Estevan Bruins

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Estevan Bruins
Estevan Bruins logo.svg
City Estevan, Saskatchewan
League SJHL
DivisionViterra
Founded1948
Home arena Affinity Place
ColoursGold and black
General managerTBA
Head coachDrew Kocur (Interim)
Website www.estevanbruins.com
Franchise history
1971–presentEstevan Bruins
Previous franchise history
1948–1955Humboldt Indians
1955–1957Humboldt-Melfort Indians
1957–1971Estevan Bruins
1971–1981 New Westminster Bruins
1981–1984 Kamloops Junior Oilers
1984–present Kamloops Blazers

The Estevan Bruins are a junior ice hockey team playing in the Junior "A" Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). The team is based in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada, and plays at Affinity Place. They were founded in 1971, when a previous franchise called the Estevan Bruins, which played in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League from 1957 to 1966 and then the Major Junior Western Hockey League (WHL) from 1966 to 1971, relocated to New Westminster, British Columbia; that franchise is today known as the Kamloops Blazers.

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The original Estevan Bruins (1957–1971)

In 1956, Scotty Munro made a presentation to the leaders of the booming oil town of Estevan. His plan was to move his Humboldt/Melfort Indians (playing in Humboldt and Melfort, Saskatchewan), which was a franchise in the original version of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (1948–1966), to Estevan. The concept of Major Junior hockey had not yet been created, so this original SJHL was playing at the top level of junior hockey in Saskatchewan; should the citizens of Estevan finance the building of a new arena, Munro would bring top-notch hockey entertainment and much-needed help for minor hockey in the town. [1]

His pitch was successful and one year later his newly renamed "Bruins" arrived in Estevan to begin the 1957–58 season in the newly built Agricultural Auditorium. At the time, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League had six teams. The Estevan Bruins, based near the border with the United States, were the southernmost team, located 800 kilometres (500 mi) away from the northernmost team, the Flin Flon Bombers, and would make shorter trips to play the Prince Albert Minto's, Regina Pats, Saskatoon Quakers and Melville Millionaires. The league had grown to eight teams by its final season, 1965–66, then disbanded when five of its eight teams –including the Estevan Bruins –joined the newly formed Canadian Major Junior Hockey League (along with two Alberta-based teams) for the inaugural 1966–67 CMJHL season.

The CMJHL was renamed the Western Canada Junior Hockey League, expanding into Manitoba, for the 1967–68 WCHL season. [2] The Bruins scored their greatest success in that 1967–68 season, finishing second in the regular season before winning the President's Cup as WCHL playoff champions. They advanced to face British Columbia's Mowat Cup champion, the Penticton Broncos, whom they defeated to take the Abbott Cup as champion of Western Canada. The Bruins then faced Ontario's Niagara Falls Flyers, winner of Eastern Canada's George Richardson Memorial Trophy (having defeated Quebec's Verdun Maple Leafs), in a best-of-7 series for the 1968 Memorial Cup national championship. The Bruins were defeated, in five games, as the Flyers won their second Memorial Cup.

Starting in 1969, the team played a portion of its schedule in the Bismarck North Dakota Civic Center. [3] The new SJHL franchise continued this in 1971 until the end of the 1972-73 season.

The Bruins played in Estevan through to the completion of the 1970-71 WCHL season, then relocated to New Westminster, British Columbia, where they became the New Westminster Bruins. This continued until the end of the 1972-73 season.

Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

The modern Estevan Bruins

With the departure of the major junior Bruins, a new Bruins team was founded in Estevan that same year, which has played in the SJHL ever since. The Estevan Bruins won the SJHL championship in 1985, 1999 and 2022. [4]

Radio station CKSE-FM (Rock 106) broadcasts Bruins games. DiscoverEstevan.com covers the team on a daily basis. The team is also covered in print on a weekly basis by the Estevan Mercury and Estevan Lifestyles.[ citation needed ]

Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Playoffs

Humboldt Broncos defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to none
Estevan Bruins defeated Regina Blues 4 games to 2
Estevan Bruins defeated Weyburn Red Wings 4 games to 1
Humboldt Broncos defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 2
Estevan Bruins defeated Moose Jaw Canucks 4 games to none
Estevan Bruins defeated Weyburn Red Wings 4 games to 1
Prince Albert Raiders defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Weyburn Red Wings defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 3
Melville Millionaires defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 3
Regina Blues defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Estevan Bruins defeated Regina Blues 4 games to none
Moose Jaw Canucks defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 2
Estevan Bruins defeated Yorkton Terriers 4 games to 3
Moose Jaw Canucks defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to none
Yorkton Terriers defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to none
Melville Millionaires defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Estevan Bruins defeated Lloydminster Lancers 4 games to none
Estevan Bruins defeated Battlefords North Stars 4 games to 1
Estevan Bruins defeated Weyburn Red Wings 4 games to 3SAJHL CHAMPIONS
Estevan Bruins defeated Selkirk Steelers (MJHL) 4 games to 1ANAVET CUP CHAMPIONS
Penticton Knights (BCJHL) defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to none
Estevan Bruins defeated Melville Millionaires 4 games to none
Estevan Bruins defeated Weyburn Red Wings 4 games to none
Humboldt Broncos defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 3
Lloydminster Lancers defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Humboldt Broncos defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Humboldt Broncos defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to none
Weyburn Red Wings defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 2
Estevan Bruins defeated Yorkton Terriers 4 games to none
Estevan Bruins defeated Melville Millionaires 4 games to 1
Melfort Mustangs defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Estevan Bruins defeated Yorkton Terriers 4 games to 2
Melville Millionaires defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Notre Dame Hounds defeated Estevan Bruins 3 games to 1
Estevan Bruins defeated Melville Millionaires 2 games to none
Lebret Eagles defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Estevan Bruins defeated Lebret Eagles 4 games to 2
Yorkton Terriers defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 3
Estevan Bruins defeated Minot Top Guns 2 games to none
Weyburn Red Wings defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to none
Weyburn Red Wings defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Estevan Bruins defeated Melville Millionaires 4 games to none
Estevan Bruins defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4 games to 1
Estevan Bruins defeated Humboldt Broncos 4 games to noneSJHL CHAMPIONS
Estevan Bruins defeated OCN Blizzard (MJHL) 4 games to 2ANAVET CUP CHAMPIONS
Fifth in 1999 Royal Bank Cup round robin (1-3)
First in round robin (2-2) vs. Weyburn Red Wings and Yorkton Terriers
Melville Millionaires defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Humboldt Broncos defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Third in round robin (1-3) vs. Yorkton Terriers and Notre Dame Hounds
Estevan Bruins defeated Humboldt Broncos 4 games to none
Yorkton Terriers defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 3
Second in round robin (1-2-1) vs. Melville Millionaires and Yorkton Terriers
Yorkton Terriers defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 2
Yorkton Terriers defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 2
Kindersley Klippers defeated Estevan Bruins 3 games to 2
Estevan Bruins defeated Melville Millionaires 3 games to 2
Yorkton Terriers defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to none
Qualifying RoundEstevan Bruins defeated Notre Dame Hounds 3 games to 0
Quarter-final Weyburn Red Wings defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to none
Qualifying RoundEstevan Bruins defeated Kindersley Klippers 3 games to 1
Quarter-final Yorkton Terriers defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Qualifying RoundEstevan Bruins defeated Flin Flon Bombers 3 games to 2
Quarter-final Battlefords North Stars defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 1
Survivor Series Battlefords North Stars defeated Estevan Bruins 3 games to 2
Quarter-final Nipawin Hawks defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 2
Semi-finalEstevan Bruins defeated Yorkton Terriers 4 games to 1
Quarter-final Battlefords North Stars defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 0
Quarter-finalEstevan Bruins defeated Kindersley Klippers 4 games to 0
Semi-finalEstevan Bruins defeated Battlefords North Stars 4 games to 1
Final Nipawin Hawks defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 3
Quarter-finalEstevan Bruins defeated Humboldt Broncos 4 games to 3
Quarter-final Melfort Mustangs defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 2
Quarter-final Melfort Mustangs leading Estevan Bruins 3 games to 1
Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Quarter-finalEstevan Bruins defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4 games to 1
Semi-finalEstevan Bruins defeated Yorkton Terriers 4 games to 0
FinalEstevan Bruins defeated Flin Flon Bombers 4 games to 3SJHL CHAMPIONS
Quarter-final Flin Flon Bombers defeated Estevan Bruins 4 games to 3

Western Canada Cup

Western Canada Championships ** BCHL — AJHL — SJHL — MJHL — Host **
Round-robin play with 1st vs 2nd – winner advance to National Championship and loser to runner-up game
3rd vs 4th in a second semifinal with winner to runner-up game.
Runner-up game determines second representative to National Championship.
Competition began 2013 season.

YearRound-robinRecordStandingSemifinalChampionship gameRunner-up game
2016L, West Kelowna Warriors 0–3
L, Portage Terriers 2–3
L, Melfort Mustangs 1–2
L, Brooks Bandits 4–6		0–4–05th of 5did not advance

Centennial Cup - Revised format 2022

Canadian Jr. A National Championships
Maritime Junior Hockey League, Quebec Junior Hockey League, Central Canada Hockey League, Ontario Junior Hockey League, Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, Superior International Junior Hockey League, Manitoba Junior Hockey League, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, Alberta Junior Hockey League, and Host. The BCHL declared itself an independent league and there is no BC representative.
Round-robin play in two 5-team pools with top three in pool advancing to determine a Champion.

YearRound-robinRecordStandingQuarterfinalSemifinalChampionship
2022L, Longueuil Collège Français (QJHL), 3-5
L, Pickering Panthers (OJHL), 5–10
W, Red Lake Miners (SIJHL), 6-2
L, Brooks Bandits (AJHL), 0-4		1-3-04th of 5
Pool A		did not qualifieddid not qualifieddid not qualified

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References

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  2. ↑ "WHL Network" . Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ Oct. 17, 1969 Bismarck Tribune. https://www.newspapers.com/image/413549791/?match=1&terms=%22estevan%20bruins%22
  4. ↑ "Bruins Become the Champions". www.estevanbruins.com. May 8, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2023.

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