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Overtime win for Terriers

For the Yorkton Terriers wins have been hard to come by of late, with only two wins in nine games going into action against Melfort.
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For the Yorkton Terriers wins have been hard to come by of late, with only two wins in nine games going into action against Melfort.

So when the local Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League fell behind early Tuesday evening at the Farrell Agencies Arena things did not look good.

The Mustangs broke the ice early with a goal from Justin Ball 3:18 into the game. By 14:41 Kenzie Arnold, Boedy Donald and George King would add goals for Melfort to make it 4-0.

Branden Klatt finally put Yorkton on the board with a powerplay goal with 1:15 left in the period.

Jared Legien with his team-leading 35th goal, this one on the powerplay 2:42 into the second period made it a 4-2 contest.

Arnold would respond with an unassisted goal for the Mustangs, but that effort was matched by a Terrier goal by Cody Dubas, making it a 5-3 contest through 40-minutes of play.

In the third period it was the Cole Keenleyside show for the Terriers as he scored at 8:23 and 17:47 to knot the game 5-5, and finally send the contest to extra time.

It took almost the entire five-minutes of extra time before Klatt with his second of the game and 22nd of the season notched the winner for the home team.

Andrew Henderson had started the game in the Terrier net, but was lifted after allowing three goals on six-shots. Ryan Ouellette would go the rest of the way to earn the win allowing two goals on 20-shots.

Noah Giesbrecht was tagged with the loss in the Mustang net facing 36-shots.

The win lifts the Terriers back into sole procession of first place in the SJHL Viterra Division with 47 points based on a record of 23-19-1, two points up on Estevan, with Melville third with 32 points and Weyburn fourth with 31.

Up next the Terriers host LaRonge at the Farrell Agencies Arena Friday night.

At Friday’s game the Yorkton Terriers will partner with Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer hosting a special fundraising night. Each player has purchased their jersey and will wear the special jerseys, but instead of their own name on the back, it will show the name of a person each player is playing for that night. One hundred per cent of the jersey proceeds as well as $3 from each walk up ticket sold that night will be donated to Close Cuts for Cancer.