games later, the Medicine Hat Cubs took the Bisons to a shootout before dropping a 2-1 decision. The following weekend, the 1-10-0 Lomond Lakers gave the Bisons all they could handle in an eventual 5-4 loss. The Bisons host those same Lakers on Friday night (8 p.m.) before visiting the Ponoka Stampeders on Saturday, and Beston says his team better be ready for the challenge. "Lomond is a hard-working team that gave us a bit of a fit in Vulcan," Beston said. "They keep pressuring you and if you don't put them out early, they keep firing and firing. "We have to come out strong." |
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Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS |
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Sylvan Lak.. | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
Rocky | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Airdrie | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Mountainvi.. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Three Hill.. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ponoka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Deer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS |
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Okotoks | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
Medicine H.. | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
High River | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Cochrane | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Coaldale | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Strathmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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