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Westman High School Hockey League action came to the Hamiota & District Sports Complex on Thursday Feb. 5 as the Hamiota/Rivers/Elton (HRES) Huskies hosted the Virden Golden Bears. The fourth place Bears were favoured to win but the ninth place Huskies had other ideas.

It was a tight game with equal shots on goal. The Huskies held the lead for most of the game with goals from Carter Rozdeba, Duncan McLean, Matao Finnie and Nash McMaster.

Reed McGrath kept Virden in the game with a goal in each of the first two periods until the Bears tied it with goals from Dexan Routledge and Beckham Clarke early in the third.

The game winner came when Huskies’ Harlen Bridges scored a short-handed goal with thirteen minutes left. Corbin Munz added the insurance goal to seal the deal.

The refs were kept busy, handing out ten penalties to the Huskies and eight to the Bears.

Huskies stun favoured Golden Bears at Hamiota

By Dale Davison