'It's not okay to have two off nights in a row' - Soo Greyhounds coach John Dean
After what was potentially their worst game of the season on Wednesday night at home, the Soo Greyhounds were looking to rebound well on Friday.
With back-to-back lacklustre efforts, coach John Dean said there’s an onus on the players to force his hand when it comes to ice time. “Right now, we’re not doing the things we need to do or we’re not willing to do the things we need to do to get that swagger back,” Dean added. “Identity, effort, compete, those are critical things that you need to see on a regular basis,” Dean added. “It’s okay to have an off night. It’s not okay to have two off nights in a row.”“We defended really well,” Kitchener coach Jussi Ahokas said in an interview with RogersTV following the game. “It was a really solid defensive game. Parsons played great in the net, but everybody was defending well.
After the Rangers carried the lead into the second period, the home team wasted little time making it a 2-0 game in the middle stanza. With a power play carrying over from the end of the opening period, Luca Romano got the puck in the left faceoff circle and beat Miller with a shot high short side 1:15 into the second period.
The Greyhounds fall to 9-8-0-0 with the loss on Friday and return to action Saturday night in Flint with a game against the Firebirds before returning home for three straight games.Overage forward Owen Allard missed Friday’s game due to an upper body injury.
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