It was a busy first weekend of 2022 for the SWHL with all eight teams in action. All games except one were decided by one goal, making for an exciting weekend of senior hockey.

Wilkie remains unbeaten is they narrowly defeated Biggar 4-3 on Sunday afternoon, thanks to some supurb goaltending from Brett Matlock, who made 43 saves on 47 shots, to give Biggar a chance to win.

Hafford took part in two overtime games over the weekend, first knocking off the Unity Miners 6-5 Friday night, then Biggar 5-4 on Saturday. 

Macklin headed to Edam to take on the 3 Stars yesterday, and came out with a 3-2 win, thanks to goaltender Nathan Hargrave. 

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Fri, Jan. 7  
8:30P Hafford Hawks 6 OT Unity Miners 5 Unity Community Centre  
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Sat, Jan. 8  
8:00P Biggar Nationals 4 Hafford Hawks 5 OT Hafford & District Communiplex  
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Sat, Jan. 8  
8:30P Kindersley Sr Klippers 6 Kerrobert Tigers 3 Kerrobert Arena  
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Sun, Jan. 9  
2:00P Macklin Mohawks 3 Edam 3 Stars 2 Edam Arena  
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Sun, Jan. 9  
3:30P Biggar Nationals 3 Wilkie Outlaws 4 SaskCan Community Centre

Leading the way on the scoresheet in the SWHL is Wilkie's Brock Harrison, who has 34 points in nine games played. Leading the goal scoring charge is Rory Gregoire from Wilkie, who has 16 goals in nine games played. View the top 10 scorers below.

PLAYER # P TEAM GP G A PTS P/G PPG PPA SHG SHA GW PIM
1 Brock Harrison 8 - Outlaws 9 8 26 34 3.8 2 8 0 0 0 2
2 Rory Gregoire 21 - Outlaws 9 16 11 27 3.0 4 2 0 0 4 14
3 Chris Henry 27 - Nationals 9 9 16 25 2.8 1 2 0 2 0 0
4 Shayne Neigum 27 - Klippers 9 12 10 22 2.4 3 3 0 0 1 18
5 Brett Novak 9 - Nationals 9 13 8 21 2.3 2 1 2 0 0 8
6 Derek Keller 12 - Outlaws 9 9 12 21 2.3 0 5 0 0 1 2
7 David Dziurzynski 22 - Klippers 9 5 16 21 2.3 2 5 0 1 0 2
8 Kyle Dilosa 51 - Nationals 9 2 18 20 2.2 0 0 1 1 0 18
9 Mitch Wall 14 - Stars 8 10 8 18 2.3 1 0 1 0 0 18
10 Cody Danberg 21 - Stars 8 8 9 17 2.1 1 0 1 0 1 8

As for leading goalies in the league, Jake Taylor from Edam has a 7-3 record, and 2.80 GAA in nine games played this season.

  GOALIE TEAM GP W L T G A PIM SO MP GA GAA GSAA SH SA SV%
1 Jake Taylor Stars 10 7 3 0 0 0 2 2 599 28 2.80 2.72 249 221 0.888
2 Jared Herle Outlaws 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 365 20 3.29 -0.01 162 142 0.877
3 Nathan Hargrave Mohawks 7 4 2 0 0 0 6 0 345 19 3.30 3.58 183 164 0.896
4 Nik Amundrud Tigers 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 280 18 3.86 8.03 211 193 0.915
5 Luke Sproule Klippers 9 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 502 35 4.18 4.23 318 283 0.890
6 Joel Gryzbowski Hawks 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 539 38 4.23 5.43 352 314 0.892
7 Dillon Beaudien Tigers 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 199 19 5.73 3.21 180 161 0.894
8 Brett Matlock Nationals 9 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 541 54 5.99 -3.91 406 352 0.867
9 Ryan Rewerts Miners 6 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 313 32 6.13 -7.94 195 163 0.836
10 Kyle Turk Miners 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 353 48 8.16 -15.80 261 213 0.816

The annual player of the week was handed out by SWHL president Joe Cey, and week seven honours went to Devin Gerun from Hafford, who had five goals and two assists, including the overtime winner against Biggar, and a hat trick against Unity, in Hafford's two overtime victories.

Honourable mention went to Macklin goaltender Nathan Hargrave, who backstopped the Mohawks to a 3-2 win in Edam, against the 3 Stars on Sunday.

Wilkie continues to lead the way in the SWHL, with a 10-0 mark. Sitting in second is Edam, who is 7-3, with Macklin right behind at 6-2, and Kindersley sits at 6-3.

Kindersley and Macklin will be in action this Friday at the Macklin & District Communiplex beginning at 8:30 pm. We will have all the action from Macklin on Classic Hits 1330/1210.