YORKTON - Friday night the Yorkton Terriers got off to an excellent start through 20-minutes of action at the Westland Insurance Arena.
William Leonard put the home side on the board 11:19 into their SJHL contest hosting Nipawin.
Thomas Ries then scored at 16:59 to give the Terriers a 2-0 lead as they headed to the dressing room after a period of play.
A powerplay goal from Tate Schofer just 29-seconds into the second period made it 3-0.
Mason Karakochuk finally put the Hawks on the board at 18:05 of the middle stanza with a powerplay effort.
Headed to the third period Yorkton led 3-1.
The Hawks edged closer with an Eric Hoiness goal at 11:36 to make it 3-2, but that would be it as Yorkton recorded the win.
Ethan Farrow was in the net for Yorkton facing 27-shots, including stopping a penalty shot to earn the victory.
Gage Roberts guarded the twine for the Hawks facing 35-shots in the loss.
Henrikson honoured
Before the drop of the puck Friday Terrier Tylan Henrikson was announced as the team’s 2024-25 SJHL RBC Community Ambassador.
RBC Community Ambassadors are recognized for making a difference and giving back to the communities where they play, notes the SJHL website. Each Ambassador is celebrated at an RBC Game Night and is honoured by a donation from RBC to a school in their local community.
In Henrikson’s case he chose the Foam Lake Elementary School as recipient of the $1,000.
According to the Terriers, the Foam Lake, SK. native has “has committed hundreds of hours off the ice. Helping Minor Hockey teams with training and coaching, supporting fundraising clubs, promoting the Terriers and the SJHL through league sponsored programs, like Tim Hortons Smile cookie initiatives and Timbits hockey,” detailed the league site.
“Tylan has the ability to impact other people and be somebody that others want to emulate. He is a passionate, selfless and humble young man that always put others before himself.”
