A total of 17 virtual Melfort Mustangs and Nipawin Hawks will take to the ice for the Virtual SJHL Showcase on Jan. 29 and 30. (Facebook/Broad Leaf Media)

By Mat Barrett

SJHL Virtual Showcase

Mustangs, Hawks recognized in SJHL Virtual Showcase

Jan 25, 2021 | 2:53 PM

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) has released its rosters for the SJHL Virtual Showcase simulation taking place on Friday, Jan. 29 and 30 on Twitch.

The Melfort Mustangs and Nipawin Hawks were well represented on the four rosters with nine players from Melfort and eight from Nipawin over two teams that represent the province’s north teams. Mustangs second-year forward Ben Tkachuk is one of those players and he joined Jamie Neugebauer and Rory McGouran on SJ @ Noon on Monday, Jan. 25.

“We’ll see if my virtual player decides to show up,” Tkachuk joked on the show. “But we’ll see what happens. I’m looking forward to watching.”

Tkachuk is joined by teammates, forwards Cameron Rimstad, and Ty Albrecht. Goaltender Joel Favreau will also represent Melfort on that squad. The Nipawin Hawks have four players on the Global Ag Risk Solutions roster; forward Carson Dobson, defencemen, Liam Bell and Evan Bortis, and goaltender Chase Hamm will all see their virtual selves in the tournament.

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Players born in 2001 or 2000 from the northern teams will be represented on the Sherwood team this year. Five Mustangs, and four Hawks will be on that roster. Melfort is represented by forwards Colten Schell and Adam Nobes, defencemen Lucas Ochitwa, Gabe Odowichuk, and Andrew Hunt. Nipawin will have their Captain Jake Tremblay at forward with Burke Simpson, and defencemen Mkyllan Couture, and Jack Lenchyshyn.

(Facebook/SJ@Noon)

The remaining two teams will be made up of players from the remaining six teams from the southern portion of Saskatchewan. All the ratings for all the players will be released throughout the week leading up to the showcase.

The teams were chosen by the coaching staffs of the 12 SJHL teams and the teams were then created by the SJHL’s Alex ‘Moneyball’ Watson, who also put together the teams for the SJHL Playoff Simulation in the spring when COVID-19 shutdown the SJHL playoffs.

The tournament will take place on Twitch through Playstation 4 starting on Friday at 9 a.m.

—With files from the SJHL.

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mat.barrett@jpbg.ca

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