The OCN Blizzard had a tough weekend down in Dauphin. Darik Feasey and Michael Hlady opened up scoring in the first period to set ahead 2-0 heading into the second.

 

However the Kings seemed to have woken up in the remaining 40 minutes, tying the game at 2 all in the later half of the second period.

 

A shorthanded Nolan Wickham got around the Blizzard defence and with a clear shot on net pushed the Kings up 3-2 against the Blizzard 7 minutes in. A daring move from the bench as Dough Johnson pulled Ethan Farrow with 6 minutes to go in an attempt to force a 3-3 tie and potential overtime. The attempt was short lived as Alex Senf shot it in from across the ice. Later another Kings goal ended the night 5-2 for the Kings.

 

SUNDAY

 

Two nights later was a much closer and much different game. The entire first 40 minutes of play was goalless. Even despite 5v3 opportunities for both teams the goaltenders and defensemen on each team were putting in work and keeping the puck out of the net.

 

The third period is where all that changed for the teams. After a slashing call was served to Chase Hamm and served by Ashton Paul things got heated in the Blizzard zone. As Hamm went down the puck went up and the Kings scored their first goal of the night.

 

Despite an empty net goal the Blizzard fought back with only seconds to go after dual penalties. Pulling Hamm out of net once again Riley Zimmerman scored with 39 seconds left. A huge attempt was made by the team to even that score in the final seconds however the game would still end 2-1 for the Kings.

The Blizzard battle next the Virden Oil Capitals this Friday at 7PM in the GLMC.