The Yorkton Secon Maulers played host to the Beardy’s Blackhawks at the Farrell Agencies Arena.
After a scoreless opening 20-minutes the Blackhawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead through 40-minutes of play on goals by Holden Doell, Mesele Klassen and Caden Joanis.
The third would again be a clean slate for both teams, leaving Beardys with a 3-0 win.
Ty Shumanski was in net for Yorkton facing 28-shots, while Matthew Hennessey stopped all 34-shots he faced for the Blackhawks to record the shut-out.
The Maulers are 11th in the league with a 1-14-0-1 record and three points. Beardys sits 10th with 13-points based on a record of 6-10-1-0
The teams will play again Sunday starting at 2 p.m. in what appears the last visit of the Beardys’ AAA Midget franchise to the city.
The Saskatchewan Hockey Association announced recently that after requiring teams in the Saskatchewan ‘AAA” Midget League to reapply for membership that Beardys has been stripped of its franchise along with the end of the Notre Dame Argos, one of two teams playing out of the boarding school in Wilcox.
The ‘AAA: Midget League will however remain a 12-team loop in the 2020-21 season as Estevan and Warman being awarded teams.
