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The seventh-place Seattle Thunderbirds weren't expected to put up much of a fight against the second-place Kelowna Rockets in the first round of the Western Hockey League playoffs.

In the first season of the Yorkton Novice Hockey League, the Core Real Estate Terriers took home the league title, besting the Clean Spot Terriers in the final 7-2. "It was a great year," said Core Real Estate head coach Jeff Sperling.

It was a tough pill to swallow for Dawson MacAuley when Medicine Hat Tigers head coach-GM Shaun Clouston told him in October that he was the odd man out in the blue paint. "It was a really rough day," said MacAuley.

When Jeff Odgers handed in his resignation this past week to the Yorkton Harvest, he had mixed emotions. On one hand, he enjoyed every minute of his two years as their head coach.

A combination of depth and talent ultimately lifted the Yorkton bantam DR Auto Extras Terriers to a provincial banner this season. "We had a really strong group this year," said Terriers head coach Grant Ottenbreit.

The Yorkton Yorkers are officially the first team outside of Regina and Saskatoon to join the Saskatchewan Cricket Association. The Yorkers will kick off their rookie season in the league this May.

At first, it seemed National Hockey League general managers forgot it was trade deadline day on Wednesday, April 3 as there were few-and-far-between deals trickling in slowly.

On March 16-17, Yorkton sent three bowlers to compete in the third and fourth Masters tournaments of the year in Prince Albert. All three bowlers went into the tournament with experience.

Although his major junior career didn't end with an Ed Chynoweth Cup as he hoped, Yorkton native Davis Vandane left the Prince Albert Raiders' Art Hauser Centre with his head held high following a strong 20-year-old season.

Leading the Edmonton Oilers to Stanley Cup victories and breaking scoring records made Wayne Gretzky an incredible hockey player, but doing so with class made him The Great One.