If the enemy of your enemy is your friend, the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins have a new friend in the Melville Millionaires.
Weyburn’s loss Saturday 3-2 in overtime to the Melville Millionaires means they can only earn a maximum of 66 points on the season, while the Bruins currently have 65. With one victory or Weyburn regulation loss, the Bruins can kick their feet up for the first elimination round of the playoffs and have teams like the Red Wings slug it out for a week.
The Bruins got to this point by beating the Red Wings 5-4 in a shootout Friday in Weyburn. They got up 3-0 after the first period and 4-1 after the second before allowing a third period comeback by the Red Wings to send the game to overtime and eventually a shootout. Jake Tesarowski and Michael McChesney scored in the shootout, as Bruins goalkeeper Matt Lukacs turned aside both shots he faced from Weyburn.
In regulation, Tesarowski, Zach Goberis, TJ Irey and Jerzy Martin scored, with Lukacs stopping 28 of 32 Weyburn shots.
With the Bruins needing only a pair of points to clinch the division, enter the Notre Dame Hounds.
The Hounds came to Affinity Place Tuesday on a 3-6-0-1 record in their last ten games and the Bruins a 3-1-1-0 record against them so far this season.
After the Hounds game, the Bruins play twice on the weekend – Friday in Weyburn and Saturday at Affinity Place against the Flin Flon Bombers.
A season-ending series against the Millionaires March 7 in Melville and March 9 at Affinity Place closes out the regular season.
