The trip to play in the Kamloops International Bantam Hockey Tournament www.kibiht.com began on December 20th, first with a visit to Victoria to play exhibition games against Tier 1 AAA teams from Saanich, Juan de Fuca and the Racquet Club. The team experience tough competition but that was what was needed because that is what the team will face in the Tournament. We also used practice times to work on team systems and improve our structure. Following the four exhibition games in Victoria, we travelled to Kamloops on Christmas Day. Our final exhibition game was against the Alaska Grizzlies in our Tier 2 Division but again very tough competition and we lost 9:1. The good news, is that we have scored in each of the five exhibition games but our defensive game needs much improvement.
In our first day of the tournament we played against the Kamloops Tier 2 team. We had an awful first period and went into the dressing room down 5:0 but a good pep talk from coaches Simon Ferguson and Stuart Winchester, got the team back on track and a much better second period followed with the score 8:2. Unfortunately we were not able to carry the momentum in the third and the score finished 10:2. It is interesting to see the different levels of passion among the team members. The coaching staff is doing its best to raise the level of play for every player. Game two is on December 29th as is game three.
In our first day of the tournament we played against the Kamloops Tier 2 team. We had an awful first period and went into the dressing room down 5:0 but a good pep talk from coaches Simon Ferguson and Stuart Winchester, got the team back on track and a much better second period followed with the score 8:2. Unfortunately we were not able to carry the momentum in the third and the score finished 10:2. It is interesting to see the different levels of passion among the team members. The coaching staff is doing its best to raise the level of play for every player. Game two is on December 29th as is game three.
