All about the Dogs now!
First off, the Dogs announced yesterday that they had made a trade, acquiring 19 year old Dman Ethan Gardner.
Read the press release on the Bulldogs homepage by CLICKING HERE
The Dogs also announced last week that Interim Assistant Greg Holst has returned to Austria. Read more on the Dogs site by clicking "newsroom"
I'm trying to connect with Greg right now to get one last interview with him about his time here. I will keep you updated on that front.
A personal GOOD LUCK from myself to Greg. "Holstie" is a great personality and a great guy, and I know he will have nothing but success in the future. And here's hoping the Dogs have success due to his involvement too. So far, so good!
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw how the Dogs came out to start the game Saturday in Victoria, and how they played throughout the 70 minutes of action. They looked BETTER than they had looked all year.
It's simply not supposed to work that way when you have two weeks off!
In all my years of doing this, a decade plus, I have never seen a team look as good coming out of the Christmas break as the Dogs did Saturday night. An early first period give-and-go between Evan Witt and Mitch MacMillan that set up a 2 on 1 rush was executed with a speed, quickness and crispness that I don't think I have seen all season.
What can this be attributed to? Who knows. Maybe the coaches were bang on when they said that going home and into the break with confidence and feeling good makes you feel even better when you return. Maybe the coaches got something through to the guys that was new or old in the 1 day of practice they had before they returned to action. Maybe the U17 action that the Dogs watched rubbed off on them, as the entire team had rink side seats to the under 17 year old players that ALWAYS pushed the pace and did everything with speed speed speed. Maybe it's a combination of everything mentioned above, or maybe it's something else entirely.
Maybe I just was seeing things?
I don't think I was seeing things though. The guys looked good. They are unbeaten in four.
BUT you are only as good as your next game, so I hope the level of commitment and work ethic never wavers because it is those two factors that have got this team to this point.
Hammer
4 comments:
Witt-MacMillan line playing great, thought that the 3M line would and should be putting out better numbers?
agreed - not much happening with the Moulson,Muir line. Muir will be lucky to break 25 pts this year if he doesn't wake up soon. Doesn't seem to have hockey as priority #1. ?? Hoping for another good game against the Grizzz and a busy Sat night @ the pound. Good Luck Boys!
Not much in the way of points at times recently for this line, but what they might lack there they make up for in momentum gained through territorial play. They are defensively solid as well. It's not always about points.
Not sure why you would say hockey isn't priority #1, and how you would even know that to be true about Warren Muir. An unfair thing to say in my humble opinion.
Food for thought - Theres 18 games left in the regular season, and he already has a career high in goals. Sometimes for stretches they go in more than they do for others. Hopefully the whole line can get some more offense going there way for the final 18 games of the regular season.
Why are you picking on ONE player? There are 23players on the team! Do you have something against this player? Everyone on the team is doing their best! Lighten up!!
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