It wasn’t pretty, but the Parkland Rangers earned four of a possible six points in a three-game homestand over the weekend.

The weekend began, Friday, when the Rangers scored a 5-4 win over the Southwest Cougars on its annual Hockey Fights Cancer Night, during which the players wore pink jerseys.

Parkland built a 3-0 lead, 5-1/2 minutes into the second period on a goal by Dayson Martin and two from Landyn Garton.

The Cougars tied the game before the period break when Cole Lobreau, Eric Berger and Taylor Lockhart found the back of the net.

Brayden Budolowski and Ryzlie Nepinak put the Rangers back in front by two, but Southwest’s Coleton Koop narrowed the gap to one. However, that was as close as the Cougars would get.

Carter Sigurdson made 28 saves for the win, while Nate Brown stopped 16 shots in the loss.

On Saturday, the Rangers beat the Eastman Selects, 2-1.

Owen Sigvaldason and Budolowski tallied for Parkland, while Crosby Mateychuk had the Eastman goal.

Eddy Person picked up the win making 22 saves, while Sigurdson stopped seven shots in a  brief relief appearance.

Zaiden McDonald Horvath took the loss after stopping 12 shots.

It was a different story on Sunday as Seth Hooper scored twice and added an assist to lead the Selects to a 7-1 win.

Owen Law, Jevon Peters, Ty Mistelbacher, Liam Plett and Jax Huberdeau also scored for Eastman and McDonald Horvath made 11 saves.

Martin had Parkland’s only goal. Person made five saves before giving way to Sigurdson, who stopped 16 shots.

The Rangers sit in fifth place with a 7-2-3-0 record.

While pleased with the results, Rangers head coach Rick Freese was not pleased with the effort, feeling the team is starting to get a little bit complacent.

Read the full story in this weeks Dauphin Herald.