The Yorkton Rawtec Maulers did not enjoy a visit to the Duncan McNeill Arena last week where they dropped a 4-0 contest to the Notre Dame Hounds.
Keaton Sorenson started things for the home ice Hounds with a powerplay 6:55 into the contest, and Trey Funk would make it 2-0 before the end of the first period.
Sorenson was back to make it 3-0 with another powerplay effort 58-seconds into the middle stanza.
The Hounds added their fourth goal in the third period off the stick of Kenzie MacKinnon.
Mauler head coach Dalane Lamb said the Maulers were in the game more than the score indicated.
“The 4-0 scoreboard doesn’t necessarily reflect the game. In the first period if we had scored on half our chances we would have come out of that period 2-2 instead of two-nothing,” he said.
Defensively Lamb said the Maulers played pretty well, and that included the AAA Midget debut of affiliated defenceman Payton Koshtyshyn, 15, from Melville, and 14-year-old Reid Pfeifer of Yorkton.
“They looked very good in the game against Notre Dame,” said Lamb.
Lamb added the rest of the way this season he will being trying to get a look at other APs in the line-up.
“If there’s an opportunity and we’re short-handed, and it works out with their clubs I’d like to give a kid an opportunity,” he said.
The Maulers sit with a record of 5-26 for 10 points, last in the Saskatchewan AAA Midget League standings.
Up next
The Maulers host the Notre Dame Argos tonight (Wednesday) at the Farrell Agencies Arena, and are then off until Jan. 30 when they will host Tisdale.
