It’s not often that a team will win by six goals and lose to the same team by six goals the next night, but the Estevan Apex midget AA Bruins and Melville Millionaires accomplished that feat Saturday and Sunday.
Still facing a lot of injuries in the early going, the Bruins won 9-3 in Melville Saturday on the strength of a Tanner Stovin hat trick. After the first period, when they led 2-1, the Bruins stormed out for five goals in the second period and led 7-2.
Other than Stovin, the Bruins got a balanced scoring attack from six other goal scorers: Dalton Schrader, Joey Meredith, Tayce Miller, Kyler Gervais, Jared Fornwald and Chase Gedak.
With injuries to regulars Triston Sorenson, Cale Adams, Dylan Hull, Kaleb Poole and Morgan Wanner, there were some new faces in the lineup. Affiliated player Leighton Mus picked up an assist in the game, and the Bruins used a pair of other affiliates as well in Carter Bonokoski and Reid Waldegger.
Goaltender Zane Winter stopped 24 of 27 shots for the win.
There were no such good times for the Bruins on Sunday, as the Millionaires led 5-2 after 40 minutes.
Schrader, Gedak and Kieran Stewart scored the Bruins’ goals. Winter and Logan Nagel split time in the Bruins net and stopped a combined 30 shots.
The Bruins next action is on the road this weekend, when they travel to Wilcox to play the Notre Dame Hounds Friday and are at Yorkton Saturday to battle the Terriers.
