Tonight the Dragons wrap up their regular season versus the Brooks Bandits and then prepare to hit the ice for the first round of playoffs versus the Olds Grizzly’s this Sunday.
The Dragons played their final regular-season game on Sunday, afternoon, February 23 against the Okotoks Oilers. This was after pushing their winning streak to 10 games.
On Saturday, February 22, the Dragons were in Olds to take on the Grizzlys. 16-year-old rookie Adam Raesler opened the scoring with his first goal as a Dragon. Olds came back and were up 2-1 after one period. In the second the Dragons went on a scoring spree with four goals coming from Grayson Dietrich, Luke Fennig, Shane Ott, and Eric Martin.
They didn’t let up in the third as Carter Belitski and Joel Patsey each scored, before Dietrich finished his hat trick with a goal at 3:04 and another at 6:32 on the powerplay. Dragons win, 9-2.
On Sunday the Dragons were home to face the Okotoks Oilers who had their sight set on securing first place in the AJHL Viterra South. After a scoreless first period, the Oilers took the lead in the second period. In the third, the Oilers jumped to a 2-0 lead, before Grayson Dietrich put the Dragons on the scoreboard.
The Dragons had some great opportunities with a two-man advantage with seven minutes left, but the Oilers scored short-handed to put it out of reach and added one more on an empty net to make it a 4-1 win.
The Dragons final regular-season game is on Wednesday, February 26 as they take on the Brooks Bandits on the road.
The playoffs open for the Dragons Sunday, March 1 when they host the Olds Grizzlys. Game 2 on March 2 will also be played at home before they head to Olds on March 4 and 5 for games three and four.
