The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins secured five of eight possible points during a four-game road trip through the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's (SJHL) Sherwood Division.
The Bruins opened the road trip with a 4-3 loss to the Melfort Mustangs on Wednesday night. Then they responded with a 4-3 overtime win on Thursday night against the Flin Flon Bombers.
Two nights later, the Black and Gold pulled out a 5-4 shootout win against the La Ronge Ice Wolves. And then on Sunday night, the Bruins lost 5-4 in overtime to the Nipawin Hawks.
In the Melfort game, Jerzy Martin, Kaelan Holt and Zach Goberis scored for the Bruins. Martin's goal was his first in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
Also in the Melfort game, Lampman's Colton Schell, who skates with the Tisdale Trojans midget AAA hockey team, made his SJHL debut as a callup for the Mustangs.
Arthur Miller scored twice, including the winning goal with 26 seconds to play in overtime, in the win over Flin Flon. Johnny Witzke and Jake Fletcher had the other goals for Estevan.
Estevan had a 4-2 lead through 40 minutes against the Ice Wolves, but gave up two in the third. After overtime solved nothing, Goberis scored the winner in the shootout.
Holt had two goals in the victory. Goberis and Michael McChesney also scored.
Nipawin scored twice early on Sunday, but goals by Holt, Miller and Goberis in the final four minutes of the first gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead. The Hawks tallied twice in the third to take the lead, but Hayden Guilderson's goal with 81 seconds to play tied the game.
Kenzie Arnold's goal 34 seconds into overtime lifted the Hawks to victory.
Matt Lukacs was in goal against Melfort and Nipawin. Maxim Sidelnik was in goal versus the Bombers and the Ice Wolves.
Defenceman Jake Tesarowski played all four games for the Bruins, after the Black and Gold acquired him from the Melville Millionaires for a third round pick last week. Tesarowski was a prospect for the Bruins who played games as a midget callup in 2014 and 2015, but ultimately decided to play junior hockey elsewhere, until the Bruins reacquired his rights. Tesarowski had two points in four games on the road trip.
The Bruins record is 14-6-2, which leaves them first in the Viterra Division. The Weyburn Red Wings are two points back, and have a game in hand.
The Black and Gold will host the Battlefords North Stars on Friday night and the Humboldt Broncos on Saturday. Both games start at 7:30 p.m.
