Where was Ully tonight? Is he injured?
Wall was responsible for maybe 3 and definitely 2 of the goals and Donnahey’s own goal along with frequent lapses accounted for the rest.
I do think that we showed more potential and if we played like that in league games I’d be pleased.
Wilde and Alderson impressed, as did Arniel to start with. His check to the head was appalling though and he deserved to be chucked for the game. Block 13 chanting ‘hockey is a contact sport’ is all well and good, but that kind of hit has to be penalised and it was a stupid penalty to take - that’s on him.
Wall was responsible for maybe 3 and definitely 2 of the goals and Donnahey’s own goal along with frequent lapses accounted for the rest.
I do think that we showed more potential and if we played like that in league games I’d be pleased.
Wilde and Alderson impressed, as did Arniel to start with. His check to the head was appalling though and he deserved to be chucked for the game. Block 13 chanting ‘hockey is a contact sport’ is all well and good, but that kind of hit has to be penalised and it was a stupid penalty to take - that’s on him.
Alderson had a physical 5 minutes which makes things exciting but other than that he is way off the mark. At fault for the first goal just leaving the puck and was targeted for the first two periods. Dumped on his backside numerous times by smaller guys. Offers very little. Speaking of offering very little, Cox needs to go. His aversion to shooting is now embarrassing. When he does shoot all you hear is the sound of the plexi being tested. We had clear cut opportunities to score tonight with Crandall, Wilde and Crawford but they opted for the sandwedge and not the 5 iron, constantly looking for the perfect fit top corner finish when making the goalie work, would be far more advantageous. Its so frustrating.
Bored of writing this about Crawford. Again at fault for the third goal. He’s completely not interested in defending, he switches off and his man at the back post has a tap in when he should be tied up and his stick out of play, basics. They are momentum killers. We should have come out fighting and competing instead were even further behind.
You’ve got to look at Russell here. The start of the game and we’re two goals down. Start of the second and we’re a goal down. That’s coaching. Simple instructions aren’t being applied on the ice or they don’t understand what they are supposed to do.
What was abundantly clear tonight… we don’t have a first line that can threaten. We certainly don’t have one that can win us anything but we know that already but we had a shot at this trophy tonight and choked.
Honourable mentions to Batch and Davies again. Whilst I don’t think Wall was at fault for the goals tonight, he’s clearly not the netminder we expected.
It’s still very obvious to me where we are lacking… a quality first line and a no nonsense D man,