It’s fair to say that the SJHL season isn’t starting how the Yorkton Terriers wanted for multiple reasons, but when it comes to the play on the ice, they also would have preferred the home opener to go differently. The Humboldt Broncos were in town to kick off the season, and they didn’t give the Yorkton crew an easy time.
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Humboldt was the first team on the board, with Carson Schultz kicking off the scoring at 3:07, assisted by Cody Hough and Justin Jamer. They followed that up with a pair of power play goals, the first by Logan Kurki, assisted by Doug Scott and Stephane Huard Jr. and the second by Tristan Shewchuk assisted by Scott and Jarrett Penner.
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Yorkton got on the board themselves with a goal from Carson Miller assisted by Keenan Taphorn and Kaeden Taphorn, to round out the first period.
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The second period saw the Broncos take charge. Luke Spadafora kicked off the scoring, assisted by Huard, and Tristan Shewchuk at 2:06. Spadafora found his way between the pipes again seven minutes later, helped by Shewchuk.
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Ryan Ries interrupted Humboldt’s scoring with a shorthanded goal for the Terriers, which had the contest sitting 5-2.
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But Humboldt wasn’t done scoring. Shewchuk scored again, assisted by Noah Barlage andÌý Austen Flaman, and not a minute later Kurki put down his second goal of the night, assisted by Barlage and Hough.
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The third period finally saw something go right for the Terriers. Brett Kemp scored a power play goal, assisted by Eric Van Impe and Kishaun Gervais. Miller ended the scoring for the evening with a power play goal of his own, assisted by Kemp.
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But in the end, the Broncos had built too much steam to be overcome, and the final score was 7-4 for the Humboldt team. Tanner Marshall was tagged with the win for Humboldt, while Philippe Bond got the loss for the Terriers.
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The Terriers will have their chance at revenge tonight as they travel to Humboldt to take on the Broncos on their home turf.
