Although the Yorkton Terriers peewee AA team has fallen back to earth a bit by their standards this year, they managed to overpower the Estevan Sherritt Coal Bruins in both of their games on the weekend.
The Bruins lost 8-2 to the Terriers on Saturday and 5-1 on Sunday. Both games were played at Affinity Place.
The Terriers (8-1-1) are in first place in the South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League, while the Bruins (2-7-1) sit in fifth place out of six teams.
Mason Strutt had the Bruins' lone goal on Sunday in the second period.
Yorkton scored four goals in the first to put the game away after 20 minutes.
Kaeden Korczak opened the scoring at the 8:28 mark and Zach McIntyre made it 2-0 less than four minutes later. It was the first of two goals on the night for each player.
Korczak struck again with 75 seconds to go in the period, and Jackson Berezowski's goal 15 seconds later extended the Terriers' lead to four.
Strutt's goal with 1:25 to play in the second period made it 4-1.
McIntyre's second of the game came on a power play with three minutes left in regulation to restore the Terriers' four-goal lead.
On Saturday, meanwhile, the Terriers stormed out to a 7-0 lead after two periods.
Ethan Evanovich and Kishaun Gervais each had a pair of goals for the visitors, with Berezowski, Aiden Bulych, Tanner Hoffman and Ryder Korczak adding singles.
Yorkton scored three times in the first period and added four more in the second, including three goals in less than two minutes early in the frame.
In the third, Strutt got the Bruins on the board at 7:23 and Kersey Reich added a power play goal barely a minute later.
Gervais closed out the scoring for the Terriers at the 14:37 mark.
The Bruins are back at home this weekend for a pair of games against the Swift Current Broncos. They play Saturday at 2:45 p.m. and Sunday at noon. Both games are at Affinity Place.
