The CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins didn't have the bounces go their way as they were defeated by the Weyburn Red Wings 3-0 and now trail 2-0 in their Sherwood Conference Semi-Finals.
The Bruins had plenty of jump out of the gates early on in the first period as they played with plenty of physicality, players like Tyler Kauk, Josh Jelinski, and others were finishing their in an attempts to set a tone early in the contest.
The first goal was halfway through the first period, the puck was on the mesh in behind Steven Glass and Keegan Bruce managed to knock the puck off and put the puck in behind of Glass to make it a 1-0 game after the first period. The Bruins almost tied the game up as Austin Yano hit the post with one second left in the period.
In the second period, the Bruins made one mistake as Jesse Ross snuck in behind the play and caught a breakaway pass and beat Glass to extend the Red Wings lead 2-0. Late in the period with the Bruins looking for a spark, Calder Neufeld dropped the mitts against Wilkinson and on his first punch Neufeld knocked Wilkinson's visor off, Neufeld managed to win the fight in hopes of sparking of a late rally by the Riders.
In the third period, the Bruins had 14 shots on net but couldn't get one past the Red Wings Mitch Kilgore. Ryan Whitell added an empty netter for the Red Wings as they went on to win 3-0 over the Bruins.
The series will now shift to Weyburn for Game 3 tomorrow night and you can catch the game on CJ1280 and discoverestevan.com beginning at 7:15.
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