Ice Wolves post third win of the season

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“The biggest takeaway from that is just our pushback. We got down pretty early and didn’t really seem to lose any focus,” said Head Coach Taylor Harnett.  

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“When we got in that one in the second period, it really gave us some lift and we were able to just keep pushing and we dialed it in defensively, so we got a really good performance out of a couple of guys who have been a little snake-bit lately, and we had some really good goaltending. It was a great team win and a great morale win.” 

It also happened to be Parent’s Weekend, an opportunity for parents of the players to come to La Ronge to visit their children and meet their billet family. It was headlined by Dakota Favel, an award-winning Indigenous singer-songwriter and motivational speaker from Ile-a-la-Crosse, who now calls Prince Albert home.  

“I think it was well put on. The volunteers and the board members who put that together did a really good job. We had a great turnout,” Harnett said. 

“There were some really good speeches. At the banquet, we had a jersey auction that went really well. That was a lot of fun. It was just a really nice weekend and it was nice to cap it off with a win yesterday.” 

The Ice Wolves now have a record consisting of 13 losses and three wins for six points. They are currently sitting at the bottom of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockley League standings.  

Harnett explained while that is not ideal, he has a young team who have been stricken by illness lately.  

“Our youth is something we’re patient with and there is a lot of development and there’s a lot of growing, and I think for most players, especially first-year players, it’s an adjustment period at this level,” he said. 

“It’s a process, but we are back to being almost healthy. We lost one player over the weekend due to injury, but we really battled the flu bug and sickness for the first couple of months. I don’t think we have had a healthy roster once.” 

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derek.cornet@pattisonmedia.com