The Estevan Apex Bruins scored twice in the third period to earn a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Weyburn Wings on Sunday.
The midget AA club trailed twice, including a 3-2 deficit after 40 minutes, but turned it around to get their fifth win of the year, three days after losing 7-5 to the Notre Dame bantam Hounds on Thursday.
Head coach Dalton Giblett said the Bruins (4-5-4) brought everything they had in the third period on Sunday.
"That's the first time we've worked that hard in the third period in a long time and that's what showed. In Notre Dame the other night, if we would've had this kind of third period, we probably would've had a better result as well. We've had trouble protecting the lead all year, so it was kind of nice to actually come back this time."
Tanner Jeannot scored first for the Bruins at 4:08, but Weyburn would respond before the period was out on a goal by Braden Mellon.
"We turned the puck over twice early, two goals, just mental mistakes," said Giblett.
After Weyburn took the lead only 15 seconds into the first period, courtesy of Jarrett Metheral, the Bruins responded at 5:28 when Dylan Lay scored on a heavy slapper from the high slot.
The Wings countered at 7:46 on Mellon's second goal of the game on a tight range shot.
The Bruins thought they had tied it again at 11:42, but a wraparound attempt by Lay was ruled no goal.
In the third, Jolan Lingelbach put in a rebound about two minutes in to level the score, and Kale Little roofed a shot from the left point at 11:37 to score the eventual game-winner on the power play.
Giblett said he thought the Bruins dominated the third period, in part thanks to the power play.
"We kind of had to mix it up a little bit. In the first period our power play was absolutely terrible, so we mixed things up and got some energy guys out there and it actually worked," he said.
On Thursday, the Bruins jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period, but ended up blowing the game by allowing three to the Hounds in the third.
Preston Hutt, Lay and Marc Shaw scored in the first 10 minutes of the game to put the Bruins ahead.
Dillon Dube scored with three minutes left to make it 3-1 after one.
Dube scored again early in the third, with Mason Benning replying for the Bruins 44 seconds later to put them ahead 4-2.
The bantam AAA squad began to rise up with two goals in 31 seconds from Dube and Branden Klatt.
Benning's second goal of the period at 14:23 gave Estevan a 5-4 edge after two periods.
The Hounds took it from there, getting two goals from Kirill Klassen and one from Kaden Elder in the third.
The Bruins are back in action this weekend with a homestand. They host the Prairie Storm on Saturday at 8 p.m., and the Moose Jaw Warriors come to town on Sunday at 6 p.m. Both games are at Spectra Place.
