Despite Freson Bros. Tykes loss to Hanna over the weekend, there’s positives for the team.
“We worked on some things in practice last week that we noticed in the game versus Trochu, and the kids responded well in the Hanna game,” says coach Dennis Olsen.
“I am really proud of the kids for how well they listen and take instruction. We have a really young team in comparison to the other teams we are playing.”
Olsen notes the game with Hanna was only the team’s fifth game of the season, and the kids are adapting and progressing every game.
The McDonald’s Novice Raptors won their weekend game against Chestermere 30 to 12.
Coach Kit Clark says the team started slow then found their stride half way through the game.
“The kids moved the puck around really well. I was really impressed with Ava Harrington and Tanner Moltun’s back-checking efforts.”
The McDonald’s Raptors now stand second in Novice Tier 3, and play third place Airdrie at home this Saturday morning at 10:30.
The Encana Atom Raptors also played a weekend game, winning 8 to 6 over Rockyford.
“We started the game 5 - 0 and played a great first period,” says Coach Jeff Paarup.
He says the second period was totally different as the kids didn’t show the same aggressive play.
“The third period was better as the team got back to how they usually play.”
Paarup says the two goalies were their players of the game.
The Encana Atom’s schedule has five regular season games in February with three of those played away.
Hi-Way 9 Peewee Raptors won 3 - 2 over Vulcan and lost 4 - 1 to the 2nd ranked Foothills team.
Coach Jason Ewing said the boys played very well in both games
The game goals in Vulcan came from Kobe Ewing, Ryan Flemming and Darian Dart, with strong goaltending from Brayden Crone.
The Foothills game goal came from Dale Pliva off a strong rush from Kaiden Morgan.
“The team did an amazing job adapting to new offensive and defensive systems that were taught to the kids from Brian Curran of the Dragons,” says Ewing.
“Brian came out to our practice and gave the players and coaches some great tips on how to better our game,” he explains.
He says with more practice using coach Curran’s ideas, the team is looking forward to a strong finish to the year and a push for play offs.
