Bishop’s College School (1) vs. Stanstead College (4) East U17 Prep
Bishop’s had bounced back after losing their first two games of the season against Stanstead College, with a pair of defeats in early January responded to by Bishop’s in the form of back-to-back wins to tie the season series at two. Steanstead lead on Friday through one thanks to Tobas Beres’ first goal of the season, and come the second, Stanstead’s top guns came out firing. Shane-Alexandre Dubé scored his thirteenth goal in this just his sixteenth game to make it 2-0, with fellow red-hot scorer Kristian Tlstovic scoring later to help Stanstead take a 3-0 lead into the third. SC ended the game winning 4-1, aided by goaltender Jaxon Ford’s 27 saves on 28 shots.
Delta Hockey Academy Black (1) vs. Shawnigan Lake School (6) Female U18 Prep Div II Western Championships
Shawnigan Lake School showed they really mean business in the Female U18 Prep Division II at the Western Championships. A scoreless first period was simply delayed the Sahawnigan inevitable, with SLS eventually scoring five second-period goals to spring into a significant lead. Grace Cooper (1G, 3A) scored four points and Leah Hill helped out with four assists in Shawnigan’s dominant 6-1 win.
Balmoral Hall School (3) vs RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (4/OT) Female U18 Prep Western Championships
Balmoral Hall School hadn’t managed bested RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg in any of their six head-to-head clashes during the regular season, but after a big loss to RHAW in October, Balmoral’s efforts looked better and better in the latter handful of head-to-head games. Balmoral managed to tie the game at one after going down in the first period, but goals on either side of the second intermission from Rowyn Street (2G) and Sydney Stibbard gave RHAW a 3-1 lead. However, at the end of the third, Balmoral scored twice, including Emilie Bonin’s tying goal with 78 seconds left. Despite the Balmoral comeback, it took RINK Winnipeg only 25 seconds to find the game-winner, with the goal coming off Street’s stick for the second time in the game.
Kuper Academy (6) vs. Selwyn House School (0) East U17 Prep
Kuper Academy haven’t seen too many challenges to the rampaging they’ve done throughout the Eastern U17 Prep division this season, a trend that wouldn’t change in their clash with Selwyn House School on Saturday. Kuper grabbed one goal early, and in the back half of the first period, they’d pot four goals. Angelo Colletti Jr. (1G, 4A) led the way in what ended up being a 6-0 win, modest nedxt to the five goals Kuper Academy scored in the first.
Bishop’s College School (1) vs. Stanstead College (2/SO) East U18 Prep
A relatively even-matched game was one that the goaltenders should be proud of, with Renaud Auger-Mongrain (29/30) for Stanstead and Emerson Tebay (41/42) for Bishop’s College School standing on their heads throughout. One goal apiece ended up behind them, with Parker Banks scoring Stanstead’s lone goal in the first and Liam Boisclair scoring the only of the second period. Tebay stopped all 30 shots he faced in the last two periods and overtime, but in the shootout, the Bishop’s goaltender was beaten twice. Brody Molloy and Tanner Hayden scored in the shootout for Stanstead to snatch them the win.
Northern Alberta Xtreme (1) vs. North Shore Warriors (2) Female U18 Prep Div II Western Championships
The North Shore Warriors dominated the first period of play against the Northern Alberta Xtreme, with NAX nearly surviving the consistent push to keep the game scoreless. However, with 41 seconds to go, Jenna Gibbs sent her point shot through bodies and in on the powerplay to give the Warriors a lead, one they’d hold through an evenly-matched second period. Castilla Rubin scored 52 seconds into the third period to double the lead for North Shore, prompting a fire to be lit under NAX. They ended up outshooting North Shore 21-8 as they tried to mount a comeback in the third period. Their efforts would yield one goal, a powerplay marker from Emersynn Lamabe, but that was as close as NAX would get. The always superb North Shore goaltender Emma Ward stopped 36 of 37 in the win.
South Alberta Hockey Academy (3) vs. Delta Hockey Academy Green (4/SO) Female U18 Prep Western Championships
A scoreless first period predated a breakthrough from SAHA early in the second, with Taylor Crocker’s first of the playoffs on the powerplay establishing the lead before Riley Bourque would double the lead not long after. It looked like SAHA had the control, but late in the second, Delta Green hit back. Madison Batch (2G) scored with 26 seconds left in the second to cut the lead it half before Batch would score again 62 seconds after the start of the third. Once more, though, a SAHA powerplay produced them the go-ahead goal, off the stick of Sara Murdoch. With SAHA seemingly marching toward victory, one of Delta Green’s most prolific players popped up, with Emma Biros (1G, 1A) taking Adie Schneider’s (2A) pass in front of the net to fire home the goal that tied the game at three. Those two Delta Green players ended up playing hero, with both Schneider and Biros scoring in the shootout to complete Delta’s 4-3 comeback win.
Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (2) vs Okanagan Hockey Academy Black (4) Female U18 Prep Div II Western Championships
OHA Black finally found the spark they’d been chasing, riding a three‑goal second period to a 4–2 win over Pilot Mound in a matchup between two lower‑seeded teams trying to keep their round‑robin alive. After a quiet first, Jackie Bromberg (2G, 1A) blew the game open with goals at 1:06 and 8:03, bookending a power‑play strike from Emily Kempers (1G, 1A) as OHA Black turned a scoreless game into a sudden 3–0 lead. Pilot Mound pushed back through Ryley Sanders (1G) late in the frame and kept pressing in the third, but Makena Sawyer (1G) restored the cushion at 12:54 before Wytten Constant (1G) answered to keep PMHA within reach. That was as close as it got. Ryann Faulkner (24/26) stayed composed through a late Pilot Mound surge, sealing a much‑needed win for OHA Black as both teams head into the final day looking to salvage momentum from a tough round‑robin.
Okanagan Hockey Academy (1) vs Edge School Female (2) U18 Prep Western Championships
Edge steadied themselves after an opening‑day loss and played like a team intent on keeping their playoff hopes alive, grinding out a composed 2–1 win over Okanagan Hockey Academy in a tight, low‑event matchup between the #6 and #7 seeds trying to salvage their round‑robin. Callie Paull (1G) broke through late in the first to give Edge an early foothold, and from there the game settled into a special‑teams tug‑of‑war, neither side finding rhythm through a parade of penalties that stretched across all three periods. The breakthrough finally came midway through the third when Chloe Vetter (1G) finished off a clean passing sequence to double the lead, a goal that loomed large once OHA answered on the power play through Makenna Brassard (1G) with just over five minutes left. That push was as close as Okanagan would get as Jenna Ring (25/26) stayed sharp through the late surge to lock down a win that keeps Edge in the mix heading into the final day, while OHA’s second straight loss officially ends their path to the elimination round.
King Heights Academy (1) vs Ontario Hockey Academy (9) East U18 Prep
Ontario Hockey Academy tore through King Heights with the kind of wire‑to‑wire control that turns a game into a statement, piling up 76 shots and stretching the lead in steady, merciless waves on their way to a 9–1 win. The opening frame set the tone: Gemme (1G, 1A) struck first, King (1G) followed, and Anderton (1G) capped a three‑goal burst that left KHA chasing shadows. The second period only widened the gap, Maxim Ius (1G) needed less than a minute to make it 4–0, Bergeron (2G, 2A) and Boudreault (1G, 2A) kept the pressure suffocating, and Lopez (1G) added a seventh before the horn. Bergeron’s second of the night early in the third pushed the score into runaway territory, and even a penalty‑shot tally from Khotko (1G) couldn’t dent OHA’s rhythm. Noah (1G) capped it off at 11:00, finishing a night where OHA’s depth rolled, their puck movement hummed, and KHA’s goaltenders absorbed everything they could. With 20 points on the sheet, a perfect discipline line, and two goalies combining for a calm, efficient night, OHA skated off with a win that looked as decisive as the numbers suggest.
OHA Edmonton (1) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (6) Female U18 Prep Western Championships
RINK Kelowna stamped their authority on Pool B with the confidence of a #2 seed chasing an early ticket to the quarterfinals, rolling past #3‑seed OHA Edmonton 6–1 in a game where their depth, pace, and finishing touch never really wavered. Sienna Dammann (2G) set the tone with the opener and later added a third‑period dagger, while Alida Korte (1G, 1A), Sydney McIntosh (1G, 2A), and Hayley McDonald (1G) each layered on goals as RHA Kelowna built a 4–0 lead before Edmonton finally broke through. OHAE’s lone spark came from Avery Sam (1G) midway through the second, but every push they generated was met by another Kelowna answer, capped by a late power‑play strike from Kilah Hodder (1G). Jaya Schippel (29/30) stayed composed behind a group that controlled the shot share over the final forty minutes, securing a win that locks RINK Kelowna into the elimination round while leaving Edmonton needing a response in their final round‑robin game.
