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The 2017-18 season is here and I'm the first to admit that it hasn't been easy getting here...but we are ready. First I apologize for the lateness of the schedule. We could not agree on the obvious 20 game schedule and we wanted more than 16 games....so 18 it is. It is impossible to make a good 18 game schedule with 6 teams....with 5 yes....with 7 yes. Bottom line is that schedule has been approved and away we go. We will work on getting to the even schedule next year. We have lost two teams.

The HHL annual Fall meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 4th at the Southey rink at 7 p.m.

The Highway Hockey league held their Spring Meeting in Strasbourg on April 12th. Two important things happened at this meeting.

Congratulations to the Raymore Rockets...The Rockets defeated the Delisle Bruins 5-2 on Friday evening in Delisle and won the Provincial 'C' Final 2 games to 1.

The Bethune Bulldogs defeated the Wilkie Outlaws 4-2 Friday evening to win the Provincial 'A' for the second year in a row. The Bulldogs won 23 straight games in League regular season and playoffs and eight straight games in Provincials and when added to winning their last 16 games in 2016 that would be 47 straight wins...absolutely amazing...

Bulldogs win Game one of Provincial ‘A’ Final…The Bethune Bulldogs defeated the Wilkie Outlaws 8-2 on Saturday evening in Bethune to take a 1-0 lead in the best of three Provincial ‘A’ Final. There was quite a lot of action in the first two minutes as Russ Nielson scored for the Bulldogs just 23 seconds into the game. Within a minute of that goal the Bulldogs were down two and Rory Gregoire scored a power play goal to even the game. 13:24 into the first period Drew George scored on the power play. The period ended with Bethune up 2-1 and leading in shots 14-7.

The Bethune Bulldogs defeated the Lumsden Monarchs 7-2 on Thursday evening and claimed the Robert Schultz Cup for the third year in a row. The Bulldogs won all 17 of their regular season games and won all 6 of their playoff games. Andrew Perrault opened the scoring in the game on a power play to give the Monarchs a 1-0 lead. Derek Fuchs would score on the power play and late in the period Joel Kot would put the Bulldogs in the lead going into the second period. The game stayed 2-1 until almost eleven minutes into the second period when Drew George would score.

Rockets and Bulldogs on to Provincial Finals...The Raymore Rockets defeated the Whitewood Orioles 5-3 on Sunday evening in Raymore to advance to the 2017 Provincial ‘C’ championship against the Delisle Bruins of the Sask Valley Hockey League. On Saturday evening in Lumsden the Bethune Bulldogs defeated the Lumsden Monarchs 6-2 to advance to the Provincial ‘A’ Championship. The Bulldogs will defend their 2016 title against the Wilkie Outlaws of the Sask West Hockey League.

Highway Hockey League 2016-17 Awards winners:

Ken Hale Memorial Award Manager of the Year: Randy Kuntz - Lumsden Monarchs

Lynwood Miller Coach of the Year Award: Darrell Orban - Strasbourg Maroons

HHL Most Valuable Player Award: Kyle Ross - Bethune Bulldogs

Eckdahl-Jenkins Memorial Award – Most Valuable Player Local: Mark Cross - Strasbourg Maroons

Stats-Van Trott Award Rookie of the Year: Riley Focht-Gabriel - Raymore Rockets