Bruins Beat Hounds 7-2

Estevan Bruins used the powerplay to their full advantage last night as they defeated the Notre Dame Hounds 7-2. The Bruins went 4 for 8 on the extra man advantage.

The Bruins started off slow as they trailed 1-0 halfway through the first with Dayton Shaw scoring on the powerplay for Notre Dame.

The Bruins would respond with a pair of goals in a 36 second span, on the powerplay, Cole Olson gave Calder Neufeld a perfect pass in front and Neufeld scored his 21st goal of the season to tie the game at 1-1. The following Taylor Reich chased down the puck, and buried it underneath Hound's goalie Ty Reichenbach to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes.

Notre Dame tied the game early in the second as Brandon Kuse fired a shot past Steven Glass to tie the game at 2-2. But the Bruins got the lead back 55 seconds later, as Ryan Ostertag got around Hounds d-man Carson Grolla and the buried a backhand shot top shelf and gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead.

The Hounds fell into penalty trouble in the second, they got a pair of penalties on the same play and the Bruins took advantage as Ostertag gave a pass to Michael Hengen in front and Hengen scored his first goal since last October to give the Bruins a 4-2 lead.

1:58 later the Bruins were on the powerplay again and Cole Olson knocked in a bouncing puck make it 5-2 after two periods of play.

The Bruins would put the game to ice in the third as Austin Yano scored his 5th goal of the season on the extra man advantage and Ostertag would put the finishing touches with his 8th of the season to make the final 7-2.

Steven Glass has a solid game making 34 saves for the victory. The Bruins have now scored 33 goals against the Hounds in their four victories.

The Bruins will move on to face the Kindersley Klippers Friday night at Spectra Place with an opening faceoff at 7:30.