Anyways though, onto the games...
Scores:
- Whitecourt beat the Bobcats 5-2 in Lloydminster. Lots of penalties in this one... AJHL PIM leader Whitecourt LD/C #25 Mathieu Gagnon continued to pad to his lead with 30 mins more. I'm continuously impressed with the attendance figures from Lloyd and places like Camrose - per capita, they really come out in droves to support their teams! Especially in Lloyd with the rough season they're having and that near-move the last few seasons.
- Crusaders beat Canmore 5-1 in Sherwood Park. Canmore really put up a battle for this one, but score wise it'd be overlooked; 42-28 shots for Canmore. Cru C #20 Bowen Croft with 2G, 1A - and granted a great game, but I personally have to wonder if their G for the night #31 Matt Tomkins might have got shafted for home star - stopped 41 of 42 in the game.
- Drayton Valley beat the Pontiacs 1-0 in OT in Bonnyville. Wow, real goalie battle there - I don't even have to say it, but a very close game. In the shot department it appear DV barely showed in the first 2 periods with only 5 shots combined (both teams only had a 5-2 BON edge in shots in the 2nd) - granted they were shorthanded 3 times in the first; but they came alive when it really mattered, in the 3rd and OT. Drayton rookie C #19 Brayden Harris, with the winner.
Changes:
Whitecourt:
*Not a true change, but yes RD/F #9 Michael Claffey & LD #4 Landon Hall are playing after their signings/acquisitions, but are still listed on Wolverines reserves for some reason. Claffey I can see, as he is listed as an AP - but as for Hall, I have absolutely no clue why. Both players even had points tonight as well, with Claffey picking up 2A and 8PIM and Hall collecting an assist.
Lloydminster:
*C #19 Ryley Wozniak, though still listed on the Bobcats AJHL stats/roster as active, was back in the lineup for the St. Paul Canadiens (NEAJBHL) Friday night.
*Not a change, but RW #7 Chance Thomas played again for Canmore, though listed on their reserve roster. Ouch... was pretty sure of it, but just confirmed - Canmore played games Friday, Saturday & Sunday... ouch! Gotta love the somewhat sometimes crazy AJHL schedule... I personally like/hate how uneven the schedule is - it seems the Storm, for example, seemingly have been have had at least 3 games in hand on every team in the North most of the season:
*G #39 Forrest Ayearst, who's from Canmore, was back as the backup again last night. This kind of backs up my theory that he likely went back home to Canmore after either quitting or being released by Cochrane (HJHL). As he hasn't been showing on any other junior/senior rosters anywhere else to my knowledge, this is why I've just kept him on the Canmore active status since his delisting from Cochrane. As for other G #39 of Canmore's James Fisk - his HJHL team, Airdrie Thunder, played this (Sunday) afternoon, but as of yet (1:14am local currently) the HJHL hasn't added in the game sheet from their game in Okotoks against the Bisons, so could very well have played/dressed there and 'officially' be back with Airdrie. It's definitely not something that only happens with the HJHL - a few teams' updaters (not naming names, nicely - as hey, it could be a # of reasons/factors for it) up here in the NWJHL do that as well - don't update some game sheets to the league stats site until the following day. hehe!
*G #35 Ty Swabb - injury update: not sure if I just badly miscalculated his estimated return date for his '6 week lower body injury' (currently would have been Dec 9th from day injury was dated to, according to the 'red cross' on him, on the Canmore AJHL stats/roster), or if it was updater by Canmore updater(s) and I possibly missed it - but regardless, according to what's there now he's now overdue in returning, by nearly a week... yikes! No wonder there's been that 'revolving door' backup goalie setup for Ayearst & Fisk. So yeah, changed Swabb injury listing on EP currently to "Lower body injury, status uncertain (was expected back by December 9th)".
Sherwood Park:
*LD #26 Tyler Dea recalled again from St. Albert Raiders Midget AAA (AMHL) and played yesterday.
*RD #25 Nick Charif, back down with SSAC Athletics Midget AAA (AMHL) and played with them yesterday.
*Captain F #19 Eric Liknes (if anyone reading knows his primary F position(s), drop me a message) now listed with a 2-3 week lower body injury dated to the 14th/Friday, joining D #44 Cody Bardock who I have listed on EP as "Lower body injury, status uncertain (was to be back by November 25th)" - another overdue injury return.... yikes!
Drayton Valley:
*RW #14 Braden Jakubowski, back playing with Leduc Oil Kings Midget AAA (AMHL) as of game yesterday.
Bonnyville:
*Not a change, but former Pontiac and current NEAJBHL leading scorer C #7 Dallas Ansell stays with the club to play a 2nd straight game (listed on reserve still, and not listed as an AP kind of strangely, but it could have just been neglected or accidentally left out). The main reason I mention him, is the fact that the Bonnyville updater lists him as an "RC" yet a left handed shot... which kind of makes me wonder. As far as I knew in the past RC and LC as positions stood for 'right handed or left handed' shots - as there obviously aren't players that just selectively take faceoffs on the right or left side of the ice (who would take them at centre, then? Haha!). But if this RC/LC deal stands for something else as well - please comment and let me know. Otherwise, it seems the updater might have just made a very simple, tiny, precise error - nothing major though.
*Regarding the AMHL schedule links I post in - I've been having this gut feeling with how they're listed, that all these 2012-13 links I hyperlink in, wont be active/correct for next season... but they're accurate as of now. Just a note for if someone was to come back next season and look at any of them - but chances are by that time if it happens, they'll see a post I didn't post this on anyways... haha! Oh well, cant say I didn't try... haha!
But, as for this post - all done! Like 8 hours earlier than Saturday's games... haha!
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Edit - league wide injury check update - others known that I came across:
*Brooks D # 22 Maddison Smiley injury now confirmed by Brooks updater(s). He's now listed as out with an upper body for 6-8 weeks, but I've listed it on EP as "Upper body (likely shoulder) injury, expected back January 22nd - February 5th".
*Brooks LW #14 Nick Newman, also now added to the injury list. A backdated injury to Dec 1st listed as a 4-6 weeks upper body one. My EP listing of it: "Upper body injury, expected back December 29th - January 12th".
*Not a change that I know of, but Brooks LW #9 Mark Logan listed as out for 6-8 weeks with lower body injury. I'm pretty sure the expected time frame expired before I started listing injuries differently (with expected return dates in brackets like this, if not back by that date), so this is just a change to my data/EP injury listing on Logan. Changed from "Lower body injury, out indefinitely" to "Lower body injury, status uncertain (was expected back November 12th-26th)".
*Grande Prairie Storm captain RW #15 Taylor Cote, confirmed to me in person at the Grande Prairie Kings (NWJHL) game Saturday night, that he's out until at least the January games. I believe he said he wasn't even going on the 4 game (in 5 days) pre-Xmas southern road trip.. not good!
*Okotoks LD #18 Max Mowat, I believe was injured briefly (? - might have been another Oiler player, not going to worry about sifting through old blog posts now), but is now listed as out with upper body injury for 4-6 weeks as of Dec 13th... which to me means "Upper body injury, expected back January 10th-24th".
Current known # of active injury casualties, by team (whether listed by AJHL team updater or not, listed in brackets like this is) - complete list here, with our still out-of-date AJHL map...:
North Division:
*Bonnyville - 3 known (3 listed) - though offhand, reservist RW #12 Christian Nypower also hurt (but down with Cold Lake - NEAJBHL)
*Drayton Valley - 1 known, by radio source (0 listed)
*Fort McMurray - 5 known (5 listed) - all are overdue... a hurtin' case for the MOB!
*Grande Prairie - 4 known (0 listed), but still yet to dress an AP skater (one of the few, if not only, team in the league with that 'honour' as of yet) - all known either personally or from close trusted sources
*Lloydminster - 0 known (0 listed)
*Sherwood Park - 2 known (2 listed)
*Spruce Grove - 3 known (3 listed)
*Whitecourt - 0 known (0 listed)
South Division:
*Brooks - 3 known (3 listed)
*Calgary Canucks - 8 known (8 listed) - ouch!
*Calgary Mustangs - 0 known (0 listed)
*Camrose - 0 known (0 listed)
*Canmore - 6 known (6 listed) - another ouch!
*Drumheller - 0 known (0 listed)
*Okotoks - 3 out (4 listed) - complicated one there. Okay, Sheen & Swenson are definitely out. Krabben is still listed as hurt but has played the last 2 games. Mowat - I believe was out and came back to play on the 13th (it mighta been a different player, not 100% here), only to get reinjured/hurt again (I believe?). I'm pretty sure the old injury (if it indeed was him) stayed during the game he played, and the data has since then just been added/updated - now that I click his 'red cross' (info above with rest of changes/injuries).
*Olds - 0 known (0 listed)
And that's all for AJHL work for til likely Tuesday night, with today (Monday) off.
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