Losses occurring over and again and again for NLL membership, with newest coming Friday night time to Riptide
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Six extra weeks of this shedding stuff?
That might put the Calgary Roughnecks in fairly the outlet.
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Having Groundhog Day occur repeatedly and once more — after shedding Friday night time to the New York Riptide — would definitely put them in a darkish place for the remainder of the Nationwide Lacrosse League season.
“It’s unlucky the losses are form of stacking up a bit of bit proper now,” mentioned Roughnecks captain Jesse King after Friday night time’s affair — an 11-10 drop to the New York Riptide — dealt them a third-straight defeat.
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“We have to try to flip the web page right here,” continued King. “We have to form of flip the script on how our season goes to this point.”
Specifically, it’s about ensuring Groundhog Day doesn’t flip into Groundhog Weekend, as they arrive again out Saturday night time on the Dome for one more dwelling sport hoping it’s not the identical as Friday night’s determination.
The loss over the Riptide (4-4) shoved the Roughnecks (2-4) right into a deep gap on the NLL marketing campaign.
So they should dig deep Saturday, after they make a fast return to Scotiabank Saddledome to play the incoming Toronto Rock (5-1) on WestJet Area (7 p.m., TSN).
“Yeah … we’re going to show the web page and prepare for Toronto,” mentioned a pissed off Josh Sanderson, the Roughnecks head coach. “But it surely’ll be the identical outcome if we’re taking part in like that.
“Our followers don’t deserve to look at that (crap). No shiny spots.”
Plenty of posts, although.
A minimum of a dozen for the house aspect.
However far too many dropped and missed passes and dangerous footwork across the Riptide crease to sink possibilities and name off potential objectives sunk the Roughnecks in entrance of 10,511 followers.
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“We will put a ton (of blame) on the offence,” Sanderson mentioned. “It’s simply not ok.
“Our stick abilities are completely horrendous proper now. We’re turning over the ball means an excessive amount of. It’s simply obtained to cease.
“We’ll discover methods to do this. We’ll simply preserve attacking and preserve teaching and preserve making an attempt to get higher.”
No one was higher on the ground than Riptide famous person Jeff Teat — the league-leader in factors with 53 after Friday’s nine-point efficiency for the guests — who obtained going from the git-go.
In the meantime, the Roughnecks took some time to pop up offensively.
However a three-goal outburst in a span of 69 seconds late within the first half took them out of their very own shadow and into the highlight.
Trailing by one, Shane Simpson took goaltender Christian Del Bianco’s long-toss up the ground and fired an ideal ball far aspect on Riptide backstop Cam Dunkerley.
Forty-four seconds later, the Riggers scored once more in transition, when Zach Currier fed Jeff Cornwall on a two-on-one to tie the sport 5-5.
Then simply 25 seconds later, Tanner Cook dinner rocketed a shot by Dunkerley from the correct aspect to place the house aspect up 6-5 heading into halftime.
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Josh Currier was the one Roughnecks participant discovering the vary in a listless opening quarter for the hosts. The veteran sniper had holed two objectives to maintain them shut in a 3-2 Riptide benefit.
However simply because the Riggers made balls fall for them late within the second quarter, the Riptide did the identical deep in to the third.
They obtained three objectives in a span of three:05, together with a pair on the facility play, to go up 10-8.
King, on a penalty shot, and Tyler Tempo with a well-placed shot on the man-advantage, tallied the one Roughnecks markers of the third body.
Then got here the ultimate body and solely three objectives whole, together with only one for the Riptide, as Del Bianco turned them away.
However what adopted Haiden Dickson’s early power-play purpose and one other for King sandwiched across the Riptide’s remaining tally was extra pipe and missed alternatives by the house crew.
“Credit score to Dunkerley, he was taking it away,” King mentioned. “I felt he might need obtained fortunate a number of occasions greater than we’re used to. However that stuff occurs. You gotta not let it frustrate you.
“However when we now have these possessions that die after one dangerous contact of the stick, it’s actually deflating,” continued King. “Particularly when our defence goes out and grinds and will get a superb turnover for us or will get a superb cease for us.
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“So I feel our focus is to unfold everyone out and get everybody some touches, get arduous to the center and proceed to shoot the ball, as a result of I feel we in all probability let up on a number of alternatives the place we may’ve shot the ball.”
Ultimately, Del Bianco stopped 46 pictures, whereas Dunkerley — who was stable all night time lengthy — turned away 38 balls.
“The constructive is you don’t have to attend an entire week to try to come again and get revenge for the loss we simply had,” added King of taking part in once more simply 24 hours after the loss. “We’ve had 4 or 5 bye-weeks within the final 9 weeks, and it’s arduous to get a rhythm. Actual arduous. And I’m not saying that as an excuse. However now that we’re getting video games strung collectively — and we’re collectively extra — I feel it’s going to be actually constructive for us.”
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T Justin Inacio, the Roughnecks face-off man, joined the membership from the observe roster and obtained into motion Friday night time, whereas D Keiran McKay went to the observe roster … D Bennett Smith and D Robert Hudson had been scratched by the Riggers on Friday night time … F Logan Schuss (MCL/ACL) stays out indefinitely for the Roughnecks.
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