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I WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO FOCUS ON THIS TEAM WE HAVE GROWN ALOT AND ARE IMPROVING BIT BY BIT ALL YEAR .YES WE HAVE ALONG WAY TO GO.LIKE LAST NIGHT WE DIDNT PLAY GOOD AND GOT BEAT THOSE GAMES HAPPEN WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP THEM OUT OF OUR MIND FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.WE ARE PLAYING THE COUNTY AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REALLY STRONG GAME WITH THEM THIS SUNDAY EVERYONE GET RESTED AND READY TO GO .WE HAVE MADE A FEW CHANGES TO OUR LINE UP THAT I THINK WILL MAKE US STRONGER MARK (THE ANIMAL)CAMBELL IS GOING TO START PLAYING BACK ON DEFENCE THIS IS A SPOT THAT I THINK THAT WILL SUIT HIM WELL AS HE IS A STRONG SKATER ADN WITH THAT ZACK JOHNSTON WILL FIND HIMSELF PLAYING ON A WING WITH CUSIN JACOB AND BRIAN (SLURPS)MACLEOD WHO POPPED IN ANOTHER GOAL LAST NIGHT.THESE CHANGES I THINK WILL HELP US THROUGH THE UP AND COMMING TOURNAMENT IN BADDECK AS WE WOULD LIKE TO PLACE WITH ANOTHER MEDAL (GOLD IN COLOR)AND THEN ON TO PEI AND WHEN WE COME BACK WE HAVE PROVINCAL PLAYDOWNS.SO WHAT I WANT TO STRESS IS THAT WE CAN NOT HAVE ANY MORE MELT DOWN GAMES THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT GAMES FROM HERE ON OUT ALL MUST WIN KIND OF GAMES THAT WE GIVE 110 PERCENT.I THINK OUR DEFENCE HAS IMPROVED GREATLY IN THE LAST MONTH LEAD BY KELB JESSOME WHO IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF RALLYING HIS TEAMMATES ON DEFENCE AS BRAXTON AND ASHTON HAVE COME ALONG WAY AND ARE SHOWING TO BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAMES AND I HOPE THEY CAN KEEP IT UP.CALDER AND NATHEN ALONG WITH RORY ARE KEEPING STADY AND DOING A GOOD JOB OF MOVING THE PUCK UP THE BOARDS AND ON TO THE WINGERS.WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN THIS AREA AS A GOOD DEFENCEIVE GROUP AND I THINK THE ADDITION OF MARKCAMPBELL WILL ONLY HELP US THAT MUCH MORE BACK THERE.OUR FORWARDS HAVE STEPPED UP ZACK PARKS HAS FOUND HIS SCORING TOUCH IN THE LAST 4 OR 5 GAMES SINCE BEING REUNITED IN THE FIRST LINE WITH EVAN AND LOGAN WHO ALSO HAVE NO PROBLEM FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET LOGAN HAS A WAY TO SCORE GOALS WHEN WE NEED THEM THE MOST AND HAS REALLY BECOME A GREAT 2 DIMENTANAL PLAYER AS NOT ONLY SCORING GOAL BUT GETTING BACK TO PREVENT GOALS ON OUR END.TYLER BAILY AND COLIN THIS LINE WORKS HARD ALL THE TIME THEY FIGHT HARD FOR EVERY GOAL THEY GET AND ALLOW VERY FEW GOALS AS THEY PLAY THEIR POSITIONS ALL THE TIME AND ARE RARLY COUGHT OUT OF POSITION.JACOB JOHNSTON IS IMPROVING GAME BY GAME BY FAR THE FASTED PLAYER ON THE ICE AND WITH A LITTLE MORE FINE TUNING CAN BE ONE OF THE TOP SCORES ON THIS TEAM AS HE HAS A SRONG LINE MATE IN BRIAN (SLURPS) MACLEOD WHO IS A HARD WORKER AND ALWAYS WILLING TO TRY WHAT IS ASKED OF HIM AND NOW WITH THE ADDITION UP FRONT ON THAT LINE OF ZACK JOHNSTON WILL FOR SURE IMPROVE THE AGRESSIVENESS OF THAT LINE AND I THINK HE WILL BE ABLE TO FORCE SOME MORE TURNOVERS IN THE NEWTRAL ICE AREA .OUR GOALTENDING HAS GOT BETTER SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR I SEE A HUDE DIFFRENCE IN LOGAN AND RYAN BOTH AS THEY ARE ABLE TO MOVE QUICKER IN THE NET AND DO A MICH BETTER JOB OF CUTTING DOWN ANGLES AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF STOPPING THE FIRST SHOT WE JUST HAVE TO WORK ON NOT LETTING AS MANY REBOUNDS AND THAT WILL COME WITH TIME.SO MYSELF AND MY GREAT COACHING STAFF WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BIG EFFORT AGAINST THE COUNTY ON SUNDAY MORNING AND USE ALL OUR TOOLS AND SUPRISE THEM WITH A HUDE ATTACK OF WHAT WE ARE MADE OF AND COME OUT OF THERE WITH A WIN OS SUNDAY TO SET US UP FOR ANOTHER EXCELLENT TOURNAMENT I KNOW WE CAN DO IN GETTING A GOLD MEDAL IN BADDECK ………
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