The Parkland Bantam Rangers kicked off their season last weekend with a huge 7-2 win against the Interlake Lightning. In that game, Brayden Dube lit it up with five goals. Tom White and Ken Munro have returned as this year's coaches.
Here is a list of the team's defenders. Aiden Ziprick, Bo Eisner, Skyler Carriere, Landon Brown, Brandon Lyon, Jackson Badowski, and Andrew Pidskalny.
The team will carry 10 forwards with a goal of doing what they did against Interlake throughout the winter. Here are the 10. Kyan Grouette, Brayden Dube, Will Munro, Carter Zalischuk, Madden Murray, Brady Bughart, Kash Henkelman, Linden Smigelsky, and Hayden Seib.
Murray Cook Jr. and Kyler Swanton will be the goaltenders.
"We have nine returning players with a lot of skill," said Ken Munro. "They also bring a lot of confidence and we have a good new group of players with a lot of skill. It should be a good year."
"We're a team that's offensively gifted, we have players that can score," he added. "Everyone is also buying into what Tom is teaching. We know we can score, it's important for us to pay attention to the game away from the puck."
Nearly one week removed from a big win to begin their campaign, Parkland is back at it this weekend and what a busy few days it will be. Starting tomorrow, the club will play four games as they take part in Showcase #1 in Winnipeg.
They begin things at 1:20 against the Winnipeg Sharks. That's followed by regular-season games against the Brandon Wheat Kings and Norman Wolves. Parkland will also play an exhibition game against the Winnipeg Warriors, who are projected to be one of the best teams across the AAA Bantam league.
"I don't want to get ahead of anything, but it's going to be nice to see how we match up against the Warriors," added Munro. "It's early in the season and there is a lot of things us as a coaching staff has to implement. It's all a process."
Parkland won't actually play a home game in the area until November 1. That's when they welcome the Winnipeg Sharks to Roblin at 7:30. On November 2, the Winnipeg Hawks will be in town for a 1:00 p.m. game at Credit Union Place.
You can check out the full schedule at Parkland Rangers 2019-20 schedule.
If you're asking yourself why you should head down to games when they're in the Parkland, Munro tells you exactly why.
"These kids play their heart out, they do everything they can to be good hockey players," Munro concluded. "These kids are very proud to be AAA players. It's the highest level they can play for their age group and they take a lot of pride in it."
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