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By Mat Barret

Same faces different places

Mustangs prepared for second straight meeting with Terriers

Nov 19, 2021 | 12:08 PM

When the puck drops on Saturday, Nov. 20, it will have been seven days since the Melfort Mustangs last played an SJHL game.

That game was a 2-0 win over the Yorkton Terriers at the Northern Lights Palace. On Saturday, it’ll be the same Terriers that will this time host the Mustangs. Mustang forward Tye Scherger said they’re prepared to see the Terriers again.

“Playing them back-to-back we know exactly what they’re like, and we know exactly what to expect,” he said. “So, we just have to come with a game plan and get ready for Saturday.”

The Mustangs are currently 12-7-1-1 on the season, good for fifth place in the SJHL heading into Friday night, where Melfort has been idle. However, Melfort is 4-5-1 over their last 10 hockey games, part of which could be credited to the injury bug that has hit the Mustangs a few times this year.

Lucas Ochitwa remains out but is close to a return, the same can also be said for forwards Trenton Curtis and Seth McCulloch, as well as a number of other pieces that have been in and out of the lineup as of late.

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“Injuries are a huge thing right now,” Scherger said. “We still have about three or four important guys out of the lineup, and with them slowly getting back, that’s going to be huge going down the stretch here.”

The Terriers are 8-11-0-2 on the season, but their record may be a bit deceiving as they only hold a -3 goal differential in the SJHL, seventh-best in the SJHL, but Yorkton still sits just outside of a playoff spot. They’ve also got one of the hottest goalies in the SJHL in Kael DePape who holds the second-best goals-against average, and the fourth-best save percentage in the league.

Melfort has won both prior meetings between the two clubs this season.

Saturday’s game can be heard on 105CJVR with Mat Barrett. The pre-game show begins at 7:15 p.m., puck drop is at 7:30 p.m.

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