Skip to content

Midget AA Terriers drop two at home

A wild and up and down weekend was on display as the Midget AA Terriers hosted regular season action on Friday and Saturday.
GS201210312129980AR.jpg
YORKTON MIDGET AA TERRIERS hosted two Regina teams in weekend action, losing both. A 5-4 loss to the Capitals Saturday night saw the Terriers nearly comeback from a 4-1 margin and over 50 minutes of penalties handed out in the final seconds.

A wild and up and down weekend was on display as the Midget AA Terriers hosted regular season action on Friday and Saturday. The Midget Terriers lost their Friday night meeting with the Regina Flames 8-1 on a shot count that saw the Flames put 57 shots on goal before hosting the Capitals on Saturday night in what was a wild meeting at the Kinsmen Arena.

The Terriers bounced back from 2-0 with a Adam McCannell goal at the end of the first period assisted by Steven St. Marie and then a 4-1 deficit early in the third period to whittle the score down to 4-3 with ten minutes to play after goals from Darcy Kayseas and Branden Pelechaty came within five minutes of each other to give the Terriers a chance at levelling the score and mounting a late comeback in the third period. After their dismantling on Friday night the Terriers seemed to had found the fire needed to win early in the third period and built themselves some serious momentum heading into the games final ten minutes.

The Regina Capitals Arthur Miller managed to put an end to the Terriers comeback with a go ahead goal with just under three minutes left to put the Caps lead to 5-3, then things got crazy.

Two late Capitals penalties led to Steven St. Marie scoring with twenty seconds left to make the game 5-4 with little time left on the clock and the Terriers still with a man advantage, giving a glimmer of hope that they could tie. The Capitals then held on to the lead to finish the game before a brawl erupted between the two teams as well over fifty minutes of penalties were assessed after the final buzzer in what was one of the crazier moments of the minor hockey season.

Three Terriers and two Capitals were given misconduct penalties as the two teams butted heads in the final minutes in the heated exchange between the two teams. Suspensions are likely to be handed out to players on both teams prior to their next games.

The Terriers will look to bounce back at home over the next week as they host the Millionaires Dec. 13, the Notre Dame Hounds on Dec. 16, and the Regina Wild on Dec. 19 before wrapping up their December schedule with a road date in Melville on Friday, December 21.