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Friday, February 7, 2025

The Rivers Jets triumphed last Saturday in a battle between the top two teams in the Tiger Hills Hockey League's Eastern Division.

The Jets beat the host Killarney Shamrocks, 5-2. The victory improved the Rivers team's record to a league-best 13-2-0-0 and put them on top of the division. The Shamrocks are in second at 12-1-1-0.

"It was a very big win last night in Killarney," the Jets' Brock Paddock said on Sunday. "It’s a team we may run into again come playoff time and to have beaten them both times this year will give the boys some confidence."

Earlier this season the Jets beat the Shamrocks, 4-3, in overtime. The battle for the Western Division title will come down to the final weekend of the regular season. The Killarney squad has two games remaining. The Jets only have one - against the THHL Western Division-leading Virden Oil Kings.

"I’m looking forward to playing Virden as it will be another good test for our team as they are the top team in the West," Paddock said. "It’s a good time of year to play these top seed teams as our team prepares for playoffs."

Jets 5. Shamrocks 2

On Feb. 1, the host Shamrocks led 1-0 in the opening frame due to a goal by Jesse Bernard.

The Jets started to fly in the second period with Jaxon Heeney piloting the way. He scored a powerplay goal at the 12:14 mark to knot the contest at 1-1. Fifteen second later, Heeney scored at even strength to put the visitors on top, 2-1. In the period's final minute, the Rivers team's Kayden Sutherland scored what would be the game-winning goal and create a 3-1 score.

"I felt that we had a lot of good looks on the power play last night," Heeney said. "That first goal gave the guys a spark and we just built on that."

In the third, Killarney's Ty Enns drew his team to within one, 3-2, with a goal. The Jets closed out the contest with a pair of powerplay markers. Paddock scored first and then Ryder Richmond lit the lamp.

Rivers goalie Riley Lamb made 32 saves. He also earned an assist on Sutherland's goal. Brian Archibald stopped 42 shots for Killarney.

Things were physical in the third period with 24 infractions called. For the game, three Jets and four Shamrocks had double digit penalty minutes.

Jets beat division rival Shamricks, host Oil Kings

By Robin Wark

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