Disappointing results for Neepawa Farmers

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Published on Thursday, January 25, 2018

Banner Staff
Neepawa Banner & Press

A pair of weekend games didn’t yield the results that the Neepawa Farmers had been hoping for. First, the Farmers were bested 6-2 by the Killarney Shamrocks on Friday, Jan. 19. The next night, Neepawa was beaten once again, this time by a 7-1 margin to the Minnedosa Bombers. In the showdown with Killarney, Matt Lowry and Ward Szucki scored for Neepawa. Following the defeat to the Shamrocks, the Farmers were then bested by Minnedosa.

Lowry was the only goal scorer for Neepawa in this game, while Minnedosa’s Shane Jury had a hat-trick for the Bombers. Other contributors for Minnedosa in the win, included Wyatt Rapsky (2 goals - 1 assist), Matt Saler (1G - 3A) and Cory Hodgson (1 goal). With these two recent defeats, the Farmers’ regular season record in the Tiger Hills Hockey League fell to 12-4-0, good enough for 24 points of the year. Neepawa will close out the regular season with two games (Jan. 27 at Melita, Feb. 3 vs. Deloraine)

Gladstone stumbles

The Gladstone Lakers couldn’t take advantage of Neepawa’s recent losing skid, as they fell to Boissevain 7-5 on Jan. 20. Sean Kubas had three points on the night for Gladstone (2G - 1A). With only one game remaining in the THHL regular season, the Lakers have already secured second place in the eastern division, with 22 points in the standings.