The Estevan Sherritt Coal Peewee AA Bruins won the B final of a tournament that was played in Prince Albert from November 16 to 18.
Estevan opened the tournament with a 6-3 win over the Humboldt Broncos. Hayden Cutler scored three times in the victory. Cole Fonstad added two goals and Mason Strutt had the other tally.
An 8-5 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders in their second game sent the peewees to the B event. Fonstad scored three times in the win; Cutler and Colton Schell had the other goals.
Estevan defeated the Saskatoon Fury 3-2 in their first game in the B side. Fonstad, Jake Palmer and Ryder Pierson had the goals. The peewee Bruins continued to roll with a 5-3 win over the Warman Wildcats. Fonstad scored four times, and Mason Strutt also scored.
The Bruins captured the B event with an 8-3 win over the Raiders. Fonstad had a three-goal game for the second time in the tournament, while Hayden Cutler scored twice. Mason Benning, Dylan Hull and Jake Palmer were the other goal scorers.
Cody Levesque started in goal for the first game, and the final three games. Morgan Wanner started the second game; he and Levesque split goaltending duties for that contest.
Fonstad won player of the game awards in three of the games. Levesque was named top player in two contests, including the B final.
The Bruins will return to league action on November 24 and 25 when they visit the Moose Jaw Warriors.
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The Estevan TS&M Bantam AA Bruins dropped a pair of road games: 4-0 to the Moose Jaw Warriors on November 17, and 8-4 to the Swift Current Raiders on November 18.
Moose Jaw scored twice in each of the second and third periods. The Bruins had won the first two meetings with Moose Jaw this season.
Estevan trailed Swift Current 6-1 after two periods, but the bantam Bruins made the game interesting with three goals in the first nine minutes of the third. The Raiders scored twice late to dash Estevan's hope of a comeback.
Peyton Stevenson scored for Estevan in the second, and he had Estevan's second goal in the third period. Kolten Ganson and Jayden Davis also scored.
Carter Phair started against Moose Jaw, and he shared goaltending duties with Cameron Lavoie against Swift Current.
The bantams' record is 3-8. They will visit the Melville Millionaires on November 24.
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The Estevan Apex Midget AA Bruins also lost twice in league play – 5-3 to the Notre Dame Hounds on November 16 in Wilcox, and 6-5 to the Regina Flames the following day in Estevan.
Estevan led Notre Dame 2-1 after the first period on goals by Kyle Salaway and Jason Hengen, but the Hounds would score the next four goals to lead 5-2 by the midway mark of the third. Salaway added a second goal before the game was finished.
The midget AAs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period against the Flames, thanks to two goals by Blaine Herzberg and one by Preston Hutt. But the Flames scored twice late in the first, and once late in the second, to tie the game.
The teams traded goals to start the third period, with Mason Benning scoring for Estevan. But the Flames scored twice in the final 10 minutes. Dylan Lay scored for Estevan in the final minute.
Tanner Tytlandsvik started against the Hounds. Levi Eiteneier was in goal versus the Flames.
Estevan's record in league play is 4-4-4. They'll visit Notre Dame's Bantam Hounds on November 22, and host the Weyburn Wings on November 25. That game starts at 2 p.m.






