102.9 CJAR: Blizzard Host Stamps for Final Time This Season

The OCN Blizzard and Swan Valley Stampeders will meet tonight for the final time this hockey season. The Blizzard and Stamps have played each other evenly over the past 5 meetings as each team has multiple wins and 6 points in the season series. Game time tonight is 7pm from the GLMC as both teams gear up for the final few games of the regular season. (Read more…)

HEAD-TO-HEAD RESULTS
DATE	AWAY		HOME	SCORE	TYPE
26-Oct-16	Swan Valley Stampeders	@	OCN Blizzard	4 – 5 OT	RS
12-Nov-16	OCN Blizzard	@	Swan Valley Stampeders	5 – 4 OT	RS
15-Nov-16	OCN Blizzard	@	Swan Valley Stampeders	3 – 5	RS
26-Nov-16	Swan Valley Stampeders	@	OCN Blizzard	3 – 2	RS
25-Jan-17	OCN Blizzard	@	Swan Valley Stampeders	7 – 1	RS

The Swan Valley Stampeders had a nice little run going as they had won 3 straight road games to open their lead for the final playoff spot, but have dropped their last two games to Selkirk and Steinbach and are back in a tight race for 8th. They’re led up front by a solid crop of 97’ born forwards. Keaton Jameson leads the team with 38 points on the year. Trevar Mann and Connor Navrot round out the top three with 35 and 32 points apiece.

Leading Scorers:

OCN:

#	PLAYER NAME	BY	P	GP	G	A	PTS
7	Jeremy Dumont	’96	F	52	16	27	43
14	George King	’98	F	47	30	12	42
24	Brady Keeper	’96	D	40	20	22	42
10	Anthony Keeper	’97	F	46	9	26	35
20	Jordan Valentino	’96	D	49	7	22	29

Swan Valley:

#	PLAYER NAME	BY	P	GP	G	A	PTS
12	Keaton Jameson	’97	F	51	17	21	38
11	Trevar Mann	’97	F	51	14	21	35
23	Connor Navrot	’97	F	51	17	15	32
20	Shane Roulette	’97	F	49	10	16	26
9	Cody Ellingson	’96	F	49	11	14	25

Standings:

TEAM	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	STRK
Steinbach Pistons	50	42	7	1	85	W2
Winkler Flyers	53	37	13	3	77	W1
Selkirk Steelers	55	36	16	3	75	W3
OCN Blizzard	52	33	16	3	69	L1
Portage Terriers	51	32	16	3	67	L1
Winnipeg Blues	53	25	23	5	55	L2
Virden Oil Capitals	52	22	23	7	51	L1
Swan Valley Stampeders	51	18	30	3	39	L2
Dauphin Kings	53	15	33	5	35	L1
Neepawa Natives	50	14	31	5	33	W2
Waywayseecappo Wolverines	50	11	35	4	26	L4

Tonight’s Blizzard game can be heard on 102.9 CJAR, who is also our game sponsor, as Jaret Schneider will have the play by play. Pre game show begins at 6:45pm.

For the OCN Blizzard, they dropped their most recent game to Selkirk but previous to that had won 7 straight. The Blizzard have been one of the hottest teams in the MJHL and have been led between the pipes by Brett Epp. Epp is 20-10 on the season and has a .916 save percentage to go with a 2.69 GAA. Up front Jeremy Dumont and George King lead the Blizzard in scoring with 43 and 42 points respectably. King sits tied for third in the MJHL with 30 goals.