The Dauphin Kings pushed just about as hard as you can possibly push on Friday night and they almost pulled off the unthinkable; however, it wasn't mean to be.
Down by three goals with just five minutes left, Dauphin brought the game within a single goal with 74 seconds left, but it wasn't to be.
Winkler held on to down the Kings 3-2 on Friday night in the team's final game of the regular season against eachother. With the victory, the Flyers beat the Kings in three of four meetings.
Cayden Glover scored Dauphin's lone power play goal of the game with five minutes left as he let go a snipe from the left circle that went up and over the shoulder of Malachi Klassen.
Then with 74 seconds left, Logan Walker pounced on a puck in the blue paint and potted it past Klassen to bring the Kings within one and that set things up for quite the finish. Ultimately, Dauphin was unable to score the equalizer as they fell for just the second time in 2024.
With the loss, the Kings dropped to 24-13-1, but they're still just three poiints back of the Blizzard for second in the West after they lost to Steinbach on Friday night. The Flyers remain three points back of Steinbach for first overall in the league.
Dauphin will now head to Winnipeg to play the Freeze on Saturday night at 7:30 before returning home for a tilt with Neepawa on Tuesday.
