Miners Weekly Record: 1 wins, 3 losses, 1 OT loss.
Miners League Standing: 6 wins, 6 losses, 1 OT Loss = 13 points total. Currently sit in 5th place in the
Canosa Conference, 11th overall in the CCHL.
Miners Special Teams: Power Play – 20.0% (9th); Penalty Kill – 80.1% (11th)
Miners Scoring Leader: Center Tyler Seguin (7G – 5A = 12 pts; 37th Overall in the CCHL)
Simply put, this was not a good week in the Nickel City.
After a week that saw them win 3 of 4 games, they Miners suffered a set-back week. Going into
the weekend, they are now winless in 4 games; outright losers of 3 games in a row.
While still early in the season, the inconsistent play of the Miners has to be an alarming trend to
management – one that can not continue if the Miners hope to make the playoffs this year.
“Guys need to show up on time and ready to work”, quipped Miners Coach Derek Sutton. “We
have too many guys reading their own press and thinking it will come easy. This league is too hard to
just have guys who want to mail it in”. “I’m not sure what the problem is, but we need to fix it quickly”, stated veteran Miners forward Niklas Backstrom. “I’ve seen it too many times in my career, where it can go off the rails quickly and it takes much more time to get it back – in some cases, you never get going! There is too much talent in this room to be playing like this”.
MINERS PLAYER PROFILE OF THE WEEK: Jake Muzzin
Muzzin is seen around the CCHL as a solid and surprisingly mobile rearguard with excellent size
with a pair of above-average skilled hands. His agility helps stabilize his skating stride, but he appears heavy-footed moving backward and looks awkward transitioning from forwards to backwards. He is a physical defenseman, but the veteran defenceman is starting to slow down a bit, however, he makes up for it with sound positioning and solid defensive hockey sense. He is a regular fixture on the Miners penalty-killing unit. Muzzin is slated to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2019-20 season.
MINERS PROSPECT NEED TO KNOW: Rasmus Sandin
Sandin is a versatile defenseman capable of leading rushes and quarterbacking them as well. He
is a skilled player with a good shot and great hockey sense. He sees the plays before they happen and
stays one step ahead and remains focused while doing so. His only downfall, which he will hopefully
grow out of, is not knowing when to let go of the puck as he tends to hold onto it for too long. With more maturity and experience he will become smarter with how and when he carries the puck to avoid giving up too many turnovers. Sandin has the potential to lead as a top-pairing blueliner with the Miners at his peak. Expected CCHL arrival: 2021-22.
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