WEYBURN – The Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings won in overtime on Tuesday evening, defeating the Melville Millionaires 4-3. They lost a pair of home games over the weekend, losing to Notre Dame 8-3 on Friday and then to Flin Flon Bombers 6-0 on Saturday night.
Following the game against Flin Flon, the Red Wings held a successful fundraiser Calcutta shootout event, raising money for the Red Wings Education Fund, and the total raised has been updated to $8,895.
Half of the money raised went to the fund to help players who pursue post-secondary education after their junior hockey career, and the other half was split between the top three winners.
The top winners were goaltender Jackson Fellner in first place, Matthew Reidy in second and Ethan Clements in third.
On Tuesday night, the two teams each scored twice. Weyburn’s first goal came from Sam Skillestad, assisted by Colby Feist and Kirk Mullen, and the second goal was by Nicholas Kovacs, assisted by Mullen and Mi-Kwan Tallman.
The Red Wings had the lone goal in the second period, by Ethan Whillans, assisted by Skillestad. The Millionaires tied the game in the third period to send the game into overtime.
The winning goal came about three minutes in, scored by Nolan Henderson, assisted by Feist and Mullen.
In the Flin Flon game held before the shootout, the Red Wings ran into penalty trouble, with four of the six goals scored on the powerplay, including the first goal while Weyburn was down two men.
Fellner was in net until after the fourth goal was scored in the second period, making 16 saves on 20 shots. Dazza Mitchell was in net for the balance of the game, and made 16 saves on 18 shots.
In the game against the Hounds, Weyburn’s Davis Chorney got the Red Wings on the scoreboard first, with an assist from Austyn Hansen.
Kirk Mullen of the Red Wings scored in the second to give the Wings a 2-0 lead, assisted by Mitch Wilkie and Mi-Kwan Tallman.
The Hounds then score four unanswered goals that period, and added four more in the third period before the Red Wings scored one more, Ty Mason from Simon Pollock and Ethan Whillans.
Weyburn will will travel for the return game against the Millionaires in Melville on Friday, Feb. 11, and will then host the Kindersley Klippers on Saturday, Feb. 12.
