Sorry I have been off line for awhile.
The boys played a tough game against our cross town rivals the San Jose Jr Sharks. We had the lead then they had the lead then it was a 1 point game and finally they scored again to finish 6-4. Ugh!
This was not our boys best effort. I felt like a couple of things happened here. We got out to a quick 2-0 lead and then we took our foot of the gas pedal. Also, we were not executing on the things that we have been practicing the last couple of weeks. In our game against Cupertino I was concerned because we were out of position, slow to the puck and not really hustling. We won which makes it kind of hard to say..."Hey we need to hustle more...". I got a lot of blank looks like, "jeez coach we killed them 15-0" Our game on Sunday was kind of an extension of our game against the Cougars, we bunched up around the puck, we did not take the body and we did not skate hard to loose pucks. The good news is...in the 3rd period against the Jr Sharks the boys started to do those things and they looked better.
We get a rematch with our friends this weekend this time we are playing in Our House! I am sure the boys will come out skating hard and make the Jr Sharks feel unwelcome on our ice.
The Norcal Schedule is out. We have 8 or so Norcal games...they have adjusted the schedule so we are not playing games against SF and some of the weaker teams. This will be a positive for the boys development. I am also in the process of trying to add 5 or 6 games against Norcal Squirt B teams. The more you play the better you get.
See you at the rink,
Kevin
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