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The Dauphin Kings gave their home fans the best Christmas present of all, a win in their last home game of 2016.
The Kings defeated the Selkirk Steelers 3-2 in OT, their second consecutive in in overtime after knocking Virden off 4-3 in extra time last night.
The win was the Kings first in 5 meetings between the two teams this season.
Daniel Chartrand continued his strong play, opening the scoring for the Kings just niside the first minute of play in the second period. The goal was the Dauphin forward's second in as many nights, and fourth point in 24 hours.
The Steelers scored twice to give themselves a 2-1 lead. The Kings erased the lead in the third period. A mad scramble in front of the net saw Grady Hobbs tap in his third of the year to even the game.
The Kings were assessed a penalty in the late stages of the third period, surviving until overtime, where Selkirk at a 4-on-3 advantage for 40 more seconds. The Kings killed off the powerplay.
Matty Greening scored his second goal in as many night after receiving a pass from Keaton Leininger and firing it on a back hand short side to beat Steelers tender Landon Poiron and give the Kings the win. Once again Riley Shamray was in on the game winner in OT.
The Kings are back in action January third on the road to Winkler. That game can be heard on CKDM. Then January 7th the Kings have their final meeting of the season at home against the Swan Valley Stampeders. The game will be a critical matchup with the Kings two points behind Swan in the standings for the last playoff spot.
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Despite a depleted lineup with eight regulars absent, and three Parkland Rangers called up, the Dauphin Kings pulled off a three goal comeback to spoil the Oil Caps Christmas game in OT.
Matteo made numerous highlight reel stops in the win, turning aside 51 of 54 pucks sent his way.
Kyle Oleksiuk opened the scoring for the Kings 2:11 into the game. A familiar face evened the score at the halfway mark when Kirklan Lycar put the Oil Caps on the board.
The second period was mostly uneventful, until the Oil Caps took their first lead when Kyle Salaway found the back of the net with 22.7 seconds left in the frame.
The Oil Caps extended their lead to two goals with a power play marker at the 5:04 mark of the third period.
Daniel Chartrand decided it was time for the Kings to get back into the win column. Matt Greening scored at the 9:00 mark to bring the Kings within one after Chartrand forced a turnover in the Oil Caps end and connected with his hometown teammate.
At 15:50 the Oil Caps had the puck in the Kings end and attempted a D-to-D blue line pass, when Chartrand intercepted it, and rushed down the ice on a breakaway. Caps goaltender Riley McVeigh turned aside Chartrand's first shot, but the Dauphin forward tapped his own rebound through McVeigh's five hole to tie the game.
The rest of the third period would solve nothing, and the game would need overtime.
In overtime Matteo Esposito turned aside an Oil Caps scoring chance. Off the ensuing faceoff, Chartrand saw the ice opening up, and fired a pass to Ashton Clark at the opposite blue line, giving Clark a clear break to the net. Clark finished on the breakaway giving the Kings the win.
The Kings now look ahead to Sunday's game against Selkirk, their last of 2016, a 6:00pm puck drop at Credit Union Place.
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Despite a depleted lineup with eight regulars absent, and three Parkland Rangers called up, the Dauphin Kings pulled off a three goal comeback to spoil the Oil Caps Christmas game in OT.
Matteo made numerous highlight reel stops in the win, turning aside 51 of 54 pucks sent his way.
Kyle Oleksiuk opened the scoring for the Kings 2:11 into the game. A familiar face evened the score at the halfway mark when Kirklan Lycar put the Oil Caps on the board.
The second period was mostly uneventful, until the Oil Caps took their first lead when Kyle Salaway found the back of the net with 22.7 seconds left in the frame.
The Oil Caps extended their lead to two goals with a power play marker at the 5:04 mark of the third period.
Daniel Chartrand decided it was time for the Kings to get back into the win column. Matt Greening scored at the 9:00 mark to bring the Kings within one after Chartrand forced a turnover in the Oil Caps end and connected with his hometown teammate.
At 15:50 the Oil Caps had the puck in the Kings end and attempted a D-to-D blue line pass, when Chartrand intercepted it, and rushed down the ice on a breakaway. Caps goaltender Riley McVeigh turned aside Chartrand's first shot, but the Dauphin forward tapped his own rebound through McVeigh's five hole to tie the game.
The rest of the third period would solve nothing, and the game would need overtime.
In overtime Matteo Esposito turned aside an Oil Caps scoring chance. Off the ensuing faceoff, Chartrand saw the ice opening up, and fired a pass to Ashton Clark at the opposite blue line, giving Clark a clear break to the net. Clark finished on the breakaway giving the Kings the win.
The Kings now look ahead to Sunday's game against Selkirk, their last of 2016, a 6:00pm puck drop at Credit Union Place.
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Team Canada West defeated Switzerland 5-3 to finish fifth place at the World Junior A Challenge in Bonnyville, AB.
Switzerland opened the scoring at the 4:00 minute mark of the first period. Canada responded 1:33 later and scored another two goals after that for good measure.
Switzerland attempted a comeback but only got as close as two goals away with their third score in the third period.
Steinbach Pistons defenseman Darby Gula assisted on Canada West's fifth goal.
Russia defeated the Czech Republic 7-4 in the bronze medal game.
Canada East and the USA play for gold Saturday.
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