For the second time in the span of six days, the Kindersley Klippers blanked the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins 4-0.
The second instance happened in Kindersley in Thursday.
While Bruins head coach Chris Lewgood said he was happy with his team's effort during the first loss on Jan. 2, that was not the case this time around.
"This time, we just didn't create enough opportunities. We weren't engaged enough in the game to have success against a team of that calibre. There's no excuse for it. You have teams that have good days and bad and unfortunately, that was one of our bad days.
"It was just a matter of competing. I think that same mentality showed in our X's and O's, where we were backing up on our goaltender rather than being aggressive and taking chances away. We were too reactive and not enough proactive," Lewgood added.
The Klippers (28-8-3-2) scored twice in the first period en route to the win, while outshooting the Bruins (13-19-1-5) by a tally of 31-26.
Cody Young opened the scoring six minutes into the game, while Landon Gross made it 2-0 with just 17 seconds left in the period.
Marc Dubeau added to the Klippers' lead with 59 seconds left in the middle frame.
Kindersley made it 4-0 on Derrick Morrell's goal at the 9:39 mark of the third, with former Bruin Darcy DeRoose drawing an assist.
Tyler Fuhr stopped 27 of 31 shots in the Bruins' crease, while Klippers goalie Evan Weninger stopped all 26 shots he faced.
On Jan. 6, meanwhile, the Bruins edged the Yorkton Terriers 5-4 in a shootout at Affinity Place.
Estevan's Taylor Ross and Yorkton's Dylan Johnson traded goals in the first period.
Kurt Sonne and Chase McKersie each scored in the second to give the Bruins a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes of play.
In the third, the Terriers scored three goals in a span of less than five minutes to stun the Bruins and take a 4-3 lead.
However, Estevan's Keaton Longpre forced overtime by scoring with 3:30 left to play.
In the shootout, Zach Douglas and Mahlon Head both scored for the Bruins.
The Terriers outshot the Bruins 42-39. Fuhr was in goal for the hosts, while Dawson MacAuley was in net for Yorkton.
The Bruins were scheduled to host the Weyburn Red Wings last night in a game aimed at raising money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation in honour of former Bruin Nick Egan, who passed away last August due to heart complications.
The Bruins will visit the Melville Millionaires on Friday and host the Battlefords North Stars on Saturday in a 6 p.m. start at Affinity Place. They also host the Notre Dame Hounds on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
