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Submitted by SJHL Hockey Day in Canada CBC's Hockey Day in Canada will air February 12, 2011 and when it does, you can look for a segment on Weyburn Red Wings coach Dwight McMillan. Hockey Night in Canada's Kelly Hrudey spent one day last week visiting with Dwight with cameras rolling while he put his team through practice. Its not known exactly when during the day long celebration of hockey in Canada the segment will run. Christmas Break The SJHL has reached the Christmas break with the La Ronge Ice Wolves and Yorkton Terriers leading their respective conferences. However, as the league breaks until December 30, the story is the Kindersley Klippers. The team relieved Larry Wintoneak of his coaching duties December 13, and since Rockie Zinger took over, the team has done nothing but rack up win after win. Kindersley goes into the break on a six game winning streak with four of those wins coming since Zinger took over head coaching duties. The streak has the Klippers in second in the Sherwood Conference Ñ three up on Weyburn and four ahead of the fourth place Estevan Bruins. While the Klippers are tearing it up in the Sherwood Conference, the Nipawin Hawks are doing what they can to try and make the playoffs. Its been a while since the Hawks reached the playoffs and they have languished in last place in the Bauer Conference for much of this season, but they have gotten their act together since the Showcase. Nipawin had a five game win streak snapped Saturday night in the Battlefords, but they got right back onto the winning side of things Sunday when they beat first place La Ronge 3-2 in a neutral site game at Prince Albert's Art Hauser Centre. Nipawin's 17-year-old goalie Stephen Klein stole the show in that game as he stopped over 50 shots to record the "W". The Weyburn Red Wings have been up and down all season, and they go into the break on an up having won their last two including a 2-1 win this past Saturday over Yorkton. That victory also put an end to a nine game Yorkton win streak which was the longest in the SJHL this season. Legendary Weyburn coach Dwight McMillan will be a part of CBC's Hockey Day in Canada. Hockey Night in Canada's Kelly Hrudey was in Weyburn this past week to do a feature on McMillan that will run February 11 when Hockey Night does its annual showcase of the game across the country. Its not when exactly the feature on McMillan will air.
