The Estevan TS&M Bruins had a weekend they’d prefer to forget following losses to the Regina Pat Blues and the first-place Yorkton Terriers.
The bantam team got off on the wrong foot just 23 seconds into the first period against he Blues, who sit one spot ahead of the Bruins in the south division standings.
Carson Denomia opened the scoring for the Blues and seven minutes later, the Blues were up 2-0.
A third goal was finally answered by the Bruins when Kersey Reich scored with 5:30 left in the first.
The second period was all Regina, as they stretched their lead to 5-1, and in the third period, the Bruins mounted a comeback attempt.
Jake Palmer scored on the power play in the first two minutes of the final period. Hayden Cutler picked up an assist.
Before the midway point in the third Mason Strutt inched the Bruins a little closer pulling the black and gold to within two.
The Bruins couldn’t continue the pushback however, and the Pat Blues posted an empty netter to put the game away at the 18:18 mark for a 6-3 final.
Cody Levesque was in net for the loss stopping 33 of 38 shots.
The next day in Affinity Place the Bruins couldn’t hold off the league leading Terriers, who have a 20-1 record.
Reich opened the scoring for the Bruins, and after the first period, the Bruins maintained a 1-0 lead.
Yorkton got one back in the first 12 seconds of the second, but again the Bruins took a lead and a goal from Strutt just three minutes later.
Five minutes later, the Terriers struck again and never looked back.
By the end of the second, it was 5-2. The Terriers posted another six unanswered goals in the third, as the Bruins went down 11-2.
The Terriers were two for three on the power play.
Callum Spearing was in net for the loss.
