The minor hockey season has begun for many teams around the Parkland and that includes McCreary's Brady Turko and the Peewee Mustangs.
The team kicked off their season over the weekend in Neepawa. They ended up winning the game 10-2.
"Yeah, it's great that the season is back," said Turko. "I've been wanting it for a while, so I'm really happy that we're back playing."
"It was a good start, I thought our team played really great," he continued. "Our forwards got lots of chances and we capitalized. Our defence was solid and our goaltending was solid as well. I think our team is really solid this year and I think we can make a pretty deep run."
Turko made his presence felt immediately in the season-opening win. Of the 10 goals, four of them came off the stick of Brady. He was joined by Brody Fayant who also scored four goals in the game. Fayant scored the first goal of the season.
"I thought I played okay," said Turko. "I have to give a lot of credit to my teammates, they made some great passes to me and I was able to finish them off."
The team will look to win their second straight game on Sunday night. They play their home opener in McCreary at 5:00 p.m. against Minnedosa. Moving forward this season, Brady knows what the keys to success are.
"We just have to keep playing how we know we can," said Turko. "We have to move forward every game. I think we did really good against Neepawa, but I think we can do even better. We have to have a good forecheck, make our passes, and work hard. If we do those things, I think we'll do good."
One of the team's goals this season is to have better success at the Tournament of Champions. It takes place in January.
"We did fine last year, but we want to do better," he continued.
For now, he's representing the Mustangs every time he suits up in-game action, but moving forward, Brady hopes to represent the entire Parkland. He'll be eligible to tryout for the Parkland Bantam Rangers next season.
"I hope to make that team next season," he continued. "But, that's in the future. It's all about McCreary now and I'm looking forward to the season."
"I have to improve every game and just get better all the time," Turko concluded.
The Mustangs will take part in the big tournament in Dauphin on November 15-16-17.