(The banner seen above was unveiled before tonight's Terrier home game in honour of goaltender Luke Boechler, who's battling Leukemia).An emotional start to the game ended with a spirited finish, as the Yorkton Terriers rallied for a 2-1 win over the Kindersley Klippers on Sunday night.
Luke Boechler's parents were at ice level prior to puck-drop, and his Dad Brian said a few words.
The Terriers were down 1-0 after the first period when Kindersley's John Calkins scored late in the frame, and it stayed that way through two periods.
But, after going 0-for-their-last-17 on the powerplay, Kevin Stringfellow converted just after 12 minutes into the third with the extra man, and Cody Zubko scored the winner with just 1:13 remaining for the 2-1 win.
The 50/50 proceeds were going to a trust fund for Boechler, and the winner's share was over $900. Jim Eftoda won, and donated it back to the fund, meaning over $1,800 will go straight to the fund. What an awesome story. And that's not counting donations in the lobby tonight, which I don't have the numbers for right now.
I also understand Luke was listening online tonight, so I hope you enjoyed it Luke, and I'm glad your teammates got the 'W' for you. You know as well as anyone this season, sometimes 1 goal is all you can give up to have a chance to win, and Devin did just that tonight!
Fans can still feel free to send their support to Luke by clicking on his picture on the right hand side of the page. I'm amazed at the response so far, and they have plateaued a little in the last few days, which, I guess is to be expected a little, but they're always welcome!
Cody Zubko Post-Game
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Also want to congratulate the Ochapowace Thunder on clinching a spot in the Prairie Junior Hockey League playoffs!
The Thunder are in their second year in the league, and beat Regina today, and got help from Fort Knox, who beat Cypress, clinching 5th spot for Ochap and a date in the Survivor Series.
Their Coach and GM Danny McKay is now the Yorkton Terriers' Assistant with Trent Cassan, but he was pumped about the news tonight. The Thunder's Assistant Coach, who took over the coaching reigns from McKay, actually got kicked out tonight, and Trainer Ron Holloway stepped up and got the win!
I had a pop with Ronnie, Trent and Danny after the Terrier game and Ron was sure to give Danny a shot about him being the one on the bench who clinched them a playoff spot!
They'll play the Assiniboia Southern Rebels in the Best-of-Five Survivor Series, and start this Tuesday already in Assiniboia for Game 1.
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