The Cougars went north for a three-game weekend and earned three convincing wins with a 6-0 win over Parkland on Friday night, and wins of 10-1 and 7-0 over the Norman to improve their record to 28-8-2 -2 for 60 points.
The Cougars are riding a six-game winning streak having lit the lamp 37 times while the defence has been stingy giving up just four goals. Randy Cooke and Caden Wilson have earned three shut-outs in the streak.
The Cougars find themselves in fourth place trailing the Winnipeg Wild (68 points), Yellowhead Chiefs (66 points) who are on a 13-game winning streak, and the Brandon Wheat Kings who have 61 points. The Cougars host the Chiefs twice more and have one match with Brandon as the season winds down.
The three teams in western Manitoba, Yellowhead, Brandon and Southwest have never held three of the top four positions in league play with less than a month to go in the regular season.
Southwest 6 Parkland 0
The Cougars eased in to Dauphin on Friday night and played a scoreless first period. Cooke turned aside 19 shots for the win, while the Cougars peppered 65 shots at Zach Grouette in the Rangers net.
Callum Fortin led the assault with a four-goal night, with Cory King and Braeden Lewis rounding out the scoring. Tyson Kozak had three assists, Hunter Wallace and King had a pair of helpers with Hunter Andrew and Cody Gudnason finishing the scoring.
Southwest 10 Norman 1
The Cougars arrived in Thompson on Saturday afternoon and hammered the Northstars on Saturday night. Wilson turned aside 17 shots for the win. The Cougars pounded Braeden Melstead with 62 shots in the Norman net.
Fortin and Kozak each scored a pair of goals along with four assists for six-point nights. Landon Roberts, Andrew, Rylan Gudnason, Tyson Pringle, Wallace and Jordan Boyechko rounded out the scoring.
Roberts, Trent Sambrook, King, and Wallace all had a pair of helpers, with Andrew, and Boyechko picking up single helpers.
Southwest 7 Norman 0
Cooke earned his second shutout of the weekend with a 24-save performance. The Cougars fired 40 shots at Rylan Potkonjak in the Norman net.
The Cougars jumped out to three-goal first period lead and scored a pair of goals in the second and third period for the win.
Wallace had a pair of goals, with singles going to Austin Clyne, Andrew, Cody Gudnason, Lewis, and Fortin rounding out the scoring.
Kozak had a pair of helpers, with King, Cody Gudnason, Lewis, and Boyechko rounding out the scoring.
The Cougars host Pembina Valley Friday night in Melita, before heading to Portage to face the Central Plains Capitals on Saturday night. The Yellowhead Chiefs will visit Southwest on the following Wednesday.
