Just over a week left before the WHL enters its Christmas break and the Ice served up a lump of coal for fans at the Rec Plex last night in a 4-2 loss to the injury-depleted Red Deer Rebels, who finally knocked that 13-game losing streak of their collective backs.
The highlites are here, while Trevor Crawley of the Townsman as a recap here.
After taking a 2-1 lead in the second period and having a territorial advantage over the Rebels, a shot coming into the zone from just inside the Ice blueline by Turner Elson beat Nathan Lieuwen to tie the game just 30 seconds later.
It was a goal the club never recovered from.
The Ice will have one more chance before the break to get into the Christmas spirit on a winning note when the Swift Current Broncos are here Friday night.
The Ice fall to 20-10-1-2 on the season and 43 points, still 3rd in the very crowded Eastern Conference standings that has 9 points separate 1st-8th.
It was a tough day for Max Reinhart after being cut from Team Canada and then venting his frustration late in the game. He expressed his displeasure in the post-game interviews.
Needless to say the club's in a bit of the December doldrums of late. One win in their last five and one win in their last six games at the Rec Plex dating back to November 4.
It's a crucial part of the schedule for the club and a juncture I believe that these next eight games will make or break any decision to upgrade the roster prior to the deadline or go with the kids and what they've got and see where the chips fall.
3 comments:
Little bit too much of a focus on Max rather than the team as a whole. He is a very good player but you have many good players you can talk about as well and don't.
I agree. Every blogs the same. It's like the team has three players.
If you had to pick one word to sum up the past couple of weeks what would it be? Mine is fatigue. Christmas break will fix that. Merry christmas all!!
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