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Bantam Bears win home tournament

The Estevan bantam Bears won the Estevan Minor Hockey Association bantam house tournament on Sunday, defeating the Yorkton Terriers 7-3 in the A final at Affinity Place.
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The Estevan Bantam Bears won their home tournament this weekend, defeating Yorkton in the final.

The Estevan bantam Bears won the Estevan Minor Hockey Association bantam house tournament on Sunday, defeating the Yorkton Terriers 7-3 in the A final at Affinity Place.

Garrett Wollner opened the scoring for Estevan less than a minute into the A final, and Connor Spencer doubled the lead with a goal with less than six minutes to play in the first period.

Zach Gedak scored early in the second to give Estevan a 3-0 lead. Yorkton tallied moments after Gedak's goal, but then Gedak and Spencer would score just over two minutes apart for a 5-1 advantage.

Yorkton would get one more before the period was finished.

Goals by Cole Blondeau and Braxton Dukart in the third gave Estevan a commanding five-goal lead. The Terriers would get one more before the end of the game.

Tallan Howie was in goal for the Bears.

The Estevan Knights were also entered in the tournament.

(Full results from the tournament were not immediately available).

The tournament featured 12 teams. Games started Friday afternoon, and were played at Affinity Place, the Power Dodge Ice Centre and the Bienfait Memorial Arena.

This week's edition of the Mercury will have much more on the tournament.