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Horns' Chorneyko earns award

trevor.kenney — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:28:04 +0000

Adam Chorneyko is making the most of his first season with the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's hockey team.

This past week, the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) and the Western Hockey League announced that Corneyko is the Canada West men's hockey Husky-WHL Graduate of the Month for January 2010.

A freshman winger out of St. Albert, Alta., Chorneyko played for three Western Hockey League teams, including the Kamloops Blazers, Lethbridge Hurricanes and Saskatoon Blades.

During the month of January, the six-foot-one inch, 210-pound forward led the 'Horns to a 5-1 record, recording 12 points in six games and helping to vault Lethbridge back into the playoff picture.

A kinesiology major, Chorneyko highlighted his month by scoring a game-winning overtime goal to beat the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calgary Dinos, then posted a five-point night (three goals, two assists) in an 8-0 whitewash of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of British Columbia Thunderbirds. Chorneyko was also a plus-12 during the month.

The Canada West men's hockey Husky-WHL Graduate of the Month award is presented monthly to a graduate of the Western Hockey League who is playing on one of the seven CWUAA teams. Each winner, between October and March, receives a cheque for $500 from the WHL to go towards the cost of his education and a gift from HUSKY.

The Horns are back in action this weekend when they host ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Regina, Friday and Saturday nights at Nicholas Sheran Arena. Game time each night is at 7 p.m.

Canada West swimming at Max Bell

trevor.kenney — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:35:35 +0000

Swimming highlights a busy weekend for ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns Athletics as the Canada West Swimming Championships come to Lethbridge.

For the first time in five seasons the Pronghorns swim team will welcome the Canada West conference to Lethbridge and the Max Bell Regional Aquatic Centre for the Canada West Championships.

The Horns' contingent of 17 Canada West qualifiers is five fewer than last season's qualifying group, but with seven freshmen and only two, fifth-year seniors, the team is a young group of swimmers looking to gain valuable experience for the future.

Highest ranked entering this weekend's competition is breaststroke specialist Jeffrey Nicol. Nicol has had a strong start to the season, setting a new school record in the 200-metre breaststroke. Last year as a freshman, Nicol finished sixth in the 200m breaststroke at the conference meet and will surely improve on that if he swims anywhere near his school record of two minutes, 17.83 seconds.

On the women's side, senior Kristy Gabruck has also had a strong start to the university season, setting a new school record in the 50-metre breaststroke earlier this season. She looks to close out her university career on a strong note.

The meet kicks off with a Friday session starting at 5 p.m. and two sessions on both Saturday and Sunday. Heats begin at 10 a.m. and 9 a.m., Saturday and Sunday respectively, with finals starting at 5 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Pronghorns men's and women's basketball teams play weekend home games against ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of British Columbia Thunderbirds and Victoria Vikes. The men's hockey team travels to UBC to continue its playoff push and the women's hockey team hosts UBC for games Friday and Saturday nights at Nicholas Sheran Arena. Visit the Pronghorns website for a full weekend preview and sign up for Horns Weekly, the Pronghorn Athletics newsletter.

Bowles earns weekly award

trevor.kenney — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:20:42 +0000

The Pronghorns men's hockey team season came to an end this past weekend but it wasn't for lack of effort from goaltender Scott Bowles.

The second-year Creston, B.C. product was outstanding in the three-game series against ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of British Columbia Thunderbirds, earning the nod as the Pronghorn Athlete of the Week. Bowles finished the three-game series with a 2.94 goals against average and a .912 save percentage as the Horns fell 2-1 to the visiting T-Birds.

In Sunday's third and deciding game, Bowles made 50 saves in a 4-3, triple-overtime loss. Many of his stops were of a highlight-reel calibre, including a diving paddle save late in the second overtime to keep the Horns' playoff hopes alive.

Bowles is in his second year at the U of L, studying environmental science. A former goaltender with the Calgary Hitmen and Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League, he was named team most valuable player in his rookie season with the Horns.

Horns lose triple-overtime classic

trevor.kenney — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:17:04 +0000

It took 54 shots and 33 minutes and 46 seconds of overtime before Scott Bowles and the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's hockey team finally succumbed. The Horns dropped a 4-3, triple-overtime heartbreaker to ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of British Columbia Thunderbirds, Sunday night at Nicholas Sheran Arena, giving the T-Birds a 2-1 Canada West playoff series victory.

Bowles, a star all weekend, made numerous saves to keep his club in the hunt Sunday, none better than a sprawling stop with the paddle of his stick as time ticked down in the waning seconds of the second overtime frame. The stop, which took away an open net bid, extended the game and the Horns' season and prompted a standing ovation from another strong and boisterous Pronghorn crowd. The club, however, couldn't find a way to get a shot by T-Birds' netminder Francois Thuot and UBC eventually netted the winner on a point shot deflection that also rebounded off a Pronghorn defender and by Bowles in the third overtime period.

The triple-overtime classic was the second longest game in Canada West playoff history, falling just shy of the 39:16 of extra time played between ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Saskatchewan and ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta, Mar. 10, 2007. It was also a fitting end to a series that started with back-to-back overtime games Friday and Saturday nights. UBC won the opener on Friday with the Horns extending the series with a dramatic last-minute comeback and victory on Saturday.

On Sunday, Dustin Moore had a pair of goals and Ryan Pottruff added a single to go along with Bowles' 50-save performance in net. Thuot stopped 45 shots for the T-Birds, who have now won successive playoff series over the Pronghorns. The teams last met in the spring of 2007 when UBC again prevailed 2-1.

UBC advances to face ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Saskatchewan in the second round of playoffs this weekend. The other Canada West semifinal sees ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Regina visit ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta.

Silver lining to China trip

trevor.kenney — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:48:33 +0000

��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's hockey players Ryan Pottruff and Dustin Moore captured silver medals for Canada as the 2009 Winter Universiade concluded in Harbin, China this past weekend.

Pottruff, a second-year defenceman from Woodstock, Ont., and Moore, a second-year forward out of Red Deer, were part of the Canada West all-star squad that was chosen to wear Canadian colours at the Universiade. The Canadian squad advanced to the gold medal game after sweeping through the round robin portion of the event with a perfect 4-0 record and then thumping Slovakia 8-1 in Friday's semifinal game.

In Saturday's final, Canada fell behind 2-1 to unbeaten Russia after 20 minutes. A scoreless second period was followed by Canada's tying goal early in the third period. Russia eventually earned the win with a pair of goals 46 seconds apart in the game's final three minutes.

Both Pottruff and Moore return to Lethbridge this week to rejoin their Pronghorn teammates as they prepare to host the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of British Columbia Thunderbirds in the first round of the Canada West playoffs. The best-of-three series is set for this weekend, Mar. 6-8 at Nicholas Sheran Arena. All three games of the series, if necessary, are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

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