Thursday, November 15, 2007

Cents embarassed in weekend losses

by Colin Oswin of the Merritt Herald

Merritt’s goaltending was exposed against both teams, and assistant coach Bill Birks says the Cents need their puck stoppers to step up and start winning some games.

“I don’t think our guys have confidence in our goaltending,” he says. “When we’re up 3-0, it’s like we’re still 0-0.”

The team is on an eight-game losing streak, including two overtime losses. The Cents have not won a game since they beat Prince George 5-3 on Oct. 25.

Ruud says the team had lost all confidence by the end of the first, and the game was a wash from there.

“We got down a couple goals, and we just gave up,” he says. “That’s pretty much what happened. I’m not going to sugar coat it.”

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