By Jeff D'Andrea

Duret brother light it up for Mintos, score two goals each in win over Tisdale

Sep 9, 2011 | 7:18 AM

So early in the season and with young, new faces, it’s rather unclear who will be the go-to scorers on this year’s edition of the Prince Albert Mintos.

After Thursday’s 8-4 win over the Tisdale Trojans, Jason Duret, 16 and younger brother Ryan showed their scoring prowess, potting two goals each.

Both said they hope to have big roles offensively for the Mintos this season, and since they’re brothers, there will be a little one-upping as well.

When asked if there is any sibling competition between, both laughed and shared a sly stare at each other.

“There always is,” said 15-year-old Ryan. “There’s always a bit, for sure.”

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That’s not necessarily a bad thing to have on a team. In fact, Mintos head coach Tim Leonard believes it can be beneficial for the brothers and help accelerate their performance.

“They’re going to have a healthy competition between the two of them for sure, and I mean healthy in the fact they push each other,” said Leonard.

Because they are only one year apart from each other, they each play together every second season.

Jason says that although they aren’t twins, they’ve developed chemistry over the years that rival Vancouver Canuck twin-forwards Henrik and Daniel Sedin.

“I feel like where we know where each other are, kinda like the Sedins,” said Jason.

“If he’s down low, he knows where I am … we can just find each other in the slot and make nice plays, that kind of thing. For the competition, we can share the points on the same line, too.”

Although they were split up on Thursday, both played on a line with Miles Warkentine in camp in August and said they would be comfortable with playing with each other.

Jason, 16, is returning for his second year as a Minto, scoring 14 points in 44 games last year. Ryan is coming off of a 109 point season in just 24 games with the Prince Albert Venice House Bantam AA Pirates and was drafted in the sixth round by the Calgary Hitmen.

Leonard says that he expects Jason to contribute offensively after watching him all season, but wasn’t exactly sure what Ryan would bring as a first year.

“With Jason, I expected it. With Ryan, not that it was a big surprise, but it was good to see that he can do it at this level,” said Leonard.

“(Ryan) did a lot of really good things (Thursday), he had a whale of a game and it looks good for him in the future.”

Austin Phaneuf had three points in the game for the Mintos including a goal, Bryton Sayers, Michael Statchuk and Cody Young also scored for the Mintos.

Kylar Hope had two goals for the Trojans with Ty McLean and Rhett Handley getting the other two.
Mintos goaltender Lee Lueken stopped 17 of 21 shots in goal and got the win.

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Like the NHL, the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League is cracking down on hits to the head.

Even in after the whistle scrums, minor penalty or double-minors were issued for hits to the head, not just open-ice hits or blatant blows to the skull like in past years.

Seven double-minors and three minor penalties for hits to the head were issued in Thursday’s game alone, accumulating for 34 penalty minutes between the two sides.

Leonard said the change mean his team better make the adjustment, especially taller players.

“If you’re in front of the net, and I give you a shot in the head, she’s either two or four, whatever (the referees) are thinking. I don’t know, it’s going to be a tough gig,” said Leonard.

“You’re going to have to adapt, I’m sure they’ll back off when we get going, but you have to adapt because they’re call one in an important part of a game and you could lose a game because of it.”

jdandrea@panow.com