{"id":9815,"date":"2021-12-17T13:53:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bordercityrocktalk.ca\/?p=9815"},"modified":"2021-12-17T19:35:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T00:35:06","slug":"hounds-start-christmas-vacation-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bordercityrocktalk.ca\/2021\/12\/17\/hounds-start-christmas-vacation-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Hounds Start Christmas Vacation Early"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you watched the game last night, you would have asked yourself “weren’t the Greyhounds supposed to be playing”?<\/strong>. That sentiment wouldn’t be far off.<\/p>\n A brutal opening frame and a very subpar overall performance somehow managed to gift the Dogs a point as the game went into OT and it took just 24 seconds for the Hounds to return the gift and give the Windsor Spitfires the win.<\/p>\n Turnovers left, right, and center, and I can’t count how many times Spitfires managed to get behind our defense on breakaways or partial breakaways. For whatever reason, the Hounds didn’t seem to be there mentally or physically.<\/p>\n If there was ever a chance to beat this team, it was last night. Not only did they not have to face the hottest goaltender in the league in Xavier Medina<\/strong> who was out with a last minute injury, they also would\u00a0 have got the news that 2 of the top three point men on the team were also out. In addition to Will<\/strong> Cuylle<\/strong> being out for the World Juniors; Kyle McDonald<\/strong> was forced to sit as part of a suspension he had received.<\/p>\n There really was no excuse for the lack of urgency to go up 3 points on the Spits who now sit tied with the Hounds.<\/p>\n In addition to working on the PK; it looks like the Hounds have work to do playing 3 on 3 in extra innings. This was the second game in a row where the Hounds quickly lost the game. With a speedy team, you would think the Dogs would have the advantage in this area, but the last two games show there is much work to be done.<\/p>\n Bright spots? There were a couple.<\/p>\n