A loss is only a loss if a team doesn't take anything out of a game, and that's certainly not what happened during our contest with the Flyers. As Coach Rick pointed out, we had several shortcomings, especially with communication on offense. In our players' defense, we discovered that game on short notice, and the two players we designated to direct our offense from hole had never had instruction on playing in front of the goal. In addition, we had yet to discuss front court offense, so a score of 6-10 in our first contest against a team boasting at least 3 strong varsity field players and a stong varsity goalie is very respectable.
Almost all of the Flyers' goals came off of counterattacks which stemmed from our poor showing on offense, but again, we can't fault the boys too much for a lack of ball control since we haven't discussed our offense just yet. Defensively we did very well. Chris Kennedy and Charlie Archer showed great poise protecting the goal as two meter guards, and they received excellent support from their teammates who guarded the passing lanes and collected several steals. We generated several counterattack opportunities in the second half but often failed to convert because we forgot the general rules of thumb concerning placement of shots.
Our co-players of the game were newcomer Nick Koors for doing an outstanding job on both ends of the pool in his very first game and Chris Kennedy for his defensive leadership. In my opinion Charlie Archer also deserves recognition for his two way play, including (I believe) 3 goals. We can be assured that we'll be much more prepared when we take on Mad Dog in our next game.
-Coach Merritt
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