Of Georgetown, that is.

http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=34956&seasonid=4605

Kingston Voyageurs would do well to keep looking straight ahead rather than over their shoulder in the OPJAHL standings.

Talk about balanced scoring in the Georgetown machine. They have 13 players on their roster who have at least a point game clip and only 3 listed who have not recorded a single point. But, they are all defencemen.

The Vees have just 4 at a point or better per game pace and 8 on their current roster who have not recorded a single point.

The Raiders are just a pair of points off the Vees' pace with the Vees a game in hand.

They have outscored the Vees 70 goals for to the Vees' 48. In fact, Georgetown is one of 6 teams who have scored more goals than the Vees in the OJ.

Key for the Vees' continued success will be to focus on their defensive team play and their goaltending. If they land another sniper, so be it. Goaltending guru Cooper has his work cut out for him in tutoring Vees' two young goaltenders. Head Coach Robinson and assistants Goulet and Foster may well look at emphasizing continued team defence as a formula for success.

If they do a little digging, they will find that the Greater Kingston Senior Soccer Association's team, AS Roma, who won a triple crown two successive years just this year, it was their goals against that stood above everybody else's.

It is said that good offences win games but good defences win championships.

I think this season might well be the time to find out if the principle applies.




Wayjoy

#20 Jarrett Burton, with his 3 points against Bramalea last night, has made it 5 players on the Vees with a point or better average per game.

He had a great game last night playing two-way hockey.

I also had a chance to talk with his mom, Cathy, who made the trip down to watch her son.

This after, having been in Minnesota to watch Jarrett's sister play in a hockey tournament there.

Now that is a dedicated and supportive parent.

Wayjoy

The Raiders are currently at 14 games without a loss and closing in the Vees' string of 17. The run began on October 02.

Georgetown also leads the league in road wins at 11 and counting.

They won impressively again last night 4-0 out shooting a good young Villanova team 56-27 including 31-5 in the 2nd period.

Wayjoy

The Vees' 17 game unbeaten is safe for now.

Georgetown's unbeaten streak stops at 15 tonight. Mississauga beat them 6-5 at the Alcott.

Raiders falling behind 4-0 did not help their cause.

104 shots tonight. 54 by Georgetown and a whopping 50 by Mississauga.

If there is cause for concern in the Raiders' camp, it should be this. What the hell are they doing allowing a team 50 shots at their net at home? There were not that many penalties in the game to open the door for it.

The Big Red Machine is watching with interest.

Wayjoy

to mississauga no less

Craig Shaw
Huntsville Otters