The Estevan Power Dodge Chargers defeated the Regina Blues 6-3 on Thursday to advance in the Saskatchewan Hockey Association female bantam A provincials bracket.
The Chargers had taken the series opener 3-1 on Feb. 10, giving them a 9-4 series win on aggregate.
Captain Megan LeBlanc led the way on Thursday, scoring four of her team's six goals.
LeBlanc, who led the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League in scoring with a staggering 62 goals and 93 points in 24 games, potted a natural hat trick in the first period.
The Blues got on the board a minute into the second on a goal by Sydney Schmidt.
The Chargers replied quickly though, extending their lead to 5-1 on LeBlanc's fourth goal and another by Jasynn Monteyne.
Natasha Brezinski got the Blues within three goals with a marker late in the period.
Estevan's Kamryn Friars and Regina's Mackenzie Herrington traded goals in the third period.
The Chargers outshot the Blues 45-27. Estevan goalie Ashlyn Taillon made 24 saves.
Meanwhile, the Chargers closed out a dominant regular season with two victories over the Springside Lions on the weekend.
The Chargers won 3-1 on Saturday and 4-1 on Sunday at the Civic Auditorium.
On Saturday, the Chargers got goals from Makenna Morrison, LeBlanc and Ashton Magotiaux, while Brooke Hausermann replied for the Lions.
The next day, it was LeBlanc (2), Monteyne and Teanna Sieben fuelling the Chargers' attack, with Hausermann again scoring for Springside.
With a 22-1-1 record, the Chargers finished in first place in the SSFHL and will face the fourth-place Moose Jaw Warriors (13-11) in the first round of the playoffs. Dates for the series had not been set as of Monday.
The Estevan PowerTech Panthers finished up their inaugural regular season with a loss and a tie on the weekend.
The female midget AA team fell 2-1 to the Regina Ravens in the Queen City on Saturday, then tied the Weyburn Drillers 2-2 in Weyburn the next day.
The Panthers (14-10-3) wrap up the regular season in fourth place in the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League, only one point behind the third-place Prairie Storm.
The SSFML's playoff format sees the top six teams make the post-season, with the top two teams earning a bye. That means the Panthers will face the fifth-place Ravens in the first round of the playoffs, with the winner of the series playing Weyburn.
Dates for the first-round series had not been determined at press time.
On Sunday, most of the scoring took place in a short span in the first period, with the Panthers taking a 2-1 lead.
Weyburn's Twylla Tendler opened the scoring halfway through the period.
The Panthers replied 51 seconds later, with Brooklyn Dukart lighting the lamp to tie the game. They took the lead 32 seconds after that on a goal by Taylor Colbow.
After a scoreless second period, Tendler struck again for the Drillers five minutes into the third to give them the draw.
The Drillers outshot the Panthers 27-25, with Litesha Spittal in goal for Estevan.
No information was available from Saturday's game in Regina.
After sitting in third place for most of the year, the Estevan TS&M Bruins dropped to fourth after losing their last game of the regular season.
The Bruins took it on the chin in a 9-3 loss to the Yorkton Terriers in Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League action on Friday in Yorkton.
With the Weyburn Wings winning their last game of the year, they passed the Bruins for third place in the standings.
Estevan (17-10-4) will now face the fifth-place Melville Millionaires in the first round of the playoffs. The series will begin on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Affinity Place.
On Friday, the second-place Terriers had the game virtually wrapped up after 20 minutes, taking a 5-0 lead.
Kaeden Taphorn opened the scoring two minutes in, and Yorkton also got two goals from Carson Welke and singles from McKenzie Welke and Brett Kemp in the period.
The Bruins came to life in the second period, with Josh Skjonsby finding the back of the net four minutes in and Wyatt Haux getting the club within three later in the frame.
But the Terriers restored their five-goal lead late in the period, courtesy of a Carson Miller power play goal and another by Keenan Taphorn.
Estevan's Ryder Pierson scored 22 seconds into the third, but it didn't take long for Yorkton to add more, with McKenzie Welke and Kaeden Taphorn each firing their second of the night.
The Terriers outshot the Bruins 34-15. Ethan Veroba started the game for Estevan, but was replaced by Jeremy Dumaine midway through the second period.
Bruins forward Cole Fonstad finished the season in fourth place in the league scoring race, as the first-year sniper racked up 35 goals and 68 points in 31 games.
