In another typical high-scoring Highway 10 Battle in Melville, the Millionaires beat the Yorkton Terriers 7-4 on Saturday. Matt Kinnunen followed up his 2 goal performance on Friday with 3 goals and a helper, giving him 5-goals and 6-points over the weekend. Jordan Reeve and Mark Owen had 3-assists each, Michael Jordan had 1g-2a, Logan Herauf, Dane Bonish and Brayden Metz each had goals.
Doing the scoring for Yorkton was Jordan Menke (1g-1a), Ryan Griffiths, Kevin Stringfellow and Adam Moar.
Melville led 3-0 late in the first, before the two teams combined for 4 goals in the final two minutes of the opening period, 3 of which by Yorkton, and it was 4-3 Mils after one. Deszi Wiens was pulled from the Melville goal, allowing 3 goals on 10 shots. Zach Rakochy stopped 21/22 the rest of the way. Devin Peters played the whole game for Yorkton, and while he gave up 7 goals on 20 shots in the first 40 minutes, he stopped all 16 he faced in the third.
Over a thousand fans took in the game, and exactly 2736 patrons watched the final home-and-home of the regular season between the two clubs.
Melville retains the Parks Cup, going 6-3-0-0 against Yorkton in 9 regular season meetings (including a neutral site game @ the Showcase in Battleford). Yorkton's record vs Melville was 3-4-2-0.
The Mils have now (quietly) won 6 straight games. I saw quietly because they won three, had a week off, and have won three again, and had to check twice to make sure it is infact 6! That's a season high winning streak for the Blue and White, who host Weyburn Wednesday at 7:30.
Yorkton's off until Friday when Kindersley's in town. The Klippers are in Yorkton Friday, Melville Saturday, and Yorkton again on Sunday (6:00).
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The Wayway Wolverines were involved in a shootout for a second straight night on home ice, and after losing 3-2 to the Saints on Friday, they beat Swan Valley 3-2 on Saturday. The Stamps do get a point, but Portage also beat OCN, and have closed the gap to 2 points, with 6 games remaining, one of which is a head-to-head meeting in Portage.
Swan Valley's Jeff Peel scored the only goal of the first period... Richard Little tied it in the second, before Shelby Gray gave the Stampeders the lead back through two periods. Niko Grose tied it up on a late third period powerplay. Shane Goodrunning and Dave Williams scored in the shootout for Wayway, while Chris Jackson stopped both Ryan Marshall and Myles Stevens, and 26/28 in regulation and OT.
Wayway won the season series against Swan Valley, going 5-3-0-0, while the Stamps were 3-4-0-1 in the 8 head-to-head meetings.
Make the last place Wolverines 8-2-1 in their last 11 games. Swan Valley's 1-3-0-1 in their last 5, while Portage has won 5 straight games as they try to track down the Stampeders for 2nd spot in the Sherwood.
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