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Oct 10, 2016 | Jamie Armstrong | 675 views
Guelph and Milton
Thanksgiving Weekend Hockey

Dear Players and Parents,

I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving weekend.  Well before we got to turkey, we had some work to do Friday night vs Guelph and Saturday afternoon vs Milton.

Guelph was a tough game and a big team, the biggest we've faced yet.  There was no doubt this effected the boys and many were intimidated which resulted in lack of physical play, zero forecheck and multiple blind / rushed passes right onto Guelph's stick.

Lets face facts, we were lucky to get away with a 2 to 2 tie.  We discussed this prior to the Milton game and many admitted they were intimidated.  I informed the boys "that's okay" because myself along with the rest of the coaching staff can teach them how to play against a larger opponent. 

For our pregame Milton chalk talk, we did an open session going from player to player identifying what we needed to do for a successful game.  We matched all of our objectives but there is still improvement needed to match teams like Guelph and Oakville which we have not faced yet.

No worries the boys are up to the challenge.

Concluding the game we kept it light and we congratulated them on a good game.

We then moved to quick survey .... apple or pumpkin pie?  Landslide on pumpkin, let's get ready to work that off at tomorrows practice.

See you then. :) 

Coach Jamie 
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