The Yorkton Terriers dropped two games on the weekend, and as a result dropped to second place in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Viterra Division.
The losses leave Yorkton with a 24-21-1 record and 49 points, two back of Estevan who have 51. Melville sits third with 37 points, three up on Weyburn with
Friday the Terriers hosted the Kindersley Klippers in action at the Farrell Agencies Arena.
The Terriers had a good start with Brendan Mark giving the home side a 1-0 lead with a goal 5:08 into the game.
Kurri Woodlord made it 2-0 at 14:03.
Unfortunately that would be it for the Terrier offence on the night.
Steven Avalone cut the Yorkton lead in half with 50-seconds left in the first period.
In the second frame Devon Cyr tied the contest at 10:04, and 43-sconds later Ty Enns gave the Klippers a 3-2 lead.
Then again late, this time with 20-seconds left, Cyr made it 4-2 over the Terriers, a score that held through a scoreless third period.
Andrew Henderson was in the Terrier net to be tagged with the loss facing 37-shots, while Justen Close had the win for Kindersley facing 22.
A night later things just got ugly for the Terriers as Battlefords rolled into the Farrell Agencies Arena.
The North Stars had a goal 2:43 into the game from Dylan Esau, then Braydon Buziak added a powerplay goal to lead 2-0 after 20-minutes of play.
It was more of the same in the second, as Austin Becker, Macgregor Sinclair, Brett Gammer on the powerplay, and Buziak with a short-handed effort made it 6-0 through two periods.
Branden Klatt finally put the Terriers on the board at 8:29 of the third, but the Stars poured it on after that.
Esau and Gammer both scored their second of the night, and Elijah Loon-Stewardson netted one as well to round out a 9-1 drubbing by Battlefords.
Joel Grzybowski was in the North Stars net facing only 20-shots for the win.
Ryan Ouellette and Andrew Henderson both played in the loss for Yorkton, Ouellette guarding the net for the first two periods, and Henderson playing out the final frame.
