Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Wild Second Period as Terriers Down Hounds

(Terrier goalie Joel Danyluk takes a few shots in the warm up)


A total of 10 second period goals Wednesday as the Yorkton Terriers went on to beat the Notre Dame Hounds 11-4, giving them a 6 point lead over the Kindersley Klippers for third in the SJHL Sherwood.

Evan Neibrandt scored the lone goal of the first period for Yorkton... but the two teams combined for 10 in the second... 6 for the Terriers, 4 for the Hounds.

Notre Dame scored the first two just 81 seconds into the period, when Mitchell Stretch scored on a powerplay :47 in, and Austin Lauder gave the Hounds the 2-1 lead at the 1:21 mark. I looked down to write down the goal, and looked by and saw Kevin Stringfellow rip a wrist shot top shelf to tie the game only 8 seconds later. 1:19 later, Jordan Menke gave the Terriers the lead, and this time, they wouldn't let it slip. Jordan Zalba made it 4-2 just 48 seconds later. Menke scored his second, the eventual game-winner at 6:42 of the second, for the 6th goal of the period. Justin Giesbrecht scored on a hard one-timer on a 5-on-3 to make it 6-2. From there, Jaden and Rylan Schwartz both scored for the Hounds :29 apart to make it 6-4, before Cody Zubko scored his 10th of a year to make it 7-4 Terriers after two periods.

Torey Stott, Bryan Hull, Giesbrecht (2nd), and Nick Dietrich added third period goals to make the final 11-4 Terriers.

Joel Danyluk made 5 saves on 7 shots, and Devin Peters went the rest of the way, registering the win, stopping 15 of 17 shots.

The Terriers now have 66 points in the standings (29-18-1-7), to Kindersley's 60. The Klippers are in Notre Dame tonight (THU), Estevan Friday, Weyburn Saturday, before hosting the Hounds Monday and Tuesday.

Yorkton wraps up their regular season tomorrow (FRI) when they host Battleford.

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The Melville Millionaires had to come from behind a couple times in a 5-3 win in Estevan.

The Bruins led 2-0 early in the second, and 3-1 late in the second. Austin Krahenbil got the Mils on the board 8:45 into the middle frame. It was Krahenbil's 3rd straight game with a goal, and 5th straight with a point. Then, 45 seconds after the Bruins made it 3-1, Daniel Hope scored his team-leading 27th of the year with 35 seconds left in the period.

The third period was the story, as the Mils were out-shot 17-5, but out-scored Estevan 3-0.

Kelly Friesen, Cody Hanson and Logan Herauf got the goals.

Travis Bosch made 34 saves on 37 shots.

With the win, the Mils clinched home ice in the first round (likely 2nd place). The Mils are 5 points back of first place Weyburn with one game in hand. A second place finish will mean a first round date with either the Yorkton Terriers or Kindersley Klippers, whoever finishes third.

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In the MJHL, the Swan Valley Stampeders stole a valuable extra point from the Wayway Wolverines in a 3-2 shootout win.

The Stamps are eliminated from playoff contention, but the Wolverines are trying to stay ahead of fifth place Neepawa. They're now 3 points up with 2 games in hand.

Jason Bowles scored both goals for Wayway, and Darcy Riddell potted both for Swan Valley... with stay-at-home defenseman Garrett Lasko sealed it in the shootout.

The Wolverines out-shot the Stamps 40-27. Chris Ward made 38 saves in the win.

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