UPDATE - Not known for his emotional outbursts as a bench boss, did Coach K finally snap after his club's efforts following the first period of last night's tie-breaker? There's a couple of indications today.
From Nate Seager of BTN - "There may or may not have been a ball thrown and a few things knocked off the bench in front," was how star centre Cody Eakin, who had three points, described the scene at the first intermission. "That's a kick in the butt after the first we had and we responded."
This from Patrick King at Sportsnet -
The Ice appeared to have no emotion and no urgency in their game after the first 20 minutes. Overage forward Matt Fraser said the team got a spark lit from their head coach, Kris Knoblauch.
"He came in and sent a message to us that good teams find a way to get the job done," Fraser said. "We took the message loud and clear and as a team we knew that wasn’t acceptable if we wanted to keep playing. We came out and I thought we responded really well."
Fraser also said this of the possible fines he'd face. "I don't have enough money to say what was said in the dressing room" - Kootenay Ice forward Matt Fraser when asked what was said in the dressing room after the Ice went down 2-0 to the Owen Sound Attack in the first period tonight.
A definite players coach in a market where the likes of Ryan McGill, Cory Clouston and Mark Holick have established themselves as 'old school' coaches, Knoblauch hadn't yet fitted that bill, at least until last night. It seemed to work.
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