MOOSE JAW -- A stellar season for a pair of Moose Jaw Mustangs teams resulted in two Â鶹´«Ã½AV Sask Lacrosse League championships during the playoff tournament this past weekend.
Both the U15 and U17 Mustangs went undefeated in the post-season event in Moose Jaw, with the U15 crew taking a 6-2 win over the Regina Chaos Green in their championship final and the U17s capping an unbeaten campaign with a 7-5 victory over the Swift Current Rampage.
It was an all Regina final in the U13 division as the Chaos Grey defeated the Chaos Blue 10-8. The Mustangs went winless with a 14-2 loss to the Chaos Blue in their opener and 6-0 loss to the Swift Current Rampage in their first B side game.
The Regina Chaos Green defeated the Mustangs Black 11-2 in the U11 final, with the Mustangs Red reaching the B Final before falling to the Mustangs Black 4-3.
U17 Mustangs 7, Swift Current 5
After putting together a 12-0 regular season record, it was more of the same in the playoffs for Moose Jaw, as they opened with a 7-0 win over the Weyburn Panther Drilling Panthers and then advanced to the final with a 3-1 victory over the Rampage.
Swift Current battled back through the B side to set up a rematch in the gold medal game, where Moose Jaw would take a 5-4 lead into the third before holding on for the win.
Hayden Tuer-Nidesh had two goals and four points to lead the Mustangs in the final, while Caiden Arnott scored twice and had three points. Kashton Smith, Savannah Beitel and Chase Folk all had single markers, with Smith also finishing with three points.
Joey Juchacz stopped 21 shots to earn the win and also had two assists.
Jackson Dovell scored twice for the Rampage, Diezel Paulhus, Dusty Paul and Riley Millar all had one goal each.
U15 Mustangs 6, Regina Chaos Green 2
The Mustangs had finished second to the Chaos Green in the regular season standings, but put together a perfect showing at the perfect time to land gold.
That included a 7-2 win over the Chaos Blue to open their run, a 3-1 win over the Chaos Green in the A semifinal and 9-7 win against the Chaos Grey to advance to the gold medal game.
There, the Mustangs would take a 4-0 lead out of the first period and never look back on their way to claiming the league championship.
Cash Bellefeuille scored twice and had three points, while Rylan Deichert also had a pair of goals. Ryder Seiferling had a single marker and added two assists, Keegan Flanagan netted their other marker. Tatem Thue had two assists.
Karsen Peberdy and Lynden Krenbrink had Regina’s goals.
