The Parkland Midget Rangers played a much better game today against the Pembina Valley Hawks, but they fell 5-3.
After jumping out to a big shot lead, the Hawks took a lead 7:57 into the first and they took a 2-0 lead just under 30 seconds later.
Jaegar Lapointe had a beautiful end to end rush a few minutes later and finished it off with a goal at the 11:51 mark to trim the deficit in half. Pembina Valley regained their two goal lead a couple minutes later and led 3-1 after 20.
Warren Jubenvill scored the lone goal in the second which brought the Rangers within one after 40.
Garrett Hrechka tied up the game for Parkland 11:40 into the final frame to reset things but they didn’t last that way long.
The Hawks scored the game winner just 31 seconds later and they iced the game with just 1:38 left to pick up a 5-3 win.
Zach Grouette was fantastic making 46 saves that kept Parkland in it.
Parkland now welcomes Yellowhead to Credit Union Place on Wednesday.
Saturday:
Colby Cherneski scored the Rangers lone goal in a 3-1 loss against Interlake.
Bantam Rangers:
After a solid win on Friday, the Bantam Rangers played the best in the league earlier today in Shoal Lake.
It was the Yellowhead Chiefs who came out on fire with four straight goals. The Rangers didn’t quit and they battled back hard.
It was Parkland’s powerplay that allowed them to get back in it as they scored three straight goals with an extra man to trim the deficit to one.
The Rangers continued to battle hard but they ended up falling short 6-3. The team hit three posts.
Brayden Dube scored twice while Steven Arp scored once.
"I think we played a pretty solid game today, said Tom White. “We didn’t get the bounces but we’re happy with our efforts.”
