After winning six straight games against the OCN Blizzard, the Dauphin Kings got away from what made them a contender in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League this season.

The result was a 7-2 loss at the hands of the Blizzard, Saturday at Credit Union Place.

The loss came on the heels of a 4-3 overtime victory over OCN, Thursday in OCN, a game which the Kings dominated, outshooting the Blizzard 62-26.

Nick Braun was the overtime hero for the Kings, scoring the winner 3:06 into the extra frame.

On Saturday, OCN opened the scoring just 14 seconds into the contest.

Luke Morris brought the Kings even 57 seconds later when he rang a shot in off the post, but OCN took control with two goals later in the frame.

Kings head coach and general manager Doug Hedley felt both goaltenders would like to have a few shots back.

“The biggest thing is I don’t think we played real well in the D zone. We don’t normally give those kinds of chances away,” he added. “I just thought our attention to detail wasn’t real good and starting on time was definitely an issue and I don’t think we gave our opponent enough respect. We just played too loose. We didn’t play with a lot of team structure, although we had the puck a lot of the time.”

The Kings were guilty of leaving players open in front of the net, which OCN used to its advantage.

Dauphin did control the puck for the majority of the game, directing 55 shots at the OCN net.

“Just maybe a little too high risk and giving them opportunities. We’d be in their end for three or four shifts in a row and then all of a sudden they’d get a break and it’s in the net,” Hedley said. “Just too many errors that we don’t normally make. It was just all attention to detail.”

Hedley hopes the game serves as a wakeup call and that the team can learn from it. At the same time, it is one of those games they have to put behind them right away and start to prepare for the next outing, which comes, Friday when the Kings travel to Waywayseecappo hoping to tame the Wolverines.

Saturday the two teams meet again in Dauphin. Both games get underway at 7:30 p.m.

“We’ve got a good week to prepare for Wayway. We were embarrased tonight. So we’ve got to find a way to get better,” Hedley said, adding the Kings will watch some video and go through the special teams and see what Waywayseecappo’s tendencies are as they prepare for the weekend.

“But the biggest thing is we focus on our strengths and play fast, do what we do well,” he said. “We’ve got to start getting pucks to the net. We’ve got to start getting into the eyes of the goaltender. We don’t go to the net front enough. I think we had control of the puck a lot. But the goaltender can see every shot we take. We need guys going to the paint.”

Forward Matthew Rathbone remains week-to-week with an upper body injury and will start skating soon.