YORKTON - It was a rare afternoon start for the Yorkton Terriers, but it proved to their liking as they took a second win in as many days from Melville.
Pavel Mckenzie started things in the SJHL encounter scoring a powerplay goal 2:07 into the contest to give the Terriers a 1-0 lead on Westland Insurance Arena ice.
Karsten Kruska scored a short-handed effort at 11:46 to make it 2-0.
The Millionaires then responded with a pair of powerplay markers to tie the game 2-2. Tucker Buhay struck at 12:05 and Nathan Fox at 18:15.
It was a powerplay effort b Colton Koran at 19:05 that edged the Terriers ahead 3-2 through 20-minutes of play.
In the middle frame McKenzie scored an unassisted goal for Yorkton at 3:08, only to have Melville respond with a goal by Carter McKay at 5:27, again on the powerplay.
McKenzie was back to make it a 5-3 contest with his hat trick completing effort at 8:09.
And, that was it as the third period was a scoreless affair.
Ethan Rau took the loss in net for the Mills facing 33-shots, while Caleb Allen secured the win for Yorkton facing 32-shots.
The Terriers are in action next hosting Notre Dame Tuesday, and Humboldt Friday.
