Your Crusaders returned to the ice last weekend for back-to-back games, hitting the road against the Spruce Grove Saints, and returning home to face the Brooks Bandits. Liam Horrobin recaps the weekend’s action!
Game 32 @ Spruce Grove Saints
The Sherwood Park Crusaders took care of business in their return to Alberta. They made the short journey around the Anthony Henday to face the Spruce Grove Saints and sent the traveling fans home happy. After storming out to a 4-0 lead in the first period, the Crusaders dominated their cross-town rivals defeating them 8-4. Eddie Revenig scored his first for Sherwood Park and Masun Fleece scored a pair of goals in the third period to help guide the Cru into the win column. Things got feisty towards the end with the Saints getting called for two five-minute majors.
Game 33 vs. Brooks Bandits
The Crusaders returned home on Saturday night for their first game at the Randy Rosen Rink since before the Christmas break. Their opponents were the Brooks Bandits, who hold down the top spot in the Interior East Division. It was a quick start for both teams with each of them scoring in the opening two minutes. They continued to exchange goals in the first heading into the first intermission tied at three. However, from there on out, the Crusaders were the only team to score with John Alexander Banks and Malachi McKinnon scoring to give Sherwood Park a 5-3 victory.
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Spencer Michnik made his first start since signing with the Crusaders from the Victoria Royals (WHL) last week. Michnik stopped 33 of 36 shots to finish with a 0.917 save percentage.
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Michael Munroe, who is from Hanover, Massachusetts, also signed with the team last week from the Youngstown Phantoms (USHL). Munroe is committed to the University of Maine.
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Malachi McKinnon had a fantastic weekend finishing with seven points in two games, including a hat trick against the Bandits.
Coming Up:
The Crusaders are off this weekend but are back in action on January 24th when they hit the road. They’ll be back in Sherwood Park on January 31st to take on the West Kelowna Warriors. Fans can purchase tickets for that game today over at tickets.sherwoodparkcrusaders.ca/.
