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2013-2014 Jr. B Season Well Underway

By Sports Energy Staff games and there are a number of aren’t a terribly big team. Of course, worked out amazingly well for them,
reasons for their success so far. The you can’t hit what you can’t catch, so don’t count them out.

ost teams in the St. Lawrence team, on paper, has a balanced attack so if they can use quickness to their Morrisburg
MDivision of the Eastern Ontario and the mixture of veterans and new advantage, they could surprise a few Lions
Junior Hockey League have hit the faces should allow them to build on teams.
dozen game mark in the 2013-2014 the success they had last season, as Akwesasne The fans of the Morrisburg Lions
season and the distance between long as they can avoid the injury Wolves must be wondering what they did to
the top and the bottom continues to bug. It doesn’t hurt to have not one, anger the hockey gods, because one
grow. but two steady goaltenders in Alex The Wolves were the surprise of of the league’s best-loved teams is
Boileau and Ryan Cooper. Two date the league last season, making it to
Casselman and Winchester, having an extended run of misfortune.
the two have split the Rebel’s wins the fi nals against Casselman and even
perennial leaders are once again The Lions have but one win so far, a
almost exactly down the middle. looking capable of moving on from
battling for top spot with Casselman there. Their fans should be extremely 5-4 decision over the Brockville Tikis

currently holding the advantage with Alexandria proud of their team, and I’m sure and are firmly lodged in sixth spot.
a record of thirteen wins and one Glens
they were looking forward with The Lions are in a rebuilding mode,
overtime loss in fourteen games.
The Glens are never a team you expectations of similar success this and started the season with a new
The remaining four teams, Char- should bet against and except for season. To date, that hasn’t happened coach, Andrew Scott. They only have
Lan, Alexandria, Akwesasne and a four-game losing streak they and they sit in fi fth place out of six. two-1992 players on the roster, but
Morrisburg hold down the remaining encountered after opening with a
The Wolves didn’t pick up their they do seem to have pretty good size,
four spots, and as it stands now two win over Morrisburg, they would first regular season win until game even if it is a fairly young lineup.

of them are pretty much sitting on be in front of the Rebels (two of the
number five against Gananoque, and

the balance point, able to move up loses were against the Rebels.) They The good news is the Lions can
then promptly lost the next three
or down, depending on how much now seem to have settled into fourth score: they have 44 goals so far.
before going on a three-game winning
consistency they can muster. For the place with a pattern of .500 hockey Unfortunately, they have allowed
streak.
remaining two, it might be a long (win one, lose one) but once they get 82 against. It is hard to stay positive

season. things figured out you can expect With 34 goals for and 46 goals or gain confidence in that situation.

them to battle for a place somewhere against, the Wolves have to tighten- Their first goal should be to cut down

Char-Lan
between fourth and second. A weak up defensively, something they are on the goals against. With the offence
Rebels
spot might be that they only have capable of doing. They didn’t exactly they have, they can be better than

The Rebels currently sit in third two 1992 players on the roster at set the world on fire during the regular they are right now.
spot with eighteen points in twelve the present time, and as well, they season last year either, and it still
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