On a night where it looked like they would leave La Broquerie with no points, they stuck with it and earned one.
While it wasn't the perfect end result, the Dauphin Kings came back from a three-goal deficit twice and earned a single point in a 5-4 shootout loss against the Steinbach Pistons. It was the first of three games this weekend for Dauphin and a positive start as the team heads into Niverville.
Trailing 4-2 with less than three minutes left, Rylan Gage batted home a puck with 2:17 left for his 13th of the season to trim the deficit to 4-3. Then with 33 seconds left, Matthew Haun let go of a shot from the right point that found its way past Christian Green as Dauphin tied the game and forced overtime.
Havyril Simchuk, Gabriel Bugeaud, and Matthew Thomas were unable to score in the shootout while Jamie Fuchs shootout goal proved to be the winner. Ethan Williment and Joey Kubas also scored for Dauphin.
Paired with Neepawa's win and the Blizzard's loss, Dauphin is seven points ahead of both of them, with games in hand. They have two games in hand on Northern Manitoba and four on Neepawa.
The Kings head to Niverville on Saturday, you can hear the game with Danrell Duff beginning with the Parkland Source for Sports pregame show at 6:50.
