The Melville Millionaires opened their season series with the defending champion Melfort Mustangs in convincing fashion, skating to a 5–2 win Friday night.

Wesley Olson put the Mils on the board early, sliding in his third of the year at 7:19 of the first. Melville doubled the lead in the final minute of the period when Kale Margolis finished a cross-ice feed from Rylan Oatman for his 13th, sending the home side into the intermission up 2–0.

In the second, Nathan Taylor pushed the lead to three after capitalizing on a miscue between the Mustangs’ goalie and defenceman. Taylor struck again just 1:44 into the third when his shot pinballed past Melfort netminder Madden Mullawka. Oatman added another less than seven minutes later to make it 5–0.

Melfort’s Danton Cox scored twice in the back

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