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Split in Highway #10 New Year's set

The traditional New Year’s set of the Highway #10 rivalry saw the home team coming out on top of both encounters. The Melville Millionaires scored first in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League contest in their barn Dec.

The traditional New Year’s set of the Highway #10 rivalry saw the home team coming out on top of both encounters.

The Melville Millionaires scored first in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League contest in their barn Dec. 30, on a goal by Aidan Steinke at 15:30 of the opening frame.

Kaeden Taphorn responded with a goal for the Yorkton Hyundai Terriers at 18:21.

The second period was a near-copy of the first. Melville scored first; a goal by Zach McIntyre 1:35 into the frame.

This time it was Keenan Taphorn that tied the game for Yorkton at the 12-minute mark.

Melville again struck first in the third period, on a goal by Rin Beny at 4:50.

This time the Terriers could not find a goal to tie the game, but McIntyre would add a fourth Mills’ goal with 10-ticks left on the clock for a 4-2 win.

Berk Berkeliev was the winning netminder facing 34-shots in the Melville net.

Ryan Ouellette faced 21-shots in being tagged with the loss as the Yorkton netminder.

The two teams were back at it New Year’s Day afternoon at the Farrell Agencies Arena in Yorkton, with the same netminders guarding the twine.

This time Ouellette would turn away all 30-shots he faced in backstopping the Terriers to a 4-0 win.

The Terriers would blitz Berkeliev with 45-shots in scoring the quartet of goals.

Ethan Robson would start thing for the Terriers with a goal that would prove the game-winner at 7:50 of the first period. It was a powerplay goal.

Chantz Petruic would add a first period marker at 9:10, then scored the only marker of the second period coming with a man advantage at 18:27. They were goals 45 and 46 for the Terrier forward.

Keenan Taphorn would score the third period’s only goal, a powerplay effort at 15:06.