The Estevan Sherritt Coal Bruins have advanced to the second round of the playoffs after taking care of the Moose Jaw Warriors in two straight games.
The peewee AA team defeated the Warriors 5-2 in the second game of their first-round best-of-three series on Saturday in Moose Jaw.
Estevan now faces the Yorkton Terriers, who finished atop the South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League standings this season.
Having edged the Warriors 4-3 in the series opener on March 1, the Bruins started Game 2 on the right track, building a 3-0 lead by the midpoint of the second period.
Cole Brooks opened the scoring with 15 seconds left in the first period with a power play goal.
Kersey Reich extended the Bruins' lead with two goals in the second, one of them coming 68 seconds in.
Moose Jaw got on the scoreboard late in the period, with Reece Newkirk scoring on a power play to make it 3-1.
Estevan's Tristan Seeman scored two minutes into the third to put the Bruins ahead by three again, while Dawson Schaff's power play marker with 10 minutes left gave them a 5-1 lead.
The Warriors' second goal came with 2:36 left in regulation, courtesy of Benjamin Wourms-Rowe.
Bryson Garton was in goal for the Bruins, while Peyton Shotter and Bryan Thomson split time between the pipes for Moose Jaw.
The Bruins, who finished in fourth place in the regular season, now face a familiar foe in the Terriers. Yorkton finished 22 points ahead of Estevan in the regular season.
The series begins on Thursday in Yorkton. Game 2 is on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium. The third game had not been scheduled as of press time.
