The Estevan Bruins will head to Yorkton for Game 1 tonight.
The Bruins are coming off a hard fought Survivor Series win over the Melville Millionaires, while the Yorkton Terriers have been off since February 19. The Bruins have played 7 games since the Terriers last played.
Will fatigue be a factor for the Bruins, or will the Terriers be rusty? I'll ask both coaches their thoughts on the subject and I'm sure I'm going to get 2 different answers.
Troy Hunter was the star of the Survivor Series, picking up 9 points and providing strong physical play. Can Hunter keep it up this series? And who will the Terriers use to matchup with the Hunter-Cross-Anderson(or Jelinski) line. It could be healthy Blaine Tendler, provided he's healthy.
Yorkton has 2 solid lines and the Bruins defence will have to make sure they play turnover free hockey. If Dominic Perrault and Matt Szpak carry over their strong play from the Survivor Series that could become a manageable task.
Devin Peters has battled some injury troubles down the stretch, but with 2 weeks off you almost have to think he would be ready for Game 1 tonight.
One prediction I'll make for this series is that it will last at least 6 games no matter who wins.
We'll have the game one on CJ1280 and discoverestevan.com beginning at 7:15..Joel Danyluk is the guest in the first intermission and in the 2nd intermission it will be Yorkton/Melville play by play man Craig Stein. I almost want to call Craig the 2nd voice of the Bruins, he's called 8 games of the Bruins over the last 2.5 weeks.
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