Tavyn Boychuk’s power-play goal, 1:44 into overtime lifted the Parkland Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Wild, Saturday in Winnipeg, the team’s first W of the season.

Cam Sarna opened the scoring just 1:29 into the contest and added his second midway through the period to give Parkland a 2-0 lead.

It stayed that way until the 15:55 mark of the third period when Gino Cotroneo put Winnipeg on the board. The Wild tied it 43 seconds later on a goal from Cole Babych.

Winnipeg’s Carter Kingerski was called for a holding penalty 1:06 into overtime and the Rangers capitalized when Boychuk netted the winner.

Chase Glover made 28 saves to earn the win, while Winnipeg’s Jacob Armstrong took the loss with 21 saves to his credit.

Parkland was seven seconds away from their second straight win, but had to settle to a 4-3 overtime loss to the Interlake Lightning, Sunday in Teulon.

Drew Russell in the first period and Brandon Burak in the second had given Interlake a 2-0 lead. But Cash Clarkson put the Rangers on the board 55 seconds after Burak’s goal and Sarna tied the game 41 seconds later.

Cade Legaarden put Parkland in front 58 seconds after that and the Rangers skated into the third period with a 3-2 lead.

All three Parkland goals came on the power play.

Russell’s second of the game came with seven seconds left on the clock, sending the game to overtime, where Burak scored his second, 3:01 into OT to give Interlake the win.

Alex Myers made 35 saves in the win, while Glover had 29 saves.

After playing the Eastman Selects twice last weekend, Rangers head coach Tyler Carefoot wanted his team to create the same identity as the Selects.

“And that’s just being a hard team to play against and just executing all the little details behind the scenes that we always talk about as a group,” he said, adding the Rangers have played very well against the Wild in recent years.

“I’m not too sure if it’s because they maybe take us for granted. But the game against the Wild, we were in control all the way through.”

After taking the lead in the first period, the Rangers didn’t sit back and kept up the pressure offensively. It wasn’t until towards the end that Winnipeg started pressing to tie the game.

“I thought they got a lucky goal there to tie things up and send it into overtime and we found a way to win,” Carefoot said. “You talk about momentum shifts in a season, that game just proved to all of us that we can compete in the league this season, but we can win some games if we have the mindset of, together, playing the right way.”

In Sunday’s game against Interlake, the Rangers were able to overcome killing off three of four penalties in the first period.

“So they had all kinds of momentum, generating lots of chances. And we weathered the storm,” Carefoot said.

Interlake tied the game on what Carefoot called a lucky bounce.

“Their D-man just kind of hail Mary’d it on to the net and a little deflection beat our goalie,” he said.

What made Carefoot most proud about the weekend was the chemistry the players built over the weekend, developing a bond of brotherhood that most teams strive for.

“Guys are battling for each other. We care for each other and I think we recognize that, if we’re going to have some success, it’s really important that we have that team unity and buy in,” he said. “Factor in the way we are competing and executing, we are on the right track.”

The Rangers start a seven-game homestand with three games in as many days this weekend, beginning, Friday, when they host the Brandon Wheat Kings at 7:30 p.m.

On Saturday, the Rangers face the Norman North Stars at 7:30 p.m. date, followed by a rematch, Sunday, at 1:30 p.m.