Coaches Corner!

TK: The selection series didn’t start out so well last week versus Kindersley. The boys looked flat in the first period and were getting hit hard, what happened out there?

McMillan: Honestly, I don’t know. We sure did come out flat for 40 or 50 minutes of the game. We played alright but not good enough to compete with them that night. I think we really outplayed them in the last ten minutes of the game but we just couldn’t capitalize on our chances and their goalie made some incredible saves during the game too. I give all the credit to Kindersley. They played an outstanding defensive game and shut us down.

TK: Was there any part of the team’s game that you felt was rather disappointing versus the Klippers?

McMillan: I was disappointed in our work ethic. It just wasn’t there that night. We had a good effort but good wasn’t going to cut it.

TK: How will you fix something like that?

McMillan: Well that is something we had to talk about. The boys do realize that they didn’t come out strong and they are learning from it. Something like that is a good learning experience for some of the boys. They know they played excellent during the last ten minutes of the game and now they realize that they have to play at that level all game if they want to win in the playoffs.

TK: You take on Melville tomorrow, so how do you prepare for a team like that compared to the Klippers?

McMIllan: They are very similar, they have speed and offence. Again we are going to have to work hard and check hard to beat them. We aren’t going to get any easy goals unless we work hard and create offence. We have to make things happen and when in our own end we have to bare down and be strong positionally.

TK: We know the team would love to win the selection series and get to choose their next opponent but, would you feel comfortable if you didn’t end up picking your team and ended up taking on a team who had to battle hard to get to their next round?

McMillan: It doesn’t matter who we face. We know that to get to the finals we have to take out whoever is in front of us so it really doesn’t matter. Any team that we face at this point is going to be playing at the top of their game and we have to as well.