Bisons back at it

Times Editor

 

After their final break during the regular season this past weekend, the UFA Bisons are ready to cap off the 2012-2013 season on a high note.

The local triple-A midget team is set to conclude the campaign with a pair of road games this coming weekend, before closing out with two home games Feb. 9-10.

After an up and down season, the Bisons are hoping to finish the final four games by playing some of their best hockey heading into the playoffs.

“We’ve really kind of simplified our approach to the games,” said Bisons head coach Jeremy Friesen. “The last four games, we’ve done those things quite well and we’ve had a lot of success with that. We just need to keep talking about those (little) things.

“We’ve learned a lot of lessons so far this year that when we get outside of that, we’re not successful and it doesn’t really matter who we are playing in term of an opponent.

“When we do those things successfully, we have a lot of success and we win against a lot of the top teams.

“Everything we’ve done to this point has been about winning at the end and now we’re in a position where the end is almost here and we need to put it all together.”

The Bisons will close out the season by traveling to the Edmonton area to face the Sherwood Park Kings on Feb. 2, before taking on the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers the following day.

The team will then return home to take on the Lloydminster Bobcats on Feb. 9 (5:30 p.m.) at the Strathmore Family Centre, before taking on the Calgary Northstars the following day at 2 p.m.