Kings losing streak snapped

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

There was a sense of relief around the Wheatland Kings locker room on Sunday night, as the club was able to snap a seven game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Coaldale Copperheads on home ice.
“It was exactly what we needed at this point in time,” said Kings captain Chris Williams. “We’ve been slumping here for a few weeks here so it definitely felt good to get the monkey off the back and get a win against a good solid team. It’s a good statement and we’re just going to build on it going forward.”
Williams mentioned that the team builder prior to the game combined with playing with heart was instrumental in the win.
“We just came together and we talked,” said Williams. “We told each other what we got to do tonight. We just came mentally prepared ready to bring our full heart. That’s what we did and got the win.”
Jacen Bracko scored the go-ahead goal in the third, while Williams, Brooker Pretty Youngman and Tyler Rivest supplied one goal each in the win.
As for the previous two weekend games, Williams thought the team’s play was up and down and praised his squad for bouncing back and working through the negativity on bench as of late.
Bracko and Rivest scored in the 8-2 loss to Airdrie on Nov. 7, while Pretty Youngman and Bracko scored a goal each in the 3-2 loss to High River on Nov. 6.
The Kings will be back on the ice with a pair of road games beginning on Nov. 20 in Medicine Hat 8:15 p.m. followed by the next night in Red Deer at 8 p.m.
The team’s next home game will be Nov. 28 versus Stettler at 8 p.m.