Stampeders Win in Exciting Fashion

Good early morning from the Westwood Inn in Swan River.

17-year-old call-up Justin Valentino forced overtime with his first MJHL goal in his first MJHL game with 1:38 left in regulation, and then he set up Brad McDonald for the game winner 1:26 into overtime, as the Swan Valley Stampeders beat the OCN Blizzard 3-2 (OT) Tuesday night.

After a scoreless first period, Taylor Epp scored with 57 seconds remaining in the second, making it 1-0 Stamps after 2.

Denis Restoule made it 2-1 OCN with two goals exactly 3 minutes apart early in the third.

Valentino, who leads the Manitoba `AAA` Midget League in scoring with 62 points in 41 games with the Norman Northstars, centred the Stamps`second line with McDonald and Beau Taylor.

The win lifts the Stamps one point up on Wayway for 4th place in the MJHL Sherwood Division, and they get set to host th Wolverines tonight (WED) at 7:30. Catch the action on GX94 starting at 7:20.

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The Yorkton Terriers are no closer to clinching the SJHL Sherwood Conference, after a 2-1 shootout loss in Weyburn, while Kindersley beat Humboldt 5-2.

The Terriers are now 6 points up the Klippers, each with 4 games remaining, including a head-to-head match in Kindersley coming up this Saturday, the next game for both teams.

If Yorkton wins, they clinch, if they don`t the pressure`s on. The Terriers could be forced to get 3 points in their last 3 games (at HUM, at EST, vs LAR), if Kindersley were to win their final three (vs MFT, at BAT, vs BAT).

Too much thinking and math at this point. The Terriers`fate is still very much in their hands, but the longer they go without wrapping it up, the more tense things could get.

Mitch Kilgore stoned the Terriers in Weyburn, stopping 34 of 35 shots, and all three of Craig Eisenhut, Jeremy Boyer and Clarke Breitkreuz in the shootout. The Terriers are now 1-and-6 in shootouts this season, and individually are 3-for-20.

Craig Eisenhut scored in regulation, while Warren Shymko made 29 saves.

Notre Dame put the heat on Melville, thumping Estevan 6-2.

The Hounds are now tied with Melville for 5th, while the Mils have 2 games in hand, heading into a crucial head-to-head matchup tonight (WED), at home against ND.