Don’t be surprised if the Owen Sound Attack lobby the Ontario Hockey League for a rule change.
Soon.
The Attack are going to be wanting to decline power plays after allowing 12 shorthanded goals this season.
Some of it is bad luck, such as Chris Tierney’s goal late in the first period when a clearing attempt took a bad bounce off the boards and kicked right out to him as he raced down the ice untouched.
But a lot of it is the players on the point, or that place where pucks go to die after repeatedly being fired into the other team’s shin guards.
The players on the Attack points don’t get the puck moving back and forth and don’t move themselves either.
When you stand still and shoot, what you get is shots blocked by players who have a head of steam going by you untouched.
That’s why you see a lot of teams work the puck down low and fire passes across the ice and not shoot it from the point.
What Owen Sound needs to do is get the puck deep, work it out from the corners, and crash the net.
But for the love of Pete, please don’t send it back to the point any more.
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London 3 Owen Sound 0
Goals: L – Bo Horvat, Seth Griffith, Chris Tierney.
Goaltenders: Jordan Binnington OS (13/16); Michael Houser L (6/6)
