AJHL Pre Season - August 27th

Four games Friday night in AJHL Exhibition play:


Lloydminster Bobcats - 7  Fort McMurray Oil Barons -1
Veteran Kyle Bowen scored twice and added two assists for the Bobcats, while Steve Dobbin, James Shaw, Jeremie Perron, Jadred Cambieto and Cooper Limb added singles. Kory Chisholm added three assists for the Bobcats, who improved to 2-1 in the pre season.  Matt Koebel had the lone goal for the Oil Barons, who suffered their first loss of the pre season (2-1).

St Albert Steel - 6  Spruce Grove Saints - 4
In Sherwood Park, Jeremy Olenyk scored twice to lead the Steel attack.  Ryan Berlin, Spencer Pommells, Topher Flanagan and Cullen Menuse (?? hard to read his name on game sheet) also scored for the Steel, while Wesley Warkentin, Keith Summers, David Glen and Troy ??? (again hard to read name on game sheet) replied for the Saints.  It was the first pre season game for both teams.

Drayton Valley Thunder -4   Sherwood Park Crusaders - 3  (Shoot out)
The AJHL is holding a shoot out after every pre-season game, no matter what the final score is, in order to get everyone ready for it's implementation during the regular season.  But in Sherwood Park, the shoot out was actually needed to determine the winner between the Thunder and Crusaders.  Eric Sieben and Jordan Fimmonds scored for Drayton Valley in the shoot out, while Zach Wiessbach stopped both Sherwood Park shooters he faced.  During the game, Sieben, Codey Hansen and Jared Haupeman scored for the Thunder, while Eric Liknes with 2 and Nolan Yaremchuk replied for the Crusaders. 

Calgary Canucks - 5   Okotoks Oilers - 2
Grande Prairie native Matt Chomyc scored twice for the Canucks, with singles added by Zack Wildman, Ben Primeau and Taylor Graham.  Brandy Weldon and Houston Hazellar replied for the Oilers.  It was the pre season opener for both teams.