The Philadelphia Revolution and Motor City Chiefs picked surprising times to come up with their first league wins of the season.

Special teams play is just one of the many areas in which the St. Louis Junior Blues have proven to be the best in the Central States Hockey League. The power play took center stage last weekend when St. Louis got a chance to settle the CSHL lead in a showdown with the league’s other unbeaten.

The Butte Roughriders had to go to extreme measures to pick up their first win of the Northern Pacific League season. James Adamo stopped 67 of the 68 shots he faced in regulation and two overtimes, but he was just getting started.

Tommy Thompson scored the first and last goals of the game on Sunday to lift the Northern Cyclones over the Boston Bulldogs, 4-2, to take a lead by percentage points in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League North Division.

Mike Shibrowski was sharp in game action and in shootouts to help the Central Division-leading Owatonna Express win three more games and run their North American Hockey League winning streak to eight.

Trent Ruffolo scored two goals and Chris Eiserman made 44 saves on Sunday to lead the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs over the South Shore Kings, 5-3, in a meeting of Eastern Junior Hockey League unbeatens.

The Chicago Steel became the first United States Hockey League team with two wins when it welcomed the United States National Team Development Program into the league with a sweep on the opening weekend.

The Alaska Avalanche used 5-2 and 4-2 road victories over the Bismarck Bobcats to improve their North American Hockey League record to 7-1-1.

The Wenatchee Wild and St. Louis Bandits each went 4-0 at the seventh annual Sherwood/North American Hockey League Showcase Tournament. Wenatchee was named tournament champion on a total goal differential tiebreaker.

Joe Reagan has the New York Bobcats off to another strong start in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League. Reagan had a 32-save shutout and stopped 70 of 71 shots overall as the Bobcats opened the regular season with a 6-0, 3-1 sweep of the Washington Junior Nationals.