Written by Colin Powers Sunday, Feb 19 2023, 8:05 PM

Paige Fischer stopped all 25 shots she faced as the Swift Current Innovation Credit Union U18 AAA Wildcats earned a 5-0 win over the Weyburn Gold Wings in their regular season finale at S3 Arenas on Sunday.

Jerzey Watteyne had two goals and Addison Eurich, Olivia Kirwan and Ella Wingert also scored. Eurich added two assists for a three-point game, while Sadie Keller had two helpers. Wingert, Calla Kampen and Amiyah Jones also had assists.

The Wildcats finish the regular season with a 17-9-4-0 record and sit in third place in the SFU18AAAHL standings. Notre Dame is nine points back in fourth place but has three games in hand. Swift Current and Saskatoon are the only two teams in the league who have completed their regular seasons with the five others playing their remaining games over the next two weeks before playoffs can begin.

In the meantime, Fischer, Watteyne, Wingert, Keller and Caitlyn Perlinger will prepare to head to Prince Edward Island to represent Saskatchewan in female hockey at the Canada Winter Games next week.

Meanwhile, Saskatchewan started the men’s hockey tournament at the Canada Games with a 4-1 win over New Brunswick on Sunday afternoon. Cam and Cobe Perlinger, Parker Rondeau and Berney Weston of the Home Hardware Legionnaires are playing for Saskatchewan, who face Manitoba in their next game on Monday morning.

Written by Colin Powers Sunday, Feb 19 2023, 9:19 AM

The Swift Current Innovation Credit Union U18 AAA Wildcats returned home for the first time since February 1 with a 4-1 win over the Weyburn Gold Wings on Saturday night.

The Wildcats jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one period of play on goals from Jerzey Watteyne and Evangeline Hill. Sadie Keller made it 3-0 for Swift Current midway through the second period, and after Addison Longmore put Weyburn on the board, Keller scored again with 6:36 left in the third period to wrap up the scoring.

Karlee Lehner made 26 saves as the Wildcats outshot Weyburn 40-27.

The Wildcats (16-9-4-0) wrap up the regular season when they host Weyburn one more time this afternoon at 1:15pm from S3 Arenas.

Written by Colin Powers Thursday, Feb 16 2023, 6:18 AM

The Swift Current Innovation Credit Union U18 AAA Wildcats dropped a 5-3 decision to the league-leading Regina Rebels on Wednesday night in the Queen City.

Calla Kampen opened the scoring for Swift Current at 5:11 of the first period before Berlin Lolacher tied it up for Regina with 4:34 left in the opening frame. Jerzey Watteyne and Caitlyn Perlinger scored in the second period to give Swift Current a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes, but the Rebels scored four unanswered goals in the third with Lolacher, Ashley Grice and Stryker Zablocki scoring three nearly three minutes apart early in the period, and Lolacher completing the hat trick with an empty-netter with 15 seconds left.

Addison Eurich had two assists for the Wildcats and Olivia Kirwan and Amiyah Jones added helpers. Paige Fischer made 28 saves as Regina outshot Swift Current 32-19.

The Wildcats (15-9-4-0) wrap up their regular season schedule with a pair of home games against Weyburn this weekend.

BY STEVEN MAH -February 2, 2023
Sadie Keller scored in the second overtime period to lift the Swift Current Innovation Credit Union Wildcats to a 2-1 win over the Saskatoon Stars on Wednesday.

Karlee Lehner made 48 saves for the Wildcats as they defeated the second-place Stars to finish the season series with four wins in five attempts. Lehner improved her record to 11-4 with a 1.37 goals against average and a league leading .955 save percentage.

The Wildcats had led in the first period on a Jerzey Watteyne goal before Saskatoon tied the game with a Jocelyn Fiala marker.

Cydny Price, Kylee Hansen, and Addison Eurich added assists as the Wildcats improved to 15-8-4-0, third in the Saskatchewan Female U18 AAA Hockey League. Watteyne is second in the league with 22 goals, while Keller is tied for seventh with 31 points in 27 games.

The Wildcats will return to league action on Feb. 15 when they visit the first-place Regina Rebels with only three games remaining in the regular season.

Written by Colin Powers Monday, Jan 30 2023, 6:26 AM

The Swift Current Innovation Credit Union U18 AAA Wildcats fell 6-3 to the Regina Rebels in their second matchup of the weekend Sunday at Co-operators Centre in the Queen City.

Greta Henderson opened the scoring for Regina 11:10 into the first, but Swift Current jumped out to a 2-1 lead midway through the second on goals from Caitlyn Perlinger and Jerzey Watteyne. Ashley Breitkreuz tied the game with 6:44 left in the middle frame with Evangeline Hill giving the Wildcats back with 3:55 left in the period. In the third period, Henderson scored three consecutive goals and Berlin Lolacher added another to complete the scoring and the victory for the league-leading Rebels.

Karlee Lehner made 24 saves in the loss as Regina outshot Swift Current 30-16.

The Wildcats (15-8-3-0) will return home to face the Saskatoon Stars on Wednesday night.