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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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I WILL SEE YOU ALL SUNDAY
COACH BLAIR

I AM SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM YOU PLAYED SOME SUPER HOCKEY YESTERDAY WITH A SHUT OUT AGAINST ANTIGONISH A BIG WIN OVER THE FIRST PLACE TEAM IN THE CROSSOVER AND A SUPER EFFORT IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME I CAN NOT EXPRESS IN WORDS HOW PROUD I AM OF EACH AND EVERY ONE ON THE TEAM FOR SUCH A HUDGE EFFORT IN THIS TOURNAMENT WE HAD ALOT OF FUN AND YOU GUYS SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPISHMENTS SO FAR THIS YEAR AND BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT OVER TO 2011 WITH MORE TOURNAMENTS AND PROVINCAL PLAYDOWNS TO COME OVER THE NEXT 3 MONTHS

I WANT TO THANKS NOT ONLY THE EFFORT OF ALL THE PLAYERS THE SUPER COACHING STAFF I HAVE WITH ME AND THE GREAT GROUP OF PARENTS WHO FILLED THE BEACHERS TO CHEER THEIR KIDS ON AND SUPORT THE TEAM AND FREEZE THEIR BUTTS OFF TO DO SO

HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL AT 530 MONDAY JANUARY 3RD IN SYDNEY MINES FOR A PRACTICE

THANKS COACH BLAIR

THE CROSSOVER TIMES ARE CHANGED SO AT 1 IT IS 2ND PLAYING 3RD AND THEN AT 2 1ST WILL PLAY 4TH RIGHT NOW NEW WATERFORD ARE GOING TO FINISH 1ST AND WHCOCOMAGH WILL BE SECOND WITH A TIE AGAINST BADDECK TODAY SO IT LOOKS LIKE BADDECK WILL BE THIRD AND WE WILL BE 4TH IF WE BEET ANTIGONISH THEY HAVE LOST 2 GAMES TODAY

SO EST UP AND LETS GET A WEIN AGAINST ANTIGONISH TOMORROW

SEE YOU AT THE RINK TOMORROW

COACH BLAIR

WE PLAYED AWESOME AGAINST WHYCOCOMAGH AND PLAYED A GOOD GAME AGAINST SYDNEY AND CAME OUT WITH A LOSS AND A TIE EVERY ONE GET RESTED UP TONIGHT AND GET READY FOR TOMORRO AS WE ARE IN A MUST WIN GAME TOMORRO MORNING AGAINST ANTIGONISH !!!!!!!

WE PLAYED A GOOD GAME TODAY AGINST GLACE BAY I KNOW WE LOST BUT I FELT WE PLAYED POSITIONS WELL AND WE JUST DIDNT CAPITILIZE ON OUR SCORING CHANCES OUR 3 STARS TODAY 1ST STAR LOGAN TARGETT 2ND STAR BRIANMACLEOD AND 3RD STAR RYAN (THE WALL)WILLIAMS SO I HOPE EVERYONE GETS LOTS OF SLEEP FOR TOMORRO AS WE HAVE THE FIRST 2 GAMES OF THE TOURNAMENT IN NEW WATERFORD FIRST ONE IS AT 1145 THEN THE OPENING CEREMONIES AT 145 MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR JACKETS AND STOCKNG CAPS THEN WE PLAY AGAIN AT 300 SO LIKE A BROKEN RECORD SLEEP UP AND HYDRATE WELL FOR TOMORRO BEFORE COMMING TO THE RINK PARENTS BRING YOUR BELLS AND SOME LOUD CHEERING VOICES TO CHEER OUR BOYS TO VICTORY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!