The Dauphin Kings and Winnipeg Blues played yet another tight contest in their fourth meeting of the season. This time the Blues came out on top 5-3. Each team now has a regulation and shootout win against the other.
Ethan Czaplewski opened the scoring, but Daniel Chartrand responded for the Kings just 44 seconds later, receiving a feed in the slot from Ian Briscoe and firing it by Blues tender Jacob Gnidziejko.
The Kings took their first lead early in the second. Trevor Selk fired a shot at the Blues goalie, Ian Briscoe banked the rebound off of Gnidziejko from below the goal line and in to make it 2-1.
Five minutes later Rhett Lough finished off a beautiful passing play from Ethan Czaplewski and Dexter Kuczek to even the score once again. The Blues pulled out in front before the end of the frame when Brock Shwaluk found a loose puck in the slot after Matt Greening blocked a point shot.
Winnipeg increased their lead in the third with Dexter Kuczek scoring on a two-on-one. Howard Yawit brought the Kings within one when he broke up a play at the point and charged down the ice, firing a shot by the Blues netminder for the short handed marker.
Despite a number of good scoring chances with Duncan McGovern pulled and the extra attacker on the ice, the Kings could not find the equilizer and surrendered an empty netter with 0.9 of a second left.
The Kings look to rebound from the loss in Winkler on Saturday.
