Mils "Spooked" by Hounds on Halloween Night!

The Notre Dame Hounds have been playing much better hockey as of late and that was proven again tonight as they shutout Sherwood division leading Melville by a score of 3-0. Mark Currie was the player of the game as he turned aside all 30 Millionaire shots. Chris Bratina also had a big game for the Hounds as he had two goals and an assist. Thomas Williams also scored for the Hounds. Eddie Gale, Rylan Schwartz, Travis Janke, Blake Peake and Marc Andre Nadeau also had assists. Kyle Cantlon got the start for Melville and made a respectable 30 saves. Contrary to what the SJHL website states, the Hounds improve to 6-15-1-0. The Millionaires drop to 13-4-0-1 with the loss.

In Yorkton, the Terriers completed the home and home sweep of the Estevan Bruins as they downed them 5-1. Scott Jackson had a big game for the Terriers as he had two goals and an assist to help pick up the slack for the injured Bryan Hull. Greg Coburn, Cody Zubko and Cam Hopkins also scored for the Terriers. Carter Smith added two assists for Yorkton. Bruins captain Kyle Garagan had the lone Estevan goal. Bruins defenseman Kealin Wong was ejected in the third period after receiving a double fighting major and a game misconduct. He was responding to a checking from behind penalty call on the Terriers Evan Neibrandt. Lynden Sammartino kept up his strong play allowing only one goal on 26 shots. Karsten Felske was chased from the Bruins goal after allowing three goals on only 7 shots in the first period. Guillaume Perusse went the rest of the way stopping 19 of 21 shots. The Terriers leap frog back into second place as they improve to 11-7-1-2 for 25 points. They are one point ahead of the Red Wings and now only two back of the Millionaires for first. The Bruins fall to 10-8-2-0 with the loss.

Meanwhile, they had a good old fashioned shootout in Kindersley which saw the Klippers pull out a 6-5 shootout victory. Ryan Sawka scored the shootout winner. Jonathan Redlick scored twice for the Klippers. Scott Linnell had a goal and an assist. Matt Sawa and Jeremy Beller were the other Kindersley goal scorers. Clint Olson led the way for the Mustangs with three assists. Taylor Watt and Brady Gordon each had a goal and an assist for the Mustangs. John Payne and Donovan Chow also scored for Melfort. Matt Hill returned to the lineup after serving a four game suspension and picked up an assist on Watt's goal. Ryan Nieszner picked up the win as he made 27 saves. Ilia Ejov did not hit the win column for the first time as the Mustangs starting goaltender as he will have to settle for the shootout loss. The Klippers have tightened the Sherwood Conference standings as they improve to 10-8-0-1 and are now just a point back of fourth place Estevan. The Mustangs, despite the loss gain a point up on Flin Flon as they now have a two point advantage over the Bombers as they go to 11-7-0-1.

There is a rare Thursday night game in the SJHL tomorrow night as the Humboldt Broncos visit the Estevan Bruins. Those same Broncos hit Colosseum ice on Friday night to battle the Wings. Game time Friday is the usual 7:30.

Tonight's Three Stars:
* Mark Currie - Notre Dame Hounds (30 save shutout performance over talented Melville club)
** Scott Jackson - Yorkton Terriers (3 point performance leads Terriers to victory over Estevan)
*** Chris Bratina - Notre Dame Hounds (Bratina continues to impress in a Hounds uniform as he has a goal and two assists.)

- Brad M.