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By Ben Tompkins

Another Statement

Mustangs score six unanswered to mount multi-goal comeback over Terriers

Jan 18, 2025 | 10:14 AM

The Melfort Mustangs had one of their strongest finishes of the season on Friday night as they took down the Yorkton Terriers for the second time in the last week.

Melfort’s first trip to Yorkton this season didn’t look like it was going to plan as halfway through the game, the Terriers led 3-1. The Mustangs responded in a big way in the last 30 minutes, however, as they scored six straight en route to a 7-3 victory.

“Our start wasn’t good to see, we lacked in the D zone. Our compete level, finishing on pucks, and battles weren’t good either. We had a bit of a chat in the first intermission and the response and reset was great. It’s unreal to see when you’re down three to one and then you finish seven to three. These boys are awesome to coach because they just want to work every day,” said assistant coach Tye Scherger.

“The difference in the second half was our Mustang identity, when we play gritty, win battles, and are hard in the D-zone, we create time and space all over the ice. When we are like that, no one can touch us, and once we got back to our game it showed.”

The Stangs have now won three in a row and are winners of 20 of their last 21 games, good for a league-best record of 31-5-0-0 (W-L-OTL-SOL).

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Special teams have been key this season and it was no different on Friday, as the Blue and Green scored twice on the powerplay, once shorthanded, and killed off nearly two full minutes of 5-on-3 time in the third, along with a full five-minute powerplay.

“I always talk about how the penalty kill is so huge as a special team, and they don’t get recognized enough. When you’re killing a five-on-three and then a five-minute major, it’s just so huge. Good on the boys for working hard in the zone blocking shots and just realizing what’s going on. Hell of a job by them tonight,” Scherger added.

The Mustangs now don’t play again for another week, when they host the La Ronge Ice Wolves, on Jan. 24 in Melfort.

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