Chris Clegg
South Peace News

Carifelle nets 3 in win over GP

Rogan Carifelle scored three goals and added an assist to lead hometown High Prairie to a decisive 8-1 in over the Grande Prairie Female team in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 11 Tier 4 Division play.

High Prairie scored five goals in the first period to quickly take control over Grande Prairie, who were playing their first game of the season. High Prairie has won twice and lost in overtime in five starts.

Bennett Strebchuk, Huckleberry Tallman, Nash Halcrow-Cunningham, Colin McLeod and Koziah Halcrow-Patenaude also scored for High Prairie.

Kennedy Milligan scored the only goal for Grande Prairie, an unassisted effort in the first period.

Despite the lopsided score, shots were fairly even at 29-28 for High Prairie. Goaltender Zachary McPhail stopped 27 of 28 shots on goal for High Prairie.

HP sweeps Fox Creek

High Prairie swept a home-and-home series against Fox Creek last weekend to increase it division leading record to 4-1 in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 11 Tier 6 East Division action.

High Prairie won 7-5 on home ice Nov. 30, then made the trip to Fox Creek Dec. 1 and won 5-0. Fox Creek had won its first two games of the season.

High Prairie led 4-1 in the game and never trailed. Each time Fox Creek pulled to within one goal High Prairie had an answer.

Korbyn Cunningham-L’Hirondelle scored the hat trick to lead High Prairie. Eddie Lincoln Willier added a pair and Christopher Halcrow and Scarlett Palisoc one goal each.

Declan Osmond netted a hat trick for Fox Creek while Sadie Gomuwka and Rylan McKennitt added the other goals.

The next day, Boston Cunningham stopped 31 shots to lead High Prairie to the shutout win. Palisoc scored a hat trick in the win while Cunningham-L’Hirondelle and Harper Cunningham added the other goals.

After a scoreless first period High Prairie scored three goals and added two in the third.

HP nips Beaverlodge, La Crete

High Prairie has won three of four games to start its season in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 13 Tier 2 Division play.

High Prairie nipped Beaverlodge 6-4 on home ice Nov. 30 before winning 8-7 at La Crete Dec. 1.

High Prairie withstood a late rally by Beaverlodge to secure the home ice win. High Prairie had led 4-1 after two periods.

Kelby Letendre scored a hat trick in the win. Ahmed Mouallem added a pair and Kendal Anderson the other goal.

Cooper Mark replied with two goals for Beaverlodge. Brody Joachim and Ryatt Carruthers added the other goals for Beaverlodge, which was outshot 48-45.

Anderson’s sixth goal of the game in overtime was the difference at La Crete. Vance Cunningham added a pair to complete the scoring.

Devin Giesbrecht scored four goals for La Crete, which in winless in four games. Adam Cardinal added a pair while Tristan Wieler added the other goal.

Win, tie for HP Under 13

High Prairie continues to enjoy a fine start to its season with a win and a tie in last weekend’s play to increase its record to 3-0-1-1 and third place in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 13 Tier 5-6 Division play.

High Prairie outgunned visiting Peace River 9-7 on Nov. 30, then tied at Wembley 5-5 the next day.

The win over Peace River, who have lost all five games played this season, looked like anything but a shootout as High Prairie led 1-0 after one period. However, the teams split four goals in the second period to make it 5-4 for High Prairie, then the home team outscored Peace River 4-3 in the third.

Steven Carifelle-Shaw scored the hat trick in the win while Callum Lambton added a pair. Landen Lariviere, Mikael Feschuk, Reid Herben and Alexys Gauchier added the other goals.

John Cardinal Junior scored twice for Peace River while they received one each from Cooper Ropson, Jase Noskiye, Brooklyn Gale, Ashton Webb and Kolby Cardinal.

At Wembley, it was Bailey Batting’s goal with 41 seconds left in the third period which gave Wembley the tie. Both teams did not score in overtime. Ethan Keeler scored twice to lead Wembley while Logan Krysta-Radcliffe and Izaeus Schramm added the other goals.

Feschuk scored three goals to lead High Prairie. Henlee Potskin and Herben added the other markers.

High Prairie earned the tie despite being outshot 49-29 by Wembley, who lead the division with five wins and a tie in six games.

Douglas, Auger each net 2 in win

Three wins in four starts has High Prairie in first place in the All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 15 Tier 3 Northwest Division.

Evan Douglas and Zennyn Auger each scored twice to lead High Prairie to an 8-4 win over visiting Grande Prairie, which dropped to 1-5 in six starts.

Kayle Young, Keyden Willier, Maliki Anderson-Lamouche and Jack Strebchuk also scored for High Prairie, which led 3-0 after one period and 7-2 after two. Alexis Davies and Jacob Hesse each added two assists.

Tyrel Giesbrecht, Cruz Robertson, Austin Ivany and Haden Rigler scored for Grande Prairie, who were outshot 48-43.

Valleyview, PR hand HP losses

One win in seven games is all High Prairie has to show for its efforts so far this season in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 18 Tier 3 Northeast Division play.

Valleyview thumped High Prairie 10-5 on Nov. 30. It was Valleyview’s first game of the season while High Prairie was already playing its sixth. The next day, Peace River came to town and escaped with a 4-3 win.

Valleyview erupted for seven unanswered first period goals and never trailed in the contest. Christopher Holomego scored five goals and added two assists to lead the charge. Harley Chowace added a pair while single goals were scored by Cruz Holomego, Greyson Turner and Mikael Goodswimmer.

High Prairie received goals from Isaiah Halcrow, Denny Halcrow-Lauck, Christian Anderson, Mikwan Laboucan and Kahlen Letendre.

The next day, High Prairie and Peace River were tied 1-1 after one period and 3-3 after two. It was Hunter Senft’s third period goal which proved to be the difference.

Drake Morin, Kaden Hufnagel and Keegan Ferguson also scored for Peace River, which has split its first two games, while Halcrow, Halcrow-Lauck and Laboucan replied for High Prairie, which dropped to 1-5 with an overtime loss to start the season.

Peace River outshot High Prairie 42-41.

HP Female team falls to 0-3

High Prairie has dropped to 0-3 in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 18 Female Division play to start the season.

High Prairie lost a tough 5-4 decision on home ice to Fairview Nov. 30 before losing 6-2 at Grande Prairie Dec. 1.

Fairview scored three second period goals to erase a 2-1 first period deficit in the win over High Prairie. It was Kamryn Bissell’s goal with 11:52 left which proved to be the game-winner. It was her second goal of the game.

Mela Gardecki also scored twice for Fairview while Neka Stucklswaiger added the other goal.

Jewel Chalifoux and Tazannah Belcourt scored first period goals to give High Prairie a 2-1 lead. After being blanked in the second period, Hali Auger and Madison Willier-Giroux scored in the third period to tie the game.

Fairview outshot High Prairie 40-35.

In Grande Prairie, Belcourt opened the scoring for High Prairie but it was pretty much Grande Prairie afterwards. They scored twice in the first period and added three more in the second to take a 5-2 lead.

Ellie Friesen tallied twice for Grande Prairie while Emily Lancaster, Mackenzie Willett, Grace Cuff and Brooklyn Hobbs added the other goals.