Back on Even Terms

Klippers win 3-2 in Yorkton, tying Best-of-Seven Sherwood Final 2-2.

For the third time in the series, the Kindersley Klippers got on the board first, with Riley Down beat Devin Peters five-hole. The Terriers responded, and took the lead back, when Austin Bourhis sent a seeing-eye wrist shot to the back of the net on the powerplay for his first SJHL Playoff goal, and Cody Zubko converted a 3-on-1 passing play with 8 seconds left, and it was 2-1 Terriers after the first.

Kindersley's Steven Turner parked himself infront of Peters, and deflected a Kurt Leedahl point shot off the cross-bar and in, tying it 2-2 after two periods.

And, with 1:10 left in the third, Klipper centre Jordan Hoffman went straight ahead on an offensive zone faceoff, and put one in off the post for the 3-2 Klipper win.

Shots were 32-31 Yorkton, and Josh Thorimbers (30/32) got the win, while Peters (28/31) took the loss.

- Another good crowd, but I got a kick out of the fans BOOING the Terrier powerplay, which at the time was 50% (9-for-18) in the series! Yes, they did seem a little out of sync, failing to score on a lengthy 5-on-3 when the game was tied, and went 1/5 on the night. The Klippers were 1/3.

- Jordan Menke's a tough kid. Left the game after taking a nasty cut on the chin. He sprinted off the ice with trainer Riley Rice, and they called for Dr. Soumbasis to stitch him up. Menke maybe missed the first two minutes of the third period, and was probably their best player in the final frame.

- Nick Dietrich had his best game of the playoffs, picking up assists on both Terrier goals. He's worked his tail off all post season, and it was nice to see him get rewarded tonight. Nathan Murray took Riley Paterson's spot on that line, along with Kyle Miller. That's been the only lineup change of the series so far, as Paterson, Vick, Niebrandt and Lamontagne were the scratches.

- Game 5 Friday in Eston, Game 6 Sunday in Yorkton, both on GX94. The team's leaving (Thursday) for Rosetown, but I'll be driving up on game day, since we're doing Game 2 of the "AA" Midget League final tonight (THU) in Lumsden with the Yorkton Kinsmen Terriers.

- The La Ronge Ice Wolves are one win away from playing for the Credit Union Cup. Dustin Stevenson scored in overtime, completing a 3-point night for the big Ice Wolves defenseman, and La Ronge beat Battleford 4-3 (OT), to take a 3-1 series lead in the Best-of-Seven Bauer Conference Final.