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Atom AA Bruins host tournament

The Estevan Gem Well Bruins won the consolation final at an atom Tier 1 tournament they hosted on the weekend. The atom AA club edged the Regina Capitals 6-5 in the final on Sunday after posting a 1-2 record in the round-robin.


The Estevan Gem Well Bruins won the consolation final at an atom Tier 1 tournament they hosted on the weekend.

The atom AA club edged the Regina Capitals 6-5 in the final on Sunday after posting a 1-2 record in the round-robin.

In their other games, the Bruins lost 6-5 to the Capitals in their opener on Saturday, defeated the Regina Blackhawks 8-6 and lost 3-2 in a shootout to Yorkton.

In the A final, the Yorkton Terriers earned a 6-3 win over the Moosomin Badgers.

In other action on Sunday, the Capitals lost 4-3 to Moosomin and the Regina Wild hammered the Blackhawks 14-0.

Saturday's scores were Yorkton 9, Moosomin 2; Capitals 12, Blackhawks 3; Moosomin 5, Wild 4; and Yorkton 10, Wild 4.

In the consolation final, Austin Fleck scored the winner with 2:31 left in regulation, only 22 seconds after the Capitals had tied the game.

After a scoreless first period, the teams broke out for four goals apiece in the second.

The first four goals of the period all came from the Capitals, and the Bruins proceeded to stage a dramatic comeback, tying the game with four of their own in the final six minutes of the frame. Three of those came from Kaiden Tuchscherer.

Stanley Cooley, Brenden Holba, Adam Kydd and Evan Morrow staked the Capitals to a 4-0 lead less than 10 minutes into the period.

With about six minutes left, Tuchscherer scored two goals in 42 seconds and added the hat trick marker four minutes later.

Tayce Miller's goal with 32 seconds left in the period tied the game.

Josh Romanyk gave the Bruins the lead only 53 seconds into the third, and that margin held until Cooley scored for Regina with 2:53 left. But Fleck got that one back moments later to secure the win for the Bruins.

The final was a rematch of the tournament opener between the Bruins and Capitals. Estevan led 5-4 midway through the third, but Regina would score two goals in the last seven minutes to earn the victory.

Fleck, Ben Wagstaff, Alex Vonsprecken, Ethan Bill and Parker Bell scored for the Bruins. Kydd (3), Cooley, Jayden Harris and Tavia Terry replied for the Capitals.

Bell and Easton Robitaille each had two goals to drive the Bruins to victory in their second game. Bill, Vonsprecken, Miller and Cale Adams also scored.

Brendan Yeo (3), Isaac McGeough (2) and Dawson Dutchak scored for the Blackhawks.
In their final round-robin game against Yorkton, the Bruins got goals from Robitaille and Romanyk, both in the second period.

Jackson Berezowski and Ryder Korczak supplied the Terriers' offence.