The Dragons bounced back defending a home stand with three straight victories.
The Dragons were in front of a hometown crowd on Friday, December 16 to take on the Lloydminster Bobcats.
Lloydminster got the jump off the faceoff and scored just 28 seconds into the game. It didn’t take long for the Dragons to find their legs and Adam Raesler hit the back of the net three minutes later to tie the game. Vann Yuhas scored on the powerplay with eight minutes left in the period, and was followed up by Sam Simard at 16:62. The Dragons led 3-1 after the first period.
The Bobcats made it a little closer in the second with a goal, but Adam Raesler scored his second of the game and ninth of the season at the 4:32 mark of the third period to put it out of reach. The Dragons win 4-2.
On Saturday, December 17, the Dragons hosted the Bonnyville Pontiacs. The Dragons outshot the Pontiacs 10-4 in the first period, but the game remained scoreless until 13:47 of the second period when the Pontiacs took the lead.
The third period was all Dragons as Raesler scored at 8:24 to tie it up. Connor Poffenroth put the Dragons ahead a minute and six seconds later. 29 seconds after that, and with 10 minutes left in the game, Easton Adrian put the Dragons up 3-1 for the win.
On Monday, December 19 the Dragons hosted the Grande Prairie Storm. Adam Raesler continued his stellar play and put the Dragons up one after the first period. The Storm bounced back in the second with two straight goals, but Yuhas tied it up on the powerplay. The Dragons outshot the Storm 10-2 in the final period, and with just 27 seconds left, Cot Pighin scored the winner.
The Dragons round out 2022 on Wednesday, December 21 at the Canmore Recreation Centre taking on the Eagles.
