The Yorkton Terriers started their fifth appearance at the Royal Bank Cup on the wrong foot as they fell in disappointing fashion to the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots by a score of 5-1.
Despite the outcome, It was a pleasant start the Terriers wanted to begin their RBC Cup as they opened the scoring just 1:18 into the 1st, when Tayler Thompson would jump onto a loose puck and poke it into the empty net for his 1st of the tournament to give the Terrier an early 1-0 lead. But just 22 seconds later the Patriots would get the equalizer as Michael Prapavessis would go top shelf on Kale Thomson for his 1st of the RBC Cup to tie it up at 1-1. Then just 4 minutes later, Toronto would get their first lead of the afternoon as Rory Bell would poke home a nice feed from Nick Ursitti to give the Patriots a 2-1 lead through 20 minutes of play, with the Terriers leading the shot advantage at 5-4.
After a slower start to the middle frame for both side, the Patriots would make it a 3-1 advantage with a powerplay goal as Andreas Tsogkas would put it five-hole on the Terriers netminder for his 1st of the tournament. The Patriots would add another one before the 2nd period would end and it would be Ryall Ledyard deflecting home a Prapavessis point shot to the back of the net to give the Central reps a 4-1 advantage over the Yorkton Terriers through 2 periods with a 19-13 Patriots advantage in the shot column.
In a hockey game where the Terriers couldn't get much going, they showed spurts where they tried to provide that much needed offence but in the end they couldn't beat the Patriots netminder. Toronto would add one more in the 3rd period for good measure as Kevin Shier would notch home his 1st of the tournament on the powerplay to give the Central reps a 5-1 victory over the Yorkton Terriers.
Evan Buitenhuis stopped 22 shots in goal for the win while Kale Thomson made 27 saves in a losing cause.
The Terriers will go right back at it on tomorrow night (Mon) and try to improve to 1-1 on the championship when they take on the host Vernon Vipers who are also 0-1, 7:45/8:00pm SK time on GX94 with Yorkton Dodge Junior Hockey while the Patriots will have Monday off before battling the Carleton Place Canadians on Tuesday afternoon.
Terriers Head Coach Trent Cassan Post Game
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