Saskatchewan’s Dumba having career year for Wild
He’s not one to look at the numbers, but Regina native Matt Dumba is having his best season yet in the National Hockey League, with 10 goals and 38 points in 69 games.
“I more look at other guys [stats] rather than myself,” the 23-year-old told battlefordsNOW prior to Saturday’s game against Edmonton. “I think if I get caught up in it and pay too much attention to it, then I kind of get away from my game. You can play really good games without getting points and vice versa.”
The right-handed defenceman, who moved from Regina to Calgary before he was 10, had eight family members watching Saturday in Edmonton as the Wild dropped a 4-1 score to the Oilers. He’s still got plenty of family still living in Regina, and has family in Prince Albert as well. Because he moved when he was so young, however, there’s not too much Dumba remembers about living in his home province.
“My dad built a house there, I kind of remember that,” he said. “Had a rink in the background, but I was just little. That’s all I remember.”