Cougars get sweep on road
The Kootenay Ice visit the Cariboo Cougars’ barn this weekend as the last place team in the 11-team BC Hockey Major Midget League.
They occupy the basement with a record of two wins, 21 losses and three ties (2-21-3). They’re 31 points behind the second-place Cougars (17-7-4).
Cougars head coach Trevor Sprague is warning his players not to take the Ice lightly.
“I expect them to come and pound the crap out of us, that’s what I think they’re going to do,” he said. “Realistically they’re a team, they’ve got a banner in their locker room that says spoiler.”
The Cougars are coming off a successful four-point weekend, sweeping their road doubleheader against the Vancouver North East Chiefs in Coquitlam. They downed the Chiefs 5-4 on Saturday and 5-2 on Sunday.
While the Ice only sport two wins, one of their victories came on the weekend, a 3-2 triumph over the sixth-place Greater Vancouver Canadians (12-10-6) on Saturday.
“They’ve got nothing to lose and that’s a scary team to play when they’ve got nothing to lose,” Sprague said.
After meeting Kootenay, the Cougars will prepare for another road doubleheader, Jan. 28 and 29 against the North Island Silvertips in Nanaimo.
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