The Yorkton Harvest opened the new year with a two game northern road swing.
Saturday found the Harvest at the Willow Cree Memorial Sports Centre facing the Beardy's Blackhawks who claimed a close 6-5 win.
Evan Zdunich opened the scoring to give the Blackhawks the lead midway through the first period.
Kody Thue tied the game late in the first assisted by Brayden Park and Tanner LeSann.
Brett Boehm scored twice and Colton Laroque and Jared Watson each added a goal for the Blackhawks in the four goal second period scoring spree.
Blake McMillen added Yorkton's second goal assisted by Jake McMillen.
Lynnden Pastachak added Yorkton's third late in the second period assisted by Nicholas Pouliot and LeSann.
The Harvest battled through the third period, scoring twice to pull within one goal before time ran out. Pouliot scored Yorkton's fourth goal assisted by Pastachak and Jeffrey Ness.
Brodie Schuette scored Yorkton's fifth and last goal late in the final frame assisted by Pouliot and LeSann.
Sunday afternoon the Harvest battled the Tisdale Trojans to a 3-3 draw at the Tisdale Recplex.
Josh Lees scored the lone goal of the first period with less than one minute remaining in the opening frame assisted by Kailum Gervais and Schuette.
Levi Morin made it 2-0 for the Harvest late in the second period assisted by Gervais.
Wyatt Garagan pulled the Trojans within one with a little over a minute left in the period.
LeSann's early third period goal assisted by Lees and Thue seemed to spell a win for the Harvest. It wasn't to be.
Tisdale's Brayden Giesinger scored a pair of goals including the game tying marker in the dying seconds of the contest.
