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Bantam tournament attracts teams to Estevan

Eight teams were entered the annual bantam house tournament hosted by the Estevan Minor Hockey Association from Nov. 8-10.
Bantam house

Eight teams were entered the annual bantam house tournament hosted by the Estevan Minor Hockey Association from Nov. 8-10.

Teams from Yorkton, Swift Current, Regina and Indian Head joined the host Estevan Bears and the Estevan Knights for the games, which were played at Affinity Place, the Power Dodge Ice Centre and the Bienfait Memorial Arena.

The teams were separated into two pools of four, and then had a round robin. Then they played playoff games based on their order of finish. 

The Estevan Bears opened their tournament by doubling up Yorkton Choice Vending 6-3. But then they dropped two games, 5-3 to the Regina Cougars and 3-0 to the Swift Current Capitals.

As for the Knights, they opened with a 10-7 loss to the Yorkton Traction Terriers, but they recovered to defeat the Regina Buffaloes 8-3 in their second game. Their final round robin game was a 5-3 defeat against the Indian Head Chiefs.

The Bears defeated the Knights 11-7 in the C final.

Other results from the tournament saw the Capitals shut out the Terriers 3-0 to win the A final, the Cougars defeated the Chiefs 6-2 in the B final and Yorkton Choice Vending routed the Buffaloes 9-0 in the D final.