It was an up and down kind of weekend for the Westmoreland Bruins in their opening pair of games in the South Saskatchewan Peewee AA Hockey League.
The Bruins won 7-3 Saturday over Moose Jaw but lost 10-4 to the Yorkton Terriers.
Saturday afternoon against the Moose Jaw Warriors, the Bruins struck early and often, soaring out to a 5-1 lead after the first 40 minutes.
“We got the pucks to the net and we capitalized on our opportunities,” said Bruins coach Kris Hollingshead.
The Bruins got four goals and an assist from Carson Birnie, and singles from Jordan Marcotte, Shaun Von Sprecken and Tate Kasick. Emmett McCarthy had three assists and Chloe Sorenson was in net for the win.
Sunday, the result wasn't quite what the Bruins were hoping for. They got on the scoreboard on the power play with a goal by Marcotte just as the period expired but went into the dressing room down 3-1. McCarthy, Birnie and Ty Hoste each scored second period goals for the Bruins.
Tallan Howie took the loss in net.
“It was a little different (Sunday),” Hollingshead said. “We struggled and got into penalty trouble. We had trouble picking up loose pucks in front of their net. They did a good job covering up their rebounds and tying up our sticks. We just couldn't do the same in front of our net.”
The team went down to Yorkton early but came back to within a goal on a couple of occasions, meaning there is some comeback ability in this team.
“We came out hard and fast and then we kind of got deflated again in the second part of the second period,” Hollingshead said. “The wheels just kind of fell off and we couldn't get any momentum in the third.”
The Bruins have a tournament in Yorkton this weekend and a tournament at home the following weekend. Their next home league action is Oct. 28-29 with a pair of home games against the Weyburn Red Wings.
