The visiting Melfort Mustangs shutout the hometown Terriers 3-0 at the Farrell Agencies Arena Friday night with one goal in each of the three periods.
Jarett Zentner opened the scoring midway through the first period. Godric Tham added Melfort's second goal early in the second frame and Brandon Sloan capped the scoring early in the final frame with the Mustangs third goal.
Yorkton Terrier head coach Trent Cassan says it seemed like bad luck was contagious. "We had some chances and would miss an open net or shoot it (the puck) right into the goalie's chest," he opens.
Cassan says he doesn't really have any excuses for the team. There was a big crowd at the game and it felt like some guys felt too much pressure for whatever reason. "They have to adjust and get used to playing in front of big crowds because as we go further on there'll be some of those too," he says.
Cassan suggests he's more disappointed than angry. The effort was disappointing, but in junior hockey there are ups and downs. He says he's not losing faith in the team, suggesting the coaching staff has to address the less than stellar effort to avoid it in the future.
He sees consistency is key and suggests there has to be a more consistent effort against all opponents.
He also points out the Mustangs have defeated the Terriers two out the three times the teams have met. The next time they meet the Terriers have to have that extra edge, the motivation.
There wasn't as much movement in the league prior to the trade deadline this year as there were in past years because 10 other teams have a good chance to win heading into the playoffs, Cassan suggests.
Despite outshooting the host team, Weyburn Red Wings, 31-18, the visiting Yorkton Terriers fell to the Red Wings by a narrow one goal margin Sunday night.
Weyburn opened the scoring with a pair of first period goals, one each by Ryan Whitell and Keegan Bruce.
Tyler Giebel was the main marksman for the Terriers, scoring all three Yorkton goals in the game. He scored the only two goals of the second period to tie the game at two. The first, at 1:26 was assisted by Majkowski while Johnson and Struble assisted on Giebel's second marker.
A pair of third period goals by Coltyn Sanderson and Jesse Ross lifted the Wings to a narrow 4-3 win.
Giebel scored a hat trick with his third goal of the game assisted by Majkowski and Kelly Lessmeister.
