The Yorkton Harvest continued their slow start to the season with two losses at home to the Saskatoon Blazers over the weekend at the Farrell Agencies Arena. Saturday night saw the Harvest take a close 4-2 defeat in the first leg of their Saturday/Sunday homestand with the Blazers.
Sunday, provided a different story as the Harvest could not find the back of the net in a 5-0 defeat in afternoon action. The Harvest kept the game close for the majority of the game before seeing the wheels fall off as the Blazers scored three goals in the final half of the game to take the four points on the weekend and see the Harvest fall further down the SMAAAHL standings.
Despite the 5-0 loss the Harvest put 40 shots on goal in the loss Sunday, forcing Blazers goalie Evan Weninger into a busy night in what was a 40 save shutout performance. Harvest goalie Carson Bodgan made 31 saves in the loss in what would be solid performance most nights.
The Harvest will now look to turn things around on a road trip as they head out on the road for the next month until they host Beardy's Blackhawks on November 17/18. Road wins are going to pivotal if the Harvest want to climb out of the league cellar after their 1-5 start. Only the winless Blackhawks and Notre Dame Argos sit behind them in the standings. A win over Tisdale on Saturday night would be a big step in turning around what has so far been a dismal start to the Harvest season.
