Bruins Open Playoffs With 2-1 Win over Kindersley.

The CanElson Drilling played a solid road game and it earned them a 1-0 lead in the Survivor Series.

Calder Neufeld has experienced a frustrating 20 year old season but the frustration was quickly erased when is wrist shot went off the Klippers Tyrell King's glove and in the net. Neufeld said at that stage of the game he was trying to just get a puck on the net and felt fortunate that one went in.

The first period had a slow choppy start and the flow didn't really pick up until the Bruins went on the powerplay. Cole Olson scored the first goal of the game on the Bruins first powerplay as he followed up his own rebound to give the Bruins the first lead. Olson almost made it 2-0 as he split the Klippers defence as put the puck through his legs but as he went for the deke on King, he managed to get the stick on Olson's backhand attempt.

With a minute remaining in the period it appeared that the Bruins were going on to the powerplay after the Klippers Beau Stewart slashed the Bruins Curtis Martinu, but instead the refs called David Robertson with the slashing penalty giving the Klippers the powerplay. With 50 seconds left in the first the Klippers Giovanni Bombini got his backhand past Curtis Martinu to tie the game at 1-1.

There was no scoring in the second period but the story was the Bruins powerplay. The Bruins had to kill off four penalties and including essentially a six minute powerplay with Hudson Morrison taking a four minute penalty right after a Robertson penalty. The Bruins were able to limit the Klippers chances and Martinu came up with a big save when called upon.

In the third period, the Bruins dominated the Klippers with the majority of the play in the period inside of Kindersley's zone. The Bruins only allowed Kindersley two shots in the third period and did a great job of controlling the puck after Neufeld's goal.

With the win, the Bruins now have home ice advantage and a win tonight means the Bruins will have two chances to finish off the series at home ice.

You can catch tonight's game on CJ1280 beginning at 5:45.

After the game Neufeld comments on the win.