Hi Marty,
I never doubted you guys would beat the Growl but it sounds like a great win last week - way to go!
What are the odds that a Monday night league and a Tuesday night league would both schedule Wednesday night games in the same week?! Most unexpected and frustrating that I can't play in both.
If I understand the Rinx league schedule correctly, we (the Vikings) will continue on in the playoffs no matter what happens against Daley Byers on Wednesday, whereas for my other team it's the final game for the league championship - we (the Ice Gators) have been on a great roll in the playoffs (finished the season 8th of 18) and making it to the finals is huge, so I've decided I have to play in that game. If the situations were reversed I would certainly be playing with the Vikings. Hope you guys understand.
Crush the Byers! A team that completely relies on 2 players is a beatable team. I'm no coach but one idea is to try playing their two "stars" the way NHL teams play against dominant players - assign a couple of good skaters as shadows whose only assignment is to stay right on those guys whenever they're on the ice, fight them for every puck, make sure they're not open for passes, etc. Key to making this work is the commitment of the two shadow players to give up on all other aspects of the game and focus only on staying on those guys, but I've certainly seen it work
When their big guns rush the puck the D should not back off them too much - step up and crowd them at our blue line to slow them down and give our wingers a chance to catch up on the backcheck. Those two guys are fast and stick handle well, so D should try not to bite on any moves or play them for the puck in any way, just stay on them and steer them to the outside - let them keep the puck until they're forced to take a wide angle shot or dump it off. Beat those two guys, beat the Byers!
Go Vikings!
Christian
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Damn, this is going to seem a little like a copy of Christian but I too have two playoffs scheduled for Wedneday. One, the mighty Vikings that in almost every circumstance, outweighs all other teams I play for... unless it is on Wednesday where my ball team normally, plays AND have a one game elimination style playoff AND are short manned. It took the last two to put me over the edge, but I owe it the ball team. Plus you don't need penalties this game. Just to add one thing to Christian's thoughts...goals won't be pretty tomorrow. Sorry Claude, Joe and Greg. So put it on the big guy as often as you can and crash the net every time. Make the big guy work and move for the puck. Good luck.
Derek
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