WEYBURN - The Weyburn Red Wings split their home-and-home preseason series with their Highway 39 rivals, the Estevan Bruins, winning 4-1 at home on Friday, then losing 3-2 in overtime in Estevan on Saturday.
The Red Wings will now prepare for their season-opening home-and-home series with the Yorkton Terriers, playing in Yorkton on Friday, Sept. 20, then hosting their season home opener on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 2 p.m.
The home opener will feature a barbecue tailgate party, with the barbecue and bouncy houses starting at 11:30 a.m., with $2 hot dogs and drinks, and after the game, a skate with the Wings at 4:30 p.m.
The first 100 fans in the door will get team swag, and there will be $5 beer for the whole game.
In Friday night’s win over the Bruins, Keenan Ingram scored twice in the first period. His first goal was assisted by Jonah Bierd and Lucas Schmid, and the second goal, near the end of the period, was assisted by Samuel Masse and Felix LaFlamme.
Luke Dekay scored in the second period, assisted by Carson Castro, and Liam Donovan scored at the halfway point in the period from Ingram and Ty McKay. The Bruins scored their lone goal in the third period.
Angelo Zol handled the goaltending duties for the game, and he made 26 saves on 27 shots on net.
On Saturday, the Bruins opened the scoring in the first period, and added one more in the second, then the Red Wings tied the game.
Bierd scored, assisted by Jase McNichol and Braigh LeGrandeur, then Connor Frost scored, assisted by McNichol and Blake Betson. Estevan scored at 3:17 of the overtime period to claim the win.
Dazza Mitchell was in net for the full game, making 30 saves on 33 shots on net.
