The Yorkton Terriers outshot the visiting Flin Flon Bombers 39-28 on the way to a 7-1 at the Farrell Agencies Arena Wednesday night on the strength of four first period goals.
A late first period powerplay goal by Flin Flon's Brandt Weldon ruined Terrier netminder Warren Shymko's shutout bid. Shymko was rock solid for three periods.
The Terrier scoring leader in the contest, Tyler Giebel, who scored a hat trick with a goal in each period, opened the scoring early in the first period assisted by Brent Struble.
Curtis Oliver followed up with a pair of goals, the first assisted by Kelly Lessmeister and Chase Norrish and the second assisted by Lessmeister and Dylan Baer.
Zak Majkowski capped the first period scoring assisted by Tayler Thompson and Jamie Vlanich to send the Terriers to the dressing room holding 4-1 edge.
Giebel opened second period scoring late in the frame assisted by Jeremy Johnson and Devon McMullen.
Kailum Gervais made it 6-1 for Yorkton less than a minute later assisted by Brady Norrish and McMullen.
Giebel notched his third goal of the night, a powerplay goal, to cap the game scoring assisted by Johnson and Struble.
Friday was payback night at the Farrell Agencies Arena as the Yorkton Terriers settled their score with the visiting Melfort Mustangs, outshooting the visitors 46-14 on the way to a 3-0 shutout win.
Following a scoreless first period, Thompson opened the scoring for Yorkton early in the second period with a powerplay marker assisted by Giebel and Majkowski.
Kyle McLeod slammed home a second powerplay goal 30 seconds later assisted by Brady Norrish and Oliver.
Struble capped the game scoring midway through the third period assisted by Lessmeister and Johnson.
Yorkton Terriers head coach Trent Cassan attributes both wins to a solid defensive effort and good goal tending in both games.
Wednesday night the Terriers had a great start scoring four goals in the first period, he notes. The players drove to the net and were rewarded for their efforts. They took a lot of shots on goal in both games as well, Cassan points out.
Both Shymko and McAulay played well. Shymko has had good games in his last four or five starts, Cassan says.
It was McAulay's first start in awhile due to a nagging injury which kept him off the ice. While he didn't face many shots, he was rock solid on the ones that did get through and were some good scoring opportunities, Cassan states. "Sometimes when you don't get action for a little bit of time you can let your mind wander a little bit, but I thought he was pretty strong the whole game," Cassan claims.
He gives Melfort a lot of credit for playing hard with only 13 players dressed for the game Friday. "I have a lot of respect for their players and coaching staff for how hard they played this weekend and how they're finishing off the year," Cassan says.
He's making no predictions nor looking too far ahead right now, focusing instead on each of the games left in the next couple of weeks. "The minute you start thinking you're going to be here and complacent, it catches up to you," he closes.
