Farmers tame Wild in best-of-three playoff series Neepawa advances to next round of THHL post season

By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press

The Neepawa Farmers have advanced to the next round of the Tiger Hills Hockey League playoffs, with a 2-games-to-1 series win over the MacGregor Wild.

Neepawa opened up this best-of-three series on Thursday, Feb. 16, with a 4-1 win at home inside the Yellowhead Centre. Jesse Jones started the scoring for the Farmers just before the end of the first period, as he took advantage of a puck handling miscue by MacGregor, to make it 1-0.

Then, early in the second period, Brad Marshall knocked a shot past Wild goaltender Rhett Boschman, to give Neepawa the 2-0 lead. A little later on in the period, Braden Nicoll would slip up into the back of the net for MacGregor, but the Farmers would reply just over two minutes later. It would be Dillon Birch who re-established the 2-goal cushion for the home-side, near the mid-way point of the second, to make it a 3-1 score.

For the third period, Garrett Rempel was the lone goal scorer for either side, as he collected one on a power-play opportunity for the Farmers. That would, ultimately, make it a 4-1 final in favour of Neepawa. Rempel, Marshall and Birch all had multi-point performances (1G-1A), while goaltender Reese Jones picked up the win with a 24 save night.

The Wild would bounce back in game two winning by the score of 5-2. There would be five different goal scorers for the Wild on the night, while Neepawa’s offensive output was handled by Braden Gillies alone, who picked both of the sports@neepawabanner.com

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Farmers’ goals for the night. This result in MacGregor on Feb. 17, would result in a one game winner take all to decide the series the next day in Neepawa. For the last game of the series, a late push by MacGregor wasn’t enough, as the Farmers were able to hold on for a 4-3 win.

Neepawa jumped out to an early lead with goals from Garrett Rempel and Braden Gillies before the mid-way point of the first period. Braden Klippenstein replied for the Wild before the first intermission, to make it 2-1. Dillon Birch added one for Neepawa in the second, as the score would be 3-1 going into the third period. For the third, MacGregor put the pressure on the Farmers early, creating several scoring opportunities. Goaltender Reese Jones came up big on a few of those opportunities, however, stopping a one-timer attempt during an early period power-play for the Wild. A few minutes later, though, another powerplay chance would be successful for MacGregor, as Kelly Rintoul scored to make the score 3-2. The two teams would trade goals again a few minutes later, with Brad Marshall scoring for Neepawa and Braden Klippenstein collecting his second of the day for MacGregor. That made things a little tense for the Farmer faithful with just over five minutes remaining in regulation. A last minute penalty against Neepawa would add to that drama. With the goaltender pulled and the power-play providing a two man advantage, the Wild swarmed the Neepawa net, but were stymied by Jones and his teammates.

With the win, the Neepawa Farmers advance to the next round of the playoffs, where they will face the top-seed from the East Division, the Gladstone Lakers. Gladstone moved forward by besting the Carberry

Plainsmen in two straight games. The first game of this best-of-five series will be in Gladstone on Feb. 25. Game two will follow the very next night in Neepawa at the Yellowhead Centre. The other divisional semifinal sees Minnedosa playing Wawanesa.

Braden Gillies had 4 points (3 goals -1 assist) in three games for the Neepawa Farmers against the MacGregor Wild.

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Mary-Ella Proven

Mary-Ella Proven passed away on February 13, 2023. She was born on March 29,1942 at Souris Manitoba. Her parents were Leslie and Colleen Anderson. She was their second child. Mary-Ella was predeceased by her husband, Don, her brother, Charles and her parents. She leaves to mourn her son, Ian, his wife Shelley and their children, Loren and Liam, her daughter, Beth, her sisters Margaret-Ann and her husband Leo, and their daughter, Sandra, her sister Jeannette and her sons, Steven and Peter. She also leaves to mourn numerous friends who cared for her for many years.

Mary-Ella lived at Carroll, Manitoba until she left home to pursue a career in teaching. She took her schooling in Carroll – 1-11. She attended Grade 12 in Souris, Manitoba. She earned her BA in 1976 and her Bachelor of Education in 1978. She taught school in Clanwilliam, Boissevain, Winnipeg, Neepawa and Carberry.

Mary-Ella met her husband, Don, in Clanwilliam, they married in 1965. Don and Mary-Ella were married for 56 years and lived in Carberry for 53 years.

Mary-Ella was involved in Knox-Zion Presbyterian Church in Carberry for many years. She served as minister off and on for 10 years. She served on the session at the church. She conducted many funerals and marriages and cared deeply for the families she served. She was gifted at writing sermons and many people, of all ages, attended church when she was the minister. She taught Sunday School, led the Girl Guides for a few years, served on the library board both local and regional and was on the board of Friends of Spruce Woods.

After her parents moved to Carberry she was involved in their care and well-being. After her mother went to the care home – Mary-Ella became involved in various activities at the home – she enjoyed visiting the residents and tried to bring them some joy.

Mary-Ella loved Spruce Woods Park and spent many hours walking and skiing with Don. They enjoyed the outdoors and watching the movement of wildlife and nature in the park. She also camped every summer at Killarney and had many friends at Emerald Isle Campground and around town. She loved kayaking on Killarney Lake and watching the birds and wildlife around the lake.

Mary-Ella was a free spirit. She gathered people around her young and old, and she loved her life. She had many passions. She was a collector, she loved flea markets and garage sales. At one time she had over 100 cabbage patch dolls. She loved plants and gardening. She always had a dog and spent many miles walking her dogs. She flew kites, and she loved Abba. She loved fashion and always dressed beautifully. Halloween and Christmas were special times for her when she got to see her grandchildren. She loved watching them play hockey and baseball, and she loved to watch curling on tv. She perfected many recipes and loved to cook for her family. Her laugh was infectious.

The family would like to thank the Carberry homecare and hospital nurses, Dr. T. Van Nienkirk, Dr. Azzabi, Sherri Wray, the nurses and doctors at CancerCare Manitoba and the many health care professionals that helped her over her final years.

A private family graveside will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cancer Care Manitoba Foundation www.cancercarefdn.mb.ca or the Carberry Plains Health Centre, Box 2000, Carberry, MB R0K 0H0. She stood in the storm

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