The Yorkton Terriers are the first SJHL team to finish the regular season, and they did so by snapping the La Ronge Ice Wolves' 11-game winning streak, with a 5-2 decision Friday night.
The Terriers trailed 2-1 after one period, as Zak Majkowski got the Terriers on the board with his 21st of the season.
Warren Shymko shut the door the rest of the way, making 30 saves on 32 shots for the win. Craig Eisenhut and Brent Struble scored in the second period, while Jeremy Johnson and Clarke Breitkreuz provided insurance in the third. Robbie Ciolfi had 3 assists on the night.
Referee Jason Mercer let the SJHL's two first place teams play. Literally. ZERO penalties were called either way, and it was a wide-open game with plenty of flow.
The Terriers will stay away from the rink for the weekend, and get back to work on Tuesday as they get set for the playoffs.
They won't play their first playoff game until the first weekend in March. If the Survivor Series goes less than 5 games, the Terriers will play the winner on Friday, March 4th. But if it goes 5 games, they'll start on Saturday the 5th.
**Useless fact of the day: Not many last names end with the letter 'O'... but all four goalies dressed Friday in Yorkton do! Shymko, Vargo, Bartko, Hovdebo. I know, I need to get out more.
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The Melville Millionaires nearly erased a 4-1 deficit for the second straight game, but came up short, falling 4-3 in Weyburn.
Dane Bonish, Tyson Newell and Michael Rogoschewsky scored for the Mils, while Roger Tagoona and Justin Hollinger had 2 assists each.
The Mils remain 2 points up on the Notre Dame Hounds, who were idle Friday night. The Hounds now have a game in hand, with three remaining, compared to just two for the Millionaires.
Both clubs are on home ice tonight (SAT), with the Mils hosting La Ronge, and Notre Dame welcoming Humboldt. A Mils win AND a Hounds regulation loss would clinch the Millionaires the final playoff spot in the Sherwood, while vice versa would leave the two teams tied.
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The Swan Valley Stampeders nudged a little closer to the 3rd place OCN Blizzard for third place in the MJHL Sherwood standings, beating the Blizzard 4-3 in a shootout on the road.
The Stamps are now 6-and-1 in the month of February.
Swan Valley's now five points back of OCN, and play the Blizzard twice more, tonight (SAT) at home, and Tuesday back in OCN.
The Stampeders got 35 saves from Jayson Argue, and a goal and an assist from Jeff Peel and Brendan Mitchell on Friday. Tony Partridge also scored, while Taylor Epp had a pair of helpers.
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The Wayway Wolverines were off on Friday, but are now a single point away from clinching a spot in the playoffs, after the Neepawa Natives were shutout 3-0 by the Winnipeg Saints.
Neepawa's 9 points back of the Wolverines for a cross-over spot, with 5 games to play. Anything less than 5 wins in Neepawa's last 5 games, and Wayway losing all of their last 4, would wrap up a playoff spot for the Wolverines.
- With Swan Valley winning on Friday, it looks more and more like the Wolverines won't finish higher than 5th. Wayway trails the Stamps by 6 points with 4 games left, and if they stay in 5th, they'll play the first place team from the Addison Division, either Selkirk or Winkler. Winkler beat Selkirk 3-2 on the road on Friday, to pull back into a tie for first place. Selkirk has the tie-breaking, winning 6 of the 9 head-to-head meetings.
Wayway's home to Dauphin tonight (SAT) and again Monday, before finishing with a home-and-home against Swan Valley next Wednesday and Friday.
4 comments:
Anyone have an update on the old guy who fell down the stairs near the end of the 1st period?
Craig:
Since all 4 goalies have last names ending in "o", that can mean only one thing...they are all Ukrainian!!
Mike, I was thinking the exact same thing haha!!
Craig, when, where and what time is the Yorkton Cardinals AGM, if you know.
Thanks!
Cards AGM is actually tomorrow (SUN) at Melrose Place at 2:00.
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