Estevan Mercury

It all comes down to this. Six months. Fifty-six regular season games. Four playoff games. It all comes down to 60 minutes (or, knowing this series, maybe more) of hockey tonight.

As if the condensed schedule and 10-hour bus trips weren't enough, the first three games of the SJHL wildcard series between the Estevan Bruins and Flin Flon Bombers went to overtime.

The Estevan Sherritt Coal Bruins have advanced to the second round of the playoffs after taking care of the Moose Jaw Warriors in two straight games.

A 17-year-old male youth has been charged by members of the Estevan Police Service with uttering threats. The charges stem from an incident in or around March 4.

There is an abundance of cats and canines at the Estevan Humane Society's animal shelter heading into what is expected to be a busy spring season.

Several Estevan minor hockey players had big years in 2013-14, with two of them winning the scoring races in their respective leagues.

The Estevan Apex Bruins are marching on to the second round of the playoffs. The midget AA club defeated the Regina Flames in two straight games in their best-of-five South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League series.

The decision to jump to midget AAA hockey is paying dividends for Mason Benning. After spending two years playing midget AA in his hometown, the Estevan defenceman joined the Battlefords Stars of the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League this year.

Sights and sounds remembered can be either gruesome or memorably sweet. That is obviously dependant on the situation in which they were presented to the receiver.

Pleas were entered in a fraud matter during Monday's provincial court proceedings in Estevan, but sentencing won't be finalized until the end of April.