Day 6: WIC@ROV review
Quick... somebody... wake me up.
When will the nightmare end, and when will the Baffin Island Rovers figure out how to score? It didn't happen tonight, as the Rovers dropped a 2-1 decision at home to the previously winless Wicked Ale. After a scoreless first, the Rovers struck early in the second on Nils Ekman's first of the season and it was thought that this would mark the first of many on the night for the Rovers. But instead Peter Bondra equalized for St. Pete's just two minutes later and Dany Heatley popped the eventual winner four minutes after that. Jocelyn Thibault took over from there, turning aside 21 of 22 shots over the final two periods for the victory. Chris Mason played well in his Rover debut, stopping 26 of 28, but was tagged with his first RHL loss.
The coaching staff must be shaking their heads at what to do next. With a game tonight in South Edmonton against the 3-0 Sockeyes, the Rovers must right the ship and quickly to avoid falling too far behind the leaders. After tonight the Rovers have two days off to refocus before hosting the Wicked Ale again.
posted by Steve @ 9:49 AM
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I wouldn't worry too much, the sim is just taking over and there is nothing we can do about it. Handzus was -4 for me last night and I don't think he's been -4 in a real game since pee wee's. We may have to call this season the Unrealistic Hockey League. :-)
It will be status quo for tonight's game against the Sockeyes, but if I still can't score more than one goal, I may have to consider tinkering with more than just lines.
But yeah, I know that more teams than just mine are off to bizarre starts. Maybe the sim will realize what it is doing to us after a week or so... ;)
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