‘Birds Look to Rediscover Their Profitable Methods Thursday vs. TWU at Residence
VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds are about to embark on their most vital weekend so far through the 2022-23 season. On the heels of three straight losses, and a 4-4-1-1 file by 10 video games, the blue and gold will look to show to the tide once they start a home-and-home double-header towards their foes from Trinity Western College Thursday evening (6:00 pm) on the Doug Mitchell Thunderbirds Sports activities Centre.
“It is undoubtedly time for some soul looking, and to determine find out how to discover our recreation once more and get again to the issues we did at the beginning of the 12 months that allowed us to win video games,” stated UBC head coach Sven Butenschon. “You may’t simply undergo the motions and say the proper issues. We’ve got to be trustworthy with ourselves proper now and understand that [the recent effort] it hasn’t been ok.”
The ‘Birds are in search of solutions after dropping a pair of video games on the street final weekend in Calgary. Friday was the low level of the season so far – A 7-2 loss. Saturday, whereas higher, was nonetheless not the precise response that the teaching employees hoped for.
What does the right response appear like?
“Primary, laborious work. Quantity two execution, and quantity three is getting ready correctly for every recreation,” remarked Butenschon. “It was shocking that we got here out Saturday with the sort of response that we did, particularly given what occurred the evening earlier than. Perhaps you aren’t getting the consequence, however not less than you hope to get the proper response.”
Offensively, UBC has relied closely on a pair of first-year gamers: Sasha Mutala and Jake Lee. Mutala comes into the weekend with a team-leading 14 factors (2G, 12A). Lee sits second in workforce scoring with 10 factors (6G, 4A) and his six objectives rank him tied for first alongside Cyle McNabb. With 38 objectives in 10 video games, the ‘Birds are tied for third in all of Canada West.
Shifting gears ahead, the desk is now set for a pivotal home-and-home weekend with their Valley foes, the Trinity Western Spartans. Regardless of a file of 1-8, the Spartans are a workforce on the rise, and are to not be taken evenly.
“We’re not that far off. We’re in it, we’re shut, we simply have to stay collectively and discover a approach out of this,” concluded Butenschon. “We’re attempting to not give attention to our opponent. It is all the time about us. If we play to our strengths, we will beat anyone. Trinity is far improved. They have good goaltending and they’re in each recreation they play. We’ve got to remain composed and we now have to be ready to discover a method to win a hockey recreation.”
The 2 B.C. rivals conflict first on Thursday evening earlier than heading again to Langley for a Saturday rematch. Tickets for Thursday’s tilt may be bought right here. You can even catch the sport reside through Canada West TV.
