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Let me start with a tip of the cap to the Moose Jaw Warriors.
Junior hockey can by cyclical, but the Warriors have advanced to the Western Hockey League playoffs for a fourth straight season.
Under coach Tim Hunter, who has been in Moose Jaw for five years, the Warriors have had 36-, 42-, 52- and 40-win seasons.
The cycle I talked about is evident in how power has shifted north among Saskatchewan’s major junior teams.
Last season, Swift Current played in the league final. The year before that, it was Regina.
The Broncos and Pats are rebuilding and out of the 2019 post-season picture.
Prince Albert has gone from a team that happened to snag the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference last season to arguably the best team in Canadian junior hockey.
The vision of Blades management is being realized with Saskatoon in the playoffs for the first time in six years.
The biggest challenge in junior hockey, like any sport, is to win. The second-biggest challenge may be to win season after season.