The Dauphin Clippers are riding a four-game winning streak after posting three wins last week.
After scoring a 6-2 win over the Roblin/Grandview/Gilbert Plains Raiders, Tuesday in Dauphin, Hayden Shtykalo scored both goals in a 2-1 overtime victory over the Sandy Bay Badgers, Wednesday in Sandy Bay.
On Saturday, Dauphin made it four straight wins with an 8-3 triumph over the Crocus Plains Plainsmen.
Sunday’s home game against Sandy Bay was postponed due to poor travel conditions and has been rescheduled to Feb. 1 at 12:30 p.m.
The Clippers now sit in fourth place in the Westman High School Hockey League, with an 11-5-0-1 record for 23 points. They trail the third-place Virden Golden Bears by one point, with three games in hand.
Clippers head coach Drew Kulcheski said the players got their confidence back after struggling coming out of the Christmas break and it showed on the ice.
“We’re all kind of gelling together right now and I’m pleased with how we’re playing. We’re playing as a five-man unit every time we’re our on the ice and it’s bringing us some success,” he said.
The offence produced 14 goals in two of the games, and won a close game against Sandy Bay. Being able to win playing any style of game is something that pleases Kulcheski.
“It’s really nice to know that no matter what the situation we’re in, we either have a chance to come back and win one late or tie one up late or take the lead late or we can start the offence off early,” he said.
“There’s not a lot of quit in this group. It’s quite the resilient group we have here. So it’s very comfortable knowing my team can play any style of hockey throughout 60 minutes.”
The Clippers have two home games this week, hosting the Birtle Falcons, Friday at 7:30 p.m., before the Minnedosa/Erickson Chancellors visit Credit Union Place, Sunday at 7 p.m.
Kulcheski is confident the Clippers can continue it’s strong play of late.
“Hopefully we can keep playing confident. When we’re playing with confidence, we seem to have our success. So just trying to let the boys know to play our game, play with confidence and we’ll be alright,” he said.
