It took seven games, but the Apex midget AA Bruins finally got their first win of the season.
The team lost a pair of games on the road Friday and Saturday but came back from being down early 2-0 to win 6-3 over the Regina Capitals.
“It was a rough start and not the ideal one we wanted, especially with the way the last few games have gone,” said Bruins head coach Robin Ulrich. “But I liked the boys response. They came back hard, they pushed hard and didn't let that second goal get us down. They really turned things around and play our game and do the things we wanted to do out there.”
The Bruins were down 2-0 only 4:03 into the first period but started controlling the play not long after that, and ended the period with a power play goal by Cale Adams. Dawson Schaff scored on the first shift of the second period and the Bruins were off to the races.
“I think overall our effort was a little bit better and our intensity was there,” said Ulrich. “Just the little things, like chipping pucks in and out and getting pucks out of our end.”
Regina scored a trickler through Estevan goaltender Bryson Garton to make it 3-2 but the Bruins were undeterred, scoring the next four goals. Jaiden Gervais and Adams, with his second, were joined on the scoresheet by a pair from Josh Romanyk.
“We just got the puck deep and battled hard,” said Romanyk. “We just gelled today really well. We've got to keep working hard.”
Earlier in the weekend, the Bruins lost 6-3 to the Regina Vics in Regina Friday and 7-4 to the Lumsden/Bethune Lions in Lumsden Saturday. Friday, the team got a pair of goals from Daymon Wanner and a single from Tristan Seeman. Garton took the loss in net.
Saturday, the team got a pair from Gervais and singles from Seeman and Terran Holzer, with Logan Nagel charged with the loss in net.
The Bruins' next action is Friday at the Prairie Storm Extreme Hockey and Saturday (8 p.m.) and Sunday (5:15 p.m.) against Melville at Affinity Place.
