Bisons finding groove

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

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The CFR Bisons may have found what the doctor ordered in terms of offense and finding the back of the net in a 7-1 win over Grande Prairie last weekend.
Head coach Sandy Henry said the team has finally been rewarded for their efforts but he needs all of the lines to thrive on that momentum.
“It’s nice,” said Henry. “I think what we want to work towards in the long term is to spread that scoring through our lines. We’re heavily loaded on one line right now. We need the other three lines to pick up some of that momentum and slack and spread us out a little so we’re not quite as one dimensional as we are.”
He mentioned that the lines did have a significant amount of offensive zone time and their play in the neutral zone was effective.
Cameron Shorrock scored three goals to lead the attack, Zach Vinnell supplied two while Kyle Gordon and Gary Haden each added one goal in the Oct. 31 win.
In the 3-3 tie against the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers on Sunday afternoon, Henry felt that it was an achievable game but the Bisons just could not capitalize at opportune times.
“I thought we played pretty hard today,” said Henry. “I thought … we did enough to win to get two points and we got one. That’s sometimes how you get treated in this game. We had two good solid outings in a row and that’s what we’re going to sit on right now.”
He did caution he doesn’t want the team to drastically push too hard and get caught out of position doing it.
Shorrock pulled the hat trick to supply the offense in the tie.
Shorrock, who has eight goals in his last four games, credits much of his offensive output to his linemates.
“My linemates set me up all the time,” said Shorrock. “After one, it just gets the whole bench going, just feeding off their energy. I’m more confident and just seeing the league and how our guys did it last year and learn from everyone.”
The Bisons will hit the road for two games this weekend beginning with the Sherwood Park J. Ennis Kings on Nov. 7 at 8:45 p.m. and the Knights of Columbus Pats on Nov. 8 at 3:15 also in Sherwood Park.