Between speed-skater Luca Veeman and gymnasts Jordan Carroll and Rylee Miller (pictured), Saskatchewan had a fabulous Friday at the Canada Winter Games in the Maritimes.

Each of Veeman, Carroll and Miller won a gold medal Friday while Veeman added a bronze medal and Miller tacked on a silver and a bronze medal. The day started in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, with Carroll winning the men’s pommel horse discipline in artistic gymnastics, the first gold medal for Saskatchewan at the 2023 Games. It was also the first gold medal in pommel horse for a Saskatchewan gymnast in Games’ history. Veeman followed up at the Halifax Oval by taking the gold in the men’s mass start long track event plus a bronze medal in the one thousand metres. That gave Veeman, the Saskatchewan flag bearer in the Opening Ceremonies to the Game, five total medals – a gold, two silver and two bronze. Back to Charlottetown and it was Miller’s turn to excite Saskatchewan followers. She started with a bronze medal in uneven bars, added a silver medal on the balance beam and became the first-ever Saskatchewan gymnast to win gold in the floor exercise discipline. Her performance made Miller the most decorated Saskatchewan female gymnast in Canada Games history and nearly doubled in one day what 56 years of Saskatchewan female artistic gymnasts had achieved with four previous medals. The three-person effort improved Saskatchewan’s medal haul at the Games to 15 total – three gold, six silver and six bronze medals. There’ll be at least one more medal from first half sports for Saskatchewan on Saturday when the men’s hockey team faces Ontario in the gold medal game while the Saskatchewan women’s ringette squad plays P-E-I for the bronze medal. Following is the full Team Saskatchewan Day 7 review…..

PEI 2023: Team Sask at the end of day 7

Charlottetown, PE (February 24) – It was a historic day for Saskatchewan at the Canada Winter Games. More medals were won and the men’s hockey team is off to the gold medal game.

Here’s everything you need to know:

MEDAL COUNT:

GOLD: 3

SILVER: 6

BRONZE: 6

TOTAL: 15

DAY 7 RESULTS AND DAY 8 SCHEDULE:

VIEW TEAM SASKATCHEWAN’S SCHEDULE FOR DAY EIGHT

TEAM SASKATCHEWAN IN DEPTH:

GYMNASTICS – ARTISTIC

• Friday was a historic day for Saskatchewan gymnastics. First, Jordan Carroll brought home a gold medal, Saskatchewan’s first gold at the PEI 2023 Canada Winter Games, in the men’s pommel horse. It’s the first ever gold in this event for a Saskatchewan gymnast.
• On the female side, Kaylee Miller made Saskatchewan history becoming the most decorated Saskatchewan female gymnast in Canada Games history. She won a gold medal on the floor, the first Saskatchewan female athlete to do so. She also picked up a silver medal on the beam and a bronze on the uneven bars.
• Prior to Rylee Miller’s three-medal performance today, Team Sask had a total of four medals from female athletics in artistic gymnastics over the Canada Games’ 56-year history, meaning Rylee nearly doubled the total in a single day.

HOCKEY – MALE

• Saskatchewan was on the ice in Charlottetown on Friday afternoon taking on Quebec in the semi final. Cole Reschny and Joby Baumuller each had a pair of goals as Saskatchewan beat Quebed 4-3 to advance to Saturday’s gold medal game.
• Saskatchewan will now face Ontario for Canada Games gold at 5:30pm CST Saturday night at East Link Centre.

SPEED SKATING – LONG TRACK

• Luca Veeman finally got his gold. The Team Sask flagbearer had to wait until the final event but captured gold in the men’s mass start in Halifax on Friday. Earlier in the day he earned a bronze medal in the 1,000m. In the women’s mass start, Serena Dallaire was Team Sask’s highest finisher coming in 6th and Ella Cloutier finished 8th.
• As competition closes in Halifax, Saskatchewan celebrates and amazing games with 9 total medals won on the oval.

CURLING – FEMALE

• Friday’s semi-final vs Nova Scotia came down to the final stone but Saskatchewan ultimately came up short falling 8-6. Hanna Rugg’s Regina rink then faced Quebec in the bronze medal game. It went to an extra end but Quebec outlasted Saskatchewan to claim 3rd in the Winter Games. It was a great week of curling for Hannah Rugg who finished 4th.

RINGETTE – FEMALE

• It was Team Sask against Alberta in the Canada Games semi-final on Friday. Ultimately, Team Sask fell 5-3 and will now play for bronze on Saturday. The game is scheduled for 1pm CST against PEI.

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL

• In the consolation semi-final, Saskatchewan beat Ontario in a close one 49-43. Eli Corpuz led Saskatchewan with a team high 17 points. The team will now play for 5th place on Saturday morning, 10am CST against New Brunswick.

SPEED SKATING – SHORT TRACK

• On Friday, it was the 1,000m finals over in North Rustico. Liam McKague finished 24th, Matthew Engel finished 33rd, Mikko Veeman 37th, Lambert Schwartzenberger 39th and Max Williams finished 40th overall out of 52 skaters in the finals.

TABLE TENNIS

• Great action on Friday morning saw Lucy Fan taking on Alice Provencher of Quebec in the quarterfinal. Fan took the first set in front of many Saskatchewan supporters but ultimately fell 3-1 to end her run.
• Final standings have Lucy Fan in 8th, Aryanna Liu 12th. On the male saide, Nino Ding finished 18th and Kevin Lu 22nd.

SQUASH

• The Saskatchewan boys won both of their matches on Friday sending them to the consolation final on Saturday. They’ll play for 5th place against Manitoba at 7am CST.
• On Saturday the female team will play Nova Scotia in the consolation final.

BIATHLON

• On Friday it was  the single mixed relays beginning in the morning. Saskatchewan’s two teams finished in 12th and 16th place.

FREESTYLE SKIING

• Our Freestyle skiers were on the schedule for the first time at Crabbe Mountain. Male and female moguls were up. On the  men’s side, Sawyer Day of Battleford finished in 9th place while Zadee Chapman finished in 8th place on the women’s side.