The Parkland Rangers hit the ice for training camp this past weekend, culminating with the annual intrasquad game, Sunday afternoon.

Liam Chartrand, Brayden Budalowski and Ryzlie Nepinak each scored twice to lead Team Black to a 7-5 win over Team White.

Derrel Murdock had Team Black’s other goal, while Ethan Carnegie with two, Joey Hall, Noah Smigelsky and Cade Legaarden replied for Team White.

Rangers head coach Joshua Tripp liked what he saw on the ice over the weekend.

“It started out a little bit slow, but me and the other coaches had a chat with the guys and ever since then, it’s been awesome. The pace has picked way up and they’ve been playing hard. It was really good to see,” he said.

Tripp liked the way the players battled and worked hard throughout the weekend.

“It’s hard, especially for the returning guys. It’s hard to push in camp when you’ve already played on the team. But we’ve made it very clear that it’s a new coaching staff and no one’s spot is solidified. And they’ve really impressed me with the way that they’ve worked all weekend,” he said.

Ten players from last year’s squad were in camp with several others still trying out for junior teams.

Some cuts were made following Sunday’s intrasquad game. Roughly 30 players will make the trip to Souris for the Southwest Cougars’ annual preseason tournament this weekend.

“There’s some guys that we want to see a little bit more and see in an actual preseason game,” Tripp said.

Parkland will face the Interlake Lightning, Friday, at 8:15 p.m. They won’t have much time to rest at they play the host Cougars, Saturday morning at 9 a.m.

Tripp will keep an eye on the little things that makes a team successful.

“For the guys that we need an extra look at, it’s going to be the little things, right? So the back checks, the winning races to pucks, the battles, all that. We know how skilled all the players are, so those little things are what’s going to make them stand out to us. And that’s what we’re going to watch out for,” he said.