The Yorkton Terriers were in Weyburn Friday were they found themselves down 1-0 after 20-minutes of play after Jacob Piller scored for the Red Wings on the powerplay 9:05 into the contest.
Alec Zawatsky knotted the score at 6:54 of the second, the only goal of the middle frame.
The third however belonged to the host team.
Keigan Callander scored 2:36 in for Weyburn, the goal being the eventual game-winner.
Tyson McLean added an empty-netter with two seconds left in the game to make it a 4-2 Wings win.
Philippe Bond took the loss on the Terrier net facing 40 shots, while Noah Decottignies was the winning netminder facing 33-shots for Weyburn.
Terrier head coach Mat Hehr said in spite of the loss, he was satisfied by the effort of his charges.
“Overall I think it’s the best game we’ve played this season,” he said of the 1-7 record.
Hehr said he disbelieved the official shots, suggested it was more like 39-30 in the Terrier’s favour when reviewing game film.
The difference ended up being a third period goal going in off a Terrier helmet, which he said sums up the luck, or lack thereof the Terriers have had early this season.
“The goals aren’t going in for us. We’re not getting the bounces,” said Hehr.
As for the one-goal on offence, Hehr reminded this is a Terrier team in the midst of a huge rebuild,
“We’ve moved on 15 players from last season’s team,” he said. “We have a lot of new faces. It will take time to jell.”
The offence is by Zawatsky’s arrival, a player Hehr said has some obvious offensive skills that so far are meshing well with Chantz Petruic to give the Terriers a skilled duo on the top line.
Hehr said Zawatsky was a player the Terriers “targeted” to acquire in a trade, and they look forward to good things from him the rest of the way.
