It was a weekend of mixed results for the Estevan PowerTech Panthers, as they won two games and lost one.
The female midget AA team lost 5-3 to the Regina Capitals at Affinity Place on Friday. The next day, they exploded for a 9-4 win over the Moose Jaw Mavericks in Moose Jaw.
On Sunday, they edged the Weyburn Drillers 3-2 in Weyburn.
The Panthers (5-2-1) are now tied with the Capitals for second place in the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League, with several games in hand on the Capitals and first place Prairie Storm.
On Sunday, Kailey McLellan scored twice in the first period to give the Panthers an early lead.
The Drillers, however, struck back with two in the second, courtesy of Raelyn Weisgerber and Zoe Douglas.
Haley Ronyk scored the winner for the Panthers three minutes into the third period.
On Saturday, Ronyk was the star with five goals and two assists.
The Panthers took a 4-1 lead after the first period, thanks in large part to a stretch of three goals in a span of 72 seconds.
The Mavericks scored first on a goal by Michaela Sykora eight minutes in.
At the 11:14 mark, Brooklyn Dukart got the Panthers on the board with a power play goal.
Taylor Colbow gave her club the lead 47 seconds later, and Ronyk made it 3-1 just 25 seconds after that.
Dukart got her second of the game with 2:41 left in the period.
Ronyk's second came at the 6:35 mark of the second period, giving Estevan a 5-1 lead.
Moose Jaw's Rebecca Bookout scored her first of two goals halfway through the period.
Ronyk then potted two more goals, with Bookout adding her second on a power play with 90 seconds left in the period.
Shakara Chutskoff got the Mavericks to within three goals at the five-minute mark of the third. The score remained 7-4 until late in the period, when Ronyk and Megan LeBlanc scored in the final four minutes of the game.
On Friday, the Capitals scored twice in the first period to take the early edge, getting goals from Reed Boychuk and Peyton Mallory.
The Panthers struck back with three goals of their own in the second period, beginning with Dukart's power play goal 12 minutes in. LeBlanc tied the game less than a minute later.
The Capitals pulled ahead again late in the period on a goal by Cassandra Jasper, but the Panthers responded quickly, as Colbow scored with 51 seconds left.
The game remained tied until late in the third. Kacey Hall broke the draw with just under five minutes to play, and Jasper added some insurance with a power play marker with 73 seconds left.
The Panthers have two road games this week. They visit the Regina Ravens on Thursday and the Drillers on Sunday.
