North Bay Battalion 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part I

[The Green Tank]

#2, 3, 4, and 5 will be a solid top 4 for the next couple years. Lots to look forward to with this young group.

 

[50in07forever]

#2, 3, 4, and 5 will be a solid top 4 for the next couple years. Lots to look forward to with this young group.

Greer is seriously skilled for his age as rookie, if he can grow a few inches and put on some weight he’s going to be a weapon offensively. Amazing vision for a 16 year old

 

[Samee987]

Cue the broken record but, again, that PP is gawd awful. Head coach continues to march out the same 5 guys regardless. IMO, 3 of the 5 don't belong out there. The puck is moved in slow motion with perimeter passing.

Anyways. Solid effort all around by the kids. A point I wasn't expecting. With a little bit of coaching, a 5 on 3 goal might have gotten the result the kids deserved!

 

[yacky]

Greer is seriously skilled for his age as rookie, if he can grow a few inches and put on some weight he’s going to be a weapon offensively. Amazing vision for a 16 year old

also very impressed with Laroque's improvement. 1 game doesnt prove anything but im impressed. Great game last night

 

[50in07forever]

Cue the broken record but, again, that PP is gawd awful. Head coach continues to march out the same 5 guys regardless. IMO, 3 of the 5 don't belong out there. The puck is moved in slow motion with perimeter passing.

Anyways. Solid effort all around by the kids. A point I wasn't expecting. With a little bit of coaching, a 5 on 3 goal might have gotten the result the kids deserved!

We don’t cycle the puck fast enough on PP1 to use the bumper play, but we’ve continued to do it, it’s way to readable for the defense and the goalie. Would rather see more floaters from the point with EP21 going for tips instead.

 

[50in07forever]

also very impressed with Laroque's improvement. 1 game doesnt prove anything but im impressed. Great game last night

he looked stellar. Was really concerned about his play before he was sent down, but it appears to all be mental. Very happy for him, hopefully he can build off it. He’s got elite puck handling skills for a goalie too, very helpful on the powerplay

 

[SeniorJuniorFan]

34 Mike Mac has the net, 30 Jack Lisson is the BUG. 4 Aaron Enright; 7 Brayden Turley; 9 Briir Long; 23 Stepan Chukharev are out. 3 J-Kap remains in; 20 Reyth Smith is back in. 32 Jaeden Nelson goes for OTT.

Maybe coach was saving Mike for the must-win.

 

[SeniorJuniorFan]

4 Aaron Enright was on ice in red non-contact for today’s workout. He spent most of the time I was watching at one end of the rink skating and passing/shooting with a coach. My untrained eye guesses he might be a week or more away from returning to game action.

 

[Samee987]

Looking ahead to next year, this team needs to bring in 2 O/A's that can make an impact. This year's crop is average at best. Also, players like Greer, Carey, Vaughn, Cali, Pazii, Long need to be protected. I really appreciate what Captain Arnsby brought to the table. We need some skilled toughness. This team is easily pushed around. Any names come to mind for O/A candidates?? Coughlin? Burns? Sima?

 

[SeniorJuniorFan]

34 Mike McIvor has the net. 4 Aaron Enright; 20 Reyth Smith; 23 Stepan Chukharev are out. 31 Kaleb Papineau goes for SAG. Attendance could be 3000 – 3200.