Although they won't get a crack at a league championship this year, the Estevan TS&M Bruins will still be playing a final.
The team has advanced to the consolation final in the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League after taking care of the Regina Monarchs in two games in the consolation semis.
The Bruins will face a familiar rival in the Weyburn Wings in the final, which began last night with Game 1 in Weyburn. Game 2 had not been scheduled as of press time.
To get to the consolation final, the Bruins dumped the Monarchs 8-5 on March 10 and 5-2 on Saturday.
In Game 2 in Regina, the Bruins scored three unanswered goals in the third period to pull away with the series victory.
After a scoreless first period, Jayden Davis got Estevan on the board at the six-minute mark of the second.
Regina's Daniel Wasylyshyn evened it up with a power play marker later in the period.
Three minutes later, Josh Skjonsby scored shorthanded to put the Bruins back on top.
The Monarchs tied it again seven minutes into the third with their second power play goal, courtesy of Carter Shewchuk.
The Bruins then rattled off three straight goals to take control of the game, starting with Skjonsby's second of the game three minutes later.
Hunter Piche gave the visitors some insurance with 7:39 to play, and Brayden Pachal closed out the scoring with 65 seconds left in regulation.
Ethan Veroba was in goal for the Bruins.
In the series opener at Affinity Place, the teams swapped goals all night in a wide open affair.
Goals by Piche and Preston Brodziak gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead after the first period, with Taylor Gervais scoring for the Monarchs.
Estevan grabbed a 5-3 edge after 40 minutes. Cole Fonstad, Hayden Cutler and Ryder Pierson supplied the team's attack in the second period, with Dyson Nordwick-Chan and Matthew Tress responding for Regina.
In the third, Pierson and Fonstad each added their second of the night, while Pachal also scored, as Shewchuk and Gervais countered for the Capitals.
Jeremy Dumaine was in goal for the Bruins, who were outshot 25-22.
