A 4-2 triumph over the Calgary Canucks on Friday, February 20th gave the Olds Grizzlys their longest winning streak in over a decade.
At that stage of the weekend Olds had also climbed within 7 points of the Canucks (21-22-2-1) in the standings as the playoff drive continued. However, the Canucks would beat Drayton Valley 2-1 on Saturday at the Ken Bracko Arena and the Grizzyls fell 6-3 to the Thunder on Sunday afternoon leaving the possibility of postseason action for the first time since 2020 clinging to a thread. With 7 games remaining in the regular season the Black & Gold are 9 points behind the Canucks. Calgary has 9 games left.
According to the schedules and results available on the Alberta Junior Hockey League website, the win over Calgary gave the Grizzlys their first 4 game winning streak since November 6th through the 13th of the 2012-2013 season. Another milestone that is still in sight – even if the playoffs are a long shot – is the first 20 win season since the 2014-2015 campaign when Olds was 5th in the 8 team South Division with a record of 24-27-5-4.
The Grizzlys (16-28-2-2) final homestand of the 2025-2026 regular season will wrap up in the next 8 days with games on Friday at 7pm versus Whitecourt (33-11-1-2), Saturday at 6pm against Lloydminster (27-14-3-3), and on March 3rd when Canmore (28-18-2-1) comes to the Sportsplex at 7pm. Tickets to any of those games or to the team’s Awards Banquet on March 1st at the Pomeroy Inn & Suites are available here. Olds will then play 4 straight road games to close out the regular season including a trip to Calgary for the finale on March 14th.
Listen to 96.5 The Ranch’s post-win conversation with Nhan Boebel from February 20th after he scored his first AJHL goal.
The Ranch also collected post-win audio from Noah Kelly on February 20th after he picked up his first assist for Olds which came on what turned out to be the game winning goal in the third period.
96.5 The Ranch spoke with Head Coach Tyson Soloski prior to Friday’s game with Calgary.
