The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers continue to be a thorn in the side of the Battlefords North Stars.
The Stars might sport the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League鈥檚 best record at 22-2 but the two losses have come courtesy the Terriers, including their match-up tonight at the North Battlefords Civic Centre.
The teams traded first period markers Timon Prexler at 1:49 for the home team with Chantz Petruic getting the equalizer for Yorkton at 12:47.
The North Stars struck first in the second period on a goal by Quinton Loon-Stewardson.
But, then Petruic took over, scoring the equalizer at 18:36, an unassisted effort, and then 33-seconds later potting the go-ahead goal to complete a natural hat trick.
In the third Petruic scored at the 30-second mark to give Yorkton a 4-2 lead. It was Petruic鈥檚 28th of the season.
A powerplay effort by Kaden Boser at 10:18 and a short-handed goal by Loon-Stewardson at 16:34 knotted the contest 4-4.
Then Petruic took over again, this time drawing an assist on a powerplay goal by Steven Norum, the picking up another helper for his sixth point of the game on an empty-net goal by Jordan Guiney.
Terrier head coach Mat Hehr said Petruic 鈥渉as been playing unbelievable,鈥� then added 鈥渉is linemates should get a lot of credit too.鈥�
Ryan Ouellette was the winning netminder for Yorkton facing 33-shots in the Yorkton net.
Parker Rey started in goal for Battlefords, with Adam Dmyterko coming in in relief in the loss.
The win leaves the Terriers with a 2-0-1 record against Battlefords who are rtaed tops in the country at the Junior 鈥楢鈥� level.
鈥淭here鈥檚 really not a big secret, the guys just get up to play them,鈥� said Hehr, adding it was the Stars who eliminated the Terriers in the playoffs last season, and that in itself is motivation.
鈥淎nd, we commit to defence against them.鈥�
It helps too that the Terriers have made good use of their chances.
鈥淲hen we鈥檝e gotten chances we鈥檝e been putting them in,鈥� offered Hehr.
Yorkton鈥檚 record is now at 14-10-1 for 29 points, best in the SJHL Viterra Deivision, 11-points better than Melville and 12 up on both Estevan and Weyburn.
