Bruins End 2011 In Defeat

It was a tough lesson last night for the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins as they ended off 2011 with a 6-1 loss to the Weyburn Red Wings.

The bounces went Weyburn's way right from the opening faceoff as a bad bounce for the Bruins lead to Keegan Bruce on a clear breakaway and Bruce scored to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead 13 seconds into the first period.

The Bruins would respond with chances over the next few minutes, but couldn't get anything past the Red Wing's Mitch Kilgore. With just over 5 minutes remaining, the Red Wings would score a pair of goals in a 39 second span as Ryan Whitell and Lane Harbor scored for the Red Wings, as they skated in to the locker room with a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes.

Weyburn went back to work early in the second as Miguel Pereria took advantage of a turnover and buried it top shelf to extend the Red Wings lead to 4-0.

Later in the second period, Jesse Ross added his 29th goal of the season on a breakaway, Whitell added his second goal of the night late in the second period to give the Red Wings a commanding 6-0 advantage.

Late in the second, the Bruins Cole Olson found Tanner Froese in front and he scored to get the  Bruins on the scoreboard as they trailed 6-1 after two periods.

Neither team scored in the third period, as both teams will have a day off before meeting back in Estevan on New Year's Day at Spectra Place. You can catch the game on CJ1280 and Discoverestevan.com beginning at 2:50.

The Alumni game between the Bruins and Red Wings will start the festivities at 1:00.