The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers have secured home ice advantage in the opening round of the upcoming Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoffs.
The Terriers secured home ice in the playoffs with a 4-3 win over Highway #10 rival Melville.
The Terriers hosted the Millionaires at Farrell Agencies Arena tonight, (Friday), with Yorkton taking an early lead 1-0 on a goal 4:12 in by Evan Sare.
With one-second left in the first the Mills tied the contest on a goal by Zach McIntyre.
Chantz Petruic scored 5:41 into the second to again give the Terriers a one-goal lead.
This time Jake Spak tied the game for Melville scoring at 6:06.
In the third Petruic was back to again give the Terriers a lead, a short-handed effort 6:41 into the final period.
The lead was again short-lived as Luke Nkwama tied the game for the Mills at 7:11.
The eventual game winner came at 8:28 of the third, as Petruic completed his natural hat trick on the night. It was his 58th goal of the season.
Philippe Bond was in the net to start the game facing 32-shots, before leaving with an apparent injury. Matthew Presenti finished the game stopping all seven shots he faced.
Kaleb McEachern was in the Melville net for the loss facing 31-shots.
The two teams wrap up the SJHL regular season Saturday in Melville.
