WEYBURN - The Weyburn Red Wings opened the regular season with a home-and-home series with the Yorkton Terriers, and they came away with two losses.
On Friday night, the game was in Yorkton, and the Red Wings lost 6-1, and at their season home opener on Sunday afternoon, they lost 5-3.
In Friday’s game, Weyburn’s lone goal was scored late in the first period by Cyprus Smith-Davis, assisted by Lucas Schmid and Wyatt LaCoste, with 44 seconds left in the period.
Angelo Zol was in net for the Red Wings for the full 60 minutes, and made 26 saves on 32 shots.
Sunday featured a tailgate party in front of Crescent Point Place prior to the game, including a barbecue, mini-sticks scrimmages with Red Wings and bouncy houses.
The Red Wings started the game well, leading 2-0 after the first period, with goals from Blake Betson and Keenan Ingram.
The Terriers then erupted with four goals, two in the second period and two in the third before Schmid scored in the third period to make it a one-goal game. Yorkton then put the game away with a goal 55 seconds before the final buzzer into the empty net when goaltender Dazza Mitchell was briefly pulled out.
Mitchell was in net for the full game, except when he was pulled for the extra attacker in the third, and made 27 saves on 31 shots.
This coming week, the Red Wings will host the Melfort Mustangs on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m.
