The Estevan Great North U18 AAA Bears hit double digits for goals in a game for the first time in the four-season history of the franchise in an 11-2 rout of the Yorkton Maulers Wednesday night in Yorkton.
Estevan held leads of 1-0 after the first period and 3-2 with five minutes to play in the second, and then scored twice late in the frame and exploded for six goals in the third. Six of their markers Wednesday were on the power play.
Roan Burgess opened the scoring with 22 seconds to play in the first period, and the two teams traded goals to start the second, with Dylan Brass and Burgess tallying for the Bears. Will Nicholson and Burgess added goals before the end of the middle frame for a 5-2 lead.
Kobe Wotta, Ryden Amberson, Cameron Allard and Gunner Moore had power-play goals in the opening eight minutes of the third, and Jaxon Sedor and Cooper Flath added to the total with goals in the final two minutes.
Burgess had an assist to go with his three goals, while Moore had a goal and three helpers. Only one member of the Bears didn't record a point on the night.
Brady Carr stopped 21 of the 23 shots he faced for Estevan, who outshot Yorkton 38-23.
The Bears' previous record for goals in a game was nine, set in February 2023 in a 9-3 victory over the Battlefords Stars.
Estevan (10-9-2) will host the Swift Current Legionnaires on the weekend, with games on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Also on Wednesday, the Eagle Sky Estevan Bruins' four-game winning streak came to an end in a 5-1 road loss to the defending SJHL champions, the Melfort Mustangs.
Melfort scored three times in the first period, with Nolan Patterson, former Bear Zayden Sadlemyer and Reilley Kotai scoring for Melfort. Kotai's goal came with three seconds remaining in the frame. Kaleb Binner added to the Mustangs' advantage with a goal 2:18 into the second.
Bruin captain Cade Kennedy scored midway through the third period, but Kotai added his second of the game nine seconds later to restore the four-goal margin.
Benjamin Polhill stopped 25 shots for the Bruins, while Ty Thornton made 21 saves for Melfort.
Estevan will visit the Nipawin Hawks on Friday and Saturday night. Both games start at 7 p.m.
