The Estevan PowerTech Panthers earned their third win of the season during a two-game set against the Swift Current Titans on the weekend.
The Panthers won 4-2 on Saturday, with the Titans returning the favour with a 4-1 victory the next day. Both games were in Swift Current.
The new female midget AA club now sits at 3-1 on the year, tied for first place in the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League with the Regina Capitals (3-0).
On Saturday, the Panthers built up a 3-0 lead through two periods before letting the Titans (1-3) get back in it in the third.
Cheyenne Grant started the scoring for Estevan, potting a power play goal at 12:29 of the first period. Haley Ronyk made it 2-0 barely two minutes later.
The Panthers would add to their lead halfway through the second period on a tally by Michaella Matthies.
It didn't take the Titans long to cut into the lead in the third, as Mackenzie Kirkpatrick-Sluth got them on the board less than two minutes in on a power play.
The Panthers replied almost instantly though, as Cassidy Siebert found the back of the net just nine seconds after the next face-off.
Swift Current got one more goal from Katey Hope at the 9:40 mark, but couldn't produce the tying goal.
The Panthers were outshot 31-16, with goaltender Litesha Spittal making 29 saves.
On Sunday, the Titans scored four unanswered goals to earn their first win of the season.
Estevan's only goal came 12:29 into the first period, courtesy of Grant.
The Titans knotted the score barely two minutes later on a power play goal by Avery Wilson.
Cassidy Veason's goal with four minutes left in the second gave Swift Current a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes.
They would add to that in the third, with Trista Labarowski and Kirkpatrick-Sluth scoring a minute apart just past the halfway point of the period.
The Panthers outshot the Titans 35-21. Estevan goalie Brianna Cote stopped 17 shots.
The Panthers will return to friendly confines this weekend, as they host the Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday at 5:15 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium, followed by a game against Swift Current on Sunday at 2 p.m. That game is at Affinity Place.
