The peewee A Prairie Mud Bruins came back late Sunday night from Prince Albert with some hardware that made the long trip home enjoyable.
The peewees captured the A final on Sunday over the home team Prince Albert Rangers. In the A final the Bruins took the lead half way through the first period with a goal by Brennen Stubel.
From there the Bruins didn’t look back adding goals in the second and third periods by Ethan Bill, Kaleb Bechtold and Jayden Dudas, with assists coming from Zac Ashworth and Brennen Stubel.
Bruin goalie Drew Fenwick allowed just one goal in the final game.
The Bruins went 1-0-1 in round robin play in the 18 team tournament.
The Bruins first played the Prince Albert Canadians running away with a 5-2 win.
On Saturday the Bruins played their second round robin game against the Saskatoon Renegade Rampage to a 4-4 tie.
In the first playoff game Saturday afternoon they faced the Wynyard Monarchs and opened the scoring early with two quick goals by Ashworth, and Dudas. The Bruins would go on to add four more in the 6-1 victory.
In the quarter-final match up the Bruins facing the Canadians for the second time in the tournament and came away with a 5-3 win.
The semifinal saw the Bruins face off against the Prince Albert Sharks, which proved to be a good test for the Bruins.
The Bruins trailed 1-0 after the first, and then at the start of the second period the Bruins broke out with two quick goals. The Sharks didn’t roll over putting three more goals past Bruin net minder Logan Nagel, sending the Bruins going into the third period down 4-2.
In the third period the Bruins were led by Ashworth and Ethan Bill who tied it up.
Late in the first overtime Trey Wahl would get his second goal of the game on his own rebound to send the Bruins to the A final.
The Bruins’s next action will be provincial A playoffs starting Feb. 21 in Weyburn. Game 2 is in Estevan Feb. 28 at Affinity Place starting at noon.
