Dauphin fans were finally able to breathe at the end of the third period after a bizarre 60 minutes of hockey between the Clippers and Major Pratt Trojans. The Clippers won 7-5 and solidified their position in the playoffs with the victory.
The Clippers scored 5 consecutive goals to give themselves a comfortable lead, but Major Pratt showed a lot of fight in a comeback attempt including a short handed marker when Dauphin had a two man advantage in the last minute of the second period. They scored again 25 second into the third to make it 6-4, but that's as close as the Clippers Parkland rival would get.
The Clippers host the Boissevain Broncos in their regular season finale Saturday at 4:00. Dauphin can still improve their position in the standings finishing as high as 6th.
SCORING SUMMARY
1st PERIOD
DAUPHIN CLIPPERS at 6:52 - NICK MACHIBRODA from DRAYSON KRUK and TYLER ROBAK
DAUPHIN CLIPPERS at 9:25 - TY HASSEL from LOGAN STOREY and NICK MACHIBRODA
DAUPHIN CLIPPERS at 14:04 - RILEY HAMMOND from DRAYSON KRUK
DAUPHIN CLIPPERS at 18:23 (PP) - TY HASSEL from TYLER ROBAK and BRAYDEN PATTERSON
2nd PERIOD
DAUPHIN CLIPPERS at 1:18 (PP) - TY HASSEL from RILEY HAMMOND
MAJOR PRATT TROJANS
MAJOR PRATT TROJANS at 14:14 - ETHAN WOITAS from ADAM ROBIDOUX and CODY FUZ
DAUPHIN CLIPPERS at 14:34 -
MAJOR PRATT TROJANS at 19:29 (SH) -
3rd PERIOD
MAJOR PRATT TROJANS at 0:25 -
DAUPHIN CLIPPERS at 4:52 - COLE PRECOURT
MAJOR PRATT TROJANS at 12:59 (PP) -