Midget Huskies still undefeated after win against Warner

Midget Huskies vs Warner Sabres

Joey Jackson

Pincher Creek's Midget Huskies were able to hit, fight and check their way to a 10-1 home-ice win on Friday against their rivals, Warner's South Country Sabers. Holding Warner to only 3 shots on net in the third period, the teams racked up 71 total penalty minutes throughout the game, including 10 for offsetting majors for fighting. Assistant coaches Lyle Douglas and Rick Koentges took over for head coach Kent Goodreau after he was ejected for expressing his displeasure to the refs for a controversial call that saw Tyson Goodreau ejected with an extra instigator penalty tacked on to his fight penalty.

  

Jared Koentges of the Huskies led his team in the win with 2 goals and 4 assists, followed close behind by Kieran Douglas with 2 goals and 2 assists. Max Laackmann scored the lone goal for Warner, ending Huskies goalie Jeremy Kretz' chance for a shutout early on in the game. Warner put up a fight physically but couldn't keep up with Pincher's fast paced offense, and with only 2 subs by the middle of the third Warner was running out of steam. So far this season these two teams have been pretty even, with Pincher managing to defeat Warner by a score of 2-1 on Sunday November 23rd, so this wide score margin may have come as a surprise to most.

Warner saw 2 different players ejected* which left the rest of their team with small numbers on the bench, making it hard to play the number 1ranked Huskies, who only 1 sent to the dressing room. Pincher was able to keep their perfect record intact, now 8-0, and look to keep that streak alive on the road next weekend against Kainai and Bow Island. The weekend after that they are also sheduled to play away against Picture Butte, their last game of 2014. The Huskies and Sabres aren't scheduled to meet up again until early February in Warner, when it's once again expected that these rivals will again play a physical, hard hitting hockey game.

*corrected for accuracy