Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

October 2023 Team Highlights

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Here is what the Mustangs were up to this month, we had a busy October!

October 6th- Big win against the Weyburn Red Wings in a shootout
October 7th- Won again against Weyburn
October 13th- 3-2 win against Kindersley
October 14th- 5-4 loss in Kindersley
October 18th- Zac Somers played his 100th SJHL Regular season game against North Battleford on Hometown ice!
October 19th- Austin Shepherd, Bo Eisner, Brayden Westerlund and Nolan Roberts went and served drinks at the YOUth Mental Health Conferences at the KVC
We also went and canvased the community for Coupon Books! Thank you to all who supported us!
October 20th- 5-4 Win against La Ronge
October 21st- 3-4 loss against Melville
October 23rd- We welcomed 20 year old Hudson Norris to the club!
James Venne was named Saskatchewan Player of the Week from the SJHL
October 24th- 3-5 Loss in Melville
October 25th- Austin Shepherd, Nolan Patterson, Kaleb Binner and Brayden Westerlund went and learned the ropes of the Pizza Biz at TJ’s Pizza! They made Wedgies and took them around town to those who ordered! They also sported some pretty snazzy hair nets.
October 26th- The boys had a visit from the Melfort RCMP and had a positive chat after Practice!
October 27th- Nutrein came to our game against Yorkton, which we won and we broadcasted on Facebook due to tech issues.
October 28th- Neutral game in Kamsack SK against the Terriers that was called over a cell phone.
October 30th- We said thank you to Prairie North Co-op for their help with the billet program this season
October 31st- We celebrated Halloween Mustangs style, going out trick or treating with kids in the community and dressing up with teammates!

Our Players exiting October with a Star of the Game award Presented by CJVR (Away):
– Rhett Hamilton-1st (Oct 13)
– Ryan Duguay- 2nd (Oct 13), 3rd (Oct 20)
– Kristian Coombs- 3rd (Oct 14)
– Logan Belton- 1st (Oct 20)
– James Venne- 2nd (Oct 20), 1st (Oct 28),
– Chase Friedt-Mohr- 3rd (Oct 25)
– Bo Eisner- 3rd (Oct 28)

Our players exiting October with a Player of the Game award presented by Vital Signs (At Home)
October 6- Aidyn Hutchinson and Logan Belton
October 7- Ryan Duguay and Chase Friedt-Mohr
October 18- Hayden Prosofsky and James Venne
October 21-  Ryan Duguay and Leith Olafson
October 27- David Rioux and Ryan Duguay

October 7th Skaters:
– Ben and Liam Wolf- October 21st
– Atley Barnett- October 27th

Thanks for a wonderful month Mustangs fans!