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The Parkland Rangers mustered 29 shots in the second period and scored three times to snap their three-game losing streak.
Liam Chartrand scored twice and had one assist as the Rangers beat Yellowhead, 6-4. Nathan Miller had three assists in the win for Dauphin as they won their 13th game and increased their lead over the Thrashers to five points.
Forrest Karlson also had a goal in the game with two assists while Alex Campbell also netted as did Carter Moncrief. Quinten Fisk also scored for the Rangers, his 19th of the season.
Parkland (13-12) also moves into seventh place, ahead of Pembina Valley and they're just a point back of Eastman for sixth.
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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.
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It was an outstanding weekend for the Roblin Stars Minor Hockey Association.
The U-13 Stars hosted their tournament and came out as champions. They captured a banner to raise to the rafters with a dominating 11-3 win over Tri-Valley in the final. It was a coast-to-coast victory for the Stars who also pounded Thompson by scoring 20 goals and 19 goals in a victory against St. James.
Thompson went on to win the B-side final over Selkirk.
The U-9 Foxon team earned themselves a banner with a great weekend as they captured the title at the Grand Plains tournament.
They beat Dauphin 14-7 and then downed Russell in a tight affair, 7-5. They then beat Russell in an overtime thriller, 10-9. In the final, they beat Swan River, 9-8. The team showed a great ability to battle adversity and found a way to get the job done.
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Several local curling stars are heading to the provincial championships.
Team Todoruk (Greg Todoruk, Darcy Todoruk, Rob Fisher, and Terron Stykalo)
Competing at a Viterra Championships qualifier over the weekend, Team Todoruk played the role of comeback boys to start the event.
They stole a single point in the eighth, ninth and 10th ends to secure a thrilling 6-5 win over Team Anderson. In their next game, the Parkland foursome scored four in the second end and never looked back in beating Team Gregory, 13-6.
The 2025 Viterra Championships will be held at Stride Place from February 4-9, 2025.
Team Forrester (Hayden Forrester, Reece Hamm, Cyrus Brandt, Lawson Yates)
Dauphin's Yates and his foursome needed a win in their final game and that's what they did.
Playing lead on Team Forrester, the team scored a single in the 10th to beat Team Siwicki, 6-5.
The team won three of their four games and is now Portage-bound for the big dance.
Team Dundas (Cassidy Dundas, Lauren Evason, Eryn Czirfusz, and Tessa Terrick)
Team Dundas stole a single point each in the seventh and eighth ends followed by a steal of two in the ninth to beat Team Terrick, 6-3.
Tessa, who plays on Team Dundas, got the best of her sisters Zoey and Jaycee.
Dundas, Tessa and the rest of her team are off to Pilot Mound for the Rocky Mountain Equipment women's provincial championships from January 21-26, 2025.
Team McFarlane (Hailey McFarlane, Janelle Lach, Stacy Sime, Hallie McCannell)
Stacy, of Dauphin, joined Team McFarlane and they were perfect over the weekend.
They scored 27 points in three games and solidified their provincial berth with a decisive 9-5 win over Team Calvert.
Team McFarlane, featuring Stacy Sime of Dauphin, will join Team Dundas in Pilot Mound.
Good luck to those from the Parkland and around the province at the provincial championships.
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Fans may be surprised the Dauphin Kings have dropped in the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Top 20 rankings.
Spending last week as the 11th-ranked team in Canada, Dauphin has dropped to 13th this week. Dauphin opened last week with a solid road win over the Northern Manitoba Blizzard and they followed that up with a 5-2 win over the Steinbach Pistons.
Steinbach was ranked sixth last week and they couldn't handle what the Kings had to offer. Cole Sheffield made 34 saves in the game as Dauphin won their fifth straight contest to jump eight points ahead of the Blizzard for first place in the West Division. Dauphin also has two games in hand on the Blizzard and will play them twice before the Christmas break.
The Kings have points in 14 of their last 16 games and are tied with Steinbach for first place in the league. Steinbach also dropped in the weekly rankings, however, they're still eighth.
The Winkler Flyers, who were honourable mentions last week, are ranked 20th this week.
The 'Sheff' Is Cooking:
After two marvellous performances, Cole Sheffield was named one of the MJHL's Stars of the Week.
The 20-year-old from London, who leads the league with 16 wins, sparkled in two performances against the Blizzard and Steinbach. In a 4-2 win against Norman, Sheffield turned away 33 shots. He then made 34 saves in a 5-2 win against Steinbach.
Cole is near the top of the league in every major statistical category and his 1377 minutes played are far more than anyone else. Jase Wareham (1133) has played the second-most. Wareham and the Wolverines come to Dauphin on Tuesday.
Sheffield is 16-5-1 this season with a .925 save percentage to go along with a 2.31 goals-against average.
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A nine-round shootout was needed to decide a champion as the Dauphin Minor Hockey Association hosted its Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy U15A tournament over the weekend.
In the wild back-and-forth game, it was the Swan Valley Stampeders that prevailed as they beat the Yorkton Terriers, 3-2. It was a game that had fans on the edge of their seats.
In the bronze medal game, the Dauphin Kings easily got past Souris, 4-1. The consolation final saw Brandon beating St. Boniface, 4-1.
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For the first time in league play, the Dauphin Clippers have lost two straight games this season.
After losing 2-0 against Killarney on Friday, the Clippers held a 2-1 lead but fell 4-2 against the Vincent Massey Vikings. Layne Wolfenden and Ronin Mouck had Dauphin's two goals as they led after 40 minutes.
Vincent Massey scored twice to take the lead and sealed the game into an empty net late. Dauphin's game on Sunday was postponed because of poor weather conditions so their next game will be on Wednesday at 1:45 when they host Roblin at Credit Union Place.
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The Dauphin Kings stayed red hot and won their 20th game of the season on Saturday night.
The Kings opened up a 3-1 lead and never looked back as they cruised to a 5-2 win over the Steinbach Pistons. Dauphin played an outstanding defensive game and Cole Sheffield was brilliant when he needed to be.
Gavin Nemis led the way for Dauphin as he scored twice in the win, as the Kings moved to 20-6-1 on the season and are currently tied with the Pistons for first overall.
Cole Sheffield made 34 saves while Declan Hoad, Ethan Stewart, and Matthew Thomas also scored for Dauphin.
The Kings welcome Waywayseecappo on Tuesday.
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The Parkland U-18 Rangers gave up eight goals in the final 13 minutes of the first period as their skid continued on Saturday.
Playing one of the top teams in the league in Manitoba's capital, it was the Bruins that locked up an 8-2 win over Parkland. They went 3-for-4 on the power play while the Rangers were 1-for-2. Shea Rollason, a Kings prospect, scored twice for Winnipeg in the win.
Brayden Budolowski scored both of Parkland's goals in the loss. The Rangers are now 12-12 on the season which has them in eighth place, three points ahead of the Thrashers for the final playoff spot in the league.
They're off to Shoal Lake on Tuesday and host Pembina Valley on Friday.
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Five players from the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) have been selected to represent Team Canada West at the World Junior A Challenge which begins next week in Camrose, Alberta.
The five include Dru Mushumanski of Rossburn. Dru, who is in his first full season with the Wolverines after starting his junior career in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Regina Pats, has five goals and 13 points in 19 games this season in Waywayseecappo.
Dru was identified as a player of interest after scoring twice in one game at the Western All-Star Showcase against Team Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) on November 5. Mushumanski has an outstanding shot and a knack for finding open ice and creating offence.
Marlen Edwards (Northern Manitoba), Jackson Kostiuk (Steinbach), Reece Gault (Steinbach), and Avery Laliberte (Niverville) were also named to the 22-man roster. Four teams will compete in the tournament, Canada West, Canada East, Sweden, and the United States.
Each team plays a three-game preliminary round over the first four days of the tournament to decide seeding for the semifinals on December 14 while the bronze and gold medal games are set for December 15.
Eric Labrosse of the Blizzard will serve as an Assistant Coach for Team West while Justin Giesbrecht of the Niverville Nighthawks will serve as the team's physiotherapist. Dru and his team play their first game on Monday against Sweden at the Encana Arena in Camrose.
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The Dauphin Kings completed a blockbuster trade on Wednesday.
They sent 20-year-old Ashton Paul to the Melfort Mustangs of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) in exchange for Rylan Ringor and a player development fee. Paul had a slow start to the season this year with seven goals and six assists. He was unable to find the form that he had last year when he joined Dauphin. He had 32 points in 25 games with the Kings in the regular season last year.
Paul will join a Mustangs team that is on top of the SJHL. The defending SJHL champions have an eight-point gap over Battlefords for first place in the league. They also possess Will Munro and Bo Eisner of Swan River.
Doug Hedley commented on the departure.
"When a player loses confidence like Ashton did, it's a struggle mentally," said Hedley. "He wanted to get closer to home. The original request was for him to join the Blizzard and that's what we were attempting to do. They weren't interested in giving up an adequate replacement in the top six. He said he wanted to try Melfort and that was done."
In nine games with the Mustangs this year, Rylan scored twice and added six assists. He started this year in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) with the Devon Xtreme. In each of the past three seasons, Ringor recorded at least 30 points with the Winnipeg Freeze, Lloydminster Bobcats, and Fort McMurray Oil Barons.
Rylan is from Winnipeg and is expected to join the Kings in the coming days.
"We believe he will help us. He has a high hockey IQ, moves the puck well and could fit in our top six here," ended Hedley. "He's a good player for us and I wish Ashton Paul all the best, hopefully, things work out in Melfort for him."
The Kings return to the ice on Saturday when the Steinbach Pistons come to town. It will be a battle between the top two teams in the league. Steinbach is on top with a record of 20-4-1 while Dauphin is in second with 19 wins in 26 games.
It's also Hockey Card night and the puck drops at 7:30.
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