The Parkland Bantam Rangers kicked off a weekend home stand with a tight 5-3 loss to the Winnipeg Warriors.
The Warriors scored first in the game, but Brayden Dube tied up the contest with 1:03 left in the first with his 11th of the season as the teams went into the locker room tied at one.
After scoring at 9:46 of the second, Kyan Grouette continued his stellar season by scoring his 10th goal and 36th point.
The game was tied after 40.
Winnipeg quickly scored in the third just 1:15 in to take a 3-2 lead.
Back fired the Rangers, though. On the power play at the 13:16 mark, Jayce Legaarden scored his ninth of the season to tie it up.
Winnipeg scored the game-winner not long after, and held off a late Rangers push to earn two points. Winnipeg’s last goal was an empty-netter.
