After over three weeks off from regular-season play, the Home Hardware Midget AAA Legionnaires got back to business with a 4-2 win over the visiting Notre Dame Argos last night - it was the team's fourth-straight.

son with some quick passing on assists from Rin Beny and Owen Ozar.

The quick goal would stand as the only one through the first period - the second wouldn't come until five minutes into the second period as Reed Jacobson buried a puck past Argos' goaltender Cedric Rechsteiner for the 2-0 lead.

However, as was the case with both Notre Dame goals, they responded not long after the Legionnaires pushed to put a stranglehold on the game.

Kade Eger scored for the Argos less than four minutes later for the 2-1 score through 40 minutes.

Two straight power-play goals from Swift Current - the first from Piller, and Jacobson's second goal of the game - stretched the lead to 4-1.

The Argos continued to scrap back, cutting the lead to 4-2 just 31 seconds after Jacobson's goal on the man-advantage.

"That [push from Notre Dame] was an important part - we turned the puck over a couple of times for their goals," said Legionnaires head coach Darren Evjen. "That's the thing - you've got to make those good, simple plays - that's what makes good players. It's not the high-risk plays, you don't win that way."

However, the Legionnaires ramped up the pressure on the puck even more, swarming the Argos for the remaining 17 minutes of the game to prevent a Notre Dame comeback.

Perhaps a product of an extended break between games, Evjen said his team still adjusted well to the game plan of puck security, especially late in the game.

"The key we talked about was just being simple, and making good puck plays. When plays are there offensively, make them. But, don't try to make something that can't happen."

Goalie Steven Duchscher stopped 23 of 25 shots in the win for Swift Current.

A big positive for Swift Current, regardless of outcome, was the return of two key players to the lineup. Forward Jerzy Orchard and defenceman Christian Riemer made their presence felt, despite not registering points in their first games back.

The 16-year-old Orchard has 26 points (11 G, 15 A) in 22 regular season games, and last played December 3 against the Prince Albert Mintos.

Riemer, an alternate captain and 17-year-old, has played just 15 of 29 contests this season, registering a goal and five assists over that stretch.

"It felt pretty good to win. It might not have been the best game, but it felt really good," Riemer said. "It felt good to play again - it felt a little slow, but that's bound to happen after not playing for nine weeks or so."

Nine weeks and two days, to be exact, last playing November 5 on the road against the Notre Dame Hounds.

"Well it's just huge when he steps out there, he has such a presence. He's a signed WHL player - he's a good hockey player," said Evjen, noting the late-August signing of Riemer's contract with the Swift Current Broncos.

"We've been without him for this long it's been tough, but our other guys have really stepped up and it's given them an opportunity to get better, and they've done that. It's just good to have everybody back."

Without Riemer in the lineup, Swift only has one 17-year-old defenceman - Jaden Wake. The absence of the team's oldest and longest-tenured defenceman meant increased roles for a unit including four 16-year-old d-men and one 15-year old.

"I noticed that they really stepped up their play - they started to play really well, and started to even put up some points," Riemer said of his teammates on the back end, adding it was a matter of providing leadership from off the ice.

"I'd give them some advice during practices - what they could do, what I noticed in games that they could do, and stuff like that."

The Legionnaires sit fifth in the 12-team league at 17-9-0-3, and have a short turn-around before a Thursday night game in Moose Jaw against the 11th-place Generals (6-19-3-2).