YORKTON - It was about exciting a hockey game as fans could want.
And the 1,771 fans at game two of the SJHL best-of-seven series between Melville and Yorkton were the recipients of the exciting contest.
Tate Schofer started things giving home-side Terrier fans something to cheer about at the Westland Insurance Arena scoring only 13 seconds into the game.
Already down one game in the series the Millionaires responded with three straight goals; Alex Morrison at 2:48, Gaborik Carlson at 9:29 and Noah Belles-Isles at 12:58.
David Coyle finally put a second Terrier goal on the board at 16:37.
But, the Mills responded at 18:26 by Jadon Iyogun made it 4-2 visitors through 20-minutes of action.
The second period was big for the Terriers thanks to a pair of powerplay goals, an unassisted effort by Jye Zawatsky at 2:32, and Tylan Henrikson at 7:48, to make it 4-4 after two periods.
The third was a defensive effort until Melville looked like they had evened the series taking the lead 5-4 when Preston Baerwald scored with only 47-seconds left on the arena clock.
But the Terriers weren’t done. Tate Schofer scored to knot things 5-5 with a goal at 19:56.
The game would go to overtime where a powerplay goal by David Coyle at 7:22 sent Terrier fans home happy as Yorkton took a two-games-to-none lead in the series.
Ethan Farrow was in the Terrier net facing 31-shots in the win.
Nick Genette took the loss in the Melville goal facing 29-shots.
Game three of the series is set for Tuesday in Melville, with game four Wednesday.
