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The Yorkton Terriers were part of the league-wide showcase held at the Legends Centre in Warman Monday and Tuesday.

Monday the Terriers hit the ice early against Nipawin.

The Hawks initiated scoring with a powerplay marker only 2:44 into the game.

Branden Klatt responded with a pair of Terrier goals to lead 2-1 through 20 minutes.

The second period belonged to Nipawin as MacKenzie MacDonald, Jaxsen Wiebe and Zak Yewchuk all scored for the Hawks to hold a 4-2 lead after two periods.

Jared Legien drew the Terriers within one with a goal 44 seconds into the third, but that was as close as Yorkton would come, as Jordan Simoneau added one more for Nipawin to secure a 5-3 win.

Ryan Ouellette was in the net for Yorkton facing 36 shots in the loss, while Declan Hobbs had the win facing 32 shots for the Hawks.

On home ice

The Terriers played their home opener of SJHL season Friday.

Benjamin Solomon gave the home crowd something early to cheer for with a Terrier goal 42 seconds into the contest.

But it was a short-lived home team lead as Dylan McCabe tied the contest for the visiting Weyburn Red Wings at 1:01.

Then with only 12 ticks left on the clock the Wings pulled ahead on a goal by Jake Mulder.

The hill the Terriers faced got higher when Jacob Piller made it 3-1 with a powerplay goal at 7:58 of the middle stanza.

But 51 seconds later Branden Klatt pulled the Terriers to within one at 3-2, a score that would hold until the mid-way point of the third period.

At exactly the 10 minute mark Tyson Janzen brought the home team even at 3-3.

Kishaun Gervais with his first Terrier gaol, an unassisted effort, gave Yorkton a 4-3 lead at 14:46. The goal would prove the game-winner, as Aiden Bulych threw an unassisted goal into an empty net late to round out a 5-3 Yorkton win.

鈥淭he puck was just dumped in and the D-man kind of bobbled it,鈥� said Gervais after the game.

The rookie forward grabbed the puck and saw an opening.

鈥淚 kind of saw the goal leaning down on the post,鈥� he said, adding he knew he wouldn鈥檛 be able to get over the other side if he went high, which he did for the goal.

鈥淚t feels really good to have that (first goal), off your back,鈥� said Gervais.

It felt even better as Gervais missed a wide open net early in the first period.

鈥淎fter that I kind of told myself I was going to score,鈥� he said.

Terrier head coach Mat Hehr said the Gervais marker was certainly a nice one.

鈥淗e (Gervais) has such great hands,鈥� said his coach.

Ben Laidlaw had the win in the Terrier net facing 30 shots. Riley Lamb started for Weyburn facing 32 shots, before being relieved by Cody Levesque for an apparent injury early in the third period. He faced four shots, allowing goals on the first two.

Hehr said the win was a big one coming off two road losses to start the season.

The difference Friday was that the team played a full game, said the Terrier coach.

鈥淚t showed what we can do when we play a full 60 minutes,鈥� he said, adding that is something they hadn鈥檛 done on the road.

Hehr said he liked how the Terriers responded early, giving up the equalizer so quickly after getting the game鈥檚 opener, and then weathering the lead down after giving up a goal in the final seconds of the opening frame.

鈥淎fter those two goals we could have shut down and let it get into our heads,鈥� he said, adding 鈥溾��the message was just to keep focused.鈥�

Road loss

The Yorkton Terriers were in Estevan to play the Bruins and the final result was not pretty for the visitors.

In a span of less than three minutes midway through the first period the host Bruins jumped out to a 3-0 lead.

Turner Ripplinger started things off with a powerplay goal at 9:46, and then popped a second goal, this one at even strength at 10:52.

Jack Michell then made it 3-0 at 12:20.

Thirty-three seconds later Chantz Petruic put the Terriers on the board to make it 3-1 through 20 minutes of play.

In the second frame the game settled with the teams trading single markers. TJ Irey made it 4-1 for Estevan, before Jared Legien potted a Terrier goal with 15 seconds left in the period to draw the Terriers back within two at 4-2.

But in the third period the flood gate opened as a deluge of Bruin goals filled the Yorkton net.

Isaiah Thomas started things off with a powerplay marker 2:18 in. That goal was followed by scores by Michael McChesney, Jerzy Martin, Johnny Witzke and Ripplinger鈥檚 hat trick marker, to round out the lopsided 9-2 win.

Ryan Ouellette started in the Terrier goal allowing three goals on six shots, before being relieved by Ben Laidlaw who faced 36 shots and allowed six goals.

Kadin Kilpatrick earned the win in the Bruin net facing 23 shots.

Up next

The Terriers played Flin Flon in Warman on Sept. 25. A close contest, the Terriers finally prevailed over the Flin Flon squad with a score of 6-5.

Yorkton will be back on home ice on the weekend, hosting Weyburn Saturday, and Notre Dame Sunday, then Humboldt next Tuesday.