DAUPHIN, MB - The Dauphin Kings dropped their third straight game, a 3-2 loss to the Oil Capitals in Virden Tuesday night.

In the opening period it was the Kings drawing first blood. After a slow opening five minutes Rylan Gage (8) would tip home a Daniel Helary shot to give his team a 1-0 advantage. The two teams would trade some chances the rest of the way but Dauphin's lead would hold up after 20.

The second saw Virden kick things off with two straight man advantage opportunities. They wouldn't score on the first but the second chance would see them tie things up at one. Virden would get one more Power Play before the period was out but the Kings killed it off to keep the score at 1-1 through two periods.

In the third period the Kings came out flat and were scored on twice in the opening five minutes to fall behind 3-1. Dauphin couldn't recover. Joey Kubas (10) would score late on the Power Play to make it 3-2 but the Kings ran out of time.

Hunter Bauer played will in his debut with the Kings. When everything was said and done he stopped 42 of 45 shots while his team had 33.

Special Teams had the Kings get two man advantages, they went 1 for 2. Virden finished 1 for 4.

The current road swing continues for the Kings this weekend with games in Steinbach (Friday) and Winkler (Saturday). Dauphin is now 20-14-1-0 on the season and sit 2nd in the West Division with 41 points. Game time Friday in Steinbach is 7:00pm!

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