MOOSE STRUGGLES CONTINUE

November 15, 2011

Thornhill, ON - The Moose have rarely iced a full squad this season, with a number of untimely injuries, colds and flus, some one game suspensions and availability due to school commitments and SAT writings.  Despite that, we've continued to be  competitive much of the season, even against the best of teams.

Regardless, the woes continued this past week with consecutive losses to Deseronto, Elliot Lake and Orangeville, and the Moose now have now fallen all the way to 11th place with only 1 win in our last 7 games.

Once again, the Moose were looking at a limited roster forced to play 3 games in 4 nights, and the number really took their toll Monday night in Orangeville when the Americans erupted for 7 third period goals to win going away.

Friday night in Deseronto, with 12 skaters, the Moose had the edge in play and a 5-2 lead with less than 10 minutes to go, only to see the Storm reel off 2 power play and 2 shorthanded goals in 8 minutes to win 6-5.

Saturday night in Thornhill, with 13 skaters, the Moose took a 2-0 lead, and thanks to the goaltending of Mike Smart, had opportunities to win the game before the 'Cats sealed the deal in the third.

This weekend, the Bradford Rattlers make their first of two visits to Thornhill, and thankfully, our lineup should be more complete with the return of Avery Rosen, who was out for six weeks with a broken finger, Colin Fallis, who can only play home games but was ill last week, while top D'man Roberto De Biasi is day to day with an 'upper body injury suffered in Deseronto, and who didn't play the rest of the weekend.

Captain Rupert Quiney is still out with a sprained ankle injured in training, as is defenseman Mike Tiberio.