Leask Flyers Provincial D Champions
1987 - 88
The Hubs - 4th player back row from left
On the weekend that our son’s senior men's hockey team was competing for a Saskatchewan provincial championship I happened across this picture of The Hubs when he played for our hometown team the Leask Flyers. The best of three series against Wapella was tied one game apiece. The third game was played in Whitewood due to poor ice conditions in Wapella. The Flyers took game three to win their first and only provincial championship. The picture includes some of the loyal fans who made the two day 1080 kilometer round trip with the team.
There hasn't been a senior men's team in Leask for years now. During the years the Flyers played, those games were the social events of the winter for people of all ages in the community. The Flyers’games provided a gathering spot and on many frigid winter evenings, the rink was packed. On a few of those occasions the roughing wasn't only on the ice, and things could get pretty heated amongst the local fans and the opposing spectators. Small town hockey fans took their hockey very seriously and a dust-up sometimes occurred. Provincial competition is a long-standing hockey tradition in Saskatchewan that we are proud to have been a part of.
SENIOR D HISTORY • J.W. HAMILTON TROPHY
1964 - Stewart Valley; 1965 - Stewart Valley; 1966 - Muenster; 1967 - Simpson; 1968 - Lake Lenore; 1969 - Simpson; 1970 - Simpson; 1971 - Simpson; 1972 - Simpson; 1973 - Simpson; 1974 - Drake; 1975 - Asquith; 1976 - Drake; 1977 - Fillmore; 1978 - Drake; 1979 - Kyle; 1980 - Simpson; 1981 - St. Benedict; 1982 - Wilcox; 1983 - Abbey Eagles; 1984 - Abbey Eagles; 1985 - St. Benedict; 1986 - Lucky Lakers; 1987 - Wilcox/Lang Rang- ers; 1988 - Leask Flyers; 1989 - Conquest Merchants; 1990 - Drake Canucks; 1991 - Conquest Merchants; 1992 - Conquest Merchants; 1993 - Wapella Blackhawks; 1994 - Drake Canucks; 1995 - Drake Canucks; 1996 - Drake Canucks; 1997 - Conquest Merchants; 1998 - Milestone Flyers; 1999 - Dinsmore Dynamos; 2000 - Hodgeville Huskies; 2001 - Dodsland Stars; 2002 - Kenaston Blizzards; 2003- Dinsmore Dynamos; 2004- Kyle Elks; 2005 - Avonlea Arrows; 2006 - Luseland Mallards; 2007 - Porcupine Plain Blues; 2008 - Eastend Jets; 2009 - Luse- land Mallards; 2010 - Davidson Cyclones; 2011 - Davidson Cyclones; 2012 - Kenaston Blizzards; 2013 - Drake Canucks; 2014 - Avonlea Arrows; 2015 - Gull Lake Greyhounds; 2016 - Kyle Elks; 2017 - Wilcox Rangers; 2018 - Kyle Elks
Hafford Hawks Provincial C Champions
2018 - 2019
Our son - 1st player back row left
Fast forward thirty-one years to March 2019 - the Hafford Hawks defeated Delisle, Drake and St. Walburg to advance to the provincial final against Gull Lake. They emerged victorious with a two-game sweep to take the championship.
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