After splitting the first two games, the third Parkland battle of the season has gone to the Swan Valley Stampeders.
Thanks to two goals 14 seconds a part, the Stampeders earned a 3-2 win over their Parkland rival as the MJHL Showcase continued in Winnipeg at the 7Oaks Arena.
2:33 in, Luke Beerman scored his third of the season as he beat Bryan Landsberger. Carter Cockburn and Leyson Coleman earned the assists. Swan Valley struck again just 14 seconds later. This time it was Callum Fortin as he scored his first ever MJHL regular season goal. Parker Johnson and Tanner Glasrud notched the helpers.
Down 2-0 in the second, Cole DeKoninck quickly trimmed the deficit. On a beautiful back door pass from Nakodan Greyeyes, Cole scored his second of the season. Returning from an illness was Baron Thompson and he had the secondary assist on the power play marker.
Swan Valley scored on the power play of their own a short time later. At 9:59 into the second, Trevor Schroder banged in a puck from the front of the net to give them a 3-1 lead. Tommy Cardinal and Frazer Dodd had the assists.
Fast forward to the third with a 3-1 Swan Valley scoreline, the Kings got back in it again. Parker Fofonoff scored his first as member of the team with Braeden Young and Jaxon Heeney getting the assists.
Dauphin was relentless with their pressure the rest of the way, but they couldn't beat Michael Davis. In the end, the Stamps' skated off with a 3-2 win.
Dauphin dropped to 1-3 on the season while Swan Valley is 4-1. Dauphin plays Selkirk on Tuesday at six while Swan Valley plays Winnipeg at five.
Other Showcase Scores:
Virden beat OCN, 4-2. Portage got past Winkler, 5-2. Waywayseecappo doubled Winnipeg, 6-3 and Selkirk beat Steinbach, 4-1.
