Young Klippers Team Struggling To Find Consistency

Klippers fall by a score of 4-1 to the Battlefords North Stars. Your Post game report is brought to you by.....




Was last nights game more so Battlefords dominating Kindersley, or just the Klippers not showing up?

I would say a bit of both, you have to give the Stars a ton of credit, they have really found their grove after Kindersley beat them on opening night and have now won four straight contests. Kindersley on the other hand might of had their worst performance of the season. Yes the Klippers team is young, yes you would expect a young team to have trouble finding consistency on the early going of the season but at the same time it's very frustrating. We have seen what this young team can do, they go out and dominate Battlefords on opening night, then play two duds. They regroup with a big win over La Ronge on Friday, and then come out last night and get outworked in front of their home town crowd. We have seen what these young players can do and soon it will become expected moving forward. For now it's still early in the season and the Klippers will put last night behind them and turn their focus to this weekends road trip.

In terms of last nights game the Klippers really got nothing going offensively. Their forecheck just wasn't their, the Stars were moving the puck out of their zone with ease creating high quality chances on the rush. Kindersley on the cycle last night was ugly at times, the Stars defense were simply just pushing Klipper forwards off the puck. Losing Wasden early on in the hockey game certainly effected this hockey team. Wasden by the way was cut with a skate and had to leave the game for stitches at the hospital. He told me after the game his arm was cut right to the bone and he was in a ton of pain. No word on if the cut will result in Wasden missing any further game action at this time.


After 20 minutes of action the Klippers were still in the game but a late first period marker by Blake Tatchell may have took the life out of the Klippers. They came out in the 2nd period and played one of the worst periods of hockey Ive seen in a long time. They only managed 2 shots on goal, and were outworked by the Stars badly who increased their lead to 3 goals heading into the third frame.

Kindersley had a better effort in the third period and generated some sustained pressure for part of the frame. Tanner Kissick drew the Klippers within 2 early on in the period giving the Klippers some life. Kindersley ended up drawing a couple of penalties a few minutes later and had a 5on3 powerplay for 20 seconds with just over 3 minutes remaining in the hockey game. Unfortunately for the club, the man advantage failed to generate anything, which certainly capped off a dissapointing team performance. Kindersleys offense just wasn't clicking last night and that was really the number one reason why they lost that hockey game.

Overall the Klippers have struggled on home ice this season and are now 1-3. Some would say they may be in trouble now with 2 tough games out in Flin Flon this weekend. I would counter by saying this may be a good thing. The players can forget about what has happened throughout the homestand and focus on the two games against the Bombers. This will give the guys a chance to bond, and hopefully allow them to generate a more consistent game. Both contests will be tough, especially playing at the Whitney Forum but I feel this may be just what the Klippers need at this point in the early going of the season.