Foucher makes 45 stops to lead Stampeders to road victory in Dauphin
Mikael Foucher turned aside 45 shots to lead the Swan Valley Stampeders to a 5-2 victory over the Dauphin Kings on Friday night.
Callum Fortin, Josh Maucieri, Tommy Cardinal and Brendan Saether scored for the Stamp’ while Luke Beerman chipped in with 2 assists.
Kaden Bryant and Brayden Pawluk replied for the Kings.
The Stampeders’ return to action on Sunday night when they host the Steinbach Pistons.
Elsewhere in the MJHL,
The Waywayseecappo Wolverines came back to down the Steinbach Pistons, 4-3 in the shootout.
Gerrick Ripley scored for the winner for the Wolverines while Rayman Bassi, Kris Bladen and Alex Lucken scored in regulation.
Colin Ahern made 25 saves on 28 shots in the win while former Wolverine Thomson Phinney made 32 stops in loss.
The next game for the Wolverines will be in Winnipeg on Sunday night when they battle the Selkirk Steelers.
Other Saturday results:
Neepawa 5 Winnipeg 4 (SO)
SJHL
Mils’ comeback falls short in loss to Battlefords
The Melville Millionaires’ got 2 goals from Rin Beny but they dropped a 3-2 decision to the first-place Battlefords North Stars.
Noah Form, Dylan McCabe and Logan Spence scored for the North Stars.
The Mils will wrap up their weekend road trip on Sunday night when they visit the Kindersley Klippers. We will broadcast the game with the “Sask Milk” pregame show starting at 7:20 and the play by play kicking off at 7:30.
Other SJHL results:
Humboldt 5 Estevan 6 (OT)
Melfort 2 Kindersley 3 (SO)
Flin Flon 4 Nipawin 6