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10-06-2006, 12:52 PM
By GARY MCKENNA www.kamloopsthisweek.com
Sports reporter
Oct 06 2006
Hockey fans are in for a raucous affair this weekend when the Kamloops Blazers play the Chilliwack Bruins tomorrow night at Interior Savings Centre.
These two teams combined for 263 penalty minutes and seven game misconducts when they met in the pre-season.
Kamloops Blazer Travis Dunstall won't be winning any popularity contests inside the Bruins dressing room, after running over Chilliwack goalie Andrew Pinsent in the last outing.
Cries from the Bruins bench claiming Dunstall made the hit intentionally ingnited the fireworks, and the parade to the penalty box began.
The Blazers, who ended up losing the game 6-4, are hoping the first regular season matchup with the Bruins will put another notch in their win column.
They are also hoping to redeem themselves after a disappointing loss to the Kelowna Rockets on Tuesday night.
Despite losing 5-4 in the last 26 seconds of overtime, Blazers coach Dean Clark said his club is making strides on the ice.
"We did a lot of good things," he
said. "We just made some bad decisions. We were playing high-risk hockey and it cost us."
Clark said the team will be working on clamping down in the neutral and defensive zones before it faces the Bruins, who are 1-4 this year.
"We played excellent hockey offensively. We just have to do the same in our end."
Sports reporter
Oct 06 2006
Hockey fans are in for a raucous affair this weekend when the Kamloops Blazers play the Chilliwack Bruins tomorrow night at Interior Savings Centre.
These two teams combined for 263 penalty minutes and seven game misconducts when they met in the pre-season.
Kamloops Blazer Travis Dunstall won't be winning any popularity contests inside the Bruins dressing room, after running over Chilliwack goalie Andrew Pinsent in the last outing.
Cries from the Bruins bench claiming Dunstall made the hit intentionally ingnited the fireworks, and the parade to the penalty box began.
The Blazers, who ended up losing the game 6-4, are hoping the first regular season matchup with the Bruins will put another notch in their win column.
They are also hoping to redeem themselves after a disappointing loss to the Kelowna Rockets on Tuesday night.
Despite losing 5-4 in the last 26 seconds of overtime, Blazers coach Dean Clark said his club is making strides on the ice.
"We did a lot of good things," he
said. "We just made some bad decisions. We were playing high-risk hockey and it cost us."
Clark said the team will be working on clamping down in the neutral and defensive zones before it faces the Bruins, who are 1-4 this year.
"We played excellent hockey offensively. We just have to do the same in our end."