HKY: MRU, REG forwards each net four as season heats up
Yaremko, Carpenter-Boesch earn CW Player of the Week honours
CALGARY - Mount Royal's Nolan Yaremko and Regina's Lilla Carpenter-Boesch were named the Canada West Hockey Players of the Week by the conference Tuesday.
Yaremko set the tone in an important series for his Cougars as they went into the weekend trailing the top-ranked UBC Thunderbirds by four points in the standings. Yaremko opened the scoring Friday as he battled in front of the net to bury the puck on his second try.
It took the sophomore mere moments to score again, as he roofed a feed from linemate Riley Sawchuk to put the Cougars in the driver's seat, and they never looked back.
Yaremko completed his hat trick in the second period en route to a 6-2 victory over the towering T-Birds.
The Spirit River, AB product then added his fourth of the weekend the following day in a 5-3 win.
Yaremko is the top goal-scorer in Canada West and U SPORTS this season, with 19 now under his belt. He and teammate Sawchuk co-lead U SPORTS in points with 34.
The convincing weekend sweep propelled MRU up to second in Canada West, now tied in points with the 'Birds.
Mount Royal (12-5-1) will be back in action this weekend for a home-and-home with Calgary (11-6-1). Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m. Friday at the Flames Community Arena and 6 p.m. Saturday at Father David Bauer Arena.
Game log:
Feb. 4: 3 goals in 6-2 W vs UBC
Feb. 5: 1 goal in 5-3 W vs UBC
Meanwhile, a province over, another team was looking to flip the script on a higher-ranked competitor. Regina went into the weekend 5-9-2, looking at a familiar story in the first period Friday, down 2-0 to the then 11-5 Manitoba Bisons.
That's when Lilla Carpenter-Boesch gave her team a shot of hope they would ride for the rest of the weekend. The fifth-year forward picked up the puck outside the zone, beat one defender, and split the next two with lightning-fast wrister over the goaltender's glove.
That began the onslaught for the Cougars. Carpenter-Boesch netted another one as Regina scored five unanswered to take their first upset of the weekend.
Carpenter-Boesch led the comeback kids the next day as well. Down again, 2-0, the Gray, SK product shot down the left side on an odd-man break, burying the rebound off teammate Heather Fiske's shot. In the next period, she wound her way into the zone, displaying excellent puck control, before putting another past Bisons goaltender Kimberley Davidson.
Her fourth of the weekend poised the Cougars for a second victory, which they took with a Jordan Kulbida game-winning goal in the third.
Carpenter-Boesch now co-leads Canada West in goals this season with nine.
Regina (7-9-2) is now off for a week before they travel to the University of British Columbia (11-5) for games on Feb. 18 and 19. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m. on the Friday and 3 p.m. on the Saturday.
Game log:
Feb. 4: 2 goals, 1A, +2 in 5-2 W vs MAN
Feb. 5: 2 goals, +2 in 3-2 W vs MAN