Play in the East Central Senior Hockey League resumed locally on Saturday, Jan. 6, after a short Christmas break.
The Forestburg Flyers hosted the Irma Aces on Saturday night. Forestburg took an early lead in the game, with Alex Badry scoring at the 1:30 mark, from Colton Cannady and Brock Dawbin.
Irma tied things up with a goal from Zach Mackay, assisted by Ross Herzog, with Forestburg pulling ahead again late in the period with an unassisted goal from Cory Lohr to make it 2-1 heading into the second period.
Irma’s MacKay scored his second goal of the night on a power play early in the period to tie it 2-2.
Irma’s Tristan Hofer scored the only goal in the third, from Ryan Symington, to make it a 3-2 final for the Aces.
Brendan Davis took the loss in goal for the Flyers, stopping 41 of 44 shots, compared to 21 shots on Irma’s Tyson Soucy.
Also on Saturday, the Sedgewick Sabres hosted the Stettler Imperials at the Wild Rose Recreation Centre, earning a 3-0 win and a second shutout for goaltender Travis Child.
The Hughenden Jets hosted the Provost Combines Saturday in Hughenden, playing to a 6-5 loss, with Provost scoring the winning goal with just 13 seconds left on the clock.
This coming weekend will see the Jets heading to Stettler, Forestburg flying in to Irma for a rematch, and the Sabres heading to Coronation, all on Saturday, Jan. 13. Irma is also on the road, heading to Oyen on Friday, Jan. 12.
After weekend play, the Stettler Imperials sit atop the league with a slim lead of 16 points over second place teams, the Sedgewick Sabres and Provost Combines, each with a game in hand, sitting at 15 points in 10 games.
The Irma Acres aren’t far behind, with 14 points in 10 games, and the Oyen Eagles sit in fifth place with 13 points.
Hughenden is in sixth place, tied with Delburne, at eight points each, with Forestburg in eighth place and Coronation in ninth place.
Leslie Cholowsky
Staff Reporter
