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The Kindersley Klippers are finally in their home barn after a fire ripped through the old building last winter. The Klippers returned to the West Central Events Center last week. From the time of the unexpected fire, the team took up residency in Eston, roughly an hour outside of Kindersley. This past Saturday, the Klippers hosted their Home Opener against the Battlefords North Stars. "It's huge, yeah," Klippers' head coach and GM Larry Wintoneak was quoted in the Saskatoon Star-Pheonix. "Welcome back. Home sweet home." Tim Spencer is hoping to become the latest SJHL alumni to be an NHL'er. The Carnduff, Sk, native, who played for the Estevan Bruins in the 2003 and 2004 season before moving on to play two years in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is in the camp of the Ottawa Senators. Spencer has bounced around the minor leagues with a number of stops in both the American Hockey League and the ECHL. Power Rankings 1. Humboldt Broncos The Broncos are the lone unbeaten team in the league after two weeks. The Broncos have shown that while their eyes are on the 2012 RBC that they host that they haven't forgotten about trying to be there in 2011. 2. La Ronge Ice Wolves Had it not been for a power failure Saturday night, the Ice Wolves may have had a chance to knock Humboldt off and keep the number one ranking. Travis Eggum, Marc-Andre Carre and Doug Lindensmith are making life difficult for opposition defences. 3. Melfort Mustangs There may be no better trio in the league right now than Regan Nabseth, Brody Haygarth and Cole Gibson. The addition of Charles Corsi in goal is paying huge dividends early for the Mustangs. 4. Estevan Bruins The Bruins have jumped out into a tie with Yorkton for first in the Sherwood Division with very balanced scoring. The off-season trade that brought Ben Findlay and Joel Danyluk to Estevan from La Ronge is already paying off as both have had good starts. 5. Flin Flon Bombers The Bombers had been flying until getting shut down by Weyburn Saturday night. Mike Reagan's crew is proving they will be very tough to beat if the first four games of the year are any indication. 6. Yorkton Terriers Clarke Breitkreuz and Robbie Ciolfi were expected to do a majority of the scoring, but rookie Zak Majkowski is showing he might be ready to step into a more prominent role with a couple of impressive performances. 7. Kindersley Klippers The Klippers can't wait to get back into their home rink as the West Central Events Centre is ready to be used again after last year's tragic fire. Kindersley started 2-2 on the road and don't seem to be missing captain Andrew Dommett as much as some people thought they would. 8. Battlefords North Stars If excitement level had a bigger role in these rankings, the Stars would top the list. They have lost a game in overtime and lost a shootout game this year. Once Ken Pearson's crew starts putting a 60 minute effort together, they are going to be tough. 9. Notre Dame Hounds The Hounds are having a tough time getting the offence going, but they have been strong defensively. If the goals come and the defence keeps playing the way it has started the season, the Hounds will start moving up the rankings. 10. Weyburn Red Wings While a lot of goals have been scored early on in the SJHL season, the Wings aren't. They are averaging less than 3 a game and Dwight McMillan knows that won't cut it. He has to be pleased with the first SJHL start by rookie goalie Lucas Feibel as it was a shutout. 11. Melville Millionaires Head coach Jamie Fiesel had said he was upset with the play of his veterans. Captain Brayden Metz didn't disappoint with a 5 point evening against Nipawin. That performance could spur the other veterans to get their game going. 12. Nipawin Hawks Doug Johnson has his first point as an SJHL coach, but he is still looking for his first win.
