The Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins split their final two games of the regular season.
Estevan defeated the Saskatoon Outlaws 6-5 in overtime on Friday night at Affinity Place.
Boden Dukart, Landon Marcotte and James Mann scored in the opening 15 minutes of the first period for a 3-0 lead. But the Outlaws scored thrice in the final five minutes of the frame to tie the game.
The teams traded goals in the second and third periods, with the Outlaws scoring first each time, and the Bruins responding. Anthony Davis and Mann scored for Estevan.
Kaden Chrest scored the winner 55 seconds into overtime.
Jackson Miller stopped 23 shots for the victory.
The bantams closed out the regular season Sunday with a 2-1 road loss against the Melville Millionaires. Chrest scored 6 1/2 minutes into the first period to give Estevan a 1-0 lead, but the Mills scored twice in the second.
Joshua Bittman stopped 31 shots in the loss.
Estevan finished third in the Saskatchewan Minor AA Hockey League’s bantam division with an 18-11-2 record. They will play the Prairie Storm in the first round of the playoffs. Game 1 is March 7 in Estevan at 7 p.m.
Game 2 would be March 9 in Balgonie, and Game 3, if necessary, would be the following day in Estevan.
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The Estevan Apex midget AA Bruins dropped the first two games of their South Division semifinal series against the Swift Current Broncos.
Game 1 saw Estevan come close to handing the Broncos their first loss in 39 regular season and playoff games this season, but the Broncos won 4-3 in overtime Saturday.
Swift Current opened the scoring in the first period, and after neither team scored in the second. The Broncos took a 2-0 lead with a goal 35 seconds into the third.
Chase Gedak scored 24 seconds later to pull Estevan to within one, and Tristan Sorenson tallied a few minutes later to tie the game.
The Broncos scored again to lead 3-2, but Sorenson put up his second of the game with 4:30 to play to force overtime.
Swift Current scored the winner 3:41 into extra time.
Morgan Wanner was in goal.
The Broncos had leads of 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 after two in Game 2 Sunday.
Zane Winter was in goal for Estevan.
Game 3 will be March 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Affinity Place. Game 4, if necessary, would be the following day at 5:15 p.m. at Affinity, and Game 5 would be played March 12 in Swift Current.
