For a second straight night, the Steinbach Pistons defeated the Selkirk Steelers by a solid margin, putting up a seven spot on Saturday night.

The Steelers opened the scoring after a strange bounce off a Selkirk dump in. Goalie Simon Harkness came out to play the puck that was fired around the glass, it hit his stick and bounced right out in front where the Steelers hammered it home.

Quinton Pepper answered with a beauty as he fought through a check at center ice and blazed a trail towards the Steelers net. Pepper made a move around the defender, faked a backhander before tucking the puck behind the goalie for a 1-1 tie game. Defender Eduard Wruck had the lone helper.

Selkirk answered quickly after to take a 2-1 lead into intermission.

The Pistons came out flying in the second period.

Dawon Milliken got the scoring parade started on a power play as he made it 2-2 with the assists going to Langley Kruggel and Davin Griffin.

Hardworking Owen Weihs picked up a goal after Matty Harrold forced a turnover around the Selkirk net to make it 3-2 Pistons. Travis Hensrud also collected an assist.

Ty Paisley continued the good times for Steinbach as he netted his first of the pre-season from Hunter Degelman and David Cote, as the lead grew to 4-2

Cote factored into the next Pistons goal as well as he collected his second assist on Miliken's second of the night which pushed the score to 5-2 Pistons after 40 minutes.

Two more goals in the third for Steinbach. Jack Rogers from Cote and Milliken short handed and Davis Fry continued to be a thorn in the sides of the Steelers as he scored his third from Nate Goodbrandson and Cooper Rice.

Selkirk picked up a late goal and the game finished 7-3 Pistons.

The power play finished 1-6 while the penalty kill was a perfect 3-3.

Pistons head coach Paul Dyck says there are lots of positives to take away from not just the weekend set but the overall direction his team is heading in. "This week, we've focused on structure, we started to implement that and it was evident", Dyck said after the game. "It wasn't perfect by any means in the d-zone, but we were better. Coming back into our own zone, we looked organized. We also put some goals on the board which was nice to see. It was spread out and everyone contributed, so that's something the guys can feel really positive about."

Another positive is that a few players have stepped up to be scoring options and it's something the coach is obviously very happy about. "We didn't know a lot about some of the guys that were here but we knew there was some potential. We just had to instill confidence here during camp. Guys haven't played a whole lot of hockey the last year or so. We scrimmaged a lot to create similar game like experiences and it helped. We have good depth and I really like our team speed."

When asked about if the team will be naming a captain, Dyck responded "We don't have a plan yet. We're going to be more patient then we have been in the past as we get to know our personnel. We don't have a timeline. We may go into the season with a (captain), but that remains to be seen."

The Pistons roster is set at 25 which is the maximum allowed by the MJHL.

Steinbach and Selkirk open the regular season on Friday night in Selkirk.