The Yorkton Terriers are in the midst of several days away from the ice in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, but remain tied for third in the Sherwood Conference as of Monday.
The Terriers sport an 8-10 record for 16 points, the same point total as Melville, although the Millionaires have played three fewer games.
Estevan leads the Conference with 24 points, and Weyburn second with 22. Notre Dame sits with 15 points, and Kindersley has 11.
Last Wednesday, the Terrier offence was on fire and netminder Warren Shymko stingy as Yorkton rolled over Estevan 9-0.
Shymko stopped all 30-shots he faced in goal.
On offence, Curtis Oliver struck for two early goals, both within the opening five-minutes of the game, and seven other Terriers would notch goals as Yorkton held period leads of 3-0 and 7-0.
Justin Lamontagne, Brady Norrish, Keven Cann, Riley Paterson, Zak Majkowski, Ryon Sookro and Dylan Baer all had singles for the Terriers.
Tuesday loss
The Terriers jumped to a 3-2 lead over visiting Humboldt last Tuesday, then saw the lead evaporate as the Broncos took home a 4-3 win.
Terrier Kevan Cann and Bronco Adam Antkowiak traded first period markers, before Brent Struble and Jamie Vlanich gave Yorkton the 3-1 lead late in the second.
However a late goal, with 13-seconds left in the second by former Terrier Robbie Ciolfi, gave Humboldt life.
The Broncos had unanswered third period goals by Riley Kieser and Antkowiak with his second of the night for the win.
Kale Thomson took the loss in the Terrier net facing 41-shots.
"The late goal in the second was the turning point of the game," said Terrier head coach Trent Cassan, noting it would have made a big difference "to go into intermission up 3-1."
Cassan said goals scored in the first and last minutes of periods "seem to hurt you more than any other point in time," and that was the case Tuesday.
"Once they got that second goal they got the momentum to comeback," he said.
The Broncos came out fired up in the third, and the Terriers were on their heels early in the final frame.
"We really didn't possess the puck in their end the first 10-minutes (of the third)," said Cassan.
Cassan did note the Terriers did have a push back effort late.
"We had some good chances. We created some turnovers We just couldn't find the back of the net to scratch out some points tonight."
Up next
The Terriers are on the road in Flin Flon Friday and Nipawin Saturday.
