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Edmonton, AB — The Moose Jaw Warriors rode a three-goal first period and a 42-save performance from Jackson Unger to a solid win in Edmonton on Friday night.

“Jackson made some really big saves and he battled,” Warriors assistant coach Scott King said.

In his first start since a lights out performance at the Top Prospects Game, Unger was key for the Warriors in a 4-1 win over the Oil Kings at Rogers Place.

Lethbridge, AB — It was a night of bad bounces and missed opportunities for the Moose Jaw Warriors in Lethbridge.

The Warriors dropped a 4-1 game to the Hurricanes at the ENMAX Centre on Wednesday night.

“We had a lot of grade ‘A’ chances tonight, but you’re not going to score if you don’t hit the net,” Warriors assistant coach Gord Burnett said.

The Moose Jaw Warriors gutted out a victory on Saturday night.

Jagger Firkus scored the overtime winner for the Warriors as they knocked off the Medicine Hat Tigers, 3-2, at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

“It’s a big win,” Firkus said after the game. “Obviously going into this weekend, we thought they were two games that we could win and coming out with four points is great for us and more that we wanted.”

Connor Ungar made 34 saves to backstop the Warriors to the win, while Atley Calvert and Martin Rysavy scored in regulation.

A slow start didn’t stop the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday night.

Despite giving up a goal in the opening two minutes, the Warriors cruised to a 5-1 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings, thanks to four goals in the third period.

“About 10 minutes into the first, we kind of figured it out a bit more and then come the second period, we were a little bit better and come the third, we were just firing on all cylinders,” Warriors defenceman Logan Dowhaniuk said.

Harper Lolacher and Ryder Korczak picked up two goals each, while Atley Calvert scored the other on the night.

Brayden Yager and Jackson Unger will have the opportunity to show NHL teams what they can do this week.

The two Moose Jaw Warriors have touched down in Vancouver, B.C. where they will be taking part in the 2023 Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game on Wednesday.

“It’s definitely pretty cool,” Yager said. “There’s a lot of talent there, so I’m really looking forward to it and going to try and have some fun.”

Unger said the game has been on his mind since he received the invite.

Winnipeg, MB — One bad break swung the momentum and the Moose Jaw Warriors couldn’t recover on Sunday in Winnipeg.

The Warriors ended up losing 6-0 to the ICE at the Wayne Fleming Arena to drop the second game of their two-game weekend set.

“Last night, we showed that we can play with this team and played a really good game, and tonight, I thought the energy was there, but it was a lack of execution,” Warriors assistant coach Scott King said.

Moose Jaw battled Winnipeg in a tight game on Saturday, falling 3-2 in a shootout during a back-and-forth affair.

Saskatoon, SK — The Moose Jaw Warriors pulled out a gutsy road win in Saskatoon on Wednesday night.

Max Wanner scored the overtime winner to give the Warriors a 5-4 win over the Blades at SaskTel Centre, sweeping their home-and-home set and giving Moose Jaw four straight wins.

“It was a good team overall effort, sometimes you have those nights where you get outshot and you need your goalie to stand tall and tonight he did,” Wanner said after the win.

Connor Ungar made 39 saves as the Warriors were heavily outshot 43-17 on the night.

Moose Jaw, SK — The Moose Jaw Warriors landed the first strike in a midweek home-and-home set against the Saskatoon Blades.

Moose Jaw pulled off a hard-fought 3-1 win over Saskatoon on Tuesday night at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

“We had to work for it,” Warriors assistant coach Gord Burnett said. “We had a lot of nice looks tonight we weren’t able to score on, but they did too, so both teams did a good job in their zone.”

A four-goal second period was enough for the Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday night.

Moose Jaw scored four times in the middle frame on its way to a 4-3 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings at Westoba Place.

“We were on it, we looked good right from the start, we were hunting pucks down, we created lots of zone time,” Warriors assistant coach Scott King said.

Ryder Korczak, Ben Riche, Eric Alarie and Brayden Yager did the damage for the Warriors in the second.

Connor Ungar stole the show once again for the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday night.

The 20-year-old netminder made 42 saves to propel the Warriors to a 4-2 win over the Portland Winterhawks at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

“He’s been incredible all season, he’s got a calming demeanor, a calming influence over the group,” Warriors assistant coach Gord Burnett said.

Ungar has now won 20 games this season, one shy of his career-high, and he’s made 40 saves in four of those wins.

“He makes all the saves he should and some he probably shouldn’t,” Burnett said.