YORKTON TERRIERS ARE 2014 RBC CUP NATIONAL JUNIOR A CHAMPIONS

For the first time in team history, they call themselves Canada's Best as the Yorkton Terriers captured the 2014 RBC Cup National Title with a 4-3 OT win over the Carleton Place Canadians.
In a first period early on that you expected a few nerves and excitement as both teams were looking to try and capture their first national title in team history , and you did get just that as early on the teams were not as crisp and just weren't as sharp as they were early on in the tournament. But as you got about 5 minutes into the game, you saw that the teams got back to the right groove. The Canadians would be the team that would draw first blood as Anthony McVeigh like he did in the round robin match-up would get the opening goal snapping home his 4th of the tournament to give them an early 1-0 lead. But the Terriers would come back and get the equalizer at the 15:07 mark of the opening frame as the red hot Daylan Gatzke would deflect home a Chase Norrish point shot for his 3rd of the tournament to tie this championship game at 1-1 after 20 minutes of play.

It wouldn't take the Carleton Place Canadians long to regain that 1 goal lead early in the 3rd when Stephen Baylis would finish off a 2 on 1 sneaking one through Kale Thomson for his 2nd of the RBC Cup to regain the CP Canadians 2-1 lead. Before the 2nd period buzzer could go, the Terriers would go down 3-1 as Andy Sturtz on a nice individual effort back handed it through the Thomson. The Carleton Place would go into the 2nd intermission with a 3-1 lead.

In the 3rd the Terriers would come out with desperation and the results wouldn't come out until 17:12 into the 3rd when Tanner Lischynsky would bang home his 3rd of the tournament to cut it to a 3-2 Caandians lead. Then just 8 seconds later, Dylan Johnson would bang it five-hole to tie things up at 3-3 headed to OT.

In the extra period, the Terriers would control much of the overtime, and get a powerplay where they would not be able to convert. But just 4:01 into the extra frame, for the 2nd time in this tournament Derek Falloon would be the hero as he would bang home the winner to give the Terriers 4-3 win and crown them National Champions for the very first time.

Kale Thomson stopped 32 shots for the win while Guillaume Therrien turned aside 42 Terrier shots in a losing cause.

Derek Falloon Post Game


The Winner that sent the Terriers Fans into a roar. Derek Falloon's OT Winner.

Chase Norrish Post Game