A challenging northern road swing was not kind to the Estevan TS&M Bruins on the weekend.
The bantam AA squad lost all three games on the trip. It began Friday with a 3-2 loss to the Humboldt Broncos, who are in last place in the 17-team Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League. On Saturday, the Bruins lost 3-0 to the Sask Valley Vipers, and on Sunday they were defeated 7-2 by the North East Wolfpack.
The Bruins (7-13-3) are in eighth place in the SBAAHL's South Division.
On Sunday, against the 17-3-2 Wolfpack in Tisdale, the Bruins scored first but the edge didn't last long.
J.J. Holma got the Bruins on the board about seven minutes into the game.
But the Wolfpack responded in kind, with three goals before the buzzer.
Kris Bzdel tied the game 46 seconds later, and he scored again at the 13-minute mark.
Jordan Borstmayer added another marker with 55 seconds left in the period.
The Wolfpack continued their attack in the second frame, with Boedy Donald and Kyle Njaa scoring goals in the first six minutes of the period.
Mitchell Morrison got one back for the Bruins at 14:38 of the period, but it wasn't enough.
Borstmayer gave the Wolfpack a 6-2 lead less than two minutes later, and he added another goal in the third period for a hat trick.
On Saturday, the Vipers (11-9-3) blanked the Bruins in Warman.
After a scoreless first period, Dayton Brown gave Sask Valley the lead five minutes into the second period.
Carson Albrecht and Scotty Stewart added markers in the third.
On Friday, against the 2-18-3 Broncos, the Bruins couldn't emerge with a win despite outshooting Humboldt 50-27.
That included a 21-7 edge in the third period.
Humboldt had the only goal in the first two periods, with Reagan Poncelet putting them on top four minutes into the middle stanza.
Peyton Stevenson tied the game for the Bruins only 77 seconds into the third period.
Poncelet scored a second go-ahead goal midway through the period though, and Maguire Blair gave the hosts some breathing room with seven minutes to play.
Kolten Ganson drew the Bruins within one with four minutes left in regulation, but that was as close as they would get.
The Bruins will be busy again this week. They visit the Notre Dame Hounds on Thursday and return home on the weekend for two more games.
On Saturday, the Bruins will host the Yorkton Terriers at 1:15 p.m. They will face the Hounds the next day at noon. Both games are at Spectra Place.
