The Yorkton Terriers put the brakes on the recent eight game winning streak by the visiting Nipawin Hawks Wednesday night at the Farrell Agencies Arena. Outshooting the visitors 42-25, the Terriers claimed a 3-2 overtime win.
Riley Paterson opened the scoring with his first goal of the game, a power play marker, to give the Terriers a one goal edge after 20 minutes assisted by Zak Majkowski and Keven Cann.
Jesse Burnard tied the game for Nipawin early in the second period.
Tyler Giebel's power play goal midway through the second, assisted by Devon McMullen and Chase Norrish, reestablished Yorkton's one goal margin.
Stuart Holland tied the game at two midway through the third period to cap the game scoring.
The winning difference in the game, Paterson's, slipped the puck past Hawks net minder Taran Kozun, at 1:05 of the overtime period for the win. Majkowski earned the assist for the game winner.
The game was also a battle of former teammates as both Kozun and Terrier net minder Dawson McAuley both played AAA midget hockey for the Prince Albert Mintos.
Friday night The Ter-riers outshot the visiting Melville Millionaires 50-30 in the first game of a home and home series at the Farrell Agencies Arena to claim a 3-1 win.
Majkowski opened the scoring for Yorkton with the lone goal of the first period assisted by Tayler Thompson.
Michael Desjarlais tied the game at one early in the third period.
Brenden Poncelet scored the game winner midway through the final frame assisted by Ryon Sookro.
Kyle McLeod slipped in the insurance marker, an empty net goal with less than a minute remaining in regulation time assisted by Curtis Oliver and Norrish.
Yorkton Terrier head coach Trent Cassan says the Terrier effort was a carryover from Wednesday night. "Not everyone can show up on the scoresheet but a lot if guys had an impact on the game in a lot of different ways," he suggests.
The Terriers are a team which has to compete and work hard everyday, he says. The skills of the players will show up if they have the hard work, he adds.
Cassan concedes that Mellville's netminder Blake Voth is a solid goaltender who has played every opposing team well. He's calm and composed as probably the top goaltender in the league, Cassan adds. "You really have to earn the goals you get behind him and we did," he continues.
Terrier goalie Dawson McAulay spent most of December working with the Medicine Hat goalie coach and has come back with a lot of confidence. "You forget that he's a midget age kid but his composure and attitude are very impressive," Cassan says.
Poncelet, who scored the game winner, works hard and it's good to see players who work hard get rewarded, Cassan states. "He's a guy who doesn't show up on the score sheet every time but has his impact in other ways," Cassan points out.
Sookro showed some good patience and made a pretty good pass up into the slot to set up the game winning goal, Cassan closes.
A four goal opening period handed the Melville Millionaires the 6-5 overtime win in the second game of a home and home series against the visiting Yorkton Terriers.
The Terriers opened with one goal lead midway through the opening period on Sookro's goal assisted by Kailum Gervais.
Yorkton's lead was brief as the Millionaires replied with four goals in the second half of the first period. Jesse Mireau opened Millionaire scoring, followed by Tyler Bird, Sean Aschim and Lee Christensen. By the end of the first period, the Mils took a 4-1 lead to the dressing room.
Lucas Froese scored Melville's lone second period goal to extend the Millionaire lead to four goals.
Norrish notched Yorkton's second goal, a powerplay marker, early in the second frame assisted by Tayler Thompson and Tyler Giebel.
Less than 30 seconds later, Paterson scored the Terrier's third goal of the game, another powerplay marker, assisted by Jeremy Johnson.
A pair of third period goals by the Terriers tied the game at five to second it into overtime.
Giebel pulled the Terriers within one goal less than a minute into the final frame assisted by Johnson and Struble.
Keven Cann tied the game at five assisted by Paterson.
Unfortunately the puck bounced in Melville's favor in the overtime period as Desjarlais knocked in the powerplay game winner midway through the five minute sudden death overtime period to hand the Millionaires the 6-5 win.
