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The 2011-2012 NPHL consists of 11 teams.
EAST DIVISION: Falher Pirates, Grimshaw Huskies, High Prairie Regals, Lakeland Eagles (McLennan), Valleyview Jets, (Fairview Kings have dropped out)
WEST DIVISION: Hythe Mustangs, Dawson Creek Canucks, Spirit River Rangers, Grande Prairie Athletics, Horse Lake Chiefs, Fort St John Flyers.

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The Hockey Legends Lounge has opened in November 2011, on the 3rd level of the Coca Cola Centre Grande Prairie.

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NPHL Bits N' Pieces

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Thur Feb 2, 2012: High Prairie 6 at Valleyview 7
* Valleyview clinches playoff berth, High Prairie eliminated.
 
Lakeland 5 at Grimshaw 9
* Lakeland's Craig Anderson scores 50th goal of season in losing effort.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 Overview:
Grande Prairie at Hythe 4
* GP 4 PPGs in 10 chances.

Grimshaw 0 at Valleyview 2
* Valleyviiew scores twice in final 2:59 to break 0-0 ti Game Winning Goal, also scored on PP, with 2:59 left
* Calvin Slemp scores into empty net with 00:17 left.
* Kent Ryan makes 37 saves for shutout.
 
Spirit River 5 at Falher 6 (OT-Shootout)
* Falher wins shootout 5-4 after 7 rounds
(Teams tied 4-4 in shootout after five rounds, Davis Baroldi scores Game Winning Goal in shootout)

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Valleyview 0 Grande Prairie15. Summary of Jan 27, 2012 game: The Grande Prairie Athletics put on a show for the home crowd. Click here for the summary of the goals and assists.

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Tue, Jan 24, 2012: The Grande Prairie lose to the Horse Lake Chiefs in overtime. Jesse Dudas scored at 2:59 of overtime for the game-winner. In the only other game, High Prairie defeated Valleyview 8-0. Kyle Shantz gets his first career shutout in 91 games and stops 27 shots. Last time High Prairie had a shut-out was Dec 9, 2006 and has had only 2 shut-outs in the last 22 years.

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Jan 17, 2012 Summary: The Dawson Creek Canucks Croft Kurka got the first goal (penalty shot) at 11:46 of the 1st period. Chris Stevens of DC scored again in the 2nd period at 6:47. Grande Prairie fired back with Dean Watson scoring at 6:47, Donny Lloyd at 4:22, Jason Jubb at 3:23 and Jason Jubb again at :20. In the third period DC scored twice, Charles Radke at 17:45 and Chris Stevens at 14:59. At 10:47, Donny Lloyd of GP put the Athletics in the lead for the final time to win the game 5-4.

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Spirit RIver 4 Grande Prairie 5.
Sat Jan 14: One of the most exititing games to watch. It was a close game that had to be determined with a shootout. Lots of penalties including Grande Prairie's Logan Goodswiimmer who climbed into the Spirit River penalty box and started a fight. Then all three referees climbed in as well to break it up.
Goals in 1st period: Grande Prairie's Matt Alabinati scored the first goal of the game, followed by Kelly McLeod (unassisted and short handed), and Scott Tage. Spirit River struck back with Cory Littman and Dustin Sather scoring one each.
Goals 2nd period: Spirit River tied it up with Evan Boire scoring. GP's Matt Albinati got his second goal to put the A's ahead in the final seconds of the 2nd period.
Goals 3rd period: Early in the period Kyle Zachkowsky gave the Spirit River Rangers the tie.

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High Prairie 5 Hythe 12.
Sat Dec 10: The game was delayed as High Prairie arrived late after getting lost taking a short cut to Hythe. With only 8 players, High Prairie struggled most of the game. Penalties and injuries did not help. Rob Takala scores in the final minutes of the 2nd period (photo above) to give Hythe a 7-2 lead. A new video introducing the High Prairie Regal players is now posted.
HiIGH PRAIRIE REGALS- Play Video>

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Fort St John 4 Spirit River 7.
Thur Dec 8: Fort St John played their game a bit short handed with only 14 players taking to the ice. Troy Hunt (FSJ Goalie) seen a lot of action in front of his net (photo above) A new video introducing the Fort St John Flyers players is now posted.
FSJ FLYERS - Play Video>

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Falher 6 Hythe 5.
Sat, Dec 2: Pat Rowan puts the Pirates ahead in the final minutes of the first period in the photo above. This is the first time Falher has played in the Hythe Arena for several years, and coach Mat Masonneauve expected it to be a tough game. A new video introducing the Falher Pirates players is now posted.
FALHER PIRATES - Play Video>

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Hythe 9 wins over Valleyview 8 in overtime.
Sat, Nov 26: Rob Takala's third goal of the game 14 seconds into OT was the winner. Last season, in 2010-2011, Hythe became the first team in the NPHL since the 1990-91 season to go the entire season without a single player scoring a hat-trick in a game. The last Mustang to score a hat-trick in a game before last night was Colin Lefely, who scored three goals in a 6-4 win at High Prairie Jan 30, 2010. A new video introducing the Valleyview Jets players is now posted.
VALLEYVIEW JETS - Play Video>.

Thur, Nov 24: Grimshaw's 6-2 win over High Prairie on Thursday Nov 24, was their first home ice win over High Prairie since Nov 10, 2005. In the Lakeland at Falher game, Falher scored six PPG's and since 1990-1991, that has only been done 25 previous times including playoffs. -Chris Clegg NPHL Statistician.

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Grimshaw 0 at Grande Prairie 5
Nov 19, 2011: The Grimshaw Huskies were faced with a number of penalities that gave the Athletics many chances to scrore. Fight broke out at 4:37 of 2nd period. After first period score 0-0 and 2-0 after 2nd. Athletics Shane Mudryk and Matt Albinati each scored twice while Jordon Bombier got one goal. A new video introducing the Grimshaw Huskies players is now posted.
Grimshaw Huskies - Play Video>.

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HorseLake 1 at Grande Prairie 7
Nov 17, 2011:The Athletics got on the scoreboard first with 7:32 left in the first period. Horse Lake ran into big problems in the 2nd period with 2 men short as the A's scoring twice in only 22 seconds. A new video introducing the Horse Lake Chiefs players is now posted.
Horse Lake Chiefs - Play Video>.

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Lakeland 3 at Spirit River 17
Nov 12, 2011: Lakeland Eagles goalie Cody Hutt is injured early in the game, and with no back-up goalie, Spirit River's Justin Jarvis plays goal for Lakeland for final 2 periods.
New VIDEOS introducing the Spirit River Rangers players and Lakeland Eagles players are now posted.
Spirit River Rangers - Play Video>.
Lakeland Eagels - Play Video>

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Grande Prairie Athletics Win in Shootout- Nov 10, 2011
Dawson Creek 5 at GP 6
The Dawson Creek Canucks surprised the Athletics by scoring the first goal and keeping the lead most of the game. Above is a photo of one of the first goals by the Canucks that finds its way in. A new video introducing the Dawson Creek Canuck players is now posted.
Dawson Creek Canucks - Play Video>.

GRIMSHAW"S FIrst Game of the season - Nov 5, 2011
Lakeland 5 at Grimshaw 7
More than a 1,000 fans gathered at the new Grimshaw arena as fans were pleased that the home team came up on top. NPHL Statitcian Chris Cleg indicates that the game had 274 penalties minutes, the 17th highest PIM total in the NPHL regular season game since the start of the 1991-92 season when records were kept. (Lakeland 139 PIM, Grimshaw 135 PIM) The game featured 11 misconducts, 9 game miisconducts, 6 fighting majors. Lakeland's Drake Cunningham, Claude Cunningham, Charles Laboucan all face one-game suspensions, whille Grimshaw's Cordell Quinney, Jamie Noskey and Jon Lewis all have one-game suspensions.

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The Hythe Mustangs get ready for an important face-off in their end during the game on Saturday Oct 29, 2011.

SUMMARY - SAT, OCT 29
Hythe 3 at Grande Prairie 7
Mike Mohr scored twice for the Athletics, while Shane Mudryk scored once and had two assists. Grant Rix, Jordan Bomier, Joey Bilodau and Donny Lloyd also scored for Grande Prairie. Hythe Mustangs goals were made by Ryan Lizotte, Taylor Jones and Mike Bowen. This year the Hythe Mustangs is headed by coach BJ Clark.

NEW VIDEOS introducing the Grande Prairie Athletic and the Hythe Mustangs players are now posted. Grande Prairie Athletics - Play Video>.
Hythe Mustangs - Play Video>

NPHL REGULAR LEAGUE SCHEDULE/SCORES 2011-2012 All hockey games start 8:30pm

Sat, Oct. 29 Hythe 3 at Grande Prairie 7 Thur, Nov 3 Hythe 4 at Dawson Creek 8 Fri, Nov 4 Grande Prairie 8 at Spirit River 2 Sat, Nov 5 High Prairie 2 at Falher 10 Lakeland 5 at Grimshaw 7 Spirit River 14 at Valleyview 0 Thur, Nov 10 Dawson Creek 5 at GP 6 shootout Falher 19 at High Prairie 4 Grimshaw 11 at Lakeland 2 Spirit River 4 at Hythe 5 Sat, Nov 12 Dawson Crk 11 at Horse Lake 9 Grande Prai 22 at High Prairie 5 Grimshaw 6 at Valleyview 11 Lakeland 3 at Spirit River 17 Tue, Nov 15 Falher 13 at Lakeland 4 Thur, Nov 17 POSTONED Due to bad weather: X-Fort St. John at Hythe X-Valleyview at Grimshaw X- Spirit River at Dawson Creek HorseLake 1 at Grande Prairie 7 High Prairie 2 at Lakeland 9 Sat, Nov 19 DawsonCrk 13 at HighPrairie 3 Grimshaw 0 at Grande Prairie 5 Valleyview 2 at Falher 9 Horse Lake 8 at Hythe 3 Tue, Nov 22 Lakeland 14 at Valleyview 4 Thur, Nov 24 High Prairie 2 at Grimshaw 6 Lakeland 4 at Falher 14 SpiritRiver 4 at DawsonCreek 10 Fri, Nov 25 Fort St John 4 at Horse Lake 7 Sat, Nov 26 Falher 8 at Grimshaw 5 Grande Prairie 9 at Lakeland 6 High Prairie 1 at Spirit River 31 Horse Lake 2 at Fort St. John 0 Hythe 9 at Valleyview 8 (OT) Tue, Nov 29 SpiritRiver 11 at DawsonCreek 6 Make up of Nov 17 postponed game. Thur, Dec 1 Grimshaw 2 at High Prairie 5 Hythe 3 at Grande Prairie 6 Lakeland 7 at Valleyview 5 Fri, Dec 2 Dawson Creek 6 at Spirit River 8 Sat, Dec 3 Falher 6 at Hythe 5 GrandePrairie4 at FortSt.John3 OT Spirit River 16 at Grimshaw 3 Valleyview 3 at Lakeland 19 Tue, Dec 6 Valleyview 8 at High Prairie 6 Thur, Dec 8 Fort St. John 4 at Spirit River 7 GrandePrairie 7 at Dawson Crk 6 OT Fri, Dec 9 Grimshaw 1 at Falher 9 Sat, Dec 10 DawsonCreek 3 at FSJ 5 GrandePrairie 5 at Falher 6 (SO) High Prairie 5 at Hythe 12 Spirit River 5 at Horse Lake 12 Valleyview 2 at Grimshaw 9 Tue Dec 13 Grimshaw 20 at Lakeland 4 Thur, Dec 15 Falher 7 at Grimshaw 2 Hythe 5 at Dawson Creek 8 Lakeland 9 at Valleyview 4 Spirit River 1 at Grande Prairie 5 Sat, Dec 17 POSTONED: Due to bad icy roads: X-Grande Prairie at Spirit River X-Valleyview at Dawson Creek X- Hythe at Horse Lake Grimshaw 5 at High Prairie 6 Lakeland 2 at Falher 25 Tue, Dec 20 Falher 12 at Valleyview 2 Thur, Dec 22 Falher 9 at High Prairie 3 HorseLake 8 at DawsonCreek 11 Hythe 2 at Spirit River 11 Valleyview 10 at Grimshaw 5 Fri, Dec 23 High Prairie 7 at Lakeland 11 Fri, Dec 23 Valleyview 0 at Grimshaw 9 Make up of Nov 17 postponed game. Thur, Dec 29 Lakeland 10 at High Prairie 9 **Dates and location of games can change without notice. Thur, Jan 5 Dawson Creek 6 at Hythe 5 High Prairie 9 at Lakeland 13 Fri, Jan 6 Horse Lake 5 at Spirit River 6 Valleyview 2 at Falher 15 Sat, Jan 7 Dawson Creek 10 at Spirit River 4 Grande Prairie 8 at Hythe 3 Grimshaw 5 at Falher 4 (shootout) High Prairie 5 at Valleyview 9 Tue, Jan 10 Grande Prairie 4 at Spirit River 5 Make up of Dec 17 postoned game. Thur, Jan 12 Falher 4 at Valleyview 3 High Prairie 7 at Grimshaw 8 Hythe 2 at Grande Prairie 8 Fri, Jan 13 Horse Lake 2 at Fort St. John 8 Valleyview 14 at Lakeland 10 Sat, Jan 14 Falher 7 at High Prairie 3 Fort St. John 6 at Horse Lake 8 Lakeland 6 at Hythe 10 Spirit River 4 at Grande Prairie 5 (overtime shootout) X-Grimshaw at Dawson Creek POSTONED Due to bad weather: Tue, Jan 17 DawsonCreek 4 at GrandePrairie 5 Game moved from Jan 21, 2012 Thur, Jan 19 GrandePrairie7 at Dawson Creek 6 Overtime win for Grande Prairie Athletics clinches first place in West Division. Grimshaw 3 at Falher 6 Lakeland at High 10 Prairie 7 Spirit River 7 at Hythe 2 Fri, Jan 20 Horse Lake 5 at Fort St. John 4 Sat, Jan 21 Falher 4 at Lakeland 5 (OT) Fort St. John 3 at Horse Lake 4 High Prairie 7 at Grimshaw 2 Hythe 0 at Spirit River 12 Tue, Jan 24 GrandePrairie 0 at HorseLake 8 (OT) Valleyview 0 at High Prairie 8 Thur, Jan 26 Fort St. John 5 at Dawson Creek 3 Grimshaw 3 at Lakeland 11 Valleyview 0 at Grande Prairie 15 Fri, Jan 27 High Prairie 2 at Falher 13 Hythe 5 at Fort St. John 7 Sat, Jan 28 Dawson Creek 8 at Lakeland 9 (OT) Grande Prairie 5 at Hythe 4 Grimshaw 0 at Valleyview 2 Spirit River 5 at Falher 6 Tue, Jan 31 Dawson Creek 1 at Spirit River 6 SR clinches 2nd place in West Division. Falher 7 at Valleyview 6 (OT) Thur, Feb 2 Dawson Creek 5 at Hythe 3 High Prairie 6 at Valleyview 7 Lakeland 5 at Grimshaw 9 Fri, Feb 3 Fort St. John at Grande Prairie Lakeland at Falher Horse Lake at Dawson Creek Sat, Feb 4 Falher at Dawson Creek Hythe at Grimshaw Spirit River at Fort St. John Valleyview at High Prairie Sun Feb 5*** Valleyview at Dawson Creek REGULAR SEASON Breakdown of points by each member of each NPHL Team: updated weekly-as of Jan 29, 2012 X-(exept for FSJ and Horselake - no game sheet submitted) WEST DIVISION: Dawson Creek Canucks X-Fort St John Flyers Grande Prairie Athletics Hythe Mustangs X-Horse Lake Chiefs Spirit River Rangers EAST DIVISION Falher Pirates Grimshaw Huskies High Prairie Regals Lakeland Eagles Valleyview Jets Fort St John and Horse Lake will not be playing as many games this season as the other teams as they have opted out of the playoffs to be able to compete for the Allan Cup.

NEW FEATURE:
Alberta Senior Hockey League ASHL Standings and Rankings as of Jan 10, 2012

NPHL - NORTH PEACE HOCKEY LEAGUE - 2011-2012 SCHEDULE