The CSSHL Featured Games of the Day for January 17-19, 2025 will feature a mix of match-ups from the Female U18 Prep, U18 Prep and U17 Prep divisions.
You can catch all of the action live on FloHockey.
Friday, January 17, 2025 – 1:15pm PST: Planet Ice Delta – American
Shawnigan Lake School (12-6-0) vs Delta Hockey Academy Green (11-9-1)
This will be the fourth meeting of the season between the two sides having previously met October 25-27 in Shawnigan Lake, BC. Third ranked Shawnigan (Shawnigan Lake, BC) would take the first game 4-3 in OT and the third game 3-1. Second ranked Delta Green (Delta, BC) won the second outing 3-1 and will look to even the series on home ice Friday, before setting up a final showdown February 8.
Alix Walchuk (8-1-0) and Aidyn Carkner (4-5-0) have split the work in net for Shawnigan this season, sitting with a 2.83 GAA, .895 SV% and 2 shutouts. Captain and Cornell University commit Taya Lonsdale (21-11-32) sits second in goals and eighth in league scoring. Forwards Zoe Cramer (8-17-25), Grace Cooper (10-14-24) and Meera Smith (5-15-20) all have over a point-per-game this season. Defenseman and RIT commit Cassandra Kehler (2-13-15) joins them in this feat, while Bemidji State University commit Lola Macuiba (7-18-15) is tied with Kehler for the team lead among defensemen with 15 points.
University of Minnesota Duluth commit Molly Cole (19-10-29) leads the Delta Green offence with 29 points in 21 games, including points in nine straight before her last outing against RHA Kelowna. Sadie Isfeld (7-14-21), who is committed to Trinity Western University, sits fourth among all defensemen with 21 points in 21 games, making her and Cole the only two Delta Green skaters averaging a point per game. 2008 born Payton Finnie (6-14-20) and a pair of U SPORTS commits in defenseman Audrey Church (3-16-19) and forward Erica Barnard (9-9-18) round out the Delta Green offence. A pair of U SPORTS commits man the pipes for Delta Green as Jillian Matthews (4-6-0) and Maisie Cope (7-3-1) combine for a 2.38 GAA, .923 SV% and 2 shutouts.
Saturday, January 18, 2025 – 3:45pm MST: WinSport – Rink B
South Alberta Hockey Academy (13-8-4) vs Calgary International Hockey Academy (16-6-1) U18 Prep
This will be the third meeting of the season for the two teams having previously met at the start of October. 10th ranked SAHA (Medicine Hat, AB) would take the opener 6-2, while fifth ranked CIHA (Calgary, AB) would grab the rematch the next day 5-2. CIHA and SAHA come into this game as the third and fourth highest scoring teams, with 121 and 120 goals for.
A trio of forwards in Ty Hynes (12-14-26), Brayden Ryan-Mackay (10-16-26) and Tyden Lafournaise (7-15-22) all sit with point-per-game or better averages on the season, with forward Cash Olson (9-14-23) not too far behind and joining them in the teams top five scorers. Prince Albert Raiders prospect Ty Krooshoop (2-22-24) leads the SAHA blueline with 10 more points than second place, Kale McCann (1-13-14). His 24 points rank seventh among all U18 Prep defenders. Mattias Radke (10-4-4) has played the majority of games in net for SAHA, posting a 2.79 GAA and .912 SV%.
CIHA has been steadily climbing the CSSHL rankings and will look to continue to build off of a second place finish at the Circle-K Classic in Calgary, AB over the Christmas Break.听Sartaj Dhami (9-2-0) and Cole Prelusky (7-4-1) both find themselves inside the top 10 among U18 Prep netminders in terms of GAA. WHL prospects Noah Milford (14-20-34), Townes Kozicky (11-18-29) and Cage Smith (12-16-28) lead the CIHA offence. Earlier this month Smith played three games with the Edmonton Oil Kings, scoring his first WHL goal on January 3. Defensemen Jack Wideman (2-22-24) leads all CIHA skaters with 22 assists while Easton LaPlante (11-8-19) paces the back-end with 11 goals.
Sunday, January 19, 2025 – 3:00pm MST: GFL Twin Arena
OHA Edmonton (15-6-2) vs Northern Alberta Xtreme (11-10-2) U17 Prep
The two Edmonton are rivals have faced-off four times this season with each team having won a pair of game. Fourth ranked OHA Edmonton (Edmonton, AB) would take the season opener on September 21st, defeating seventh ranked NAX (Devon, AB) 4-2, before NAX returned the favour with a 5-2 win the following day. NAX would win their December 13th matchup with a 4-3 overtime victory, before OHA Edmonton levelled the series with a 4-3 in their final game before the break on December 20th.
The leagues second leading offence with 135 goals is led by a trio of WHL Draft picks. Keenan Fox (19-22-41) sits third while Cash Brebant (16-22-38) and Jaggar John (14-24-38) sit tied for eighth. Logan Miller (13-24-37) sits one point behind Brebant and John, with Jevyn Singh Gill (11-19-30) the other OHA Edmonton skater on the plus-side of 30 points. Defensemen Zackary Nieckar (3-21-24), Michael Kaplan (3-17-20) and Iljas Hasuew (5-13-18) hold the seven through nine spots among OHA Edmonton skaters.
After a slow start, NAX has won six of their seven games since December 1st. Asher Halliday (8-21-29) leads all NAX skaters with 21 assists and 29 points. Swift Current Broncos draft pick Jackson Tetreault (11-13-24) has a team high 11 goals, trailed closely by Brody Dawson (10-12-22) and Emmett Jones (10-11-21). Defensemen Robin Stockl (2-12-14), Kyle Jamieson (0-13-13), Rylan Poitras (2-10-12) and Aiden Across The Mountain (4-6-10) all have double digit point totals on the season.