Bisons tie Hurricanes

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

Despite a slow start on the road against Lethbridge, the CFR Bisons salvaged a much need point in a 2-2 tie on Jan. 30.
In their first of five road games to close out the regular season, the Bisons found themselves trailing 2-1 before tying the game in the third period.
Head coach Sandy Henry thought the boys were sluggish in the beginning and didn’t respond well to the Hurricanes pressure early on.
“They came hard and we were under a lot of pressure and it took us awhile to get our feet going,” said Henry “I think we intended to dump a lot of pucks in and we talked about it between periods. That’s not really our identity. We want to attack them with the puck with speed at their blue line. Once we got in after the first and got a chance to talk to them and regroup, we were much better in the second and dominant in the third.”
He added that once the boys started to skate, they were able to weather the Hurricanes attack. Brett Trentham and Cole Clayton scored for the Bisons.
“I thought we did a good job penetrating them after the first period,” said Henry.
“Yet if we got the puck moving and our feet moving then they kind of go away after that. I thought for 40 minutes we were the better team and we played 20 (minutes) where they were the better team. I thought after the first period we really limited what they had for opportunities and at the same time increased our level of opportunity.”
Now heading up north for four games over the next two weekends, Henry expects the team to go in and play hard, and that will be a good way to get more team bonding in before playoffs start.
The road trip continues in Grande Prairie on Feb. 6 (2 p.m.) when they take on the the Storm, before facing the St. Albert Raiders at 2:30 p.m. the following day.