The Dauphin Clippers are running roughshod over the competition in the early going of the Westman High School Hockey League.
The Clippers routed the opposition in a pair of games this weekend, beating the Reston/Melita/Hartney Renegades, 10-0, Saturday night, before skating to a 21-2 win over the Sandy Bay Badgers, Sunday afternoon.
Dauphin is now 5-0-0-0 for 10 points, good for a second place tie with the Vincent Massey Vikings and Swan Valley Tigers, two points back of the league-leading Crocus Plains Plainsmen.
In five games, Dauphin has scored 55 goals, while allowing just one against.
Clippers coach Drew Kulcheski said the Clippers played their game and tried to get the details down.
“And tried to get some scoring early and put pressure on some teams, so that way we can keep things rolling. But we’re just making sure we hammer in our details every game,” he said.
With games like this, Kulcheski said its tough to make sure every shift matters.
“It’s definitely tough to commit to both sides in games like this. But making sure the guys hammer in the details for every shift, because we’re going to get a point in the schedule where we’re going to need to be able to play every shift without taking any little bit off. So making sure that we get into good habits so that leads us all the way down to the end,” he said.
The Clippers will be in tough this weekend when they are in Brandon, Friday, to play the Vikings at 7:30 p.m., before facing the Plainsmen, Sunday at 3:20 p.m.
“Two top teams in the league right now. We’ve got to be ready to go right from puck drop. We’ve got to play Clipper hockey and make sure we stick to our game plan and try and spoil some home games on the weekend,” Kulcheski said, adding he is confident the Clippers can come away with two victories.
“This team has a very unfinished-business mentality this season, so we’re looking forward to having some revenge this weekend.”