It was not the sort of effort the Yorkton Terriers needed as they hosted Notre Dame at the Farrell Agencies Arena tonight.
The visiting Hounds jumped out to a 2-0 lead after 20-minutes on goals by Jake Dale and Braydon Iwaschuk.
The teams would trade second period goals.
Jarrett Penner scored early to give the Hounds a 3-1 lead, then Chantz Petruic put the Terriers on the board late to make it 3-1 through two periods of play.
In the third a pair of powerplay markers were added by the Hounds less than two minutes apart, Dale getting his second of the night at 11:19 and then Penner getting his second at 12:38, the pair of goals rounding out a 5-1 Hound win.
The Terriers took nine minor penalties in the game, frustrating head coach Mat Hehr who noted the team had 10-minutes after the game to be ready for a run.
Hehr said the team lacked energy in the game, and then the lack of energy was compounded as the team took far too many bad penalties.
After penalty issues against Melville, Hehr said the Terriers held the emotions in check in Estevan taking only one penalty.
And they talked about it before tonight’s game needing to stay out of the penalty box and play five-on-five hockey, but in game that all disappeared.
Hehr said it was particularly disappointing to see veteran players taking bad penalties, which sets a bad precedent for rookies who look up to players who have been around a while already.
“It’s lazy and just selfish, completely selfish,” Hehr lamented, adding a little post-game run was about to help tighten focus on the need to be disciplined.
While he noted it’s only game four, so there was not a need to panic, he added “we want to nip this in the bud right now.”
Riley Kohonick was the winning netminder facing 36-shots in the Notre Dame net, while Philippe Bond took the loss facing 43 for the Terriers.
