Tate Page of the Iron Horse Kindersley Klippers watches as Cody Hodgson’s shot beats Estevan Bruins goaltender Matt Lenz on a power play to open the scoring in the game on Sept. 22

Kevin McBain
of The Clarion

The Kindersley Klippers finally found the back of the net and it may have sparked an early turnaround for the club.

After losing their first two games and not scoring a goal, the team scored twice on Wednesday at home. The Klippers eventually lost 3-2 in a tough battle against the Humboldt Broncos.

Friday night, the offence exploded in a 7-5 win over the visiting Estevan Bruins. And on Monday, playing in Saskatoon at the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Showcase, they earned a 5-3 victory over the Weyburn Red Wings.

Today (Wednesday) they take on the Nipawin Hawks in Saskatoon before taking a break, then hitting the road to take on La Ronge on Oct. 3 and 4 and Flin Flon on Oct. 6 and 7. They will play next at home on Oct. 14 against the Melville Millionaires.

On Monday, the teams traded goals in the first with Austin Nault scoring for the Klippers. The Klippers outshot the Red wings 18-9.

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In period two, the green and white notched the first two goals with Wil Van Der Sloot and Tanner Thompson scoring to make the score 3-1. Weyburn scored two, then Jordan Funk added another for the Klippers.

In the third, Noah Turanski, added one more for the Klippers to make the score 5-3. Shots on goal were even at 39 with Justen Close picking up his first win of the season.

In Friday’s game, Cody Hodgson and Nikolas Malencia each scored twice to lead the Klippers.

Goaltender Liam MoCloskey earned the win in his first game as a Klipper, stopping 32 of 37 shots. McCloskey is a 1998-born goaltender from Pitt Meadows, B.C. He comes to Kindersley with 38 games of experience in the BCHL and 11 games in the AJHL.

In Wednesday’s loss, the Broncos were able to answer any goals the Klippers scored within one minute and they chipped in one more near the midway point of the third period to get the win.

Close stopped 22 of 25 shots.

The Klippers had a record of 2-2-1 heading into Wednesday’s game.

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