The book has closed on one of the most successful regular season's in franchise history for the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins.

Now, the second season is set to begin...with the ultimate prize of an SJHL championship waiting at the end of it.

The Estevan Bruins will battle the Yorkton Terriers in a Best-of-7 quarterfinal series, with the Bruins holding home-ice advantage.

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Kaelan Holt Battles In Front Of The Yorkton Goal.

ESTEVAN BRUINS (3rd SJHL: 37-18-2-1) vs. YORKTON TERRIERS (6th SJHL: 28-25-5-0)

SERIES PREVIEW with HEAD COACH/GM: CHRIS LEWGOOD

Season Series:

Estevan won the season series by taking four of the six games (W 4-2, W 6-5OT, W 5-0, L 3-2, W 5-4, L 2-1) over their Viterra Division rival.

Estevan won their first division title in ten seasons, while Yorkton returns to the playoffs after missing out on the postseason last year.

Yorkton will start the series down two players due to suspension. Captain Corwin Stevely will miss the first game and forward Cole Keenleyside will miss the first four games after both players were issued suspensions following a Yorkton 2-1 OT win over Weyburn on February 20th.

Matt McNeil (#11) Will Lead The Bruins' Offence, Seen Here Scoring Vs. Yorkton In October.

Leading Scorers:

1) YOR - Legien (30-26-56)......EST - McNeil (31-38-69)
2) YOR - Ross (15-24-39)........EST - Miller (26-33-59)
3) YOR - Seiferling (6-28-34)....EST - Holt (27-29-56)
4) YOR - Stevely (14-19-33).....EST - Pastachak (23-27-50)
5) YOR - Sherban (9-17-26)......EST - Goberis (12-37-49)

Head-To-Head:

1) YOR - Legien - 6GP (2G, 4A).......EST - Goberis - 6GP (4G, 6A)
2) YOR - Stevely - 3GP (2G, 3A)......EST - Pastachak - 6GP (4G, 3A)
3) YOR - M. Welke - 5GP (3G, 1A)...EST - McChesney - 6GP (3G, 3A)

Goaltenders:

YOR - Nathan Hargrave - 45GP (24-17-2-1), 3 SO, 2.73 GAA, .919 SV%

EST - Nathan Alalouf - 29GP (16 8 2 0), 1 SO, 3.05 GAA, .910 SV%

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YOR - Matt Vernon - 18GP (9 7 1 0), 3.63 GAA, .907 SV%

EST - Curtis Meger - 22GP (14 6 0 0) 2 SO, 3.18 GAA, .905 SV%

X-Factors:

Both teams are stacked up front with skilled forwards and in net, a pair of 20-year-old goaltenders enter evenly matched.

While neither team will point to one player as the key to a series victory, two blueliners stand out.

Yorkton defenceman Regen Seiferling (42GP, 6G/28A/34P/34PIM) and Estevan defenceman Josh Rieger (53GP, 13G/28A/41P/110PIM) both play an important role to each team's offence while being relied upon to shut down the other team's top forwards.

Josh Rieger (#23) Will Play An Important Role At Both Ends Of The Rink For Estevan.

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Game 1: Fri. March 17 - Yorkton @ Estevan - 7:30pm

Game 2: Sat. March 18 - Estevan @ Yorkton - 7:30pm

Game 3: Tue. March 21 - Yorkton @ Estevan - 7:30pm

Game 4: Wed. March 22 - Estevan @ Yorkton - 7:30pm

(*) Game 5: Fri. March 24 - Yorkton @ Estevan - 7:30pm

(*) Game 6: Sun. March 26 - Estevan @ Yorkton - 4:30pm

(*) Game 7: Tue. March 28 - Yorkton @ Estevan - 7:30pm

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SJHL QUARTERFINALS (Best-of-7)

1) Battlefords North Stars vs 8) Weyburn Red Wings

2) Flin Flon Bombers vs 7) Notre Dame Hounds

3) Estevan Bruins vs 6) Yorkton Terriers

4) Nipawin Hawks vs 5) Humboldt Broncos