Bruins Win 4th Straight Against Melville 4-1

Austin Yano provided the spark the Estevan Bruins needed as they beat the Melville Millionaires 4-1.

The first 40 minues of the game featured excellent goaltending by the Bruins Derek Tendler and Melville's Alex Wakaluk as both goalies kept the game scoreless through the first 20 minutes with each goalie making 9 saves in the first period.

It appeared the second would be like the first as it remained scoreless until 4 minutes remaining Allen Killback took a funny bounce of the backglass and did a wraparound and beat Tendler to grab a 1-0 lead.

Keith Cassidy shook up the Bruins lines in the third period, but it was Defenceman Austin Yano tied the game up as he went coast to coast undressing a Millionaire d-man and then deked out Wakaluk to tie the game at 1-1.

At 6:35 mark the Bruins would take the lead as Dominic Perrault's shot was knocked down in front by Taylor Reich who took the puck and found the back of the net to make it 2-1.

With 1:38 remaining the Bruins would put the game away as Josh Jelinski took advantage of a turnover and buried it top shelf to give the Bruin a 3-1 lead. With one minute remaining Reich would pick up his second of the night to make the final 4-1.

Derek Tendler made 28 saves for the win as he moves to 4-3 on the season.


After the game I talked to Yano and of course we had to talk about that unbelievable goal.

  Austinyanooct18 by blaineweyland


The 1993 year old Bruins continued to take a bigger role with the team as Taylor Reich found the scoresheet while Ben Johnstone and Tyler Kauk provided plenty of physical play. Kauk actually provided two hits in about 5 seconds although he did get called on the last one.

Derek Whitehill didn't get on the scoresheet, but I thought he played an excellent game providing plenty of agressive forechecking inside of the Mils end which created many turnovers throughout the night.

I've said before the stats don't reflect Derek Tendler's impact on the Bruins in the early part of the season, but Tendler played great making 28 saves in the win. Tendler looked comfortable throughout the night and it also helps the Bruins defensive play continues to improve.

Eric Baldwin and Calder Neufeld were held out of the lineup, but both players are hopeful they will be back in the lineup for Friday's game against La Ronge.