A tough start to the Centennial Cup for the Red Lake Miners in Estevan, Saskatchewan.
The SIJHL champs dropped their first game of the tournament 9-2 Thursday against the Pickering Panthers.
Brady Harroun scored both goals for the Miners.
Red Lake went 1 for 8 on the power-play in the contest.
Pickering out shot the Miners 38-31.
They will have today off before playing the 1-0 Brooks Bandits from Alberta on Saturday.