The winners of the LDM Atom Tier II tournament were as follows. The 'A' Division winners were Brandon 9A Wheat Kings. They defeated the Yorkton Kawchuk Construction Terriers 10-2 in the A division final.
The 'B' Division winners were Wynyard. They defeated the Yorkton Scoops Terriers 6-3 in the 'B' division final.
The 'C' Division winners were Yorkton Deneschuk Homes Terriers. They defeated the Yorkton Co-operators Terriers 6-3 in the 'C' division final.
All four Yorkton teams made it to one of the final divisions.
Yorkton Kawchuk Construction Terriers were first in their pool. They defeated Melfort Storm 11-6 and Regina Avalanche 10-2 in round robin play. They went on to face Naicam Vikings in the 'A' division semi final. The game was very close and both teams were evenly matched. Yorkton Kawchuk won 5-4.
Kawchuk's goalie Tyler Harasymuk was awarded the digger award of the game for his exceptional play. Kawchuk went on to face Brandon 9A Wheat Kings in the 'A' division final. Brandon was also undefeated in the tournament and was a very strong team. Brandon came out on top beating the Yorkton Kawchuk Construction Terriers 10-2.
Yorkton Scoops Terriers finished second in their division. They were in the same pool as a very strong Brandon team. They played strong against Brandon and held Brandon to a victory by only five goals. Brandon won 7-2. The team played strong again and defeated Roblin Black 10-0.
In the 'B' division semi finals, Yorkton played Regina Wild. This was an exciting game and they came out on top 6-4.
Yorkton had to meet a strong and consistent Wynyard team in the 'B' side final.
The game was well attended and Yorkton played hard. Wynyard came out on top in the third period, winning 6-3.
The final two Yorkton teams met in the C division final.
The Co-operators Terriers finished third in their round robin pool. They lost their first game to Melfort TMs 5-3 and lost their second game to Regina Wild 8-4. They faced Roblin Black in the C division semi finals. This game was well played and the Co-operators came out on top.
They defeated Roblin 4-1. Hats off to Caden Bracken of the Co-operators Terriers who gave up a perfect scoring opportunity to score himself and instead passed the puck to a first year player, Andy Van Heerden who would go on to score his first goal ever.
Yorkton Deneschuk Terriers started the tournament with a hard loss.
They lost their first game to Naicam. The score was tied 6-6 with 37 seconds on the clock. Naicam scored and took the one goal lead. Coach Jason Gordon called a time out and pulled his goalie. Kelsey Banga carried the puck up the ice for Deneschuk and tried to create a scoring opportunity for his team but Naicam defence shot it out and won the game. For the Deneschuk Terriers' second game they lost 7-1 to Wynyard. In the 'C' side semi finals they played the Regina Avalanche at Farrell Agencies. They won 9-0.
That meant that both Yorkton teams, Co-operators and Deneschuk would meet in the C side finals. Both teams are in the same MHL division but have not met yet this season. The game was very exciting at Kinsmen Arena. The stands were packed.
The game was evenly matched with scoring going back and forth for the first two periods. Deneschuk came out on top in the third and won by a score of 6-3.
-submitted
