The Prairie Hockey Academy’s two teams played seven games over the weekend, coming away with a 4-3 record overall.

Elite 15’s Split in Calgary

The PHA Elite 15 Cougars hit the ice for four games in three days this past weekend at the Edge School in Calgary.

PHA started the weekend with two wins but finished with two losses to sit at 5-6-0 this season in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League.

On Friday, Moose Jaw Warriors prospect Kirk Mullen had two goals and three points to lead PHA to a 6-4 win over St. George’s School. 

Atley Calvert also picked up a goal and three points, while Austin Reschny finished with three assists and goalie Chase Coward made 30 saves in the win.

PHA had two games on Saturday, starting with a 4-1 win over the West Van Academy. Reschny and Liam McInnis led the charge for PHA in the win with a goal and two points each, while Mullen and Calvert also found the back of the net, and Nathan Airey made 13 saves in the win.

The second game saw PHA give up two goals in the final 1:14 of the third period and lose 4-3 to the Burnaby Winter Club Academy.

Caelan Fitzpatrick and Noah Barlage had two assists each for PHA, while McInnis, Reschny, and Easton Ediger scored in the loss.

PHA led 3-1 in the game after McInnis scored a power-play goal with 8:57 to play in regulation, but BWC scored three unanswered goals to steal the win.

Coward had his second straight 30-save performance, turning away 31 in the loss to BWC.

In Sunday’s finale, PHA fired 39 shots on net but came away with a 2-1 loss to the Delta Hockey Academy.

Mullen opened the scoring for PHA with a power-play goal midway through the first period, but that was all the scoring that they would do in the game.

Airey turned away 21-of-23 shots in the loss.

The Elite 15s will be on their home ice this weekend to host the Edge School for games on Saturday and Sunday at the Barkman Arena in Caronport.

Solid Three Games for Midget Varsity

The PHA’s Midget Varsity squad opened the weekend with back-to-back wins on Friday and Saturday before finishing with a loss on Sunday in Banff.

PHA opened by doubling the Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy, 4-2, on Friday night.

Noah Schindel and Zach Ashworth had a goal and two points each in the win, while Jaedon Little and Aden Saworski also scored for PHA, and Ryley Gross made 30 saves in goal.

PHA cruised to a 6-0 against the Pursuit of Excellence Academy on Saturday morning.

The early morning start didn’t slow down PHA as they scored four times in the first period on their way to the shutout win.

Josh Warkentin stopped all 20 shots to blank POE, while Schindel and Keagon Little had three assists each. Ashworth, Saworski, and Tanner Funk finished with a goal and two points each, and Jaedon Little, Kolby Kaban, and Alec Nieman also scored in the win.

On Sunday, PHA fell behind early and couldn’t find the whole way back in an 8-5 loss to Shawnigan Lake School.

Noah Wills led PHA with two goals and four points in the loss, while Keagon Little picked up a goal and three points. Jaedon Little and Saworski had a goal and two points each, while Kaban finished with two assists and Gross made 34 saves.

The Midget Varsity team is off until the end of the month when they head to Pilot Mound, Man. to play three games against the Pilot Mound Hockey Academy.