To be the best, you need to play with the best and that's exactly what Dauphin's Carter Zalischuk and Roblin's Brayden Dube were doing this past weekend. They played in Hockey Manitoba's Directors Cup in Winnipeg.
Zalischuk and Dube both played on Team Hextall and they went 3-0-1.
"It went great, I got to play with kids from all over Manitoba and our team did a really good job," said Zalischuk. "Our coaching was great as well so it was all really positive."
Carter was second in team scoring and third in the tournament with nine points. All nine of his points were assists and he knew he could have scored some as well.
"I couldn't bury a goal at all, I was more of a playmaker over the weekend," added Zalischuk. "It was different for me, but it was a good thing."
Brayden lit the lamp several times. He scored eight goals and added five assists for a tournament-leading 13 points.. That's an average of 3.25 points per game while Carter averaged 2.25 per game.
"I just stayed confident all weekend and gave it all I could, it was a really fun weekend," added Dube. "I was very pleased with my production."
Out of all teams, 15 points were the most combined between two players on the same team. Zalischuk and Dube crushed that number by putting up a combined 22 points.
Both will now be back with the Rangers next season and Carter can't wait to get things going.
"This past weekend was definitely a confidence booster and I think I'm going to have a really good year with Parkland next year," added Zalischuk. "I think I have to continue being a good playmaker but I definitely have to work on putting the puck in the net. I need to work on my shot and goal scoring."
"I'm looking forward to next season, I have one more tournament with a team from Yorkton next month and after that, I'll start preparing for the season with the Rangers," added Dube.
A few other Parkland Rangers played in the tournament. Will Munro, Aiden Ziprick, and Bo Eisner put up 11 points for Team Clarke.
Kyan Grouette had five points for Team Belfour while Murray Cook Jr. went 1-1 in net. Skyler Carriere played for Team Patrick and he had two assists.
