The Dauphin Clippers hockey team began the new year in a resounding way, Sunday afternoon.

Ronin Mouck had two goals and three assists and Julien Lopez scored once and added four helpers to lead the Clippers to a 12-2 win over the visiting Major Pratt Trojans of Russell.

Ethan Carnegie also scored twice and had a pair of assists for Dauphin. Wil Busby had two goals and an assist and Lyric Smith had a goal and two assists, while Jordan Braun, Noah Hanneson, Drayson Demeria and Josh Yakielashek had the other goals.

Jorey Reichmuth and Raphael Mowbray scored for Major Pratt.

Ethan Myhre picked up the win in goal, making 18 saves. Xander Perih made 31 saves leaving the game with an injury in the third period. His replacement, Brandon Wasilka, made six saves.

There is sometimes concern about team’s suffering from “turkey legs” when coming back from the Christmas break. But Clippers coach Josh Yaschyshyn wasn’t worried about that.

“We had two hard practices this week. We went Tuesday morning. We had a little three-on-three tournament, with a bunch of mini-games. The boys worked really hard. And then Thursday, we had another real good hard working practice to shake off the turkey and the rust. I knew the boys would be ready for today,” he said.

Yaschyshyn was impressed by the team’s unselfish play against the Trojans.

“Everybody was playing for each other. Nobody was concerned about wanting to score. They were more excited when teammates scored, which was nice to see,” he said.

The Clippers enter the week in sixth place with an 11-3-1-0 record for 23 points, just three back of third-place Swan Valley.

Yaschyshyn said it was nice to start the second half of the season with a win like this and he hopes the team can build on it.

This weekend, the Clippers are in Winnipeg for the annual Piper Classic, hosted by John Taylor Collegiate.

The next league action for the Clippers will be, Jan. 17, when they host the Crocus Plains Plainsmen at 7:30 p.m.