Dauphin wins U15 provincial gold on home ice

Published on Tuesday, 25 February 2025 15:54

The Dauphin Kings U15 hockey team won the provincial gold on home ice, this past weekend.

Hosting the Co-ed U15 A provincials, Dauphin opened the tournament with a 6-4 win over Virden.

Drayson Demeria led the way with three goals and Kellan Shtykalo added a pair. Carter Smigelsky had a single as Carter Porath earned the win in goal.

In Dauphin’s second game, Brayden Abrams scored twice and had an assist and Kenai Mouck scored once and added two assists in leading the Kings to a 7-2 win over Morden.

Demeria also scored twice, with Samson Bourgouin and Rossi Puchailo adding singles. Kaysi Sliworsky was in goal for the win.

The final game of the round-robin was a showdown for first place in the pool against Carman.

Smigelsky had a goal and two assists and Puchailo scored twice to lead Dauphin to a 6-3 victory.

Shtykalo, Abrams and Demeria had Dauphin’s other goals, while Porath was in goal for the win.

In the semifinals against Brandon, Shtykalo scored three times to lead Dauphin to an 8-4 triumph.

Bourgouin, Abrams, Mouck, Weston Rank and Puchailo also scored for Dauphin in support of Porath, who picked up the win in goal.

Dauphin got off to a quick start in the gold medal game against Swan Valley as Shtykalo opened the scoring just 15 seconds into the game.

Swan Valley tied the game with four seconds left in the second period and it stayed that way until Demeria netted the gold-medal winning goal with just 10 seconds remaining.

Shtykalo added an empty-net goal with five seconds left to seal the victory for Dauphin.

Porath was in net for the win and Rank chipped in with two assists.

Carman beat Brandon, 4-3 to win the bronze medal, while Virden won the consolation with a 5-1 win over Winkler.



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