It was a win-win situation for everyone involved in the first-ever Mustangs Hockey Night in Whitehorse on Friday at the Takhini Arena.

Fans were treated to three games that included the peewee, bantam and midget Mustang teams in the fund-raising event.

Friday's fund-raiser included a 50/50 draw, raffle tickets, a radar shot and a silent auction. When all was said and done, the three Mustang teams raised approximately $3,300.

"I just think it went really well and that it was well organized," said Michele Roulston, one of the volunteers for Mustangs night. "Hopefully maybe we will do it again."

Friday's evening began with a tilt between the Peewee Mustangs and the Bantam Selects. The Mustangs wore their home white jerseys and were greeted with cheers from the crowd, who were predominately in their favour.

The game went back and forth for the majority of the first period with both teams having scoring opportunities in what was a real goalie duel.

The score remained 0-0, until bantam forward Kalin Slough was able to give his team its first lead with only a few minutes remaining in the period, putting the puck by Tomas Jirousek.

Both Rowan Huggard and Colin Kabanak assisted on the play.

The shots on goal in the first period included nine for the Bantam Selects and five for the Mustangs.

The players Bantam Selects didn't let up in the second and added two more goals on six shots before the conclusion of the 20 minute frame. Slough scored once again for the bantam squad, while the team's other second period tally came from Daniel Bunn.

The peewee's ran into some bad luck in the first period, which included hitting a post and crossbar.

The Mustangs were once again held scoreless, but were able to generate seven shots.

Slough scored his third of the game within the first couple minutes of the third period, giving his team a 4-0 advantage.

Despite the lopsided score, the Peewee Mustangs never gave up and the team gave the fans something to cheer about in the final 10 minutes of the contest. The first Mustangs goal was scored by Riley Pettitt, who tapped it in from close up after a passing play from Jared Steinbach and Wyatt Gale.

The Mustangs kept the pressure on and in the final three minutes put in its second goal. Gale shoveled in the puck from close in front of the net and Josh

Harlow as well as Jarrett Malchow both were credited with an assist on the play.

The goal drew a loud ovation from the crowd with one fan yelling out "You can do it Mustangs!"

The peewee squad pulled Jirousek with 1:41 remaining on the clock, but were unable to get any shots on net before the bantams cleared the puck out of harms way.

The Bantam Selects added an empty netter 13 seconds before the buzzer to put the game out of reach. The final score was 5-2.

The final shot total was 27 to 23 in favour of the Bantam Selects.

"It's just one of those nights were the other team gets some good bounces and ours weren't as opportunistic, but that's the nature of the game," said Peewee Mustangs head coach Kerry Pettitt. "You just have to dig down and work a bit harder."

Despite the loss, Pettitt said he was proud of the way his boys played.

"We finished strong and we had some good scoring chances when we pulled the goaltender," he said. "They worked hard and they wanted to win."

The Bantam Mustangs were next to hit the ice, in a contest against Castlerock, which plays in the Whitehorse Recreational Hockey League's B division.

The game was a real barn-burner, which, to the delight of the crowd, ended with a close 8-6 victory for the Mustangs.

Despite the favourable ending, it was CastleRock that were first to get on the board, scoring in the first minute on a goal by Derrick Hynes.

The Mustangs answered back two minutes later after Isaac Moses stole the puck from a defender, and blew the puck by CastleRock netminder Scott Smeeton.

Gage Preece made it 2-1 in the Mustangs favour 15 minutes into the period as a result of some hard work and nice passing abilities by Gibson Pearson and Mike Arnold.

CastleRock wasn't about to go down without a fight and tied the score up at 2-2 with less than three minutes remaining in the first frame, but the bantam players once again showed their resourcefulness and regained the lead not even one minute later. 

Brett Roulston netted the goal on a rush that was set up by Brayden Kulych and Tyson Glass. 

Once again CastleRock had an answer and drew even just 20 seconds after Roulston's goal.

After 22 minutes, the game was even at 3-3, with the shots favouring the Mustangs 15 to 12.

The Mustangs scored the first goal four minutes into the second and final frame. The play began after Moses stole the puck and fired a centering pass to Glass, who stuffed it over the goal line. 

Mustangs goalie Nigel Sinclair-Eckert helped preserve his team's one-goal lead, making several great saves in the process and with eight minutes left the Mustangs netted its fifth goal.

Roulston was able to roof the puck in the top corner of the net after taking the rebound from a shot by Mitch Read, which deflected off the back boards

The bantams increased their lead to 6-3 on a shot by Tyrell Hope that came after a couple of great passes were made by Michael Hare and Moses. 

However, with not even four minutes remaining in the game, CastleRock brought themselves back into the contest on a goal that was scored on screen shot.

Roulston continued his brilliant play, stealing the puck and scoring his team's seventh goal, but CastleRock, like they had done all game, narrowed the gap with two minutes left to go.

CastleRock scored one more goal to cut the Mustang lead to 7-6, before Roulston added his fourth goal of the game on the empty net in the 8-6 victory. The final shot total was 32 to 24 for CastleRock.

The win ended a nine game losing streak for the Mustangs in recreational hockey league.

"Because it was Mustangs Night, we wanted to put on a good performance," said Bantam Mustangs coach Jay Glass. "Winning is always nice, but we didn't expect to beat them. We were happy with the result, but moreover we were really happy with the way we played."

Glass said it was exciting for his team playing on Mustangs Night.

"We don't usually get fans out like this," he said. "We are hoping maybe this can kind of turn the corner for us in the new year and we can start to win a couple games, because that's what these guys need."

He said he was impressed with the way his whole team played and praised Roulston, who finished with four goals.

"He's definitely a leader on our team," Glass said. "He played a great game tonight, no question about it."

Roulston, who is Bantam Mustangs captain and plays right-wing, said he tried to get the team pumped up before the game, adding it was nice to have the crowd support.

Roulston, 14, said it was nice to end the nine game slide on Mustangs Night.

"It's good to break that because we were on a little bit of a slump there and we are hoping this is going to take us into a winning streak," he said.

The final game of the evening was played between Whitehorse Recreational A divisional hockey teams the Midget Mustangs and the Terra Firma Muckers.

The Midget Mustangs didn't waste anytime getting on the board in the game and the team netted its first goal three minutes into the contest. Jaxon Glass notched the goal on a rush where he skated by the Muckers defence and fired a hard wrist shot by the goaltender.

The Muckers evened up the score in the final 10 minutes on a point shot that eluded Mustangs goaltender Brad Gustafson.

The first period ended with the 1-1 score.

The Mustangs ran into some penalty trouble that the Muckers were able to take advantage and score their second goal of the game.

The goal was put in by Chris Evans and assisted by Steve Israel.

Glass, once again, helped out his team's cause, scoring his second goal of the game with 3:50 remaining on the clock.

However, the lead was short-lived and in the final two minutes, the Muckers re-claimed the lead on a goal by Hugo Bergeron.

Despite a good effort, the game would end with the 3-2 score. The final shots favoured the Muckers, who fired 31 in total, while the Mustangs had 19.

"I thought it wasn't our best game, but we got back into the game at the end, but then the penalties took us out of the game," said Midget Mustangs head coach Jim Stephens.

Stephens said this was exciting for his players.

"This is fun for them playing in front of a crowd, so they were all pretty excited," he said. "I think they are probably a little disappointed that they didn't put in their A game, but sometimes it's just not there; that's hockey."

He said he hopes another Mustangs Hockey Night is held this season.

"I think they should do it more often," Stephens said. "I think it's great for the kids. Everybody likes to play in front of a crowd, so maybe this can be done on a regular basis, maybe once a month because I know that the kids really like it. This is really good for them to play in front of a crowd, their friends. It's a win, win for everybody."