The Estevan senior Impact team dropped two games against the Saskatoon Brewers on May 9 and 10 in Saskatoon.
They lost the first game 15-2 and the second game 14-0.
In the first game, the goal scorers were Lucas Smyth and Mark Moriarty.
Despite the losses, coach Jody Harris said the score was not an indication of how well the team played, as they did improve as a team from their first two games of the season.
Since they had more players in these two games, they were able to play transitional offence and defence, which created more scoring opportunities.
“Realistically, the defenceman should never be on the floor when we play offence,” Harris said.
This was the first time they played that way, and Harris said the players struggled a little bit in the first period but played well in the following two periods.
“Come the second, third period, those guys were dialed in and they were doing it really well and changes were better and we were creating offence,” Harris said.
And in the second game, they continued to implement that system. In the second game, Harris said, goaltender Dustin Cowen played really well and is improving each game.
“The one thing that Dustin’s doing real well is absorbing that ball … and picking up the rebounds right away so our team gains possession,” Harris said.
What the Impact needs to improve on, according to Harris, is not allowing shorthanded goals.
“One thing we didn’t do very well … they only had four guys and we had five and they were in our end … killing our power play,” Harris said.
She said the team needs to spread out more on the floor and create movement to stop that from happening.
The Impact’s next games are in Estevan at the Icon Centre on May 23 and 24 against the Regina Heat.
