MELFORT — It was a comfortable win for the Melfort Mustangs faced off against the Yorkton Terriers opening match of their best of seven series.
The Mustangs won the March 18 game 4-1.
The Mustangs suffered an interference penalty at less than a minute into the match but the Terriers failed to capitalise on the power play. At 7:41, the Mustangs' Clarke Huxley put the team on the board. Later, at 19:35, Thomas Moore of the Mustangs would hit the target making it a 0-2 game for the 'Stangs heading into the second.
The Mustangs opened up the scoring in the second with a goal coming by way of Zac Somers at 3:44. At 7:02, the Terriers' Tanner Sklaruk would find the net, assisted by Colby Vranai and Maddux Nollski. The goal was answered by the Mustangs at 10:06 with another one coming by way of Clarke Huxley, making it a 1-4 game going into the third.
The third period saw no scoring from either team.
Joel Favreau was in net for the Mustangs' win, blocking 27 out of 28 shots on goal. Kale DePape was in net for the Terriers, taking on 31 shots and saving 27.
The Melfort Mustangs play the second game of the series at the Northern Lights Palace arena March 19 at 7:30 p.m.
