Korczak, Lolacher Score Two Each in Warriors Win

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Last week, your Moose Jaw Warriors established themselves as NOT the best team in the East Division. They beat the second place Saskatoon Blades twice, which was important, but they followed that up by losing twice to Winnipeg, once in very ugly fashion.

On Friday night they were knuckling it out against another competitive division rival: the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Brandon, hoping to cash in on the recently defeated Warriors woes, got the early jump. Moose Jaw was unable to clear a puck in their own end, it ended up on Nolan Ritchie’s stick and he slid it out front to a streaking Calder Anderson. Anderson put it past Connor Ungar for his 11th of the season.

Calder Anderson scored first - via Brandon Wheat Kings Twitter

It took some battling and a ton of hard work but eventually the Warriors were able to crack the Wheaties goalie Carter Bjarnason, who wasn’t giving up anything easy.

The goal came on a Power Play when Harper Lolacher knocked home a Martin Rysavy rebound.

Harper Lolacher scored twice. Here he is playing PeeWee hockey as a little fella - via Twitter

The score was level at one each when the teams went into the dressing room for the second intermission.

The third period, in no way, resembled the first two. The Warriors jumped all over the Wheat Kings, sticking them for four unanswered goals and cruising to a relatively easy victory.

Atley Calvert gave them the lead at 7:36, tipping in a Denton Mateychuk shot. That goal was Calvert’s team leading 27th.

Atley Calvert used to be a little guy too - photo credit Prairie Hockey Academy

Ryder Korczak scored the insurance goal five minutes later. It was Rocket Ryder ripping the one-timer on a Maximus Wanner assist. Less than a minute later, Korczak did it again, this time deflecting a shot from Logan Dowhaniuk past Bjarnason for the 4-1 lead.

Then, in the 16th minute, Lolacher netted himself a second goal too, opting to shoot on a two-on-one, rather than pass. That was all they needed to seal the deal.

Warriors 5, Wheat Kings 1

Multi-point nights from Mateychuk, Alarie, Korczak, Dowhaniuk and Lolacher. Connor Ungar was sharp once again, saving 32 of 33 shots.

Korczak, Lolacher and Dowhaniuk were the game’s three stars.

Moose Jaw will host Medicine Hat on Saturday night at the Hangar.