Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Bruins vs Terriers Preview

The  Estevan Bruins will wrap up the month of October with the team they played the most the Yorkton Terriers. 

Tonight's matchup with Yorkton will be the fourth meeting this month, the Terriers opened up the month with back to back wins against the Bruins, but Estevan rebounded in their latest contest on Sunday October 16, as the Bruins pulled out a 3-1 win in the SJHL Showcase. 

The Bruins are on a roll right now they picked up wins in six out of their last seven games, and sit on top of the Sherwood Conference with a 12-6 record with Weyburn right behind the Bruins with a 10-6 record. 

 Calder Neufeld continued his strong play as he scored another hat trick, his third of the season in the Bruins 9-2 win over Notre Dame. Neufeld leads the SJHL with 18 goals this season. Neufeld's linemate Dylan Smith sits on top of the points race in the SJHL with 31 points. 

The Bruins will be without Michael Hengen tonight as he continues to sit out with knee injury, he should be back in the Bruins lineup next week after suffering a knee injury last week. Matt Brykaliuk will be questionable after taking a hit to the head last night. 

After tonight, the Bruins will be off until next Wednesday when they face the Notre Dame Hounds in Carlyle.

In other news, the Bruins Tanner Froese and Matt Brykaliuk were on the Team West World Junior A Selection Camp roster that was announced today. Josh Roach and Riley Kieser of the Humboldt Broncos were the only SJHL players that were selected to the roster.

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