YORKTON – The Terriers' Friday night match-up against the Weyburn Red Wings was postponed due to southern parts of the province experiencing heavy snowfall resulting in highways being closed.
On Saturday night the Terriers were in Wilcox to face off against the Notre Dame Hounds at Duncan McNeil Arena.
The Terriers opened up scoring early in the first with Karsten Kruska hitting the target at 2:05. Notre Dame answered with a goal of their own during a power play effort with Will Dawson scoring at 3:21. At 8:27, the Terriers' Kishaun Gervais put the team back in the lead with a goal assisted by teammates Karsten Kruska and Tyson Janzen. At 11:07 the Hounds would fire back, with Elliot Dutil putting one in the net. The remainder of the period would see no goals from either team with a power play effort for the Hounds carrying over into the second.
Notre Dame wasted no time utilizing the remainder of their power play minutes, with Connar Nolan scoring at 00:43 seconds in. The goal would go unanswered until late in the period when, at 15:27, the Terriers' Logan Cyca would put one past the goalie. It was looking like a tie game going into the third, but the Hounds managed another goal with only 16 seconds remaining in the period, coming in at 19:44 by way of Will Dawson once again.
The first goal of the third came by way of the Terriers' Zach McIntyre at 4:50 during a power play effort. At 12:00, Notre Dame's Kevin Anderson hit the target. The Terriers pulled their goalie at 19:00 of the third, leaving an empty net for Notre Dame's Jake Scratini to fire the puck into at 19:18. The last goal of the night came by way of the Hounds' Brendan Kerr at 19:24. Final score, 4 – 7 Hounds.
Kael DePape was in net for the Terriers saving 21 of the shots taken.
Austin Elliot was in net for the hounds, allowing 4 of the 44 shots taken.
The Terriers will host the Hounds on Saturday, March 12th at Westland Arena for some more SJHL action.
