The Estevan Bruins wrapped up a four games in five nights road trip by defeating the Kindersley Klippers for the second time in a week.
Isaiah Thomas scored his second goal of the game with 36 seconds to play in overtime to lift the Bruins to a 5-4 victory over the host Klippers Saturday night.
It was the Bruins second victory over the Klippers in a week, as they also downed Kindersley 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Estevan fell behind 2-0 in the first period, as Scott McKenzie and Brendon Borbely scored in the opening 12 minutes of the first period.
Jayden Davis tallied for the Bruins shortly after Borbely’s goal, and Tyler Savage scored 5:52 into the second to tie the game.
Brett Neumeier scored for Kindersley to give the Klippers a 3-2 lead, but Tanner Manz replied with less than two minutes to played in the middle frame to tie the game again.
Manz added his second of the game 3:18 into the third, but Borbely scored for Kindersley 40 seconds later to deadlock the game again. Neither team scored again until Thomas notched the winner.
Keenan Rancier made 27 saves for the victory.
The night before, the Bruins gave the league-leading Battlefords North Stars all they could handle, but suffered a 6-3 loss.
Dayton Deics scored his first SJHL goal 4:19 into the first period to give Estevan a 1-0 lead, and Savage doubled the advantage midway through the frame. Battlefords had goals by Steven Kesslering late in the first and Seth Summers early in the second to tie the game.
Thomas scored late in the second to give the Bruins the lead, and the advantage held up until less than eight minutes remained in the game. Matthew Fletcher tied the game, and Brett Gammer scored twice to give the Stars a 5-3 lead. Elijah Loon-Stewardson added an empty net goal with 61 seconds remaining to put the game away.
Rancier stopped 31 shots on the night.
The Bruins (9-12-2-1) will return to the ice Friday night when they host the Flin Flon Bombers. The game starts at 7:30 p.m.
