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2014-03-20
Isn't Really, a Team.... Most hockey folks and a lot of others have seen the movie "Youngblood". A movie featuring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and Cynthia Gibbs. It's hockey movie covering the fictional life of Dean Youngblood as he tries to make the transission to adult hockey in Canada on what he hopes will lead ...
Isn't Really, a Team....
Most hockey folks and a lot of others have seen the movie "Youngblood". A movie featuring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and Cynthia Gibbs. It's hockey movie covering the fictional life of Dean Youngblood as he tries to make the transission to adult hockey in Canada on what he hopes will lead to an NHL career.
Youngblood felt he was a natural and was destine for bigger things. All through his life growing up on the ice Youngblood dominated most aspects of the game, but not all.... In a scene where Dean's playing his first game as a Hamilton Mustang, Dean is on the same shift as Derrik Sutton (Patrick Swayze) and as the play moves down the ice, Dean feels he should be the one controlling the puck, as he feels he will score. A heated confrontation arises between Derrik and Dean after the play, in which Derrik tries to instill the team concept in Dean.
One man may be the team, but is not a team by himself. A Youngblood,.... may think he or she is the team, but needs the team to be the team. You have young players who try out for the adult teams every year thinking they,... will be the star. They,... may think they can play better than everyone else out on the ice. They,... may have that skill set, but they must accept that they need the team to succeed, more than the team may need them.
The lines of players you see out on the ice, usually have the fortune of those players playing well together as a team. But on occasion, sometimes on a road game, you may have a short bench. In a case like that, an individual must learn to play with others not normally on his line. The individual must learn to be more open to the skills of others and play the puck as a team.
This past Friday found the Bears on one of those road games in Monroe, Wisconsin playing the Madison Blues. The bench may have been a little short, so the Bears showed how well they play as a team.
It may have been Madison's #18 Clinton Anderson scoring first with 8:44 gone on a power play, but it was the Bears who once again roared as a team. Bears #12 Chris Thompson tallied first with about 4-1/2 minutes left as #10 Cory George and #28 Jake Schultz collected assists. George lit the lamp himself 78 ticks later with the help of #6 Grant Gysbers as the Bears held a 2-1 lead at the first break.
The Blues' #3 Ryan Roeming collected his first of the contest about 9-1/2 minutes into the 2nd frame to knot the contest at 2 all. And it was Madison's collecting his 2nd tally of the night about 2-1/2 minutes later to post the Blues to a 3-2 lead. When you need a rally, count on the Bears! With about a minute left in the 2nd Bears' Schultz lit the lamp as Thompson and #24 Robbie "Red" Coleman assisted. And,... 32 ticks later it was Thompson who rallied for the lead, tallying his 2nd as Coleman collected his 2nd assist. The Bears held a slim 4-3 lead heading into the 3rd period.
As play got under way in the 3rd, it was the Bears' #17 James Goodfellow taking passes from George and #9 Terry Kalata to forge the Bears a 2 goal lead with 2:09 gone. Madison's #21 Matt Strang did his best to cut that lead, ringing one up about 3 minutes later. Yet,.... less than 2 minutes later, Bears' Thompson collected his hat trick goal unassisted to rebuild that lead. Yet, the Blues' would not fade as Roeming collected his 2nd of the night on a power play with 10:51 gone in the frame. With a little less than 5 minutes left in the period, Madison knotted the contest at 6 all as #14 Casey Davenport found twine. And,... with about 3-1/2 minutes left, it was the Bears Coleman who sealed the deal, ringing up a pass from Thompson to post the Bears to a 7-6 win!
The Saturday night road game against Vernon Hills was a 1-0 Bears win via a forfeit. The Bears are at home this Friday for a big game against West Bend, and on Saturday against Eagle River, not Vernon Hills as scheduled. The Bears record thus far:
13-8-1 (27 points) League, 16-10-1 Overall
Elvis "the Growl" of the Fond du Lac Bears
Most hockey folks and a lot of others have seen the movie "Youngblood". A movie featuring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and Cynthia Gibbs. It's hockey movie covering the fictional life of Dean Youngblood as he tries to make the transission to adult hockey in Canada on what he hopes will lead to an NHL career.
Youngblood felt he was a natural and was destine for bigger things. All through his life growing up on the ice Youngblood dominated most aspects of the game, but not all.... In a scene where Dean's playing his first game as a Hamilton Mustang, Dean is on the same shift as Derrik Sutton (Patrick Swayze) and as the play moves down the ice, Dean feels he should be the one controlling the puck, as he feels he will score. A heated confrontation arises between Derrik and Dean after the play, in which Derrik tries to instill the team concept in Dean.
One man may be the team, but is not a team by himself. A Youngblood,.... may think he or she is the team, but needs the team to be the team. You have young players who try out for the adult teams every year thinking they,... will be the star. They,... may think they can play better than everyone else out on the ice. They,... may have that skill set, but they must accept that they need the team to succeed, more than the team may need them.
The lines of players you see out on the ice, usually have the fortune of those players playing well together as a team. But on occasion, sometimes on a road game, you may have a short bench. In a case like that, an individual must learn to play with others not normally on his line. The individual must learn to be more open to the skills of others and play the puck as a team.
This past Friday found the Bears on one of those road games in Monroe, Wisconsin playing the Madison Blues. The bench may have been a little short, so the Bears showed how well they play as a team.
It may have been Madison's #18 Clinton Anderson scoring first with 8:44 gone on a power play, but it was the Bears who once again roared as a team. Bears #12 Chris Thompson tallied first with about 4-1/2 minutes left as #10 Cory George and #28 Jake Schultz collected assists. George lit the lamp himself 78 ticks later with the help of #6 Grant Gysbers as the Bears held a 2-1 lead at the first break.
The Blues' #3 Ryan Roeming collected his first of the contest about 9-1/2 minutes into the 2nd frame to knot the contest at 2 all. And it was Madison's collecting his 2nd tally of the night about 2-1/2 minutes later to post the Blues to a 3-2 lead. When you need a rally, count on the Bears! With about a minute left in the 2nd Bears' Schultz lit the lamp as Thompson and #24 Robbie "Red" Coleman assisted. And,... 32 ticks later it was Thompson who rallied for the lead, tallying his 2nd as Coleman collected his 2nd assist. The Bears held a slim 4-3 lead heading into the 3rd period.
As play got under way in the 3rd, it was the Bears' #17 James Goodfellow taking passes from George and #9 Terry Kalata to forge the Bears a 2 goal lead with 2:09 gone. Madison's #21 Matt Strang did his best to cut that lead, ringing one up about 3 minutes later. Yet,.... less than 2 minutes later, Bears' Thompson collected his hat trick goal unassisted to rebuild that lead. Yet, the Blues' would not fade as Roeming collected his 2nd of the night on a power play with 10:51 gone in the frame. With a little less than 5 minutes left in the period, Madison knotted the contest at 6 all as #14 Casey Davenport found twine. And,... with about 3-1/2 minutes left, it was the Bears Coleman who sealed the deal, ringing up a pass from Thompson to post the Bears to a 7-6 win!
The Saturday night road game against Vernon Hills was a 1-0 Bears win via a forfeit. The Bears are at home this Friday for a big game against West Bend, and on Saturday against Eagle River, not Vernon Hills as scheduled. The Bears record thus far:
13-8-1 (27 points) League, 16-10-1 Overall
Elvis "the Growl" of the Fond du Lac Bears