The Blizzard earned all 6 possible points over the weekend when they went to the southern end of the province.
On Friday the Blizzard were on the ice against the Niverville Nighthawks. The Blizzard proved once again that they are the least penalized team in the league, avoiding any time in the box for the whole 60 minutes of play while the Nighthawks spent a combined 23 minutes. Despite the Nighthawks serving most of those penalties during the first period, they opened up scoring late into the first period. Quincy Supprien tied the game early into the second period and again in the first 20 seconds of the third period. Carter Spirig scored a goal two minutes later as the Nighthawks pushed ahead 3-2. Riley See scored the game-tying goal with less than 4 minutes on the clock, pushing the game into overtime. An extensive shootout followed, featuring eight players from each team. Ethan Bibeau and Sebastian Hamming each scored, ending the shootout with a 4-3 victory for the Blizzard.
On Saturday, The Blizzard were in Selkirk in another close game. This time the teams were even in penalty minutes, spending 10 minutes in the box each. for the first 35 minutes of play, the game remained scoreless until Riley See took the puck from Sam Zagari and dumped it into the Steelers' net. Very early into the third period the Selkirk Steelers took advantage of a power play opportunity and tied the game 1-1 against the Blizzard. Adam Belzil scored minutes later, but that goal was tied once again by the Steelers as the game went into another overtime shootout for the Blizzard. Sebastian Hamming and Quincy Supprien each scored, earning the Blizzard another 2 points on the road.
On Sunday, despite two long games of hockey the nights before, Ethan Bibeau and Adam Belzil each scored during the second period as Loic Morin stopped all 20 shots on goal, earning the Blizzard a 2-0 shutout win over the Winnipeg Freeze.
The Blizzard have widened the gap between them and the third-place Dauphin Kings in the MGEU West division at 64 points this season as the countdown to the MJHL Playoffs is well underway.
The Blizzard stay home this weekend, as they prepare to face the Waywayseecappo Wolverines on Saturday and the division-leading Virden Oil Capitals on Sunday.
