Friday 13 December 2013

A call out from the coach.

Head Coach Nick Deschenes is calling out his veterans.

"We have our youngest players being our best players. [Guys] that haven't even played in the BCHL before are out playing [others] that have been here for three years. Chances of success are not very good when that happens."

This as the orange and black have dropped eight straight games and continue a five game road trip in Vernon Friday night.

Five of those eight contests have finished by one or two goal decisions and Deschenes admits those close outcomes are starting to weigh on their psyche.

"We're trying to do our best to shift our focus a little bit, the past is the past, but with the same token...you have to learn from the past."

In this losing stretch the Smokies were unsuccessful through a three game home stand.

In the case of all three of those games (and like most of the season) Trail just could not string together a full 60 minute effort.

It was the same case Wednesaday night when Trail kicked off their road trip in Penticton against the Vees.

The Smoke Eaters found themselves up 2-0 over the Interior Division's top team, but couldn't hold on and would allow the Vees to score three straight to steal the win.

Deschenes does admit there's a lot of new bodies in the dressing room and there isn't necessarily a lot of chemistry there right now.

"You can't really expect a team gelling [in that short of time], but the compete level, it's kind of scary if its not there. For players, where they wnat to be [and] where they are trying to be...the response is kind of disappointing."

Trail will wrap up the final four games of this road trip in Chilliwack on Saturday December 21st.

Then they will be off for the holiday break until the 30th when they host divisional rivals West Kelowna.

That will be my next broadcast and until then you can the games via the visitor's feed.



1 comment:

  1. So how come we no longer get our own announcer to broadcast our away games any more? It sucks listening to the bias of the home town guys

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