The Tisdale Trojans edged out the Yorkton Harvest 3-2 at the Tisdale Recplex Thursday night.
Thomas Carleton lit up the scoreboard for the Trojans with a powerplay goal.
Ben Johnstone tied the game at one late in the first frame assisted by Tanni Mamias.
Kade Halabuza gave the Harvest a one goal edge with a powerplay marker midway through the second frame assisted by Johnstone and Deven Fafard.
Avery VanBlaricom tied the game to send the teams to the dressing rooms knotted at one after two periods.
Sheldon Argent notched the game winner midway through the third to give Tisdale the 3-2 win.
Saturday afternoon the Harvest returned to home ice after an extended absence to host the Moose Jaw Generals.
The Generals outshot the Harvest 33-21 to claim a narrow 4-3 win.
Moose Jaw opened with a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Colton Schick and Austin Yano.
Halabuza lit up the board for the Harvest with a second period powerplay goal assisted by John Odgers and Kody Thue, to leave Yorkton trailing by one after two periods.
Levi Cable tied the game for the Harvest early in the third frame assisted by Dustin Skiliter.
Moose Jaw reclaimed the lead on a powerplay goal by Cory Millette.
Skiliter pulled Yorkton even again with a powerplay marker assisted by Fafard and Cable.
Tyler Mueller slipped the game winner past Harvest netminder Spencer Bomboir to clinch the 4-3 win.
Sunday afternoon the Harvest opened the scoring to take an early one goal lead on a goal by Kalium Gervais assisted by Yanni Mamias and Gage Rapitta.
Following Yorkton's opening goal, Moose Jaw held Yorkton off the scoreboard for the remainder of the contest.
Austin Daae tied the game at one midway through the first to send the teams to the dressing rooms tied after one period.
Kyle Oleniuk scored both second period goals, including a powerplay goal, for the Generals in the second period.
Carter Hansen capped the game scoring with a solo short handed marker late in the third to give Moose Jaw the win.
Yorkton Harvest head coach Graham Garrett, decidedly unhappy with his team's performance, says the key to Sunday's loss was a failure to communicate. "Our guys just didn't communicate whose guy was who and they scored to make it two one. And then we took a very stupid penalty that cost us a third goal which cost us the hockey game," he reports.
The recent extended road series was less than a success, but at least everyone emerged healthy, Garret points out. "It took us 15 games to finally play with our full roster and we're 0-3 with our full roster," he comments.
Garret reports that the Harvest won't be attending the Mac's Tournament in Calgary this season as a result of the weekend losses which left the team out of contention. He points out the last two years the team qualified for the Mac's, the Harvest had horrible Novembers, Decembers and Januaries. "Hopefully we can turn that around," he says.
Garret suggests that he saw a lot of positives over the weekend but also notes that it's the some of the letdowns and decisions on the ice that are costing the team hockey games.
He admits the Generals are a better team on paper. "But you don't play the game on paper. You play it on a sheet of ice," he declares. "We have to be flawless to beat a team like this and we weren't this weekend," Garret closes.
