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By Mat Barrett

Back and Forth

Mustangs and Bruins live up to hype in Estevan

Oct 17, 2021 | 12:23 PM

Friday saw what was arguably the Game of the Weekend in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) as the early-season-favorite Estevan Bruins battled the first-place Melfort Mustangs.

The Mustangs took the back and forth affair by a 5-4 score in a game that could have gone either way at any point in the contest. Mustangs head coach Trevor Blevins after their tough loss to Battlefords a few nights prior, and giving up a few tough goals in this contest, it was nice to see his team battle.

“Everyone responded at certain points in the game,” he said. “It was good to see the mental toughness of the group and battle through in a tough game and found a way to get two points.”

Estevan opened the scoring just a minute into the hockey game thanks to Cody Davis. However, Melfort responded with a pair of goals before the 10-minute mark. Alex Moar’s first, and Liam McInnis’ second gave the Mustangs a 2-1 lead. Mark Rumsey got the game back to all-square for Estevan just before the end of the stanza.

Carter Anderson gave Melfort the lead about nine minutes into the second period, and Boston Maxwell would make it 4-2 about 14 minutes in. Although the Bruins were not going away without a fight as Kade Runke made it 4-3 less than 40 seconds later and it was a one-goal game after 2.

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Mikol Sartor tied things up for the Bruins early in the third, and Blevins said for the Mustangs, they weren’t worried at that point.

“There was no panic on the bench, which was huge,” Blevins said. “It was just a matter of sticking with it.”

The Mustangs remain in first place in the SJHL with the win and are now 8-2-0-1. They will be in Weyburn on Saturday night for a meeting with the Red Wings. Mat Barrett will have the play-by-play starting at 7:15 with the pregame show.

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