LA RONGE, SK – The Yorkton Terriers exploded for four first-period goals to earn a 4-2 victory Wednesday night on the road in La Ronge
The Terriers’ offence came alive in a big way in the opening twenty minutes, erupting for four goals in a span of just 4:59 to take a commanding 4-0 lead.
Mathys Morrissette got the scoring started for the visitors, burying his team-leading 10th goal of the campaign.
Just 18 seconds later, defenceman Brett Buckley joined the scoring party, firing a wrist shot from the point that beat Ice Wolves netminder Kai Zurowski off the post and in to double Yorkton’s advantage.
The offence kept rolling from the blue line as Jacob Hughes snapped a shot low glove side for his first career SJHL goal, extending the Terriers’ lead to 3-0.
Yorkton wasn’t finished there, as captain Thomas Ries capped off the offensive outburst with 59 seconds remaining in the period, burying a backhander for his second goal of the season.
At the other end, netminder Brady Low had a relatively quiet opening frame, turning aside all five shots he faced.
Yorkton dominated the shot clock 20-5 through twenty minutes, despite going 0-for-2 on the power play.
The Ice Wolves finally found a way to solve Low in the middle frame, as Brock Inglis snapped a shot high blocker side to get the home side on the board and cut Yorkton’s lead to 4-1.
La Ronge had a golden opportunity to climb further back into the contest with a brief two-man advantage, but the Terriers’ penalty kill stood tall, turning aside the Ice Wolves’ attack to preserve the three-goal cushion.
The Terriers carried their 4-1 lead into the final twenty minutes.
The Ice Wolves made things interesting early in the final frame, as Connor Hoemsen beat Low blocker side to cut Yorkton’s lead to 4-2.
However, that would be as close as the home side would get.
Low finished the night with 23 saves on 25 shots, earning his first career SJHL victory between the pipes.
The win also marked a milestone for Terriers Head Coach and GM Emery Olauson, who collected his 100th career SJHL regular-season victory behind the bench.
The Terriers will enjoy a well-deserved day off Thursday before wrapping up their four-game northern road swing with back-to-back meetings against the Battlefords North Stars on Friday and Saturday night.
Both contests are scheduled for 7:30 PM at the Access Communications Centre in North Battleford.
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