ESTEVAN - It's been a great start to the 2023-24 regular season for the Estevan Primec Controls Canada U13 AA Bruins.
The Bruins opened the season on Oct. 8 with a 6-2 victory over the Weyburn Wings. Owen Light, Ethan Phillips and Holt Crossman scored in the opening 11 minutes of the game to give Estevan a 3-0 lead. Cooper Hale had the lone goal in the second, and Crossman and Light each added their second of the game in the third.
Light added two assists for a four-point game, and Tayson Tangjerd had three assists.
Joseph Hozjan made 23 saves in the victory.
The Bruins then won two straight on the road, starting with a 7-4 victory over the Lumsden-Bethune Lions on Oct. 13. Crossman, Light, Hale and Tangjerd each scored in the opening 9:35 of the game to give the Bruins a 4-1 lead.
The Lions struck for two later in the frame, but goals by Hale in the second and Light and Phillips in the third dashed any hope of a Lions' comeback.
Light added two assists for Estevan.
Hozjan stopped 33 shots in the win.
The final game was an 8-3 victory at Weyburn on Sunday. Penn Tytlandsvik, Hale and Lucas Singleton scored in the first, and then Bentley Hebert and Tangjerd had goals in the second. Weyburn made it 5-3 at one point, but goals by Tangjerd, Light and Hale put the game away.
Hale added two assists for a four-point game.
Cruz Carter made 22 saves for the win.
Estevan will visit the Regina Blues on Oct. 21.
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The Estevan TS&M U15 AA Bruins went 1-1 in two games in northern Saskatchewan.
The first was a 9-2 win over the Warman Wildcats on Oct. 13. Boston Tait had three goals and an assist to lead Estevan's attack. Cayden Snell and Seth Franklin each scored twice, while Ryder Singleton and Nathan Gardiner also scored.
Brayden Clay had 23 saves in the victory.
The other game was a 16-6 loss to the Martensville Marauders – a game that saw Martensville score nine times in the second period.
Jayden Chernoff scored twice, while Tait, Singleton, Snell and Broden Henry also scored.
Clay and Quintin Sliva shared goaltending duties for Estevan.
Dade Wotherspoon had four goals and seven assists for Martensville, who had four players with at least six points.
The Bruins have another road trip coming up, as they will visit the Saskatoon Bandits on Oct. 21 and the Saskatoon Generals the following day.
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The Estevan Apex U18 AA Bruins battled the Prairie Storm to a 1-1 tie on Oct. 15 at Affinity Place.
Lucas Campbell had Estevan's lone goal, scoring on a power play with 13:20 to play in the second period.
Jaxon Kuchinka made 16 saves for Estevan in the draw. The Bruins outshot the Storm 44-17.
The Bruins will visit the Regina Rangers on Oct. 18, and the Moose Jaw Warriors on Oct. 21 and 22.
