The Whitehorse Huskies drew plenty of rave reviews from their rivals last weekend.

The team, sponsored by Nuway Crushing Ltd., swept aside the North Island Capitals out of Port Hardy, B.C., 9-6 and 5-1 to improve to 3-1 on the current senior hockey season.

Saturday’s contest may have been the team’s best yet, and it didn’t go unnoticed by Capitals captain John Murgatroyd.

The 43-year-old centre played for the Powell River Regals last season and competed in the four-team Coy Cup playdowns in Fort Nelson, B.C.

“Last year, they would have been right there,” Murgatroyd said of the Huskies. “From what I saw last year, the class of the league is going to be Fort St. John again. They get a lot of support as well and have some money.

“They’re probably the class of the division, but you guys are right there. If you guys were in the Coy Cup, you’d have a great chance of going to the finals. And if you had the right guys and all that, you’d have a good chance of taking it.”

Last year, the Fort St John Flyers swept the Huskies in a two-game playoff series, then went on to win the Coy Cup championship over the Terrace River Kings.

The Flyers will once again be the Huskies’ toughest test, Murgatroyd predicted.

“I’ve played with and against Evan (Campbell), Kane (Dawe) and Clayton (Thomas) and they can all fly,” he said. “And I know the guys that came back from Anchorage and Fairbanks are all players.”

The return of defenceman Jared Tuton and centre Adam Henderson definitely helped the Huskies get by the Capitals last weekend.

Tuton solidified the blue-line while Henderson scored three goals and three assists in the two-game series.

The line of Henderson, Dawe and captain Campbell appeared to rediscover last season’s magic in the series, piling up 13 points between them.

Campbell, 25, has yet to score this season, but does have five assists in four games.

“We’re taking some big strides and it feels good,” he said Saturday.

“We’re right there,” he added of a potential Coy Cup run. “We can compete with any of those teams with the guys we have in the locker room right now, no doubt in my mind.”

Terrace will host the 2016 Coy Cup tournament in March.

Huskies leading scorers: Ted Stephens (3G, 6A); Derek Klassen (3G, 5A); Joe Densmore (1G, 7A).