Quoth the Regina Ravens: nevermore... in our net.
The Regina Ravens (11-1-2) knocked off the Power Tech Estevan BearCats 3-2 at Affinity Place Sunday afternoon. The Ravens remain in first place in the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League's midget AA division. Overall, BearCats (6-3-1) head coach Trevor Morrison was happy with the way the game went.
“We made some mistakes and it ended up in our net and they made some mistakes and it ended up in their net. They just got one more than we got,” he said. “A couple of times at the end of the game, we were close to getting them. We got a couple of lucky bounces that they didn't get another one but it's good for them to come in.”
Bailey Farr's power play goal for the BearCats early in the third period tied the game at 1-1. While the Ravens scored the next play, Marci LeBlanc's individual effort on a goal at 12:08 of the third brought the BearCats back to close.
The BearCats have six tough games before Christmas, Morrison said, with many games against the Ravens and Regina Capitals.
“We're going to see what we're made of,” Morrison said.
The mistakes they made Sunday are what he considers fixable mistakes.
“We sometimes just aren't... overly aggressive sometimes,” he said. “We're a nice team. We've got to be a little bit of a meaner team. Not dirty-wise, just aggressive-wise. It's hard to play a perfect 60 minutes. We made mistakes but I'm very happy with our team and I look forward to the next time we play them.”
The BearCats' next action is Saturday and Sunday at the Power Dodge Ice Centre against the Regina Capitals (4-1-1). Game time is 7:45 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
“I told the girls we've got to up our level in practice,” said Morrison. “I told the girls this week we had one good practice and one not so good practice. We need to start coming to work at practice at a high level and it'll carry over into our games.”
