The Nipawin Hawks met the Estevan Bruins in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League action Saturday.

By Clark Stork

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The Nipawin Hawks road woes continued Saturday night in Estevan as the club lost 4-1 to the Bruins in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) action.

Coming off a 4-2 loss to the Weyburn Red Wings Friday the Hawks were looking to rebound against the Bruins in their first meeting of the season.

Estevan would open the scoring at 7:54 of the opening period on a powerplay off the stick of Caelan Fitzpatrick. The 1-0 lead stood until early in the middle frame when Olivier Pouliot snapped a wrist shot past Nipawin netminder Dylan Lacroix making it 2-0.

The Hawks would get several powerplay opportunities in the second period including a five-minute major and a five-on-three man advantage split between the end of the period and the start of the third. Nipawin would capitalize shortly after the teams returned to full strength; Joel Mabin scored his second goal of the weekend to close the gap to 2-1.

The Bruins responded shortly thereafter when Kade Runke made it 3-1, Runke added an empty-net tally with five seconds to go to cap the scoring.

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Lacroix made 25 stops in the loss. Cam Herdlicka turned aside 25 shots in the Estevan net.

The club is battling injuries with captain Mkyllan Couture, second-year forward Carson Dobson, and rookie winger Dayne Feicht all missing the trip the bench got thinner Saturday with Dawson Brace taking a vicious hit that led to the five-minute power play that knocked him out of the contest and Sunday’s game as well.

The club announced on Saturday they’ve acquired 20-year-old forward Kye Whillans from the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for a player development fee. He’s expected to arrive in Nipawin Monday.

Nipawin’s record sits at 5-5 after their third straight defeat. The Hawks will try to salvage their southern road trip with a win in Notre Dame Sunday at 4:30 p.m.

The game can be heard on Saskatchewan’s New Beach Radio beginning with the pregame show at 4:15 p.m.