COTE FIRST NATIONS - The Estevan Bruins dropped their third straight game on Friday night in a 5-2 loss to the Yorkton Terriers at the Côté First Nations.
Kent Moors opened the scoring for the Bruins with a short-handed goal 6:45 into the first period. Quinn Tavender tied the game a few minutes later, and he also had the lone goal of the second period to give the Terriers a 2-1 advantage.
Moors notched his second of the game on a power play 20 seconds into the third period. But Vinay Junek scored what proved to be the winner 8:09 into the third on a Yorkton power play, and the Terriers pulled away in the final minute, with Dustin Renas scoring into an empty net with 51 seconds to play, and Tylan Henrikson finished the scoring in the final second during another Terriers' power play.
Benjamin Polhill made 23 saves for Estevan, including several spectacular stops to keep the game close. Callum Creig had 25 stops for Yorkton.
An announced crowd of 659 people attended the game, which was played in the new arena at the First Nations, located north of Kamsack. The rink opened in the spring.
Estevan (4-6-1-1) will host the Melville Millionaires on Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. Then they will visit the Weyburn Red Wings the following night.
