The music was cranked up in the Red Wings' dressing room and coach Dwight McMillan was happy and smiling Saturday night, following a 7-1 trouncing of the visiting Yorkton Terriers.

"That was a four-point game for us. They lost (Friday) night and tonight and this puts more space between us," said McMillan, exulting in the win that strengthened their hold on second place in the South Division.

The home-ice win came on the heels of a 5-2 win over the Melville Millionaires on Jan. 25, also in the Colosseum. Goals in that match came from Jacob Gradwell, Peter Hay (scoring twice), Mike Weisgerber and Brian Kerr.

The penalty list was relatively short in the Melville game compared to when Yorkton came to town, with a second sheet required to include all of the fights and related penalties.

The Terriers opened scoring in the first period, but they were unable to put the puck past goalie Terry Denike after that point, particularly as the Red Wings badly out-shot the Terriers. In the end, the Wings threw 54 shots at Justin Dubasov, while the Terriers only managed 18 shots altogether.

Weisgerber tied the game in the second period, and two minutes later Gradwell scored a power-play marker and eventual game winner.

"We out-played them badly. There were goals that went in that shouldn't have, and ones that didn't go in that should have. (Their goalie) Dubasov made some outstanding saves, just outstanding. In the second period we took the game over and they took some penalties, and it tired them out. The longer the game went, the more played out they became," said McMillan.

Peter Hay added a short-handed goal and an assist to his points total to start things off in the third period, followed by Christian Cote, Kerr, Jason Vermeulen and James Laux to round out the scoring.

Hay has the second-longest scoring streak in the SJHL, behind Dave Shields of Melville, and currently sits third in the Top-10 scoring leaders with 72 points, while team-mate Mike Weisgerber is in ninth place on the list with 58 points.

Team fortunes are turning around for the Wings at just the right time, with the crucial games ahead in February before the playoffs begin, and McMillan likes what he's seeing lately.

"We're starting to get some guys back from injuries and we're starting to feel good about ourselves again. February is one month where you want everybody healthy and playing well together. We're getting healthy again, and we've got four lines that go out and create things on the ice. That's a big thing to have four lines who can go out and score goals," said the coach.

One of the players back from injuries and sickness is goalie Terry Denike, who McMillan says has found his groove and has been playing very well in recent games.

An unfortunate victim of Saturday night's game is Jon Geiring, whose services will be lost to the Red Wings for at least three weeks after he fell and hit his head on the ice in the first period, giving him a bad concussion. Geiring was carried off the ice and taken to hospital where he remained for observation for the rest of the weekend.

"It was just one of those things. He got twisted up between two defenders and fell backwards," said McMillan.

The Red Wings hosted the Notre Dame Hounds on Tuesday night, past press time for results, and will make the drive to Wilcox for the return match on Thursday night against the Hounds. The Wings get the weekend off before hosting Estevan on Tuesday, Feb. 8, and then heading out for a two-game swing the following weekend.