The first team has been eliminated in the quest for the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Canalta Cup.
With a 6-4 win on the road Sunday night, the eighth seeded Weyburn Red Wings completed a three-game sweep of the ninth ranked Kindersley Klippers in their best-of-five first round matchup.
The Red Wings kicked off the series with 3-0 and 3-1 win at home on Thursday and Friday night.
Carson Rose, who entered the playoffs with a 13-game point streak, was the leading scorer for the Red Wings in the series as he had five points in three games.
Forwards Ian Parker and Jacob Wozney each had two goals and a pair of assists against the Klippers.
The Red Wings had some stellar goaltending during the series from Carter Phair, who won the first two games and compiled a 1.20 goals against average.
Phair left Sunday’s game during the second period for precautionary reasons after he was hit in the crease by Klippers defenceman Josh Patrician. Rookie Jake MacLennan came in to finish out the contest.
Brandon Wagner had two goals to pace the Klippers on offence in the series, while netminder Nick Trenciansky started in all three games.
The Red Wings will now await to see if they will play the Battlefords North Stars or the Flin Flon Bombers in the quarter-finals, which are expected to start this weekend.
Their opponent will be determined after the other first round meeting concluded between the seventh ranked Notre Dame Hounds and the 10th seeded Melfort Mustangs.
That series was knotted up at one heading into a game in Wilcox Monday night.
The Hounds opened up the series with a 4-1 win at home Friday, but the two-time defending SJHL champion Mustangs bounced back with a 4-2 triumph in Melfort a night later.
A fourth game in the series will take place in Melfort Tuesday evening.
If needed, a fifth and deciding contest will occur Thursday night in Wilcox.
The lowest remaining seed will go up against the North Stars, while the Bombers will play the higher ranked side of the two that advance from the first round.
The other quarter-final matchups are already set.
The Estevan Bruins will do battle with the Yorkton Terriers and the Nipawin Hawks will square off with the Humboldt Broncos.
