ESTEVAN - The Estevan Meter U13 AA Bruins had some positives from their annual home tournament, but finished with a 0-4 record.
Estevan opened the tournament with a 9-5 loss to the Weyburn Red Wings and 9-1 to the Regina Blues on Saturday, and 6-4 the Dakota Warriors out of Bismarck, N.D. on Sunday morning to finish the round robin at 0-3. In the bronze medal game, Estevan played the North Dakota entry again, and lost 9-2.
Coach Chris Light said he thought they had a really strong game in the first meeting with the Warriors.
“We played a full 60 minutes this first game. We outshot their team by a two-to-one margin, and they had a hot goalie and we couldn’t buy a goal. We did outplay them. And then in this last game, we just ran out of gas,” said Light.
The teams from Weyburn and Regina are really strong, Light said. The North Dakota team was comprised of second-year players, and they were backstopped by a strong goalie.
Light stressed the Bruins have shown a lot of progress this season, even though they went winless in their home tournament, and they are 0-4 in league play, too.
They have a young team this year with largely first-year players.
“It is a work in progress, but I do feel like we do get a bit better with every game,” he said.
Weyburn defeated Regina in the A final.
