ESTEVAN - The Estevan Apex U18 AA Bruins are off to the next round in the playoffs.
Estevan, the top-ranked team in the Saskatchewan AA Hockey League, defeated the Lumsden-Bethune Lions 3-2 in overtime on Thursday night to sweep the best-of-five quarter-final series in three straight games.
The Bruins will now play the Swift Current Broncos in the next round. Dates for those games were not immediately announced.
Emmett McCarthy and Turner Knockaert scored in the first period to hand Estevan a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes. With their season on the line, Lumsden-Bethune fought back and scored once in each of the second and third periods to tie the game.
Carter Beck’s short-handed goal less than a minute into overtime lifted Estevan into the next round of the playoffs.
Ty Fehrenbach made 20 saves for Estevan in the victory.
The Bruins won Game 1 5-1 last Friday and Game 2 5-3 the following day.
