The Arborg Ice Dawgs saw their two-game win streak snapped last weekend by the defending Capital Region Junior Hockey League champions.
The Ice Dawgs held a 2-1 lead through Friday’s Halloween matchup with the St. Malo Warriors but couldn’t keep the champs contained for the full 60 minutes.
St. Malo erupted for five unanswered goals over the latter half of the game to earn a 6-2 victory at Arborg & District Arena.
Brycen Johannesson and Keagan Wiebe had the Arborg goals in the loss, while goaltender Zavery Wahoski turned aside 62 of 68 shots.
Arborg’s Paxton Moore got the start the following evening against the La Broquerie Habs and also broke the 40-save mark.
La Broquerie opened the scoring just over two minutes in, while the Ice Dawgs replied in the second period with goals from Sawyer Zuk and Brandon Burak to cut the Habs’ lead to 5-2 heading into the final frame.
Cayden Ingimundson made it 5-3 early in the third, but the Habs added a pair of late tallies to seal a 7-3 win and hand Arborg their second loss of the weekend.
The Ice Dawgs now sit at 0-6-0-2-0 on the season, holding seventh place in the CRJHL standings.
Arborg continues its six-game homestand Friday when they host the Beausejour Comets. Puck drop is set for 8 p.m. at Arborg & District Arena.
