A disappointing effort in the final two periods of a game against a division rival is 'unacceptable' for Soo Greyhounds coach John Dean. 'That's a big hockey game for us and we don't want to play a full 60'
While things looked good early on, it went downhill fast for the Soo Greyhounds on Friday night in a game that was as important as they come for a team battling for playoff positioning heading into the dog days of the Ontario Hockey League’s regular season.
“That’s not acceptable tonight,” said Greyhounds coach John Dean. “That’s a big hockey game for us and we don’t want to play a full 60 is unacceptable.” A penalty shot save on Bryce McConnell-Barker in the second period by Flint goaltender Nathaniel Day was “the turning point in the game” for Firebirds coach Ted Dent.“It’s a battle of attrition these games,” Dean added. “Who’s going to trust their structure the longest and believe that it’s going to work over 60 minutes. They definitely trusted their structure for a longer period of time and we got frustrated with ours.” “We looked dialed into our structure,” Dean said.
Flint got on the board at 12:28 of the second period when Nolan Dann redirected a pass at the edge of the crease from Braeden Kressler on the right side past Greyhounds goaltender Samuel Ivanov to tie the game at one. The Firebirds made it a 3-1 game 39 seconds into the third period when Dann took a shot from the left faceoff circle that beat Ivanov glove side.
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