The Broncos took a period off Saturday night and it cost them as the LaRonge Ice Wolves downed the green and gold 6-2.

Humboldt allowed three goals in the second and that was enough for LaRonge to cruise to the win.

Assistant Coach Brayden Klimosko said they missed their opportunities early and the result showed.

"I think the game was lost in that first period," he said on the post game show of KMK Sales' Broncos' hockey. "We had a lot of chances and we didn't bury them. You've got to have that killer instinct sometimes and we didn't do it. We let them hang in, hang in and the second period wasn't good to us."

Humboldt gave up the opening goal to Cole Porter 4:30 into the contest but they held a good portion of the pressure and finally on their 18th shot of the first Anthony Kapelke slapped home his first on the power play tying the game 1-1. Josh Roberts and Corey Dambrauskas picked up the assists. Humboldt had 22 shots in the opening 20 minutes, overall when it was all said and done Kris Joyce made 44/46 saves.

The Wolves would again take the lead in the first, Joel Blaquiere scored with the man advantage giving LaRonge a 2-1 lead at the break.

As Klimosko alluded to the middle stanza was ugly, Porter would score back to back power play goals for the hat trick in just 56 seconds, he would set Blaquiere up for another and before the Broncos could blink it was 5-1 and Brett Friesen was out of the hockey game. The 18 year-old allowed four goals on 17 Wolves' shots.

The Broncos did get what they needed in the third, Daniel Mckitrick notched his second of the young campaign just 24 seconds into the third but a late goal from Brandon Hodge on Brett Clark drove the final nail into the coffin with just under eight minutes to play.

Clark stopped 13/15 shots in relief.

Once the dust settled LaRonge was 3/3 on the power, and overall on the weekend swing Humboldt gave up five goals while killing penalties. Klimosko said that needs to change in a hurry.

"We've got to learn to block some shots, if we don't learn to block some shots it's going to be a long year, if you are going to be scared to take penalties it's going to be bad news."

The green and gold were 1/4 with the advantage, that followed an 0/7 performance on Friday in Flin Flon.

The defeat was the Broncos second loss in regulation this year both by the same score, Klimosko admits that may be better than dropping tight ones.

"It doesn't matter if you lose 2-1, actually 6-2 is a lot better for you. How many times did we lose those one goal games last year? At least 6-2 you know you've got work on it. Sometimes if you lose by one, you think one chance here, one chance there we're in it, we're a little ways away."

The Broncos' record now sits at a respectable 2-2-1 through the first handful of games. They will return to action on Friday when the Estevan Bruins visit the Elgar Petersen Arena. Puck drop is 7:30.

You can hear more from Klimosko below as well from first intermission guest, Dambrauskas.

Elsewhere in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Saturday, the Nipawin Hawks remain perfect, they dumped the Battlefords 5-2, Kindersley picked up their first win, they outlasted Yorkton 6-5 and the Melfort Mustangs doubled Melville 6-3.

Sunday's schedule has no games.