Dryden’s lead atop the standings shrank to two points in week 14. They have a game in hand on second place Kam River.
McLaren Paulsen is third in league scoring with 49 points. Carson Devine, 41, Max Roby, 39 and Payton Hu, 38, reside in the top-10. Eli Antoine and Emmanuel Nkombou are in the top-20.
Dryden has the league’s best power play, 30.9%, and their 83.6% penalty kill trails only Thunder Bay. Kellan Mooney, 12-2-0, leads the league in goals against average at 2.25. Braxton Castagno, 8-3-1, provides competent back-up.
Kam River is on a six-game winning streak, buoyed by a weekend sweep over Sioux Lookout. There’ll be some heavy lifting in week 15. They play road games against the Ice Dogs and Bombers on Friday and Saturday.
Daxton Lang and Jett Mintenko both have 53 points to lead the SIJHL scoring parade. Kaden Goodwin’s recent hat trick has him in 10th place (38 pts).
Ashton Sadauskas leads the league in goaltending wins with 14, and in minutes, 1,128. Sam Keene is 4-0-0 with the Walleye in his four starts.
Sioux Lookout is 4-5-1 in their last 10, and on a three-game slide. Alex Lucas paces the attack with 39 points. Team captain Jonah Smith has 32 points. Owen Cotter, Tait Howell, Kaden Veller are all knocking on the 20-point door.
The Bombers 14.0% power play is a bit of a concern, although their 82.2% penalty kill is doing just fine.
Matthew Spencer-Dahl, 8-6-1, and Matthew Ofukany, 10-3-0, form a formidable goaltending duo.
Thunder Bay is 5-4-1 in the last 10. The Stars are averaging exactly five goals a game. They’re one point back of Sioux Lookout with two games in hand.
Tyler Jordan has 38 points to sit ninth in league production. Beau Helmeczi, 33, Evan Simeoni, 31, Alex Remenda, 29, Tag Bryson, 29, and Marcellus Francis are in the top 20. Cohen Tangedal, 25 points in 18 games, will miss most of the regular season with a foot injury.
Ben Laurette is no longer with the club. He’s resurfaced as a member of the Melville Millionaires of the SJHL, posting a shutout in his first start there. Veteran netminder Keenan Marks, 6-5-2, is joined by newcomer Rylan Benner, who was 4-2-1 with Winkler in the MJHL.
The Stars power play is at 19.4%, but the penalty kill stands at 90.9%. Thunder Bay has allowed eight goals in 88 chances with three shorties.
Fort Frances is 6-3-1 in their last 10 games. Brady Krentz leads the team in production with 40 points, one of five SIJHL players to have hit that level. Jack Wood, 26, Evan Kabel, 23, and Pierce Gouin, 20 are next in line.
Gunner Paradis is 6-3-0 with a 2.42 GAA and .935 SV%. Rookie Nolan Koethler is 7-6-1 in 1,039 minutes.
The Laker power play is 30.6%, just a notch below Dryden’s 30.9%. The PK is 80.9%.
Red Lake lost two home games over the weekend, but are still 5-3-2 in their last 10.
Nathan Dann’s 31 points is number one on the squad. Rookie Quinn Szpak, 27, Bryson Carlyle, 20, and Gabe Tanton , 20, are next.
Koen Webber is 8-4-1 and Ethan Rau is 2-2-1 between the pipes. The Miners PP is 16.3% and the PK is 77.4%.
Ironwood is trending in the right direction, 3-6-1 in their last 10. Trent Boryszczuk’s recent 52-save-one-goal-allowed masterpiece leads a string of exceptional netminding over the last half dozen games. Kole Kronstedt’s 1,056 net minutes places him second in playing time.
Marshall Thomas is 11th in points with 36. The Lumberjacks offence counts 82 goals in 28 games. Ironwood has the fewest penalty minutes in the league–364. The ‘Jacks 23.0% PP is fourth in the league.
Kenora postponed two games in week 14. They have a doubleheader in Thunder Bay in week 15.
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