Chiefs Sweep Eastman at Home

     Yellowhead welcomed the Eastman Selects to the Shoal Lake Communiplex for a two game  home set this past weekend.   The Selects are just behind the Chiefs in the league standings and the Chiefs needed the two wins to ensure they maintained the gap and to set the stage as it appears likely the two teams will face each other in the first round of the playoffs.

     Game 1 on Saturday night saw the Chiefs continue the solid play they displayed in the previous weekends Sunday win over Pembin Valley.  The line of Cass Lyttle, Rylee Gluska and Karli Frederick would be the early story as Frederick scored in the first and Lyttle in the second to stake the Chiefs to a 2 - 0 lead.   Tatum Amy also scored in the second and the Chiefs were comfortably ahead at 3 - 0.  However the resilient Selects scored two quick goals before the end of the period, one on a power play to narrow the lead to 3 - 2.  In the third, Amy would score again as the Chiefs captain and point leader continued her torrid scoring pace this month.  The score would remain at 4 - 2 as Miranda Cook made 18 saves in the Chiefs net for the victory.

     In Sundays game, the Chiefs scored late in the first period as Morgan Ramsay scored an unassisted short handed goal.  Jena Barscello added the Chiefs second goal in the second period with assists from Ramsay and McKiya Mazur.  That would be all the lamp lighting on this day, as the goalies shut the door the rest of the way and the Chiefs held on for a tidy 2 - 0 victory,

     The Chiefs will now hit the road to Calgary for the Edge School Chinook Classic Feb 2nd to 5th.   With one last home game in the regular season when they return, the Chiefs appear primed for the playoff run.