The Dauphin Kings are currently riding a three-game winning streak following a pair of home ice victories over the weekend.

The Kings scored a 4-3 win over a gutsy Winnipeg Blues squad, Friday, before handing the Winkler Flyers a 2-1 setback, Sunday.

Friday’s win over the Blues was the 400th victory for Doug Hedley as Kings head coach.

The Kings were using their sticks to great advantage, stealing pucks, especially in the offensive zone, which led to quality scoring chances.

“And we’re getting in shooting lanes. That’s what it takes,” Hedley said.

Sunday’s game resembled a playoff game, Hedley said, with both teams working hard.

“Guys were going hard, they were getting into shooting lanes. We got fortunate enough to get a power play and a good deflection by Schmidty (Joshua Schmidt) to get the game winner,” he said.

The three straight wins comes after Dauphin lost two straight to the Selkirk Steelers and the Winnipeg Freeze.

The loss to Selkirk was especially disappointing, because Hedley felt they deserved better.

“We made four mistakes and they capitalized. They’re a good team offensively,” he said.

“And then 67 shots against a goaltender that stood on his head and did everything he could do. And, don’t get me wrong, we didn’t get to the net enough. We didn’t take his eyes away. We didn’t get rebounds or second shots. We had a lot of shots, I think close to 100 towards the net. Had the puck the whole time, but just couldn’t get it done.”

The Kings rebounded from those losses with a 3-1 win over the Flyers in Winkler.

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