Whenever he took the puck in, you could hear his teammates cheering. The Captain, who still looked like a guy who is a ways away from returning, took part in only a few drills. You could see the smiles from everyone on the ice for the Colorado Avalanche on Monday morning. Not just for the fans, but for his teammates as well. That lack of depth, combined with playing 3 games in 3 days.and playing an opponent of the caliber of UNB was too much to overcome as the Golden Bears ran out of juice in the third of the University Cup Final.While Gabriel Landeskog is still a ways off in his return from injury, it was a welcome sight to see him at morning skate. Herbers had 4 NON-WHL forwards fill out his bottom 6 up front in the final 2 games in PEI.I cant remember that being the case in the last 20 seasons. Alberta didn't have the services of 3 20+ point guys (28-game sked) basically since the 5 minute-mark of the opening game against Windsor.įorwards Ryan Hughes and Adam Hall were on the PP units and top 2 lines. Ian Herbers also said in the interview that this year's edition of the Golden Bears lacked the high-end skill of last year's team.Īlberta has NOT had the most talent every year.UNB had a better team in 07-08.but the Bears prevailed.īottom line. On paper, this was lightest team in terms of real depth that Alberta has had since at least 1997-98! I have been watching Alberta for over 40 years. The Bears had a better, deeper team than UNB last season.alas they lost in OT to UQTR
What part of me saying UNB was just better on Sunday.did u not understand?
Quick thought: has Alberta ever won without having the most talented team on the ice? Food for thought. Stauffer went on at length about how the team was "rebuilding" (good grief), as if not having an absolutely stacked team was an excuse for not winning. The way that the PEI players tried to follow Alberta into their bench only reinforces to me that the UPEI team was out of control, and Herbers made the right call.ģ) Unrelated to the PEI game. I have no problem with Herbers' decision given what happened in the game. The tone of the game can be very different on the ice than what you can observe from the stands.Ģ) For those waving the "Sportsmanship" flag, it's one thing for the losing team to skate off without shaking hands, but very different for the winning team to do so. He would have a good feel for the game and where it could be heading, and I imagine it had to be pretty bad for him to make that call. Herbers harkened back to the Semi Final game vs USask in 2019 where there was a fight, and wanted to avoid a scene like that, so they made the decision (to get off the ice) with about 5 minutes left in the game.ġ) Herbers has a wealth of experience as a player and coach in some tough loops. In sum, Herbers said that right after Alberta made it 1-0, PEI sent out their Checking Line and started targeting guys, and that continued for the entire game. You can listen to the interview on Spotify.įor those of you interested in Herbers' thought process in the PEI game, it's worth a listen. Bob Stauffer interviewed Ian Herbers on his Oilers Now program yesterday.
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