Parkinson’s third straight shutout leads Mustangs to third place in SJHL

After a first period that saw Parkinson make 12 saves, and Bomber netminder Jacob Delorme make 13, Melfort finally got on the scoreboard in the second. It didn’t take long as Alex Rondeau’s 13th of the season put the Mustangs up 1-0 just 22 seconds into the period.

Parkinson made 11 saves in the second and nine in the third as Melfort held on to their 1-0 lead until Tian Rask gave them some insurance with just five minutes to play in the game and that was all she wrote.

Tian Rask leads the fly-by after he put the Mustangs up 2-0 in the third period. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

The win was Melfort’s third in a row, and eighth in nine games. Parkinson said the team is really gelling right now.

“The team’s just meshing, we’re giving everything,” he said. “No one is having any light shifts, everyone is hard on the puck and it’s just going our way.”

He added that both he and the guys in front of him feed off each other.

“I think when I play good, they play good,” Parkinson told northeastNOW. “They play good I play good, that’s what happens.”

With the win, Melfort will now see the Estevan Bruins in the SJHL quarter-final. Had they not won tonight, the Mustangs would be in a matchup with the fifth place La Ronge Ice Wolves.

“I didn’t care who we got,” Parkinson said. “I’m confident with the group of guys and I just want the playoffs to get started.”

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Parkinson’s third straight shutout leads Mustangs to third place in SJHL

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