By Derek Holtom
A loss never feels great, but the Waywayseecappo Wolverines should feel pretty good about the way their team played Saturday night in Portage la Prairie.
The Terriers, part of a murderer’s row of top teams in the strong MJHL East Division, have been averaging 3.7 goals a game this year. But the Wolverines held them to just one, and while they lost in a shootout, they were still able to snag a valuable point off the Terriers.
“I thought our structure was really solid,” said Landyn Cochrane, Head Coach and General Manager of the Wolverines. “We were committed to tracking back, closing time and space, and keeping their skilled guys to the outside.
“And our forwards did an excellent job supporting the play on breakouts,” he added. “Obviously we’d like a different result, but defensively that was one of our more disciplined efforts.”
Better defensive efforts such as this will only help the Wolverines win more games, as they still have all sorts of offensive weapons, led by Sebastien Hicks and Ben Roulette (33 points), both of which trail Niverville’s Hayden Wheddon (34 points), by a single point for the league scoring lead.
Last week
Terriers 2, Wolverines 1 (SO)
Losing in what amounts to a skills competition never feels great, but the Wolverines have to be please with their play for 65 minutes Saturday night in Portage, despite falling 2-1 in a shootout.

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