The young guns for the Estevan Bruins were the difference in their 3-1 win over the Weyburn Red Wings Saturday night at Spectra Place.
Tanner Froese opened the scoring in the first period at the 12:29 mark to give the Bruins the lead. Ben Johnstone followed that up with a memorable shift as he delivered a punishing hip check to Jack Kennelly and moments later buried a shot top shelf to make it 2-0 for the Bruins.
Taylor Reich scored 28 seconds into the second to give the Bruins a 3-0 lead. Coltyn Sanderson scored late in the second to make the score 3-1 which proved to be the final.
Steven Glass made 27 saves for the win, and all night Glass looked calm, cool and collected. He had no trouble moving side to side, and was picking up the puck well all night as he didn't look like he was out of position. With another home and home set on the way with Yorkton, I wouldn't be surprised to see Tendler and Glass split the two games.
Ben Johnstone played his best game in his brief SJHL career, Johnstone was a physical presence all night, along with the hip check I mentioned earlier, one of Johnstone's hits knocked out a piece of the glass at the penalty box.
Another line that showed a lot of good things was the Dochylo-Jelinski-Reich line , Jelinski and Dochylo are two of the hardest workers in the SJHL, and Reich will be among those ranks one day. All night they outworked the Red Wings, Dochylo also set up Reich for a goal, and if Bruins Head Coach Keith Cassidy elects to keep these three together, they could cause a lot of problems for other SJHL teams.
The Bruins will now move into another home and home set, this time with the Yorkton Terriers.
After the game I had a chance to chat with Steven Glass who picked up his third win of the season.
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