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The first day of 2019 wasn’t a kind one to the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins, who lost a 6-1 blowout to the Weyburn Red Wings in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League action.

Down 2-0 early in the second period to the 11th best team in a 12-team league, the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins weren’t about to let the score dictate the game against the Weyburn Red Wings Sunday.

The Carlyle PureChem Cougars may not have made it very easy on themselves but they are picking up wins and putting some distance between themselves and the pack at the Christmas break in the Big Six Hockey League.

The midget AA Apex Bruins (12-8-1-0) made it a bit dramatic, but their two wins over the weekend were oh, so sweet.

Estevan’s female hockey players got some Saskatchewan Female Hockey League games in just before the Christmas break.

Weyburn Gold Wings player Sierra Meroniuk passed the puck from behind the net to Dakota Bowler in front who then scored the game's first goal, in the Gold Wings game versus Melville on Dec. 21 at Crescent Point Place, with Payton Mabee looking on.

The first half of 2018 was full of the kind of sports news that would have people talking all year.

Submitted by Nicole Currie The Cougars hosted the Carnduff Red Devils on the 14 th . They had hoped to have the same outcome as their meeting in Carnduff in November, but it turned out to go the other way.

The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs senior boys basketball team had a fair bit of success last weekend once again as they went 4-1 in five games in a tournament in Brandon, Man.

Players from the Weyburn Red Wings, Ben Hiltz, Todd Johnson and Rhett Frey, met with Rod Pedersen, who stopped in Weyburn on Thursday with copies of “Heart and Soul of the SJHL”.