The Saskatchewan Huskies are ranked No. 5 for this years nationals but dont let the ranking fool you as they are an excellent team that was ranked No. 1 during 10 weeks at the beginning of this season and they will be an equal in Pool B against Lakehead and Acadia.
Head Coach Dave Adolph led his team to a 17-7-4 conference mark this season and the Huskies are 26-10-4 overall. This will be Saskatchewans 11th appearance at the CIS Nationals and they won the championship in 1982-83; when Coach Adolph skated with the Huskies.
Head to Head vs. Tourney Opponents This Season:
The Huskies posted a 1-1-4 mark against Alberta this season and defeated Lakehead twice in Thunder Bay in pre-season non-conference action.
The Dogs are big, fast, and can hit and are led by Canada West MVP and CIS Co-Scoring Leader Dean Beuker who notched 22 goals and 25 assists this season. Beuker is a two-time CIS scoring leader and four-time CIS All Canadian.
The Huskies have a lot of other players who can score such as Brent Twordik (11 goals, 24 assists), Keegan McAvoy (4 goals, 20 assists), Trent Adamus (13 goals, 10 assists), Curis Austring (9 goals, 13 assists), Matt Girling (9 goals, 13 assists), and Stephen Mann (6 goals, 10 assists).
The Huskies, like Lakehead and Acadia, use a goaltending tandem and their duo of Jeff Harvey and Thomas Vicars combined to win the Adam Kryczka Memorial Trophy for the lowest team goals-against average in Canada West hockey. The duo posted a 2.32 team goals-against average; allowing 65 goals in 28 games.
Freshman Harvey recorded a 10-3-1 record and led the conference in both goals-against average and save percentage with a 2.03 GAA and .926 save percentage in 15 games and Vicars had a 7-4-3 record and was fourth in Canada West with a 2.58 GAA in 14 outings.
Saskatchewan 05-06 Results:
Sat Mar 11 Alberta 6 Saskatchewan 1 PL Canada West Championship
Fri Mar 10 Alberta 0 Saskatchewan 0 PL Canada West Championship
Sat Mar 4 Saskatchewan 5 Manitoba 4 PL
Fri Mar 3 Saskatchewan 6 Manitoba 5 PL OT
Sat Feb 18 Regina 5 Saskatchewan 4
Thu Feb 16 Saskatchewan 4 Regina 2
Sat Feb 4 Saskatchewan 4 Manitoba 1
Fri Feb 3 Saskatchewan 4 Manitoba 4 OT TIE
Sat Jan 28 Alberta 3 Saskatchewan 1
Fri Jan 27 Alberta 3 Saskatchewan 1
Sat Jan 21 UBC 4 Saskatchewan 3
Fri Jan 20 Saskatchewan 3 UBC 2
Sat Jan 14 Saskatchewan 5 Calgary 0
Fri Jan 13 Saskatchewan 6 Calgary 4
Sat Jan 7 Regina 5 Saskatchewan 1
Fri Jan 6 Saskatchewan 3 Regina 2
Sat Nov 26 Saskatchewan 5 Manitoba 2
Fri Nov 25 Saskatchewan 4 Manitoba 0
Sat Nov 19 Saskatchewan 5 Calgary 2
Fri Nov 18 Saskatchewan 5 Calgary 2
Sat Nov 12 Lethbridge 3 Saskatchewan 3 OT TIE
Fri Nov 11 Saskatchewan 2 Lethbridge 0
Sun Nov 6 Alberta 3 Saskatchewan 3 OT TIE
Fri Nov 4 Saskatchewan 6 Alberta 2
Sat Oct 29 Saskatchewan 4 UBC 4 OT TIE
Fri Oct 28 Saskatchewan 4 UBC 1
Mon Oct 24 Saskatchewan 7 Regina 1
Sat Oct 22 Saskatchewan 4 Manitoba 1
Fri Oct 21 Saskatchewan 6 Manitoba 2
Mon Oct 17 Regina 3 Saskatchewan 1
Sat Oct 15 Saskatchewan 7 Lakehead 5 NC
Fri Oct 14 Saskatchewan 4 Lakehead 2 NC
Sat Oct 8 Saskatchewan 6 Lethbridge 2
Fri Oct 7 Lethbridge 2 Saskatchewan 1
Fri Sep 30 Saskatchewan 3 Alberta 1 NC
Sat Oct 1 Saskatchewan 3 Lethbridge 1 NC
Sat Sep 24 Saskatchewan 8 Calgary 3 NC
Sun Sep 25 Saskatchewan 5 Regina 3 NC
Sat Sep 17 Regina 5 Saskatchewan 3 NC
Fri Sep 16 Saskatchewan 7 Regina 0 NC