The 蜜桃视频appWolfpack maintained their position as the last place team in the Tom Shaw conference with a home game loss at Brennan Park Arena on Saturday (Jan. 9).
The Wolfpack lost 6 to 5 to the Port Moody Black Panthers in a game laden with shots on goal.
"We let in way too many goals and too many shots allowed, " said Wolfpack head coach Matt Sampson.
The Wolfpack out-shot the Panthers in the first period with 13 shots on net, but the visiting team cranked it up a notch and out-shot the Wolfpack in the remaining periods.
In total, Port Moody took 43 shots on net, while the Wolfpack took 38.
蜜桃视频appgot on the board first with a goal late into the first period but Port Moody didn't miss a beat and retaliated with a goal a mere 40 seconds later.
The Wolfpack scored first again in the second period while the Panthers scored twice in the second period - one of which was on a powerplay.
Despite having six powerplay opportunities, the Wolfpack could not get organized enough to score during the one-man advantages.
"Yeah we were disorganized and we weren't breaking out as a unit and they were forcing us into making bad decisions," Sampson said. "So yeah, our powerplay was very disorganized and that was a big factor in us not capitalizing in our powerplays for sure."
Sampson said the team has got to start fine-tuning their face-off coverage and play a better defensive game if they want to improve in the standings.
"We really need to start playing defensive hockey if we really want to get back in this thing Our goal was to play better defensively and we didn't do that at all so I'm disappointed in that."
Sampson said part of the disarray on the ice could have been due to the fact that Michael Mackie-Kwist left the team to play for the Burnaby Express junior A team on game day.
"It's good to promote your players to a higher level but at the same time, at this time of the year it obviously hurt us. He's a big part of our team. He's our third leading goal scorer and his line was really starting to click there so that was definitely a blow to us," Sampson said. "But good for him for getting to move on."
According to the coach, the Wolfpack will be playing a more disciplined game against the Abbotsford Pilots on Saturday (Jan. 16) at Brennan Park Arena.
"We're successful when we play a disciplined game and that's what's given us our wins this year for the most part. So we really need to focus on playing better systems against Abbotsford. Keeping the shots down and keeping the puck out of our own zone."
The puck drops at 7:15 p.m.
