The Dauphin Kings enter the Manitoba Junior Hockey League preseason with plenty of decisions to be made following the training camp this past weekend.

Camp culminated with the annual JoFo Cup intrasquad game, which saw Declan Hoad score the winner with 3:07 remaining in the third period to lift Team Barry Trotz to a 4-3 win over Team Myles Fee.

Cayden Glover paced Team Trotz with a pair of goals, while Rylan Gibbs added a single.

Gabriel Bugeaud had two for Team Fee and Jack Bechard had the other marker.

Cole Sheffield and Piet Mierreau combined to make 20 saves in goal for Team Trotz, while Austin Seibel and Hunter Bauer had 24 saves between them.

Kings head coach and general manager Doug Hedley said the younger players look really good.

“We had a really good class of 2008s. Our 2005s have looked good. Our backend, the guys we brought in on the right side have looked good,” he said.

“The Haun kid (Matt) from the States is a 20-year-old, but he’s really played well defensively. He really moves pucks well.”

Hedley was pleased with the speed and compete level he saw throughout camp, as well as the offensive production.

“We had a lot of everything during the camp. Even today’s (intrasquad) game, guys were looking a little bit tired. But at the same time, I think with a day off in the next day or so for a lot of them, I think our exhibition games should have a lot of energy in it,” he said.

The first two games of the preseason - tonight against the Northern Manitoba Blizzard and Thursday against the Neepawa Titans - will feature all-rookie lineups.

Both games get underway at 7:30 p.m.

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