Bisons offensively challenged in first road contests

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The CFR Bisons went on their first road trip of the season and did not get the results they had looked for as they lost by identical 4-1 scores to the Lloydminster Bobcats and CAC Gregg Distributors last weekend.
Assistant coach Mike Langen said the team put forth a strong effort in both games but weren’t able to score as often as they would’ve liked. However, the experience awarded the chance for players to bond.
“It’s good to get the team to bond on the road early,” said Langen. “The scores were not quite where we want them to be in both games. We were competitive and competed.”
According to Langen, he liked how the team communicated around each other to recover from a bad start and kept the games tight the rest of the way.
“The game against Lloyd, three goals in the first 12 minutes, our guys rallied back and it was a 1-1 hockey game for the rest of the game,” said Langen. “The nerves probably played a part of it, the travel played a part in it. It was just an eye opener for everybody, once we were there.”
Langen did say puck movement became better as they got adjusted to the smaller rinks, especially in the game against CAC.
However, he said if execution was followed through they would have been involved in more of the game.
Kyle Gordon got the lone goal in Lloydminster while Gary Haden notched one against CAC.
The team will have a re-match against CAC at the Strathmore Family Centre on Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. and will be in Medicine Hat on Oct. 17 at 2:15 p.m.