Neepawa Farmers fall to Minnedosa

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Published on Thursday, January 14, 2016

By Eoin Devereux

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The Minnedosa Bombers have picked up a very important victory in the Tiger Hills Hockey League (THHL) and it was at the expense of the Neepawa Farmers. Mark Willis and Shane Jury each scored for Minnedosa in a game on Sunday, Jan. 10 at the Yellowhead Centre, securing a 2-1 win. Riley Kolesar earned the only goal of the evening for the home team in this closely contested battle.

With the win, the Bombers improved to 11-4-1-1 on the season, good enough for 24 points. Neepawa meanwhile dropped to 12-6-1 and have accumulated 25 points. While Neepawa’s numbers are still one better than their rivals from the West, Minnedosa does have two games in hand on the schedule. 

Both teams, however, find themselves chasing the Carberry Plainsmen, who are in first place in the THHL Eastern Division with a regular season record of 13-3-0-0 (26 points). The Plainsmen also have a game in hand on the schedule to Minnedosa and have played three fewer games so far this season than Neepawa.

The next game for Neepawa is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 15, when the they travel to Souris to take on the Elks. The Farmers return home for a showdown against Carberry on Saturday, the 16th at the Yellowhead Centre. Game time for that matchup is scheduled for 7:30 pm.