Yeah, those were some not so great games last night. We had been on a roll too so its tough to feel bad. I think we had like a 15 game Division 1 winning streak too before the past couple nights.Not every night are we going to win every game.
At least the third jerseys improved.
Our competition played much better defense than usual last night and overall we lacked creativity on offense. Most of our zone entries ended with us skating right into defenders and we forced more bad passes that had little to no chance of being completed than usual.
On nights where we have 2 wingers we need to focus more on sending the puck around behind the net to the opposite winger to open up space for them to playmake and get the defense moving side to side. You should also try carrying behind the net from time to time.
None of us are crafty enough to make guys miss or retain the puck along the boards consistently enough while not on the rush to justify why we hold onto the puck for too long when we are pressured entering the zone. Its a mindset change you should all try to implement more when we play next.
I can tell you from years of EASHL experience that passing or skating the puck behind the net is a great way to exploit defenders who arent great and opens up easy scoring opportunities. Its not that hard to catch a defender out of position that cant turn fast enough at slow speeds due to the skating engine limitations or get them facing the wrong way because the L2 vision control/facing the puck didnt work as expected.
Btw Stat your 3rd jerseys were so awful last night that I completely redesigned the color scheme on all 3.