Broncos Buck Hurricanes 3-2 in Shoot-out - Bow Boes, but doesn't break - Sheen Shines - Folk Fights - Popeye Prizes First

http://www.whl.ca/schedule/show/game/65567

Halloween fun at the Enmax Centre.

First game for newcomers Riley Sheen and Carter Folk.

I for one, was extremely disappointed in this game.  Not in the effort, so much as the plan...again.  As long as the Drake keeps insisting that his systems are going to stay, so will the 0.200 Win%.

There were only a couple of entertaining moments in this one for me.  A couple of Boes saves early were real good, but then negated by the weak Broncos second period goal.  Kade Jensen made a real nice defensive play late in the third I liked a lot.  Sheen up the right wing and backhand goal along the ice was nice.  Wong to Ramsay, roofed for the second goal was real good.   Duke's (two) rushes; I thought the first SHOULD have ended in a holding penalty against the Broncos, the other he made a great move around the defender, then a last effort spin pass attempt to Axel who wasn't competing very hard for the pass- Boy, is he impressive... DUKE, that is, not Axel.  I also liked Duke, Sheen, Ramsay.

I would love to see way more of Olynek, Laurencelle, and Estephan and way less of Axel.  I sure don't see how Axel is deserving of his enormous minutes.  Are the Jets paying the Drake to play their boy?  He is way too selfish out there for my liking.  Very little physical play, dodging checks and coughing up the puck, and not using his teammates nearly enough for me.  He has only a point or two more than both Estephan and Laurencelle, yet he is getting at LEAST twice as much ice time.  WHY?

It is still the same bad plan to me resulting in most of the play in OUR end.   You can see the opposition forwards positioning themselves to intercept where they know our players are going to play the puck.  Then its giveaway after giveaway, &/or off the glass to centre ice, back in our zone, off the glass to centre ice, back in our zone... and WAY too much "Matador Defence" against players attacking our net.

On the positive side, I liked our aggressive fore check most of the game, and it was pretty much a PERFECT 60 minute execution of the Drake's plan which resulted in being out shot in every period then giving up another lead... to lose to a .500 team ... that has a 3-7 past-10 record... in OUR barn...so whats not to like?

Another date with a .500 club in the Tri City Americans this weekend, then Brandon on Sunday, currently at only 7W-9L, and 3w-7L past-10, but very likely to lose one more in Everett before they get here near the end of their long and unsuccessful road trip to the USA. - TWO more great opportunities for the Canes to figure out how to win with this wonderful "system" they have.