The Winkler Flyers made short work of the Selkirk and Virden teams last week before coming up short against Dauphin.
Last Tuesday’s home game against the Steelers was a 9-0 rout for the Flyers.
Goalie Liam Ernst denied every one of the 19 shots that came his way between the posts. His teammates sent 28 shots the other way.
Niklas Gudmundson scored a hat trick that night. The other six goals came courtesy of Brady Craik, Brody Beauchemin, Blake Matheson, Mathys Blanchette, Kam Thomas, and Max Lavoie.
Thursday’s road game against the Oil Capitals in Virden was somewhat less of slaughter but still a win for Winkler; they took it 4-1.
Thomas and Jayce Legaarden had the Flyers up 2-1 after 20 minutes, and then goals from Lavoie and Gudmundson sealed the deal in the final period.
Rylan Benner went the distance in net for Winkler this game, making 21 saves as the Flyers outshot the Oil Capitals 37-22.
The script was flipped Sunday night when the Dauphin Kings came to Winkler.
Blake Matheson scored the Flyers’ lone goal of the night near the end of the first. But the 1-0 lead was short-lived, the Kings scoring a minute later and then adding goals in both the second and third periods to win it 3-1.
Ernst faced 31 shots this game, saving 28. Winkler had 34 shots on goal.
The Flyers are in third place in the MJHL East Division with a record of 7-3. With 14 points, they’re just one point behind the Steinbach Pistons in second and eight behind the Steelers in first, though they have four games in hand over Selkirk.
This weekend, the Flyers head to Swan Valley to take on the Stampeders and to Dauphin to play the Kings.
