Thunder Talk: Febuary 17th

With a week left in the season and home ice hanging in the balance, the Hockey Gods are not making life easy. 3 weeks ago we were, for the most part a healthy hockey club. Now, not so much. Tyler Bouey has been out since Feb 1st with a mild concussion. Joel Basson went down Feb 3rd with a bruised shoulder. Beau Purves bruised his hip on Feb 7th and as of this post is not ready to play. Mike Cross recently injured his back and neck on Feb 12th. Lain Ralph injured his collarbone this past Saturday and has been sent to Florida to rehab it at DisneyWorld for the week. Riley Hengen is down for 2 weeks after reinjuring his MCL in his left knee in Sunday's game in Delisle and Colton Leblanc, Brandyn Wasyliw, Mike Bzdel and Kale Hidlebaugh all have significant injuries that would probably keep them out of games if not for our short bench.

The good news for us is that we have another 10 days till the start of playoffs and said Hockey Gods have a way of smiling on those who work hard and battle through adversity. Faith in them may be our best strategy to date.

Keep Your Stick On The Ice
Coach Kingwell