The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins added two more victories on the weekend, with a 4-3 victory over the Flin Flon Bombers on Friday and a 7-2 rout of the Weyburn Red Wings on Saturday.
Both games were played at Affinity Place.
Bryce Platt scored twice in the win over Flin Flon. His second goal on a power play midway through the third period was the game-winner.
Will Koop and Eddie Gallagher had the Bruins other goals.
Grant Boldt made 23 saves in his first game since Jan. 26.
Former Bruin defenceman Jack Michell was among the goal scorers for Flin Flon. Billy Klymchuk and Nate Hooper also scored.
Jacob Delorme stopped 25 shots for the Bombers.
It wasn’t all good news on Friday night, though, as centre TJ Irey suffered a lower-body injury in the second period. He took a knee-on-knee hit moments before Platt scored his first goal; Irey was credited with an assist on the play.
The incident resulted in a five-minute power play, but the Bruins couldn’t score.
The following night, the Bruins jumped on the Weyburn Red Wings early, with Isaiah Thomas and Jayden Davis scoring in the first 6:03 of the game.
Neither team scored the rest of the first period, or for a good portion of the second. Jevon Schwean scored midway through the second to put Weyburn on the board, touching off a stretch in which the two teams scored five times in seven minutes. Bronson Adams scored his first in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League to restore the Bruins two-goal lead, but then Drew Anderson scored a short time later to pull the Red Wings back within one.
Turner Ripplinger and Michael McChesney scored less a minute apart to leave the Bruins up by three through two periods.
McChesney added two more goals in the third to complete the hat trick.
Kadin Kilpatrick stopped 24 shots in the victory. Ben Laidlaw made 43 saves for Weyburn.
Estevan (30-21-2-1) has won five straight games. They remain eight points up on the Yorkton Terriers for first in the Viterra Division; Yorkton still has two games in hand.
The Bruins will host the Notre Dame Hounds on Tuesday night at Affinity Place at 7 p.m.
