Regardless of what the score board says, if the Whitehorse Bantam Mustangs improve consistently through this weekend's three game series with Yellowknife, the coaching staff will be happy.

If they lose the first game 10-1, but only lose the second game 5-1, that would be an improvement, co-coach Jay Glass said in an interview today in advance of Friday night's opening game.

Glass has no reason to believe the Mustangs will lose any of the games, as he really doesn't know how strong the Yellowknife Wolfpack club is.

It's Yellowknife's travelling team, and they've been to a couple of tournaments in Alberta, so it's more than likely the two clubs will be fairly evenly matched, Glass suspects.

What is most important for the Mustangs this weekend with two weeks to go before heading to the B.C. provincial playdowns in Creston is that they get stronger each game.

It doesn't have to be the big things, Glass said.

He and co-coach Dave Pearson see the little things; chipping the puck out of their end, energy on the forecheck and breaking out.

"So as long as we see things are getting better through the weekend, then we will deem the weekend a success, regardless of the scores," he said.

Glass said the Mustangs are heating up at the right time, having won their last six games in the B Division of the Whitehorse Recreational Hockey League.

They headed into the men's Rendezvous tournament last weekend with five wins, and left the tournament with one win and two losses.

Both losses, Glass pointed out, were one-goal games. The Mustangs were eliminated by ORC, an A Division team, and a team that Glass feels they had on the ropes, and should have defeated.

Tuesday night, they earned their sixth consecutive win in regular season B Division action, with a decisive 10-2 score.

"We are right where we want to be with two weeks to go to the provincials."

On a good day, said Glass, the Mustangs are solid in all areas – offence, defence and goaltending.

Like any and every team, from the NHL on down and from Atoms on up.

When things are good, thing are good.

On the other hand they can go sour and sometimes it doesn't take much more than a couple of bad bounces, said the coach.

"It's no different than most teams."

Glass said when the squad's made up of 13- and 14-year-olds, however, temperament can be a touch different.

"So it's our job to try and keep the train on the tracks, and if we do that, we have a pretty good team."

The opening game against the Wolfpack begins Friday at 8 p.m. at Takhini Arena. Saturday's game is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Canada Games Centre, and Sunday's game goes at 4 p.m., back at the Takhini Arena.

The three-game series will be a good lead into the provincials, Glass said.

He said the Yukon teams tend to run somewhere in the middle of the pack in the provincial championships.

But the Mustangs are definitely going to Creston with winning on their mind, he said.

And hopefully, they'll see a few familiar faces.

There are four Yukoners playing for the Creston Valley Thundercats Junior B club.

The Thundercats, after a 4-3 victory last night, are sitting one-and-one in the first round of the best-of-seven playoffs against the Kimberley Dynamiters.