AJHL scores & changes - Dec 18th

Sorry about the holdup getting this fully complete until now... ended up getting tired suddenly and gradually faster last night, and been busy with other things most of the day, including shoveling out my Grandma's entire about 5 car capacity driveway, and large deck at -25 earlier... haha! Face was pretty warm for the next 30-60mins but oh well... haha! Anyways, though...

Scores:

1. Bandits beat Okotoks 4-2 in Brooks. Wow, what an effort by the Oilers in the 3rd. Brooks outshot marginally in the 1st and 2nd but the Oilers launched a 15-4 3rd period attack... just not enough to be the mighty Bandits though. Bandits G #30 (started with #30, then #33, then back to #30 lately, according to notes I had on his EP profile) Devon Fordyce earned home star probably for that 14/15 save 3rd period alone.
2. GP Storm beat Canucks 5-2 at Max Bell Centre not far south into SE Calgary (I think I'm almost certain I may have unintentionally said it was in the NE before on the blog here... it's so close to the NE divider road after all... haha!). Was a first 2 periods that seemed dominated by the Storm, but the 3rd period almost a full on attack from the Canucks (17-9 shots), but they just couldn't buy a goal.
3. Drumheller beat the Mustangs 2-1 at Father David Bauer Arena in NW Calgary. A close 2-1 game that the Mustangs dominated the first and the Dragons took the game over in the 2nd and 3rd. I personally noticed well what happened at 2:16 in the 3rd:

   PERIOD 3

   Calgary Mustangs at 2:16 - Jared Van Ree for Fighting (5 Min.)

   Calgary Mustangs at 2:16 - Blair Wentworth for Roughing (5 Min.)

   Drumheller Dragons at 2:16 - Tristan Reimer for Fighting (5 Min.)

   Calgary Mustangs at 2:16 - Chase McMurphy for Roughing (2 Min.)

   Calgary Mustangs at 2:16 - Blair Wentworth for Boarding (2 Min.)

   Calgary Mustangs at 2:16 - Jared Van Ree for Roughing (2 Min.)

   Drumheller Dragons at 2:16 - Adam Danyluk for Boarding (2 Min.)

   Drumheller Dragons at 2:16 - Adam Danyluk for Roughing (2 Min.)

   Drumheller Dragons at 2:16 - Tristan Reimer for Roughing (2 Min.)

4. Camrose beat Grizzlys 8-5 in Olds. Whoa... a track meet there alright! 4-2 Olds after 2 until Camrose totally caught fire, scoring 5 unanswered in the period, the last being an empty netter... lots of 3+ point players likely here... holy heck, before I get to that though - both teams were over 40% on the PP, Camrose scoring 5 times! AJHL rookie scoring leader, Kodiaks C #15 Tanner MacMaster with 5 points (3G, 2A) to definitely pad that lead, teammate RW #12 Brett Njaa (I always say to myself 'Ninja', even though have heard it said Nee-ya... hehe!) with 3 points (1G, 2A), and Olds' F #9 Dylan Hubbs also with 3 points (1G, 2A).

Changes:
Okotoks:
*Not a change, but C #12 Chris Collins still listed as suspended on AJHL Okotoks stats/roster listing, but he was only out from 12th-18th for a 1 game suspension and played last night against Brooks.
*Though still listed as injured on AJHL Okotoks stats/roster, Oilers LW #22 Colton Sheen played last night, for the first time in exactly one month.
*Okay... the Oilers AJ listing is getting really confusing to keep track of... okay so LD #3 Kyle Krabben was out of the lineup backdated to Nov 26th with an upper body injury, the he played Dec 11th, 13th and 15th with the injury still listed as active on the AJ stats listing, now didn't play last night, with the same previous injury still listed... uh... okay, unless someone tells me otherwise I'll consider him re-injured. So to try and logically make sense of this one... "Upper body injury (originally backdated to Nov 26th, but not removed from AJHL listing when returned Dec 11th, though did not play again Dec 18th), status uncertain" - onto EP. Think it might be worth asking Gino De Paoli about this one as well...
*LW #20 Sheldon Rempal is listed on Oilers active AJ stats/roster, but was back with the Calgary Buffaloes Midget AAAs (AMHL) for game Sunday.
*Hmm, not a change, but beginning to wonder if rookie C #25 Tanner Ockey is possibly signed to play with the Oilers for the rest of the season and/or injured. He hasn't been checked on any Calgary Royals Midget AAA (AMHL) game sheets since he first reappeared on the Oilers AJ active stats/roster. I'd link the AMHL sheets in, but nah... already closed them all - you guys reading can look if you want to see that proof (pending it doesn't get edited in later, of course.. haha!). Oh yeah, to add to the 'possibly signed for rest of season' theory/idea - he's also not listed as an AP on the AJ Oilers stats/roster currently.

Brooks:
*AP/reserve LD #25 Brett Schimmel,  played last night against Okotoks, from Southeast Tigers Midget AAA (AMHL - Medicine Hat) though he's 'from from' Brooks.
*C #25 Landon Welykholowa & LW #16 Ben Assad, have been back with Calgary Buffaloes Midget AAA (AMHL) since Sunday game.

Grande Prairie - listed on pre-game notes post last night.

Calgary Canucks - listed on pre-game notes post last night.
*Two move I didn't get to last night, RW #24 Alexander Mowbray & RD #7 Own Johnson went back to Calgary Buffaloes Midget AAA (AMHL) for Sunday game.

Drumheller:
*G Adam Beukeboom was #31, but now is listed with #35 - the same # he wore in his WHL time.

Camrose - Kind of a 'caught me by surprise', but 3 APs listed on reserve prior, played last night (they had maybe 1 or 2 all season til now):
*LW #22 Nick Harder, up from Sherwood Park Kinds Midget AAA (AMHL).
*C #27 Taylor Allan, up from Calgary Royals Midget AAA (AMHL).
*RD #5 Quinn Brown, up from Red Deer Chiefs Midget AAA (AMHL)

Olds:
*#-less RW/C Brendon Benson, now listed/AP/on reserve. Currently with Lethbridge Pronghorns Midget AAA (AMHL).
*F/RD #42 Austin Kernahan, now listed as out indefinitely with lower body injury, backdated to Dec 11th.

And finally... I'm done with yesterday's games!