SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN - The Carlyle Cougars defeated the Oxbow Huskies 5-1 on Friday night in the opening game of the Big Six Hockey League season for both teams.
Jon Gaudet recorded the Cougars' first goal of the season with just under nine minutes to play in the opening frame. Ty Brown and Taysen Holt scored less than three minutes apart in the second to build the advantage, but Colton Schell notched Oxbow's first goal of the campaign less than a minute after Holt's goal.
Marc Shaw and Ben Johnstone scored in the third to dash Oxbow's hope for a comeback.
Curtis Meger (Carlyle) and Cody Levesque (Oxbow) were the goalies.
The Moosomin Rangers won the other two games played on the weekend. Up first was a 9-3 victory over the Midale Mustangs on Friday night – the second time Moosomin has defeated Midale in eight days.
Bud Holloway scored four time and added an assist for Moosomin. Carter Sawchuk had two goals and two assists, and Chad Hebert, Koby Morrisseau and Collin Paull also scored. Levi Horn was their goalie.
Steven Lindenbach scored twice for Midale and assisted on the Mustangs' other goal by Cain Thomson. Talen King was in goal for Midale.
The following night, Moosomin routed the Carnduff Red Devils 10-1. Holloway had his second straight five-point game with two goals and three assists, and Morrisseau also had five points with a goal and four assists. Sawchuk notched two goals and two assists for the second straight night. Ryker Cole and Taylor Sanheim each scored twice, and Drayson Skulmoski also scored.
Mark Moriarty had Carnduff's lone goal
Horn was in goal for Moosomin, while Cody Dumaine and Mason Plews shared Carnduff's goaltending duties.
Four games are scheduled in the upcoming weekend. Oxbow will visit the Kipling-Windthorst Oil Kings and the Redvers Rockets are at Carlyle on Nov. 15, and Midale is at the Wawota Flyers and Carlyle is at Carnduff on Nov. 16. All games are slated to start at 8 p.m. The Flyers' game will be their first contest of the season.
