Wolverines; Mils both win on home ice on Friday Night

The Wayway Wolverines got their 3rd victory in 4 games tonight as they fended off the Selkirk Steelers 3-2 on home ice.
It was once again a good start to the opening period for the Wayway Wolverines as they got an early 5 on 3 PP and they would convert as George Spilchal (pictured above) would walk off the half boards and snap it top shelf on Teagan Sacher for his 16th goal of the season to give the Wolverines an early 1-0 leaf after 1 period.

The score would stay like that until just over half way through the middle frame when Robert Briem would walk in and fire one post and in for his 16th snipe of the season to make it a 2 goal Wolverine lead. But just 1:16 later the Steelers would cut that lead in half as Jesse Miller would step across the Wolverine blueline and hammer home his 6th of the year to make it a 2-1 Wayway lead. That one goal deficit wouldn't last long as Spilchal would go top shelf bar down once again on the PP for his 2nd goal of the night and team leading 17th of the season to once again make it a 2 goal lead for the Wolverines this time at 3-1 after 40 minutes.

But the Steelers wouldn't go down without a little bit of a fight as Dallas Starodub would cut Selkirk within 1 at 3-2 just 3:08 into the 3rd short handed but that's as close as they would get as the Wolverines held on for a 3-2 victory, their 15th of the season.

Mitch Wiebe was once again his usual solid self and stopped 27 shots for the Wayway in goal for the win, while Teegan Sacher made 31 saves in a losing cause.

The Wolverines next action will be on Sunday when they visit the number 1 ranked team in the country the Portage Terriers at 6:30.

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Over in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey,

The newly formed line of newcomers Tyson Predinchuk-Mitch Lipon-Keegan Milligan combined for 8 points to lead the Melville Millionaires over their Viterra division rival the Estevan Bruins 4-1 tonight at the Horizon Credit Union Center.

Drew Litwin & Ben Mack had the other goals for the Mils while Trevor Martin made 26 saves for the Mils who now move 3 points ahead of Weyburn for 1st place in the Viterra division. Martin's GAA is now an impressive 1.13 in 8 starts this season.

The Mils will have a little time off now and their next action will be next Friday when they visit the Weyburn Red Wings.