37 shots on goal allowed by the Comets in their game Friday against the Peterson Swords led to a 4-0 loss in the first game of the Elder Ice Hockey Tournament.
However, head coach Seth Knudsen said that the large difference in speed and skill between the Comets and Peterson, an all-senior travel team, was the biggest factor.
“There’s a huge difference in skill, between us playing freshmen and them playing an all-senior team,” Knudsen said. “It would be no different than if we went and played a bunch of eighth grade kids in a tournament, we’d probably win the whole thing."
Knudsen also said that lack of possession by the Comets led to only six shots on goal offensively.
“They had the puck on their stick 75% of the game,” Knudsen said. “When you only have the puck on your stick 25% of the game, it’s hard to score goals.”
Knudsen also said he was proud of the effort shown by the Comets, especially by the younger and less experienced players.
“We’re going to take away that we had some younger guys like Connor Rupp and Duncan Mackenzie play incredible games,” Knudsen said. “They stepped up, I’m just excited to see some of our younger guys play better.”
Knudsen also said that the effort in this game is the winning attitude the Comets need.
“If we play like that every game, I think we’ll win a lot of games,” Knudsen said. “We’re going to keep working, and we’re going to keep getting better… I’m as happy about how this game played out as any we’ve had this year.”
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Friday, December 26, 2014
Pro Sports News n' Scores, Dec. 25th, 2014
NEWS
- ECHL- ONT loans D Ryan Parent to Team Canada (NAT)
- KHL- SKA trades G Evgeny Ivannikov to LAD for G Ilya Ezhov
- KHL- TOR trades D Vadim Khomitsky to AVA for D Valery Vasilyev and F Evgeny Mozer
- KHL- ATL signs D Anton Babchuk
SCORES
- KHL- AMU 3, SIB 5
- KHL- LOK 6, ATL 3
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Pro Sports News n' Scores, Dec. 24th, 2014
NEWS
- AFL- ARI signs OL Andre Cureton
- AFL- ARI signs DL Mark Garrick
- AFL- NO signs C Daverin Geralds
- AFL- NO signs DB Greg Reid
- AHL- ALB calls up G Maxime Clermont from ORL (ECHL)
- CFL- OTT signs Bryan Chiu as OL coach
- CFL- WIN re-signs WR Julian Feoli-Gudino to contract extension
- ECHL- ALL places F Brian McMillan on reserve
- KHL- SKA F Ilya Kovalchuk out for 3 weeks w/ injury
- KHL- AVA F Alexander Perezhogin gets 200th career goal
- KHL- MM G Visaly Koshechkin gets 50th career shutout
- MLB- NYM 2B L.J. Mazzilli suspended 50 games
- MLB- BAL re-signs OF/DH Delmon Young
- MLB- ATL signs C A.J. Pierzynski
- MLB- COL signs OF Roger Bernadina to MiLB contract
- NFL- SEA signs WR Douglas McNeil III to practice squad
- NFL- MIN signs RB Henry Josey
- NFL- CLE signs LS Charley Hughlett
- NFL- CLE activates DL John Hughes from practice squad
- NFL- CLE places DL Ishmaa'ily Kitchen on IR
- NFL- CLE places QB Johnny Manziel on IR
- NFL- MIN releases RB Ben Tate
- NHL- SJ LW John Scott suspended 4 games
SCORES
- KHL- AMU 1, SIB 4
- KHL- BAR 1, AB 4
- KHL- MM 3, AVT 0
- KHL- SY 3, AVA 4 (OT)
- KHL- TRA 2, LAD 1
- KHL- DIM 2, SKA 1 (SO)
- KHL- DR 4, CSK 5
- KHL- SEV 5, DYM 2
- KHL TOR 3, HCS 2 (OT)
- KHL- SLO 4, NEF 6
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Break Time!
Attention fanbase,
I will be taking a break from Who Will Win?! and Sports News for a few days, because school is out for Winter Break, and I'm getting kind of sick of working. I will, however, have more Mason Comets Hockey articles out.
Sincerely,
Realistic Fish Head
I will be taking a break from Who Will Win?! and Sports News for a few days, because school is out for Winter Break, and I'm getting kind of sick of working. I will, however, have more Mason Comets Hockey articles out.
Sincerely,
Realistic Fish Head
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Pro Sports News n' Scores, Wed. Dec. 17th, 2014
News
- MLB- KC signs DH Kendrys Morales to 2-yr, $17M deal
- MLB- ANA trades RHP Kevin Jepsen to TB for OF Matt Joyce
- MLB- COL signs IF Daniel Descalso to 2-yr, $3.6M deal
- NFL- WAS signs NT Issaako Aaitui to practice squad
- NFL- WAS signs LB Steve Beauharnais to practice squad
- NFL- WAS signs LB Jackson Jefferson to active roster
- NFL- WAS releases LB Justin Jackson
- NFL- WAS places QB Colt McCoy on IR
- NFL- BUF releases FB Frank Summers
- MLB- LA designates RHP Brian Wilson for assignment
- NFL- SD WR Keenan Allen suffers broken collarbone and ankle injury, expected out at least 1 wk
- MLB- NYY signs LHP Chris Capuano to 1-yr, $5M deal
- MLB- CLE signs RHP Gavin Floyd to 1-yr, $4M deal
- ECHL- BRA releases D Andrew Darrigo
- AHL- IOW acquires D Brad Richard on loan from ALA (ECHL)
- ECHL- BRA signs D Tanner Burton
- ECHL- FLA activates F Evan Bloodoff from reserve
- ECHL- FLA activates G Andy Iles from reserve
- ECHL- FLA signs D Bobby Preece
- ECHL- FLA places D Cameron Burt on reserve
- AHL- CHA acquires D Mike Little from FLA (ECHL)
- ECHL- FLA places D Patrick McEachen on reserve
- AHL- SYR calls up G Allen York from FLA (ECHL)
- AHL- LE calls up F Nathan Condon from FW (ECHL)
- AHL- LE acquires G Pat Nagle on loan from FW (ECHL)
- ECHL- GWI trades F Bobby Hughes to IND for F Travis Ouellette
- AHL- ROC calls down D Mathieu Brisebois to IND (ECHL)
- ECHL- IND F Bobby Hughes suspended indefinitely
- AHL- CHI calls up F Nathan Longpre from KAL (ECHL)
- ECHL- ONT places F Everett Sheen on reserve
- ECHL- ONT F Tyler Spurgeon suspended indefinitely
- AHL- HER calls up F Nathan Walker from SC (ECHL)
- AHL- GR calls up D Scott Czarnowcan from TOL (ECHL)
- AHL- ROC acquires D Matt Pelech on loan from UTA (ECHL)
- NFL- SF LB Chris Borland suffers ankle injury, likely out for season
- NHL- BUF trades C Luke Adam to CBJ for RW Jerry D'Amigo
- MiLB- MIL (MLB) signs OF Bryan Petersen to MiLB deal
- MLB- TEX designates LHP Scott Barnes for assignment
- MLB- TEX designates RHP Ben Rowen for assignment
- MLB- TEX places RHP Kyuji Fujikawa on 40-man roster
- MLB- TEX places RHP Colby Lewis on 40-man roster
- MLB- LA sends OF Noel Cuevas to COL to complete RHP Juan Nicasio trade
- MLB- CLE designates LHP Nick Maronde for assignment
- MLB- CLE places RHP Gavin Floyd on 40-man roster
- MiLB- HOU (MLB) signs 1B Dan Johnson to MiLB deal
- MiLB- TOR (MLB) signs 1B Daric Barton to MiLB deal
- MiLB- CHW (MLB) signs RHP Brad Penny to MiLB deal
Scores
- NHL- TB 3, PHI 1
- NHL- ANA 2, TOR 6
- NHL- CAR 1, MON 4
- NHL- CBJ 1, DET 0 (SO)
- NHL- WAS 1, FLA 2 (SO)
- NHL- LA 2, STL 5
- NHL- BOS 2, NAS 3 (SO)
- NHL- BUF 1, WIN 5
- NHL- MIN 3, CHI 5
- NHL- NYR 5, CAL 2
- NHL- EDM 1, ARI 2 (OT)
- AHL- OC 4, CHA 1
- AHL- MIL 4, LE 0
- AHL- ROC 1, IOW 5
- ECHL- GRE 2, TOL 1 (OT)
- ECHL- MIS 2, RC 0
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Thunderhawks Roll Past Comets, 6-2
The Comet ice hockey team was able to stay with the Lakota
East Thunderhawks throughout the game, but collapsed in the third period for a
6-2 loss.
Head coach Seth Knudsen said that he was proud of the team
effort, that is, until the last ten minutes.
“I felt, in the first 35 minutes, we outplayed them,”
Knudsen said. “We had them on the ropes, we just couldn’t get the puck past the
goalie, then we kind of fell apart [in the third].”
Knudsen also said that they took too many bad penalties to
remain competitive in the game.
“Penalties are going to happen, but you always want them to
be penalties that take away scoring chances.” Knudsen said. “We weren’t very
smart, and we’ve got to correct that… or we’re not going to be successful.”
Knudsen also said that they need to reinforce fundamentals
to clean up occasional sloppy play.
“We’ve just got to reinforce what’s important and why we do
it.” Knudsen said. “Part of it is that we rely on our
defense to create offensive chances, and when you do that, sometimes you have
to roll the dice.”
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Friday, December 5, 2014
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
[Hockey] Talawanda Beats Mason, 3-2
The Comet ice hockey
team kept the offense moving throughout the game, but wasn’t enough to defeat
the Talawanda Braves Sunday morning, losing 3-2.
Head coach Seth
Knudsen said that he was thrilled with the performance, despite the loss.
“When we played
Talawanda on Friday, it was a completely different game,” Knudsen said. “In
terms of how we played, our positioning was better, we did everything better. I
know that it’s a 3-2 loss, [but] it could’ve been a 3-2 win.”
Knudsen also said
that the team’s general inexperience with close games was a factor in the close
defeat.
“Some of our kids
have not been in a close game… so you could see some of the players that have
experience in these types of settings, and they stepped up, but also we had
guys like [Nathan] Davis and Brandon [Barnes], they didn’t have a lot of
experience, but they played well.”
Knudsen also said
that a competitive game against Lakota East next Friday should be expected.
“[Lakota East is] going
to be fast, they're going to be skilled, they're going to be well coached, so
it's going to be a challenge. But it's fun, it always is fun when we play
them.”
Monday, December 1, 2014
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