On Wednesday night (August 28th), the top 40 players at the Drumheller Dragons evaluation camp faced off in the annual Miners Cup game.
It would be Team Yuhas (Black) against Team Poffenroth (Orange). The game would be a good battle with two evenly matched teams. Team Yuhas would open the scoring in the first period when defenseman Nathan Hawkins would score with just over seven minutes left. Team Yuhas would take the 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
Team Poffenroth would tie the game 1-1 when forward Easton Daneault scored from Jase Johnstone and Ethan Johnson on the powerplay with 4:03 remaining in the second period. Team Poffenroth would take their first lead with 1:17 left in the second on a goal by defenseman Thomas Byrne, assisted by Easton Daneault and Spencer Claerhout. After two periods, Team Poffenroth would lead 2-1.
Early in the third period, Team Yuhas would tie the game 2-2 on a powerplay goal by forward Josh Diegel, assisted by Will McLaughlin and Ellis Mieyette. Team Poffenroth would regain the lead at 4:43 with a goal by forward Bradley Gallo assisted by Avery Johnson and Drew Williamson. Late in the third, Team Yuhas would tie the game 3-3 with a powerplay goal by Luca Dufour, from Will McLaughlin and Josh Diegel with only 1:16 left on the clock.
The game would remain tied through overtime with Team Poffenroth having a great opportunity to win with a late powerplay but could not get one past goaltender Brandon Williams, who is from Drumheller. The game would need a shootout to determine a winner. Team Yuhas would score in the fourth round with Will McLaughlin scoring. Team Poffenroth would need an answer from forward Devon Winder but he was unable to score, giving Team Yuhas the shootout win.
The Dragons now head to their exhibition season, starting on the road on Friday night in Camrose where they’ll face the Kodiaks. Those same two teams will meet in Drumheller on Saturday night at the Memorial Arena with puck drop at 7 PM.
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