Hounds Use Powerplay To Get Past Bruins

Power plays proved to be the biggest difference in the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins 4-3 loss to the Notre Dame Hounds in Wilcox.

The Bruins opened up the scoring in the first period with Roger Tagoona creating a turnover in the neutral zone which lead to a 2 on 1 with Nick Weiss. Weiss managed to sneak a shot past the Hounds Ty Reichenbach to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.

The Hounds tied the game early in the second period as tne Hounds Ryan Donovan buried a rebound shot past Travis Pelletier to tie the game at 1-1. The Hounds would gain the lead in the second as Kale Derkson was able to use his skate and deflect the puck past Pelletier to give the Hounds a lead. The Bruins thought the goal was kicked in but after conference with the referees, it was ruled a legal goal. With less than two minutes Austin Daae's aggressive fore-checking created a turnover inside of the Hounds, after a pass bounced off Tanner Froese's stick Cole Olson would take the loose puck and sneak a backhand shot into the net to tie the game at 2-2 after 40 minutes.

In the third period a couple of penalties came back to haunt the Bruins. Hudson Morrison was ejected from the game after he took a checking from behind penalty. The Hounds took advantage as the puck bounced off Travis Pelletier into the slot and Mitch Boucher fired the loose puck past Pelletier to give the Hounds a 3-2. With about nine minutes remaining in the period, the Bruins Tyler Paslawski was called for a carrying the puck and the Hounds got another opportunity with the extra man advantage. On the power play Brennan Kuse's point shot got past a Pelletier who didn't see the puck to give the Hounds an insurance goal. But the Bruins didn't go down without a fight as Tyler Paslawski got a Darcy DeRoose buried a shot inside the slot with 1:46 remaining to cut the deficit to 4-3. But the Bruins didn't get a chance for a 6 on 5 advantage as Nick Weiss was called for an elbowing penalty with a minute remaining. The Bruins weren't able to score on the 5 on 5 situation as the Hounds held on to a 4-3 win.


The Bruins now fall behind eight points behind the Hounds for third place in the Sherwood Conference and remain in a tie for fourth with Kindersley. The Bruins and Klippers will meet in their first meeting of the season when the two teams on Friday night at Spectra Place with an opening faceoff at 7:30. The next Bruins game on CJ1280 and discoverestevan.com is next Wednesday in Melville beginning at 7:20.