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Terriers lose hard fought game against Millionaires

Yorkton loses lead in the third
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Terriers on two game losing streak (File Photo)

The Terriers hit the number 10 Highway to play the Millionaire's in Melville on Friday night.

Yorkton's Greg Nelson scored midway through the first at 9:18 with the goal going unanswered for the remainder of the period.  

Late into the second period, at 17:02, Clay Sleeva hit the target for Yorkton making it a 2 – 0 lead for the Terriers.  53 seconds later, at 17:55, Charles-Thomas Larochelle scored for the Millionaires, making it a 2 – 1 game going into the third.

The first half of the third period saw plenty of action from The Millionaires. 20 seconds into the third period, Noah Willis scored for the Mills, tying the game up at 2 – 2.  At 2:04, Melville's Louis-Frederic Theberge scored on the power-play making it a 3 – 2 game.  Therberge went on to score again at 3:44.  Yorkton followed up with a goal from Karsten Kruska at 5:01, turning it into a 4 – 3 game with Melville still in the lead.  At 8:28, Enrique Fontes of the Millionaire's hit the target.  The Terriers' Maddox Nollski scored at 14:40, with one more goal from Melville at 18:53 coming by way of Noah Willis once again.  Final score, 6 – 4 for the Millionaires.  

Kael DePape was in net for the Terriers, taking on 32 shots and blocking 27.

Alexis Giroux was in net for The Millionaires and saw 39 shots on goal.  

The Terriers will head back to Westland Insurance Arena in Yorkton when they play the Estevan Bruins on Saturday night.