The Swan Valley Stampeders (2-7-1) dropped their 8th straight decision as they lost to the MJHL leading Portage Terriers (9-1-0) 6-3 on Friday night
The defending National Champion Terrier got off to an good early start on the road as Brock Weston would take a nice feed across from Brad Bowles for his 2nd of the year to make it an early 1-0 lead. The Stamps would be able to add an equalizer with just 1:25 to go in the first frame Colton Brausen would bank home his 1st of the season to tie things up at 1-1 after 20 minutes. Shots 12-10 Portage.
After a back and forth first half of the 2nd period, the Terriers would take control of the back half of the middle frame as they would score 4 goals in the last 8:52 of the 2nd off the sticks of Brett Orr, Brad Bowles, Turner Santin & Ryan Hendrix to give the visitors a 5-1 lead after 2 periods.
The Terriers would add to their lead early in 3rd as 17 year old Dean Stewart would notch home his 1st of the season to make it 6-1. Jordie Valentino would make things interesting as he would get a power play goal for the Stamps, his 4th of the young campaign to cut the home team to within 4 at 6-2. The Stampeders would add another one late as Evan Last would get his 1st as Swan Valley Stampeder but thetas as close as they would get as the Terriers got their league leading 9th win of the season, 6-3 over Swan Valley.
Justin Klassen got the start for Portage and stopped 23 shots for his 1st MJHL win while Brett Evans made 29 saves for SV in the loss.
The Stamps next action will be on Saturday night when they host the Winnipeg Blues at 7:30PM MB time from the Centennial Arena in Swan River.
After a back and forth first half of the 2nd period, the Terriers would take control of the back half of the middle frame as they would score 4 goals in the last 8:52 of the 2nd off the sticks of Brett Orr, Brad Bowles, Turner Santin & Ryan Hendrix to give the visitors a 5-1 lead after 2 periods.
The Terriers would add to their lead early in 3rd as 17 year old Dean Stewart would notch home his 1st of the season to make it 6-1. Jordie Valentino would make things interesting as he would get a power play goal for the Stamps, his 4th of the young campaign to cut the home team to within 4 at 6-2. The Stampeders would add another one late as Evan Last would get his 1st as Swan Valley Stampeder but thetas as close as they would get as the Terriers got their league leading 9th win of the season, 6-3 over Swan Valley.
Justin Klassen got the start for Portage and stopped 23 shots for his 1st MJHL win while Brett Evans made 29 saves for SV in the loss.
The Stamps next action will be on Saturday night when they host the Winnipeg Blues at 7:30PM MB time from the Centennial Arena in Swan River.
Elsewhere in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League,
The Wayway Wolverines started off their road trip on a high note with a 5-3 win over the Selkirk Steelers.
Brock Paddock led the way for Wayway with 1G 2A while Rhett Lough, Quinton Cubbon, Aaron Dupasquier and Kevin Takatch also scored for the Wolverines. Wade Johannessen also chipped in with 3 assists.
Greg Harney made 31 saves for Waylay who will continue their road trip on Saturday when they visit the Winkler Flyers.
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Over the SJHL,
The Yorkton Terriers got a point but lost on home ice on Friday, 4-3 to the visiting Flin Flon Bombers in the shootout.
Corwin Stevely, Regan Seiferling and Cole Keenleyside scored for the Terriers while Jakob Severson who was making his 5th straight made 38 saves in the loss.
The Terriers will go right back at it on Saturday when they visit the Humboldt Broncos.
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