The Western Hurricanes are out for redemption after losing in the semi-finals of last year’s provincials. The major Bantam hockey club is hosting provincials beginning Thursday at the new Queens Place in Liverpool. The team is the number one seed heading into the tournament. But Head Coach Brad Muise doesn’t consider his club to be the favourite.
“The difference between number one and numbers three or four or five in this league is minimal and no we definitely don’t consider ourselves the favourite, we consider ourselves definitely a contender.”
Muise says he likes his team playing on the bigger ice surface at Queens Place because they are built around speed. He says his team will need to be at its best to win the provincial title.
“It’s been kind of our trademark all year that we out work a lot of teams and once we do that, it seems our skill level and our systems fall into place and takes care of itself but without that work ethic and desire any team in this tournament is going to be in trouble because its going to be hotly contested championship and the competition is pretty tough.”
12 noon – Newbridge Academy vs. Western Hurricanes
