patsdude114
10-14-2013, 11:43 AM
I hate afternoon games with a passion, I don't get season tickets for afternoon entertainment but don't get me wrong I know why they have them as they put on family packs for families of 4 can enjoy a game at a cheaper rate. Just still hate them, imo they should put deals like family day on for every game to increase fans coming out. Junior hockey is not a cheap entertainment value anymore for a family of 4, they don't need to give the hot dog and coke deals included for every single game but at least give some sort of a discount for every game with families like buy 2 adult tickets and get 2 children tickets free ($5 for students if in 14+) once you get them in the door more times then not they will be buying something from a concession.
Anyways onto to the actual game stuff now, the Pats are coming off 3 straight OT games (2 in SO) where all 3 were wins for there little winning streak. Did we even win 3 games in a row at any point last year???
After watching the game in MJ on Saturday night and watching just how effective our 16s were, especially Wagner its a nice positive with this franchise for once. They may not have any points yet, but if your grading 16yr olds by how many points they have after 10 games I don't think your a true junior hockey fan. Very few have a lot of success when it comes to points during the course of the season, it doesn't mean they don't have the talent. Its more of a lack of strength & quick release that is needed to score in this league, everything comes in stride. I think Wagner will be scoring very soon im sure he will have 1 by the end of the month, if you watched him in MJ and remember how he was the 1st game or 2 you can see how far he has already came.
I hope MacAuley can continue his strong play from MJ into this home game today, he has really struggled in the 1st 5mins of home games. He needs to relax and not worry about his past home games. Im not a big MacAuley fan but that doesn't mean I don't want him to have success cause I do, I hope he can stick it out in the WHL and show that he belongs here. He is slowly showing that as he gains more experience due to Sacher's injury. Im sure seeing regular shots from star's such as Klimchuk, Leier & Stephenson during practices helps a lot, early in the year these types of shooters were making him look silly as no 1 in the SJHL even compares to those types of shooters.
Looking at Brandon's team there goalies always seem to shine when coming to Regina to play, we need to get 1 early (instead of giving up 1 early) im really interested in watching Pulock play after his NYI training camp, the guy has always impressed me with his shot and his 1st pass im just assuming he has improved both those areas since NHL camp. Another guy is Jayce Hawryluk who had an impressive rookie season and is a point a game player right now with 9pts, John Quenneville is also a point a game player as well with 6goals, he had a good rookie season last year as well.
A Pats win today would put us in a tie with BRN as long as its a regulation win, both teams would be 5-5-0. BRN has scored 6 more goals then us while giving up the same amount. The Pats are the highest penalized team in the league, but that is abit inflated as well as that home opening series against SC really inflated those numbers for both teams. On hockeyfights.com it has the Pats having 8 fights as of Friday & sitting in 13th in the league but after the 4 you add in from the game in MJ could have us sitting in a tie for 2nd depending what the teams above us did.
Any word on how long Hand is out for? All the WHL weekly report says is indefinite, also what even happened to him? He was playing the best he has ever played in a Pats jersey, was playing tough and being very physical, we really do miss his play on our backend. He was also 1st in pim for abit as well.
Anyways onto to the actual game stuff now, the Pats are coming off 3 straight OT games (2 in SO) where all 3 were wins for there little winning streak. Did we even win 3 games in a row at any point last year???
After watching the game in MJ on Saturday night and watching just how effective our 16s were, especially Wagner its a nice positive with this franchise for once. They may not have any points yet, but if your grading 16yr olds by how many points they have after 10 games I don't think your a true junior hockey fan. Very few have a lot of success when it comes to points during the course of the season, it doesn't mean they don't have the talent. Its more of a lack of strength & quick release that is needed to score in this league, everything comes in stride. I think Wagner will be scoring very soon im sure he will have 1 by the end of the month, if you watched him in MJ and remember how he was the 1st game or 2 you can see how far he has already came.
I hope MacAuley can continue his strong play from MJ into this home game today, he has really struggled in the 1st 5mins of home games. He needs to relax and not worry about his past home games. Im not a big MacAuley fan but that doesn't mean I don't want him to have success cause I do, I hope he can stick it out in the WHL and show that he belongs here. He is slowly showing that as he gains more experience due to Sacher's injury. Im sure seeing regular shots from star's such as Klimchuk, Leier & Stephenson during practices helps a lot, early in the year these types of shooters were making him look silly as no 1 in the SJHL even compares to those types of shooters.
Looking at Brandon's team there goalies always seem to shine when coming to Regina to play, we need to get 1 early (instead of giving up 1 early) im really interested in watching Pulock play after his NYI training camp, the guy has always impressed me with his shot and his 1st pass im just assuming he has improved both those areas since NHL camp. Another guy is Jayce Hawryluk who had an impressive rookie season and is a point a game player right now with 9pts, John Quenneville is also a point a game player as well with 6goals, he had a good rookie season last year as well.
A Pats win today would put us in a tie with BRN as long as its a regulation win, both teams would be 5-5-0. BRN has scored 6 more goals then us while giving up the same amount. The Pats are the highest penalized team in the league, but that is abit inflated as well as that home opening series against SC really inflated those numbers for both teams. On hockeyfights.com it has the Pats having 8 fights as of Friday & sitting in 13th in the league but after the 4 you add in from the game in MJ could have us sitting in a tie for 2nd depending what the teams above us did.
Any word on how long Hand is out for? All the WHL weekly report says is indefinite, also what even happened to him? He was playing the best he has ever played in a Pats jersey, was playing tough and being very physical, we really do miss his play on our backend. He was also 1st in pim for abit as well.