MAW1 - Dombek, MAW, 2014-2015 (Oakville Rangers Hockey Club)

The Phantoms entered the game with 99 Goals For on the season.  Every player wanted to be the one who netted that century marker.  Even the goalie was trying to figure out an angle where he could get in on the action.  It took an entire period for someone to step up but thanks to an extremely well executed break out play that began with Andrew making a hard pass from deep in his own zone to Aman, who feathered it out of the zone to the stick of Jase who then flew down the ice to beat the goaltender, the 100th goal of the Phantom's season was scored.  It was too bad, however, the goal was ...

The Phantoms are now at the part of the season where they must bring their "A" game each and every game.  The opposing teams have all improved and the Phantoms are finding the compete level must be high in order to achieve the desired result. 

The Phantoms played what the coaches, parents, and players feel was their best game of the season with respect to effort, defence, offence, and positional play.  There were no big mistakes which lead to a scoring chance.  There was no lack of effort resulting in a weak side of the ice.  There was no lack of positioning to allow the Devils to get a foothold on offence.  There was relentless forechecking, hard shots, and solid positional play which allowed the Phantoms to contain the opposition.

The Phantoms may have been trying to do too much on an individual level rather than focusing on teamwork.  It seemed as though the boys were attempting to get the job done as individuals and it resulted in a very erratic effort.  There was no fluidity to the game and it was very much individual efforts that ruled the day.  There was much less positional play than usual which resulted in more than the average scoring chances against.  Fortunately, William, the goalie, was up for the extra work and excelled.  The boys acknowledged after the game that it was just an OK effort on their part, and ...