The long forgotten Terrier junior hockey team

April 10, 2026 · 54 min · Season 4 · Episode 4

About this episode

This episode explores the history of the long-forgotten Terrier junior hockey team in Yorkton, including insights from Gene Krepekavich's published work.

In 1997 Gene Krepekavich, the longtime Yorkton Terrier booster, volunteer and club president for six seasons published the history of the first 25 years of the junior Terriers hockey team. It starts with the 1972-73 season. But what few, if any, remembered then and now, and what is not recorded in recent official histories of junior hockey in Yorkton, is an earlier team, also known as the Yorkton Terriers, which also played in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. It played one season,...

People in this episode

Host: Dick DeRyk

Topics covered

hockey history
junior hockey
Yorkton
sports culture
local history

Keywords

Yorkton Terriers
junior hockey
Gene Krepekavich
Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
hockey history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yorkton Terrier, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League