Reply To: Diary of a Season 2014-15

[Tom Molloy]

All 12 teams in the league were put into 3 groups of 4. The top two in each group plus two wild cards advanced. We were 1-1-1 in the group and placed second. We ended up drawing the top team who went 3-0 and won every game by 5+ goals. They have 6 players who scored a lot during the regular season. It was the only team we didn't beat during the season. Scores were 4-4 and 1-3 but always very good, fast paced games.

The score ended 3-5 for them. We outshot them 39-36 but their goalie was very good.

It doesn't sound like we will be in any tournaments. So the season is over.

This is a development league to send players to the AAA Bantam U15 and AAA Minor Midget U16 teams. We carried 7 first year players (rule 6 to 8 on each team) and 12 second year players. Only 2 players on our team had played AA hockey before. So it was a big jump for most of the team.

It was a great group to work with. The players got along with each other and improved a lot as the year went on. I have some really small players and some you could see grow as the year went on. 2 players who were pretty chunky in August really trimmed up. One must have grown 3 inches and has gone from plump to slender. Two of the youngest boy's are still 12 until next December. One defenseman weighs about 90 lbs and stands 4'11" and would be on the AAA team if he was a little bigger. He played many games for them during the season.

We put three small forwards together and they totally dominated by cycling in the offensive zone but they just aren't strong enough yet to have much zip on their shots. I remember coaching two undersized 85 born players at the same age, with similar skill sets. One grew to 6' and has played in the Stanley Cup final and is still in the NHL and the other grew to 5'6" and won the Hobey Baker and is still having a great career in Europe.

There is a lot of potential for these boy's to develop into top end players.

We chart the shots, +/- for each game and I will attach it.

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• Final Game vs. Wranglers.pdf (882 KB)

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