Coach’s Corner with Head Coach Bruce Aberhart

On Tuesday Night, we travelled to Essex to face off against the 73’s. The 8 – 4 score was not indicative of the game. On the way to Essex we experienced some mechanical problems with the bus, causing us to arrive at 6:45 PM for a 7:00 PM warm-up. Needless to say we did not have a lot of prep time to get ready for the game. Our guys kept it close for the first period, as we only trailed by a score of  3 – 2, much to the credit of Colton James, who kept us in the game until our guys got their legs. The second and third periods saw back and forth action. We kept trying to close the gap on the scoreboard, but the 73’s kept us at bay. The 73’ s two goals late in third period put the game out of hand. Our guys played hard but came out on the short end of the stick.

After a long trip home, our guys bounced back with a 6 – 1 win over the Kingsville Comets. We played well offensively and tidied up our defensive play. After one period of play we were up by a score of 2 -1. When push came to shove our guys responded to shut down the Comets and to keep them off the score sheet, and we kept adding to our score. In the third period we tightened up defensively and we were able to score two late goals to seal the win. Jason Teschke and Aaron Schieman scored two goals, while single goals were scored by William Brandon and Kurtis Glowa. Our Jordan Gladwich picked up the win by making 39 saves. The Comets’ Andrew Polkosnik made 35 saves. After the two back to back games we definitely were not unhappy with the team’s performance.

We are looking forward to a weekend full of hockey. Tonight we face off against the League’s defending Champs – the Belle River Canadiens and then we are on the road to face off against the Blenheim Blades.