Miners Weekly Record: 0 wins, 2 losses, 2 OT loss.
Miners League Standing: 19 wins, 13 losses, 5 OT Loss = 43 points total. Currently sit in 5th place in the Canosa Conference, 9th overall in the CCHL.
Miners Special Teams: Power Play – 20.9% (10th); Penalty Kill – 81.2% (10th)
Miners Scoring Leader: Center Tyler Seguin (16G – 23A = 39 pts; 16th Overall in the CCHL)
Well, the week for the Sudbury Miners wasn’t a total disaster. But it was close.
In what was a tough week for the Miners in playing the top two teams in the CCHL (Fort Erie and
Siberia) on back-to-back nights, and then having two more division games, the Miners managed to only secure 2 out of a possible 8 points for the week. Because of this, the Miners have dropped to 5 th in the Canosa Conference, just 5 points up on 7th place Victoria.
“If this was a test, we would have flunked…..very (expletive) badly”, stated Miners forward
Vincent Trocheck. “All this talk about being is good team doesn’t mean sh*t if we can’t back it up on the ice. We can better and need to if we want to play deep in the spring”.
The Miners actually started the week of with a couple of overtime losses to Fort Erie and Siberia.
But what should have given the Miners some confidence with the results, quickly faded with losses to
Hamilton and Gilliam. Sudbury also swung a minor trade to add to their defensive depth, obtaining veteran rearguard Anton Stralman in exchange for prospect Sean Durzi and a couple draft picks.
“We have some things we need to clean up and work on. We have had some roster changes, so
it’s about finding the right balance and line-up that will work. We just need to do that sooner rather than later, or we will be watching the playoffs instead of playing in them”, stated Miners Coach Derek Sutton.
MINERS PLAYER PROFILE OF THE WEEK: Ivan Provorov
Provorov is viewed as a skilled, sharp and mobile blueliner, with strong passing ability. He is a
smooth skater - agile, with outstanding edgework which allows him to walk the line with ease. He has a very strong base and lower body. He does need to get better handling traffic in front of his own net, but that will get better with strength and experience. He has already shown an ability to produce good
offensive totals, as well. Of particular note, his one-timer is effective but when stationary, it can be
downright deadly. Provorov is also extremely conscious of the defensive zone and his skating allows him to make amends for any decision making errors. He has all-around ability and all the tools to be a top-performing defenseman for years to come.
MINERS PROSPECT NEED TO KNOW: Jusso Valimaki
One of the Miner's top prospects, Valimaki’s unique combination of size, skill, and offensive vision
is worthy of such hype and honour. The Finnish-born blueliner grades out as above-average in every
facet of the game and is capable of changing the pace and outcome of the game on any given shift.
During his time in the AHL last season, he flashed future top-pair potential. He took on heavy, physical minutes defensively while commanding the power-play unit and leading transitional efforts for a big chunk of the 2018-19 season. He will be in a Miners uniform sooner, rather than later.
Expected CCHL arrival: 2020-21.
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