The Estevan Bruins will be looking to get back to their winning ways when they host the Kindersley Klippers tonight at Spectra Place, the Bruins have lost their last two games including a 5-2 loss to Kindersley last Saturday.
The Bruins hopes of finishing third in the conference were all but wiped away on Wednesday when they were shut out by the Yorkton Terriers 3-0. The one bright spot for the Bruins in the loss was Steven Glass who made 40 saves in the loss. If any team is expected to make a run in the post season they need a hot goalie and ever since Glass returned from his knee injury last week he has regained his form from early in December when he stole back to back games on the road in Yorkton and Melville. Glass numbers may not be among in the top ten in the SJHL but there should be no doubt that Glass is among the elite goaltenders in the SJHL and he has the ability to steal a series for the Bruins down the road.
With the Bruins likely headed for the Survivor Series against the Notre Dame Hounds in two weeks time, the biggest thing for the Bruins is to head into the series playing good hockey. The Bruins have shown flashes of the play throughout the last month but now it's time for the Bruins to turn the corner and put together a string of solid games together.
The Bruins were without Austin Yano, Taylor Reich and Eric Baldwin on Wednesday and out of those three players I would expect that Yano would have the best shot of getting back into the lineup since he was out with an illness. Reich was going to see a specialist on his shoulder yesterday while Baldwin still has a nagging ankle injury.
The Bruins have gone 3-1-1 against the Klippers this season and will be looking to regain the scoring ability they showed against the Klippers on Jan.20 when they scored 6 goals in the first period on their way to a 8-1 win over Kindersley.
You can catch the game on CJ1280 and discoverestevan.com beginning at 7:20 with the pregame show. Former Bruin, Lucas Stubel will be joining me in the booth tonight. And just a reminder the remainder of the Bruins games will be on air for the rest of the season.
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