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Kind of hard to believe this will be the 1st meeting of the season between the Kindersey Klippers and the Yokrton Terriers. The Terriers were responsible for knocking Kindersley out of the playoffs having swept them in 4 straight games in last seasons Sherwood Final.
Both teams are different clubs from a season ago, but a number of players from each squad will still have the series fresh on their minds, especially the Klipper players who may look for some revenge here tonight.
Kindersley will play their next 3 games at home against divisional opponents and getting out to a good start on this swing will be very important. Lose the 1st one and the 2nd and 3rd games against Melville get tougher. Kindersley really cant afford to drop down any further in the Sherwood standings especially with a very long road trip starting next week. The time is now for Kindersley to take their game to a consistent level. They are no longer banged up and as Rockie Zinger put it after the last game against Humboldt, it's time to put up or shut up.
In terms of Yorkton, I cant tell you much about them since I have yet to see them this season. I had a brief chat with Trent Cassan at the showcase and he mentioned his team was in a similar situation to Kindersley as they are struggling to find consistency. He mentioned his team looking great one night and not so great the next.
Kindersley will look to pick up the big W sporting pink jerseys tonight in support of breast cancer research. The jerseys will be autographed by each player and put up for auction throughout the hockey game. Any fans coming tonight are also welcomed to wear pink to get entered in to win some door prizes.
I will tweet a few lineup notes upon arrival at the rink, you can catch the webcast with play-by-play starting at 715 with puck drop at 730. I can confirm that Tanner Kissick will return to the Klippers lineup tonight, not sure as of yet who will be the scratches.
Typical Zinger move tonight, putting the young-ins on in OT. Not saying the 17/18 yr old's aren't good, just saying they're not experienced enough and everyone watching and in the right mind can clearly see that they're not completely ready and especially for OT. In the Kindersley paper this week, Rockie specifically said the 20 yr old's were their best penalty kill including Hoffman and Duzan, so why not actually give them a chance to prove themselves in OT. Sorry to say, but ya cant blame the refs on this one Rockie! another thing...... why are we getting younger, we trade away a 19 yr old for another 18yr old, and we wonder why we cant win? go figure.... the young guys aren't bad hockey players but you need experience to win in this league, AAA hockey is not junior A experience.
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