The Estevan Sherritt Coal Bruins were hoping that their recent strong performance against the Yorkton Terriers would translate into continued success in their provincial peewee AA series.
That could not have been further from the case, as the Terriers thrashed the peewee AA Bruins 13-1 in Game 1 of the two-game, total-goal series on Jan. 23.
That resulted in the Bruins opting not to travel to Yorkton for Game 2 tonight.
It all began well for the Bruins on Wednesday, as they scored the game's opening goal courtesy of Mason Strutt at the 7:14 mark, but Yorkton took over from there and scored 13 unanswered goals.
The Terriers, who are undefeated in South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League play, piled up three goals in the first period, seven in the second and three more in the third.
Carson Miller led Yorkton with four goals, while Kaeden Taphorn added a hat trick of his own.
It took only 38 seconds after Strutt's opening goal for the visitors to tie it up on a goal by Keenan Taphorn.
Kaeden Taphorn followed that up with two goals in the final five minutes of the period, including one with 55 seconds to play.
The Terriers put the game out of reach in the second period, beginning with a goal by Aiden Bulych at 3:30.
Miller scored his first of the game 39 seconds later, and Bulych added another tally at the 7:35 mark.
Miller made it 7-1 at 11:48, Keenan Taphorn scored 27 seconds later and Kaeden Taphorn added his third goal 42 seconds after that.
Miller rounded out the second period scoring at 16:12.
In the third, Troy Bryksa added to the lead just 52 seconds in, and Zach McIntyre scored 47 seconds after that.
Miller's goal with 3:44 left in regulation completed the offensive outburst for Yorkton.
Meanwhile, the Bruins also played at the Regina Pats Peewee AA Classic on the weekend.
They began the tournament on Thursday with a 4-2 loss to the Regina Blackhawks. Cole Fonstad had both Estevan goals.
The second game on Friday was an 8-1 defeat against the Wheatland Braves. Colton Schell scored the lone goal for the Bruins.
Later in the day, the team picked up its first win, 6-4 over the Winnipeg Marauders. Fonstad and Ryder Pierson each scored twice, while Strutt and Terran Holzer added singles.
That sent the Bruins to a quarter-final game on Saturday, where they got past the Calgary Bow River Bruins 5-3. Fonstad netted a hat trick in the all-Bruin battle, and Strutt and Carson Benning scored one apiece.
The Bruins' run ended in the semis later that day though, as they lost 6-2 to the Regina Sabres. Strutt and Jake Palmer supplied the Estevan offence.
The Bruins' next regular season action is not until Feb. 16, when they begin a home-and-home series against Weyburn.
