Catching Up With Former Bruins in Regina

Former Bruins |Troy Hunter (in front) and Joel Kot

It has been a quiet few days in Bruin land since the Bruins have been off since Wednesday's loss to the Yorkton Terriers. The Bruins took advantage of the week off by spending the weekend in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Bruins are back at practice tomorrow before spending the day in Carlyle on Tuesday as the Bruins host the Notre Dame Hounds on Wednesday night in Carlyle.

Like the Bruins, I had a couple of free days and after a busy week I mostly kicked back and relaxed. Although yesterday I spent the day in Regina where I watched the Riders get a win in their final home game of the season against the Hamilton Ti-Cats and then I watched the University of Regina Cougars lose to the UBC Thunderbirds 3-2 in overtime.


The Cougars feature three former Estevan Bruins, Troy Hunter and Joel Kot from last years team and Liam Brennan who played with the Bruins from 2007-09. Hunter and Brennan played on a line together, while Kot saw plenty of minutes on the blue line. None of the ex Bruins got on the score sheet, but Kot had a couple of chances, (actually one of his shots hit the goalie right in the mask which required some equipment repairs.) Hunter drew a penalty with some hard work late in the third but the Cougars were unable to connect on the powerplay.

I talked to all three ex-Bruins after the game and all of them are happy with things at Regina. The Cougars have spent a good chunk of the season on the road so I think all of the players are looking forward to spending some time at home.

I also spent some time talking to all three about Spectra Place and all of three have said they are hoping to make a trip to Estevan in the near future to get a first hand look at the new facility. All three also want to take a look at the Bruins dressing room and say hello to the man who made the dressing room possible, Gerry Aspen.

It was good seeing the former Bruin players and catching up with them and more importantly it was good to see the guys are enjoying the next stage of their hockey careers.