A pair of losses last weekend by the Neepawa Titans could come back to haunt them at the end of the MJHL’s regular season. The Titans were bested 3-2 in overtime on Sunday, Jan. 22, by the Winkler Flyers. The more devastating defeat, however, came two nights earlier, as Neepawa fell to the Winnipeg Freeze, by the score of 2-1.

First Period

No scoring

Second Period

01:06 NPA W. Highet (8)

ASST: P. Korman (15), B. Michalchuk (13)

10:10 WPF T. Bear (12)

ASST: B. Jowett (7) Third Period

1:47 WPF E. Stirling (4) PP

ASST: K. Stewart (9), N. Lenoski (9)

Scoring 1 2 3 Total PP

WPF 0 1 1 2 1/3

NPA 0 1 0 1 0/5

Goaltenders

WPF K. Gordon - (W) 37/38 saves NPA G. Renwick - (L) 16/18 saves

Despite the final result indicating otherwise, the Titans played much better than the Freeze for the majority of the evening, outshooting Winnipeg 3818 and also having significantly more quality scoring chances. The Freeze, were lead to victory, though, by a superb performance by goaltender Keegan Gordon. Will Highet had the only goal of the night for Neepawa, while Evan Stirling and Tristen Bear picked up goals for Winnipeg.

A few nights later, Neepawa faced a much tougher challenge in the Winkler Flyers, who are in third place in the East Division. The Titans on two separate occasions jumped out to a lead, with Parker Korman scoring for the Titans in the first period. After Winkler’s Dalton Andrew tied it up in the second, the Titans reclaimed the advantage, with an unassisted effort from Briley Wood. That gave the Titans a 2-1 lead going into the third.

An early goal in the third by Andrew once again tied things up and that’s how it would end in regulation. In overtime, Connor Jensen scored for the Flyers just 1:34 into the period, to give Winkler the win and the extra point in the standings. The win improved Winkler’s regular season record to 24-10-5-1, while Neepawa dropped to 1716-8-1.

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