The Estevan Apex midget AA Bruins have now won their first seven games to start the season.
The midget AAs won a pair of overtime road games – 2-1 over the Weyburn Wings on Oct. 23 and 3-2 over the Melville Millionaires on Oct. 25 – and then crushed the Regina Capitals 9-0 on Oct. 27.
The first two periods against Weyburn were scoreless, but Weyburn scored early in the third for a 1-0 lead. Cale Adams tied the game with about 12 minutes to play in the third.
Kolby Kaban notched the winning goal with 4:15 to play in overtime.
Logan Nagel stopped 22 of the 23 shots he faced.
Melville scored twice in the first period on Oct. 25 to lead 2-0, and the lead remained in tact eight minutes remained in the third, when Chase Gedak scored for Estevan.
Cade Bendtsen forced overtime when he scored with 10 seconds to play in the third, and Kieran Stewart scored the winner with 2:51 to play in the extra frame.
Jackson Miller stopped 20 shots in the victory.
Estevan scored five times in the second period to break open a 2-0 game against the Capitals. Kieran Stewart and Kaden Chrest each scored twice in the middle frame, and Adams also scored.
Mason Fichter had both of Estevan’s goals in the third.
Joey Meredith and Tayce Miller also scored for Estevan.
Nagel made 20 saves for the shutout victory.
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The Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins (1-4) dropped two lopsided games on the weekend: 10-2 to the Regina Pat Blues on Oct. 25 and 10-3 to the Regina Monarchs two nights later.
Jordan Marcotte scored in the first period against the Blues to make the score 1-1 at that point. Carter Onrait had the other goal Estevan goal that day.
Keagan Carley made 26 saves in the loss.
Macade Ochitwa opened the scoring for Estevan against the Monarchs, but the Monarchs pulled away from there. Spencer Copeland and Strahn Douglas had Estevan’s other goals.
Ty Fehrenbach made 17 saves in the loss.
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The Estevan Western Star Signature Hotel Tier 1 atom Bruins went into Melville and came away with two victories over the Melville Millionaires on the weekend.
Their first game was a 7-4 victory Oct. 26. Jayden Chernoff scored three times in the third period, including the game winner with 12 minutes to play. Cameron Milbrandt scored twice, and Boston Tait and Jaxson Orsted also scored in the win.
Addison Wanner was in goal for the victory.
The other game was a 9-1 victory on Oct. 27. It was a 1-1 game at one point, and a 2-1 game after the first period, but a four-goal second period blew the game open.
Merek Wilhelm had the opening and closing goals in the game. Logan Kolenz also scored twice. Kale Kuchinka, Broden Henry, Chernoff, Milbrandt and Logan Piper were the other goal scorers.
Easton Pushie was in goal for the win.
