They lost their only game of the week and as a result, dropped in the weekly Canadian Junior Hockey League's Top 20 rankings.
Following a 4-2 defeat against Virden on Ukrainian Night, the Kings are ranked 17th this week, a drop of five compared to their 12th spot last week. Dauphin is still on top of the MGEU West Division with 53 points, six more than Neepawa and Northern Manitoba. The Kings have two games in hand on the Blizzard and four on the Titans.
Dauphin continues to try to chase down three East Division powers who occupy the top three spots in the league. Winkler and Steinbach both have 63 points while Portage has 59. The Kings return to game action on Friday when they're in Virden to play the Oil Capitals. Darnell Duff has the call of that game, opening with the Parkland Source for Sports pregame show at 7:20.
Before that, five members of the team are in Winnipeg for the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) - Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) Showcase that opens on Tuesday at the Seven Oaks Arena.
Cole Sheffield, Gavin Nemis, Naaman Hofer, Cayden Glover, and Matthew Thomas will look to showcase their elite skills and represent the Kings crest with great pride.
Cayden Glover has been named an MJHL Star of the Week. The 20-year-old from Brandon had three goals and five points in two games last week.
Glover leads the league with 33 goals and he's tied for second in league scoring with Adam Vigfusson of the Niverville Nighthawks, who Dauphin will play four times moving ahead.
Cayden has 11 multi-goal games this year, one of which came over the weekend against Virden.
Around the league, Jayce Legaarden and the Winkler Flyers remained in the seventh spot while Steinbach improved one ranking to ninth. The Portage Terriers are honourable mentions.
In the SJHL, Will Munro and Bo Eisner of Swan River have helped the Melfort Mustangs to the third spot. The Mustangs are on top of the SJHL standings while the Flin Flon Bombers, who have points in 25 straight games, 22 of which have been wins, are ranked 15th nationally.
