The Winkler Flyers were 2-1 in MJHL action this past week.
Last Tuesday they trounced the Portage Terriers—who are one up on them in the standings—6-0 in front of a hometown crowd.
Liam Ernst got the shutout in net, making 26 saves, while Jacob Michelson had a two-goal night and singles came courtesy of Trevor Dalton, Riley Fequet, Aiden Jacobson, and Charlie Weaver.
It was a much closer affair a few nights later when the Virden Oil Capitals came to town.
That one required overtime for a decision as it was 2-2 when the final whistle blew (scoring for Winkler were Fequet and Weaver). Connor Rieger got the game winner 1:18 into the extra period.
Ernst made 36 saves that night as Virden outshot Winkler 38-22.
And on Saturday the Flyers fell to the visiting Waywayseecappo Wolverines 4-2.
Goals from Jack Swaenepoel and Kade Stringer got the Flyers in the game after being down 2-0. But the Wolverines scored twice more in the third, including an empty-netter, to win it.
Liam Russell faced 35 shots in net, making 33 saves. His teammates sent 35 the other way.
The Flyers also faced off against the Oil Capitals in Virden Monday night, but results were not available by press time.
Prior to Monday’s game, the Flyers were 28-17-1-2 for the season so far, good for 59 points and fourth place in the MGEU East Division standings.
They were tied in points with the third-place Portage Terriers, who had a couple games in hand over them, and trailed the Niverville Nighthawks (81 points, first place) and the Steinbach Pistons (78 points, second place) by a wide margin.
This weekend they head into Winnipeg to play the Monarchs Saturday before welcoming the Winnipeg Blues to Winkler on Sunday.
