A roller-coaster season for the Warriors. Early success ledto a first time # 1 ranking, but a second half of the season swoon dropped them to 5th in HE. Took the Black Bears to 3 "hotly contested"
games at Alfond, but couldn't get to the Garden.
Roster turnover:
Flanigan, Sheen, Madsen (hope he recovers from that gruesome injury), Todd, Velleca, Stollery and Demers (and oh, that Canatta kid). Represents loss of 44% of goals scored, and vitually 100% of goals saved.
Key returnees, Fowards: Collins, Toomey, Bates, Bly, Myers. Recruits include Scotti (Jr. Bruins) and Ben Bahe both of whom look to have some offensive skill. Would LOVE to see Murphy from Penicton come in for '12-'13. Bates, Toomey, Bly and Myers have some serious wheels (esp. Bates) Secondary guys (Singleton, Gould, Heffernan) have some decent size. Will be interesting to see how Dennehey puts them together.
Key Returnees, Defense: Bigos, Haywood, Ellis, Kolomatis. They'll miss Stollery, but this is a pretty solid group. For all his goonery, Bigos has shown some flashes of skill, and has an absolute bomb from the point. Maybe Dennehey makes him a captain and he rachets down the "thug life" behavior (Tupac reference intended
) I think Kolomatis could be very, very good next year. McCarthy will see more ice time, and the recruits have some size (Cronin and Bergland, both from the BCHL).
Key returnees, Goal: ....anyone, anyone, Bueller? Marrotta, Tirronen? Who knows. Fingers crossed.
games at Alfond, but couldn't get to the Garden.Roster turnover:
Flanigan, Sheen, Madsen (hope he recovers from that gruesome injury), Todd, Velleca, Stollery and Demers (and oh, that Canatta kid). Represents loss of 44% of goals scored, and vitually 100% of goals saved.
Key returnees, Fowards: Collins, Toomey, Bates, Bly, Myers. Recruits include Scotti (Jr. Bruins) and Ben Bahe both of whom look to have some offensive skill. Would LOVE to see Murphy from Penicton come in for '12-'13. Bates, Toomey, Bly and Myers have some serious wheels (esp. Bates) Secondary guys (Singleton, Gould, Heffernan) have some decent size. Will be interesting to see how Dennehey puts them together.
Key Returnees, Defense: Bigos, Haywood, Ellis, Kolomatis. They'll miss Stollery, but this is a pretty solid group. For all his goonery, Bigos has shown some flashes of skill, and has an absolute bomb from the point. Maybe Dennehey makes him a captain and he rachets down the "thug life" behavior (Tupac reference intended
) I think Kolomatis could be very, very good next year. McCarthy will see more ice time, and the recruits have some size (Cronin and Bergland, both from the BCHL).Key returnees, Goal: ....anyone, anyone, Bueller? Marrotta, Tirronen? Who knows. Fingers crossed.
