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Pavel Mckenzie hat trick power's Yorkton Terrier win

The Terriers are in action next hosting Notre Dame Tuesday, and Humboldt Friday.
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The Yorkton Terriers win 5-3 in afternoon game Saturday.

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.

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