Through late last week and over the weekend Ponoka and area minor hockey teams played a number of home and away games, resulting in a higher than average number of those tied.
Atom Tier 1 Maskwacis Atom A Chiefs lost 16-0 to the Blackfalds Atom A Bulldogs in an away game, Feb. 1.
Atom Tier 3 Ponoka Atom A also lost their Feb. 1 game to the Stettler Atom A team. The home game ended 5-4 with Gavin Allen-Prefontaine, Alex Brackenbury, Braedan Brouilette and Mason Senft each scoring once.
Atom Tier 5 Ponoka Atom B team tied the Rimbey Renegades 5-5 during their Feb. 1 Home game.
Ashton Bandet scored twice while Kobe Schmidt, Dex Wager and Tyler Shoemaker scored one goal apiece.
The following day the Atom B team lost 7-5 to the Big Valley Swordmen. Ashton Bandet and Austin Griffiths both scored twice with Dex Wager bringing the final total to five.
Peewee Tier 1 Ponoka Peewee A boys beat the Sylvan Lake Peewee A Lakers 6-3, Jan. 31.
Noah Hackett, Aidan Gratton, Jayden Nokohoo, Rylan Lefebvre, Hunter Busat and Owen Feragen all scored once during the home game.
On Feb. 1 the Peewee A team won 5-4 against the Blackfalds Peewee A Bulldogs in an away game.
Seth Gratrix, Hunter Busat and Rylan Lefebvre each scored. Noah Hackett earned himself two goals.
Maskwacis Peewee A Chiefs lost 7-4 to Red Deer Elite Sportswear on Feb. 2. Carson Baptiste scored twice while Ashten Littlechild and Jerry Johnson scored once each.
Peewee Tier 4 Ponoka Peewee B boys saw their Feb. 2 game against the Lacombe Peewee b Rockets end in a 4-4 tie.
Travis Hyink scored twice; Ethan Littlechild and Joel Hollingsworth scored once each during the away game.
Peewee Tier 5 Maskwacis Peewee B boys lost 10-6 to the Sylvan Lake Peewee B1 Lakers, Feb 1.
During the away game Landon Whitebear, Shane Okeymow, Dwyatt Buffalo, Skye Cutarm, Elias Morin and Pierce Buffalo all scored once each.
The next day, Maskwacis tied the Innisfail Palliser Flyers 8-8.
Bantam Tier 2 Ponoka Bantam team tied their Jan. 30 away game against the Sylvan Lake Bantam A Lakers 5-5.
Joshua Vold and Rain vanDerWesthuizen scored twice while Noah Spelrem scored once.
On Feb. 1the Bantam team beat the Castor B Cyclones in an away game 7-4. Joshua Vold and Cyrus Thompson scored twice while Cooper Jones, Sam Neath and Lewis McDowell each scored once.
The following day Ponoka beat Castor again in their home arena, 6-4. Noah Spelrem, Cooper Jones, Rain vanDerWesthuizen and Lewis McDowell all scored once. Joshua Vold earned himself two goals.
Midget Tier 1 Ponoka Midget A Wolves beat the Edson Midget A team 7-5 during their Feb. 1 away game.
Kellyn Pritchard scored once while Colton Somerville, Dustin Tebb, Tyler Ekeli, Dustin Bell and Matthew Klimec all scored once each.
The following day the Wolves beat Whitecourt in another away game; 15-4. Jordan Wombold earned a hat trick, Dustin Bell got two goals, Riley Workman, Tyson Borg, Tyson Matejka, Chase Staldeker, Tyler Ekeli, Matthew Klimec and Dustin Tebb all scored once each.
Midget Tier 2 Maskwacis Midget A Chiefs won their Jan. 31 away game 8-3 against the Sundre Midget Huskies. Bryton Buffalo scored once, Bryton Laroque and Ignatius Cattleman both scored twice, while George Montour earned a hat trick.
Midget Tier 3 Ponoka Midget B boys beat the Edson Eagles 8-2 during their Jan. 31 home game. Owen Leighton, Lane Jones and Ethan Deuck all scored twice. Jarret Henderson and Logan Abrassart scored once each.
Midget Tier 4 Maskwacis Midget B team lost to the Sylvan Lake Midget B1 Lakers 7-5, Feb. 1.
David Tham and Tavin Potts scored twice, Jade Roasting scored once.
Atom Female, the Lacoka girls beat Maskwacis 6-4 in a Feb. 1 Ponoka-based game.
For Lacoka Karlee Feragen, Olivia Willier and Kate Hollingsworth each scored once, Camryn Willier earned herself a hat trick. On the Maskwacis side: Jayliese Swampy-Montour, Kaija Saddleback Montour, Dallas Buffalo and Taylynn Littlepoplar all scored once.
Bantam/Midget Female Lacoka Bantam team tied with Endmoor Bantam girls 2-2 on Feb. 1. Rachael Wood and Jaymee Klinger were the team’s scorers.
Also on Feb. 1 the Maskwacis Midget girls won their game against the Sylvan Lake Bantam/Midget Lakers, 6-5.
Megan Ermineskin and Summer Lightning scored twice; Kelli Word and Robyn Strongman scored once each.
The Lacoka Bantam Females won their Feb. 2 away game against the Winfield Midget girls 6-2. Danielle Blacklock scored twice while Rachael Wood, Megan Bailey, Kelli Rae Sieben and Lindsay Johnson all scored once each.
Provincials
Ponoka Peewee 1 lost to Lacombe 5-4 during their Jan. 29 away game. On Jan. 30 Ponoka Peewee 1 beat Lacombe 7-3 in a home game.
On Jan. 31 the Maskwacis Peewee B were shut out by Rimbey; 1-0.
Ponoka Midget 1 lost to Wetaskiwin in both their home and away games, Jan 27 and Jan. 30; 5-3 and 4-2 respectively.