The Dauphin Kings made it close late, perhaps closer than it should have been but they still came up short.
The Waywayseecappo Wolverines held on as Griffin Ayotte scored an empty net goal with 30 seconds left as the Wolverines jumped into a tie for fourth place in the MGEU West Division with a gutsy 7-5 win over the division leaders at Credit Union Place.
It was Dauphin's second win against Dauphin this season with Jaxon Grosdidier and Sebastian Hicks leading the way with two goals each for the Wolverines in the victory while Jase Wareham turned away 36 shots in the win. Cam Sarna and Lucas Perry also scored for the Wolverines in the victory.
Dauphin was trailing 6-3 with just more than four minutes left before Gabriel Bugeaud and Cayden Glover scored two goals in quick form to trim the deficit to one. Dauphin continued to push in the final minute but it wasn't mean to be as Ayotte scored his eighth of the season with half a minute left to seal it.
With the loss, the Kings failed to jump into first in the MJHL while Steinbach is favoured to do so on Sunday when they play the Freeze. Dauphin (20-7-1) will need to forget about the loss quickly as they head to The Pas on Wednesday to play the Blizzard.
The Wolverines are tied with Virden for fourth in the West.
