After a trying season, the Estevan TS&M Bruins’ season ended with a two-game sweep at the hands of the Weyburn Wings in Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League action last week.
The Bruins lost 4-1 at Affinity Place Tuesday night and then 4-3 in Weyburn Thursday night in their first round matchup.
Mason Fichter’s goal at 7:05 of the second period Tuesday brought the Bruins to within one but the Wings’ offensive pressure continued as the team got a power play goal late to restore their two-goal lead. The Wings also scored in the middle of the next period to give themselves a 4-1 lead.
Zane Winter stopped 36 shots in the Estevan net while the Bruins fired only 19 shots at Weyburn.
Thursday in Weyburn was a closer affair with the teams trading goals in the second period. Kieran Stewart, Mason Kukura and Nathan Wagstaff each scored for Estevan, but it was Weyburn’s Dallen Oxelgren’s goal 44 seconds into the third period that won the game for the Wings. Winter played the entire game in net, stopping 30 shots as the shot clock was much a much more even 34-33 in favour of the Wings.
