The Yorkton Terriers continued their strong start to the road trip Wednesday night, picking up a 4-2 victory over the La Ronge Ice Wolves.
The win was also a milestone night behind the bench for Terriers head coach and GM Emery Olauson, who earned his 100th career SJHL victory.
Yorkton did its damage in the opening period, scoring four times in a span of just 4:59. Mathys Morrissette, Brett Buckley, Jacob Hughes and Thomas Ries all found the back of the net to give the Terriers a 4-0 lead after 20 minutes.
La Ronge chipped away at the deficit, with Brock Inglis scoring in the second period and Connor Hoemsen adding another in the third, but the Terriers held on for the two-goal victory.
Brady Low stopped 23 of 25 shots to pick up his first career SJHL win. At the other end, Kai Zurowski was pulled after allowing four goals on 20 shots, while Keagin Kelln stopped all 17 shots he faced in relief.
The Terriers have Thursday off before wrapping up their four-game road trip with a pair of games against the Battlefords North Stars on Friday and Saturday.
Elsewhere in the SJHL, the Melville Millionaires saw their six-game winning streak and eight-game point streak come to an end Wednesday night with a 5-2 loss to the Estevan Bruins at Affinity Place.
Griffin Horne led the way for Estevan with a four-point performance, scoring three times and adding an assist. Former Millionaire Deegan Petruska and Ty Hynes also scored for the Bruins, while Dylan Adams turned aside 40 shots in the victory.
Kale Margolis and Cole Brown provided the offence for Melville.
Kaleb Page made 29 saves on 33 shots in the loss as the Millionaires dropped to 11-5-0-1 on the season.
Melville will look to get back in the win column Friday night when they host the La Ronge Ice Wolves at the CN Community Centre.
In other action, the Humboldt Broncos outlasted the Battlefords North Stars 7-5.
Connor Miller led the Broncos with two goals and an assist, while Kasey Russell Jr. chipped in with three assists. Nathan Claydon faced a busy night in the Battlefords goal, making 52 saves on 58 shots in the loss.
And in Nipawin, the Hawks edged the Weyburn Red Wings 4-3.
Jack Janzen's 11th goal of the season, coming with 12:21 remaining in the second period, proved to be the game-winner. Mason Lowther added a goal and two assists for Nipawin.
