The Estevan Apex midget AA Bruins got a pair of very different results from road games on the weekend.
The Bruins lost 3-2 in Wilcox to the Notre Dame Hounds Friday night and then took the Yorkton Terriers easily with a 9-1 win in Yorkton in South Saskatchewan Midget AA Hockey League action.
Friday, Tanner Stovin scored 13:25 into the first period to tie the game up and the second period was scoreless. At 14:14 of the third, Tristan Seeman scored to give the Bruins a brief lead but the Hounds responded 31 seconds later to tie the game. With only 54 seconds left, Notre Dame’s Keegan Willier-Ferguson broke the tie and gave the Hounds the win.
The Bruins were outshot 39-21 in the game, including 13-2 in the third period. Zane Winter stopped 36 shots in the loss.
Saturday was a much different story as the Bruins slowly took over the game on the scoresheet before exploding for five goals in the third period. Kelby Widenmaier, Dalton Schrader, Trey Stovin and Jared Fornwald each scored for Estevan in the first 40 minutes as the Bruins assumed a 4-0 lead. In the third, Chase Gedak scored a pair, Widenmaier scored his second and Joey Meredith and Kieran Stewart each scored singles to salt away the game for the Bruins.
Schrader and Gedak each had three assists in the game.
The Bruins outshot the Terriers 41-36 in the game. Winter stopped 35 shots in the win.
The next league game for the Bruins is Friday in Regina against the Capitals and their next home game is Nov. 4 at home to the Moose Jaw Warriors. Gametime is 5:15 p.m. at Affinity Place.
