Tipped Off
10-17-2009, 05:01 PM
Tips Record: 5-2-0-0
This Tips played a fundamentally sound game last night versus the T-Birds and came away with a 3-1 win. They outshot the birds 42-22 & played pretty good defense.
The power play is still a source of concern this season having converted eight of 38 chances, good for middle of the pack in the WHL. The bigger concern, however is the penalty kill. the Tips are 21st in the league having allowed nine of 35 chances, letting in a goal roughly one out of every four times on the PK. This has to improve...especially tonight as Kelowna is third in the wHL on the power play.
This will be the key to the game tonight. The 3rd best PP team against the 2nd worst penalty kill. If the Tips can stay out of the box or kill off the penalties, they will win.
This Tips played a fundamentally sound game last night versus the T-Birds and came away with a 3-1 win. They outshot the birds 42-22 & played pretty good defense.
The power play is still a source of concern this season having converted eight of 38 chances, good for middle of the pack in the WHL. The bigger concern, however is the penalty kill. the Tips are 21st in the league having allowed nine of 35 chances, letting in a goal roughly one out of every four times on the PK. This has to improve...especially tonight as Kelowna is third in the wHL on the power play.
This will be the key to the game tonight. The 3rd best PP team against the 2nd worst penalty kill. If the Tips can stay out of the box or kill off the penalties, they will win.