Red Wings confident in team progress

SHELBURNE, ON - Falling off the win wagon in the last four games hasn’t left the Shelburne Red Wings down and out just yet.
While the team’s first win of the season arrived in 7-3 form four games ago, the Shelburne club is still confident in the team’s progression thanks to taking on a number of the league’s top teams in recent matches.
Red Wings head coach Mike Fish said even though recent games haven’t posted outcomes in his squad’s favour, going toe-to-toe with top teams is still beneficial.
“Even in losses there is a lot to be learned about how you played and the issues surrounding confidence,” he said. “To be able to play with top teams, our guys learn a lot from those games, and I believe that confidence is something we can build on.”
The Red Wings faced off against one of the more formidable opponents of the Greater Metro Hockey League, the South Muskoka Shield, on Friday (Nov. 18) and came up short 9-0.
Fish said with a lack of veterans in his lineup this year, it makes it hard to stand up to clubs like the Bradford Rattlers and the Temiscaming Titans who are chalked full of returning players.
“For us, it’s a development year,” he lamented. “We don’t have a lot of the veterans that were leading the team last year. It’s a very young team. (Other teams) have guys returning for three, four years, and we have first-year junior players.
“Everybody wants a magic reason to automatically play like a fourth-year veteran when its your first year in the league and you’re a little bit scared and unsure of yourself, but the more you play these top teams, the more you realize, ‘Hey, we played pretty well’.”  Read more...

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