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Home ice seemed a key in a weekend set between the Yorkton Terriers and rival Melville.

The Terriers defended their Farrell Agencies Arena ice Friday with a 6-2 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League win.

The Millionaires repaid in-kind Saturday with a 3-2 win at the Horizon Credit Union Centre.

Friday Jared Legien gave the hometown Terriers the lead 2:37 into the first period, than made in 2-0 at 11:09.

A Chantz Petruic goal at 16:07 gave the Terriers a 3-0 lead they would carry to the dressing room after 20-minutes.

John Elliot would cut into the Terrier lead scoring for the Millionaires 2:25 into the middle stanza.

Colby Brandt got that goal back a 1:31 later, then extended the lead to 5-1 with a goal at 9:08.

Melville would inch closer as Luke Spadafora scored their second goal at 12:13 to send the teams to the dressing room after two periods with Yorkton up 5-2.

There would be only one goal scored in the third, a marker by Kishaun Gervais at 17:54 to round out the 6-2 Terrier final.

Ben Laidlaw had the win for Yorkton facing 28-shots, while Melville starter Berk Berkeliev would be pulled after allowing three goals on 13 shots. Colby Entz finished the game facing 19.

A day later the teams were at it again, and again Yorkton scored first on a goal by Brandt 7:28 into the game.

Spadafora would tie the game at 15:24 with a powerplay marker.

The game would remain tied through a scoreless second period.

Twenty-seconds into the third Luke Nkwama gave the Millionaires a 2-1 lead, making it 3-1 with his second at 3:06.

Legien scored at 19:44 to make it a 3-2 final in favour of Melville.

Ryan Ouellette took the loss in the Yorkton net facing 35-shots. Entz took the win facing 35.

Terrier head coach Mat Hehr said the weekend 鈥渨as more on the disappointing side鈥� in spite of winning Friday.

While saying 鈥測ou have to give Melville credit for a good hard game鈥� Saturday, he said the Terriers simply ended up out-worked for much of the two games.

Even in the win Friday 鈥渢hey out-played us the last 30-minutes,鈥� he said, adding they carried that into the game on their home ice Saturday.鈥�

The Terriers went to Estevan on Tuesday, leading to a shootout win of 4-3 over the home team, to extend their lead over the Bruins in the division.

The weekend leaves Yorkton with a 20-12-1 record and 41 points, six up on second place Estevan in the SJHL Viterra Division. Melville moves into third spot with 26 points, with Weyburn in the basement with 23 points.

Monday ahead of the game with the Bruins Hehr said he expected the game to have a definite playoff feel as the two teams sit one-two in the Viterra Division.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a four-point game. Both teams are battling for top spot in the division,鈥� he said. 鈥溾�� I hope we have a little fire in the belly after losing one on the road on the weekend.鈥�