The Melville Millionaires’ successful defended Parks Cup after defeating the Yorkton Terriers 4-3 in shootout in front of just over 1100 fans at the Westland Arena.
For the 2nd straight night the Millionaires struck first as with just 76 seconds to go in the opening period, Hudson Norris sent a nifty feed in front to Kole Keen in the slot & he made no mistake for his 9th of the year to give Melville a 1-0 lead after 1 period.
In the 2nd, the Terriers evened it up about half way through the period as Tate Schofer knocked home a rebound past Ethan Rau for his 4th of the season to make it 1-1 before Tyson Perkins rifled home his 3rd of the campaign to give Yorkton their first lead at 2-1.
The Millionaires though before the 2nd period buzzer went off answered short-handed as Hudson Norris stole a puck at his own blue-line & tucked it five-hole on Ethan Farrow for his 6th to make it even through 40 minutes.
The Terriers regained their one goal lead just 1:36 into the third and it would be Tyson Perkins yet again as his long point shot beat Rau again clean for his 2nd of the night making it 3-2.
But for the 2nd straight period it was the Mils responded with a short-handed marker as this time Kole Keen notched his 2nd goal of the day to make it 3-3.
After an entertaining overtime solved nothing, it went to a shootout where Colby Ball got the eventual game winner.
Ethan Rau earned his 8th win of the season making 26 saves on 29 shots in the win, while Terriers G turned aside 22 of 25 shots in shootout loss.
The Millionaires return to action in Game 1 of their first round playoff series on the road most likely on Friday night, their opponent is still to be determined.
