Cats coach confident of better days ahead for Kootenay squad
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Even after losing two of three games on the Island, Wildcats skipper Cary Fisher remains confident there are bigger and better days ahead for the Kootenay-based squad.
“Had you watched the game you would not have believed we came up short,” Fisher told The Nelson Daily after the Cats dropped two of three BC Female Midget AAA Hockey League games to the Vancouver Island Hurricanes this past weekend in Campbell River.
Vancouver Island won the final two games by 3-1 and 2-1 scores.
Kootenay opened the series with a 5-2 win thanks to the two-goal performance of Denomie Vockeroth-Fisher of Rossland.
Danica Dahlin (Golden), Kimberley Huisman (Fernie) and Keegan Paterson (Nelson) also scored for the Cats, which held period leads of 3-1 and 4-2.
Cats’ netminder Morgan Flynn (Castlegar) was in goal for the win.
“This weekend was tough after coming out and playing well enough to score five goals we struggled to find the net in the next two games,” Fisher explained.
“The players worked very hard in both losses and we had a great time of possession advantage in both losses.”
Vockeroth-Fisher and Stephanie McAuley (Trail) scored the other goals for Kootenay.
“I think our goal needs to be more engaged in the moment,” said Fisher.
“For non athletes this may seem a bit odd but it works like this — a player can work hard but in the moment they can loose focus even while working hard. We missed the net a lot and we missed open players. “
Kootenay, 4-4-1, drops to fourth in BCFMHL standings, but is only one point from second in the six-team league.
Fraser Valley Phantom tops the league with an 8-0-2 record.
“I guess the best way to describe it is paying attention to details and being more surgical in our approach,” said Fisher, pleased with the play of Keegan Paterson of Nelson, McAyla Yuris (Trail) and Denomie Vockeroth-Fisher.
“Simple is best with most things in life and I believe this team will find a simple game very soon.”
The Cats are off until November 22 when Kootenay travels to Kelowna for a three-game set against the Okanagan Rockets.
