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I 26 - \\ Al I Itl t it ) LIIRUNKJ}. - hedoesday,Nove1nbet.’.!..’0ll f f w~~~~ --,_s___â€"______w Wolves leadin the ack ' ‘ r g p . O O O . Waterloo mtdgetAAA team enjoying stellar start toAlhance league season By ]0m)Al\’ Biron” i . __ . ‘, _ was age) and Ryan Purcell (5-0-0. 2.07 Chronicle Siajj' _ ‘ ’ ’ goals-against average). . i ’ v ' <â€" y . ‘ “At this age. they love to score inning hockey seasons \ â€" . 0 ’ ~ , . ,. goals and rack up the points." Whave been few and far '~«. ‘3' ' ‘ lekun said. "So our coaching phi- between for Matt Cruick» *' o ’ ' «0 t _. losophy is let them go. When . t 0 - . shank. ~ , _v;\ \ ,- i you ve got the horses, set them free In fact. if memory serves him ~ \ 1.9. “t "3 ‘_ . f and they'll have some fun with it." i correctly. it's never happened. at . . . 1 ' . \‘ ' Right now. coming to the rink is least not at the NM level. > g . about as fun as it gets for Doucette, l lii four seasons with the (.rey- 1 Q ' ' the team's captain. who called this ; Bruce Highlanders. (fruickshank's ' ? team the fastest and most defen» teams struggled to reach the 500 1 sively sound he's played for in 11 mark. meaning he had few oppor~ ‘ 1 a is: J .‘_ . seasons ofWaterloo minor hockey. tuiiities to improve upon the high- I ‘ a 1-5 l ‘ ' But he also understands the light of his hockey career thus far. ‘ ,' 5 l ,. . 3 f‘ price of their success: The respon» when his hometown Shallow lake _ i , - t f » H, sibility to live up to their billing i'luh W that included his brother. _' ' § § it h . and work harder to stay on top. cousin. father and grandfather .. ‘- _ ' “s? ' ‘i ' " Last week’s 5-4 shootout loss to either playing on or coaching the my; 7 ' 1:51“, . ' the London It. Knith was a good team ~ won a novice BB provin- ‘ " g ‘ X . reminder of that. Doucette said. cial title. f » '_ “ '- fl "It's been a good season so far, , "Shallow Lake's population is f C .. but that loss was needed against ; 300. so it's kind ofcool playing with 3. L ‘ a} London. just to keep us in the right I all your close friends." said the to 3» ‘ N frame of mind." he said. “Stuf’llike ‘, ycar~oltl defenceman. "But it's a lot ' ~ \ , i that (rankings) gets to your head ' tlitferent hockey than it is at (AM). “a and you can become really cocky. It's basically house league." ~ . I . and bad things happen when However. (Zruickshank's for f‘ , “I - you'recocky." tones changed last year when his ' " The “wake-up call.” as Doucette [ dad got a in!) in Waterloo. " w J described the loss to London. i Now he finds himself as a " comes at a good time. too. with the I defensive stalwart in the Waterloo Wolves heading into a busy stretch [ \\‘oI\es system. which owns top , ‘ ofhockey before Christmas. : spot in the Alliance major midget t _ " _ Beside seven league games this I \ \.»\ league and one of the best ‘" it ‘ ' month. the Wolves play in this t . . . z . . . . rt‘t oids in all oftiniano. according weekends Blueline tournament in i to the popular MyllockeyRank- 3 Kitchener before hosting the (iold : tugs. om website. Puck tournament Dec. 9 to It in y . l he Wolves 1 19- l » 1 overall. The Waterloo Wolves are all smiles these days. The Wolves are undefeated in regulation in the Alliance major midget WKIEYIOO- i ; Illt hiding tournaments.- are unde- AAAleague and the top team in Ontario, according to MyHockeyRankingscom Two days after Christmas. they 1 : ll'tllt‘tl in regulation in the Alliance ”it” “W0 hop on a plane to play a series of y . league tut)â€" l ). With their only 60- international exhibitions on a twoâ€" 1 minute defeat coming against the lt)p'rl\'t’ scorers in the league led series. everytmdy bought into the system. week tour ofcentral Europe. ‘ : lulu iIle Rangers in the Ottawa by Christian Mroc/kowski's IS “We‘ve got a lot of speed. And so far. they bring their A game Doiicette said the goal this year i j senators Midget AAA Showcase. goals and 15 assists in 15 games. tremendous speed. and a group of almost every night.” is to make it to the ‘l'elus (in p 1 ”It‘s been a great experience so Ryan Domette. ("hris lackert. kids who had some success the Because of that speed. Lekun national midget AAA champi' f . tai.‘ ( riiickshank said “It's a great limmy Soper and Ryo Kohiiyaslii previous year.‘ said Bob lA‘klIn. in has given the players the freedom onship. To get there. he said they ‘ y let'lmg right no“, a great feeling in are also in the mix. and sis more his third year coaching the midget of playing a runeand»gun style. have to take every team along the i the room when you hangout with teammate“ rat k the top I) AAA Wolves with associate coach provided they "buckle it up' when way seriously and not let rankings ‘ . the guys." For some ol the younger play Doug Snyder and goalie coach lloli it defensive adjustment is needed. decide their fate. llie backbone of the \\‘o|ves' ers. there is also the experience of Way. “They've carried on a lot of So far. that philosophy has "We can't stop, we can't take a .itt.ii it this season has been the playing in the Alliance minor that winning tradition as well into worked well. The Wolves have night off even if it's against the . play of their fast. speedy ltimards. midget AAA championship last this year. allowed less than two goals per worst team in the league." 2 With .il| til five skaters cracking six season, when they took the evenâ€" “Right from the onset. we idcnâ€" game playing in front of goal- l)oucette said. “We have to he ‘, feet. Waterloo has racked tip a ma! champion lilgin Middlescx lifted that we could have a very tenders Darren lluck (Hellâ€"l. two there ready with our A game. not : Ie.igiii-»Ie;idmg ‘ll'i goals and ice the ( hiels the distance in a fivergainc successful team this year and shutouts and a 323 save percent matter what.” i I O 3 Introducmg the almost all-new 2005 to 2010 VW. : .. 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