The Moose Jaw AAA Warriors have proven to be a rather resilient bunch as of late, with their two Saskatchewan Male AAA Hockey League games this past week providing a good example.
Only a few days removed from enduring an 11-2 defeat at the hands of the first-place Notre Dame Hounds, the Warriors rebounded with a 6-3 victory over the second-place Warman Wildcats on Sunday afternoon in Caronport.
The win saw the Warriors improve to 24-15-0-1 to remain in sixth place in the 12-team league, a point back of the Prince Albert Mintos and one up on the Saskatoon Blazers.
Playing at Barkman Arena due to the Best of the West Cheerleading competition at Mosaic Place, the Warriors used a three-goal second period to take control of the game and go on to their impressive win.
They got the job done through a relatively balanced attack, with six different goal scorers hitting the sheet.
Ryder Knutson got things started with the lone first-period goal before Liam Fitzpatrick, Connor Miller and Rowan Calvert scored in the second to make it 4-2 through two.
Grady Hoffman and Austin Woodley added further insurance markers as time ran down in the third.
Woodley also had two assists on the night.
Mason Beuckert scored twice for Warman, Rylan Pearce had their other goal.
Fechter himself got back on track with a solid 36-save performance and his teammates had 31 shots on Warman’s Luke Brunen.
The Warriors kick off a busy week on Tuesday, Feb 15 when they travel to Wilcox for a rematch with the Hounds. Next home action is Friday, Feb. 18 when they take on the Saskatoon Contacts. Game time is 7 p.m. at Mosaic Place.
