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Mike Gau helps elevate Medicine Chest to first-place WOHL tie

Mike Gau's second goal of the game midway through the final period proved to be the winner in Medicine Chest's hard fought 3-2 win over Tim Hortons in Whitehorse Oldtimer's hockey action Sunday at Takhini Arena.

By Submitted on January 30, 2024

Mike Gau's second goal of the game midway through the final period proved to be the winner in Medicine Chest's hard fought 3-2 win over Tim Hortons in Whitehorse Oldtimer's hockey action Sunday at Takhini Arena. Mike also Gau-ged Tims with a first period goal and Michel Dubois got the other. Timbits to tally were Dave Wipf and Joel Talbot. The win elevated MC into a first place tie with EDI in the league standings.

CapriCMW 5, Yukon Inn 2

Capri continued their recent surge, and are now undefeated in three straight contests, as Arlo O'Riordan continued to shine with a pair of markers. Ben Campbell, Martin Lawrie and Mark King also lit the lamp in the win. The Inn got snipes from Frank Aucoin and Chris Lane.

Kilrich 5, Firth 5

Nate Clark returned from a team-mandated stint in the minors to net two goals, including the game tying score with 7:48 left in the game. Duane Purych added a couple from the point, and Chris Nash netted the other. Rangers who roared were Peter Johnston with a hat trick, and Devon Slade and Jay Massie with one apiece.

Titanium Storage 8, Air North 1

Scott Palfreyman got rid of some stored-up energy with a hatty in victory, and singles came from Kyle Rolling, team owner Rick Moses, Lance Bevilacqua, Russ McDiarmid and Chadwyck Cowan. Mike Sage spoiled the shutout.

Thursday

EDI 9, Firth 5

Willy McKenna led EDI's offensive onslaught with four goals, Gus Morberg added three of his own, and Rick Gingell and Derick Bilodeau rounded out the scoring. Devon Slade and Kevin Topping powered home two each for Firth, and Josh Turcotte also scored.

Tim Hortons 5, Titanium Storage 0

Josh Savill filled the Titanium net with three goals, and Bernie Adilman and Doug Terry also connected. Paul Dainton registered the shutout.

Wednesday

CapriCMW 6, Air North 5

Arlo O'Riordan stole the show for shorthanded Capri (only six skaters) as he somehow found the gas to score four times. Ben Campbell and Mark King were the other Capri goalscorers. Mike Jim netted a trio in defeat, and one each came from Ron Billingsley and Ron Cruikshank.

Medicine Chest 6, Kilrich 2

Three from Michel Dubois, two from Jamie Cairns and one from Phil MacDonald were too much for Kilrich, who got two goals from Ryan Martin.

As mentioned, Medicine Chest and EDI sit atop the standings with identical 20-6-1 records for 41 points. Tim Horton's is only three points behind in third (17-7-4), although they've played one more game than the frontrunners.

The Chest's Jamie Cairns leads the scoring derby with 67 points (30 goals, 37 assists). Tim's Josh Savill sits second with 55 points (37 goals, 18 assists). Firth's Devon Slade is third with 51 points (39 goals, 12 assists) in only 22 games.

Slade's 39 snipes leads the league's Rocket Richard race. Savill is a close second with 37 markers. EDI's Gus Morberg rounds out the top three goal scorers with 30. Cairn's 37 assists leads the league. EDI's Willie McKenna, proving that his son Gavin isn't the only prolific scorer in the family, sits second with 22 apples. Kilrich's Nate Clark has 21 assists. McKenna and Clark have only played 18 games each.

Tim's Paul Dainton's shutout helped lower his Goals Against Average to an even more minuscule 1.57.

Gerald Tetlichi of the Chest is second in GAA at 3.31.

Jim Antonisson is third with a 3.86 GAA.

Tetlichi has a big lead in goalie wins with 19. Dainton and Antonisson are tied for second with 14 notches on their goalie sticks.

– Submitted by Bernie Adilman. Stats supplied by https://leagues.carhahockey.ca/WOHL

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