Dryden took three of four points last week. Their current points streak is 10 games. The Ice Dogs have a lone home tilt against on Friday night against the North Stars in Week 18. The Ice Dogs dropped from 11th to 13th in the CJHL rankings released Monday, January 20th.
McLaren Paulsen continues to lead the team with 50 points. Max Roby (48), Carson Devine (45) and Payton Hu (43) are in the SIJHL top 10. Eli Antoine (39) and Emmanuel Nkombou (35) are in the top 20. Nkombou’s 110 penalty minutes tops the charts.
Kellan Mooney is 15-2-1 and leads the SI with a 2.34 goals against average.
Dryden’s power play ranks second at 28.4% and the penalty kill is third at 82.8%.
Kam River tees up a weekend pair at home against Red Lake in Week 18. The Walleye are 7-3-0 in their last 10. They’re a point ahead of Sioux Lookout in the battle for second place.
Daxton Lang paces the league in goals (25), assists (39) and points (64). Jett Mintenko has 60 points with 23 goals. Kaden Goodwin (19-29-48) is 6th in scoring. Edwin Liang is third among defencemen with 24 points.
Ashton Sadauskas is carrying the freight in net, sporting a league-leading 17 wins and 1,484 minutes between the pipes.
On special teams, Kam River has a 26.0% PP and 82.5% PK.
The Bombers swept a pair against Ironwood and have a lone game in Kenora on tap. Sioux Lookout has the longest current winning streak at six consecutive victories.
Alex Lucas (24-23-47) and Jonah Smith (12-28-40) pace the team in scoring. Matthew Ofukany is 14-3-0 in net. He crested the 1,000-minute mark with 1,022 last week. Matthew Spencer-Dahl is 7-6-1 in 961 minutes. The Bombers lead the SIJHL with the lowest GAA overall (90 goals in 34 games).
The Bombers improved to 16.4% and 83.7% on the power play and penalty kill respectively.
Thunder Bay won one of their three Week 17 games and will play three different opponents in Week 18. They entertain Red Lake in a rare Wednesday morning (11:00 a.m. EST) start at the Gardens. The Stars hit the road for a Friday match against Dryden and a Saturday contest in Fort Frances.
Tyler Jordan is 4th in league scoring with 23 goals and 26 assists. Five of his teammates: Beau Helmeczi, 40, Marcellus Francis and Evan Simeoni 37, Tag Bryson, 36, and Alex Remenda, 33, are in the top-20. Francis hit 20 goals in 24 games. Bryson leads all defencemen in points.
Keenan Marks, 9-7-2/2.88/.919, will likely see the bulk of work in net.
Thunder Bay’s power play is at 23.7% and the penalty kill is an outstanding 89.7%.
Fort Frances recorded a confidence building 4-3 OT win over Dryden last Saturday. Ironwood and Thunder Bay visit this Ice For Kids Arena this weekend.
Brady Krentz, 17 goals and 24 assists, is the Lakers top scorer. Jack Wood, Pierce Gouin and Tie Schumacher and Evan Kabel add depth to the offence. The Lakers number one 29.9% power play and solid goaltending are front and centre of their revival. Gunnar Paradis is 8-4-0 with a 2.72 GAA and .928 SV%. Nolan Koethler is 7-8-1 with a 3.52/.907 slash line.
Red Lake is in a seven-game losing streak and had Week 17 off due to postponed games. They travel to Thunder Bay for a Wednesday game and then host the Fighting Walleye on the weekend. Despite the recent dry spell their goal differential is still only minus-5.
Nathan Dann is the lone Miner in the top-20 with 34 points. Quinn Szpak has 30 points in 31 games. Rookie Koen Webber leads the squad with an 8-6-1 record between the pipes. The Miners have a 17.6% power play and 77.1% penalty kill.
Ironwood is on a four-game losing streak, 3-7-0 in their last 10. They have a lone road game against Fort Frances on Friday.
Leading the way offensively is Marshall Thomas with 17 goals and 24 helpers. Matteo Salvatore, Aidan Charron, Josh Gulden and Collin Baker are all over 20 points. The Lumberjacks have 97 team goals.
Trent Boryszczuk is 6-7-1 in net, sporting a .933 SV%. Kole Kronstedt is among the leaders in net time with 1,207 minutes.
The Lumberjacks have a 21.1% PP and a 63.2% PK. Ironwood has the least penalty minutes, 438, in the league.
Kenora host Sioux Lookout on Friday in their lone Week 18 game. Week 17 saw two Islanders games postponed.
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