DAUPHIN, MB - The Dauphin Kings will go for their second straight win to open up their second round series with the Portage Terriers tonight at Credit Union Place.
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Dauphin will look to carry over their excellent play from Friday's second and third periods in Portage where they greased out a key road victory, beating the Terriers 3-1 at Stride Place.
The series is looking to be a very physical and intense one as the two teams didn't shy away from any extracurricular activities after whistles in Portage.
Tonight's game and the entire series at Credit Union Place is sponsored by Dauphin's Countryfest. Support this great local festival and spend the weekend together June 26th to 29th just south of Dauphin!. In tonight's first intermission the Home Hardware Football Toss is back with the pot starting at $430.00! Don't forget to grab your FREE noisemaker when you come into the building! Don't like all the noise? Free ear plugs will be available as well.
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TONIGHT'S MATCH UP
The Kings attempt to keep home ice advantage with a win at Credit Union Place. Dauphin was able to snap Portage's unbeaten streak on home ice Friday, the Terriers will try to do the same against the Kings tonight.
Dauphin continues to get contributions from up and down the lineup as the post season continues on. On Friday night they had goals from three different players. Madden Murray (1), Ty Pratte (2) and Gabriel Bugeaud all tallied (3) and the Kings had eight players picking up a point.
Cole Sheffield was also very good in the win. The Ontario product stopped 46 of 47 shots for Dauphin.
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SPECIAL TEAMS
Special Teams were a factor in Friday's affair. Both teams had multiple chances and there wasn't much flow to the contest in the second period where multiple infractions were handed out. In the end the Kings finished the night 1 for 4 on the man advantage while Portage was 1 for 7. Dauphin's Penalty Kill is now a very solid 84.6% on the road in the playoffs. They'll look to transfer their strong Special Teams play to home ice this evening.
LEADING SCORERS
As mentioned earlier the Kings continue to get contributions from a number of players up and down the lineup. Gabriel Bugeaud and Havryil Simchuk have been very good in their last few games for the Kings. Both lead the team in points with Cayden Glover. All three players have six points. Bugeaud has three goals and three assists in his last three games while Simchuk has picked up two goals and three assists in his last three. Dauphin has seven players with at least two goals in the playoffs so far.
On the Portage side the Terriers' top players likely won't be quiet for very long. Coming into this evening Cameron Bullinger leads the Terriers in points with six assists.
