Bruins Open Spectra Place with 8-4 Win

It was a night everybody in Estevan will never forget, as the Bruins opened up the season and Spectra Place with a 8-4 win over the Melville Millionaires.

The crowd atmosphere was unbelievable, around 2000 people were expecting a great show and they weren't disappointed as the Bruins organization held a pregame ceremony which included a torch ceremony, it ended off with Estevan's Michael Hengen handing the torch to a couple of possible future Bruin players.

When the game got started, the Bruins powerplay went to work early as Calder Neufeld made history scoring the first goal in Spectra Place history at the 2:54 mark making it 1-0. Here's my first goal call in Spectra Place.

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Neufeld would add his second of the night making it 2-0 about 7 minutes later.
Ryan Ostertag extended the lead as he buried a goal top shelf to make the score 3-0. Melville would end the first period picking up two late goals to cut the lead 3-2 after one period of play.

In the second, the Bruins would regain a comfortable lead with goals from Matt Dochylo and Cole Olson.

Melville would make things interesting in the third with goals early in the period to cut the lead to 5-4, but Chris Daniels would put the game away half way thru the period.

Then the local talent would get involved as Tanner Froese and Taylor Reich scored 22 seconds apart to make the final 8-4.

Derek Tendler made 25 saves in the win.

Things I was impressed with tonight was the forwards, all of the four lines looked good for the Bruins, all of them are capable of playing in any type of situation. The Bruins top line of Neufeld, Olson and Smith continue to look great and proved the preseason was no fluke.

It may be only one game, but there's a lot to be happy about if you're a Bruins fan. After the game I caught up with Calder Neufeld and Keith Cassidy.

Calder Neufeld

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Keith Cassidy


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Also want to give a quick thank you for Denin Boesch for providing color commentary at the game, the Bruins rookie did a great job tonight and didn't look out of place.