Hello sports fans. With the 2020-21 season
having just wrapped up, let’s take a look at the Icecats season in review. The
former champs struggled out of the gate early on, and things looked even
bleaker when captain McDavid went down with an early injury, but then Patrice
Bergeron stepped up and carried this team on his shoulders. Bergeron continued
his torrid pace, leading the CCHL in points with 128. Captain McDavid was not
able to regain his scoring prowess from the championship winning season, but as
he got healthy, the Icecats got hot. The Canosa Conference was a neck-and-neck
race between the Icecats and the Miners, with the Icecats stumbling in the last
week of the season and losing the conference title to Sudbury. This stumble
would end up being costly.
As the playoffs began, the Icecats defeated
the Norseman in 4 games and looked strong heading into their round 2 matchup
with Amos. Amos took a 1-0 lead, but then major tragedy struck the Icecats in
game 2, as they lost team MVP and CCHL leading scorer, Patrice Bergeron for 2
months. The Icecats were able to regroup and defeat the Comets in a tough 7
game battle.
The Canosa Conference championship featured
the top 2 teams in the conference. It was a very hard-fought series. The
shorthanded Icecats played tough but ultimately lost to the Miners. Game 7 was
in Sudbury and had the Icecats not stumbled at the end of the season, this game
may have been played in Siberia with a different result. We reached out the GM
Saouaf to get his thoughts. “Well, you know, we had a great season and we were
devastated to lose Bergy, but Danault stepped up nicely to fill in on the 2nd
line. It was a great series against Sudbury, but we hoped for a different
result.” When asked about his plans for next season, GM Saouaf had this to say,
“we will be back competing for the Kehler Cup next year, no doubt. We will need
to make some tweaks to our lineup to get over the hump but nothing major… at
least we don’t think so at this point.”
Well, there you have it sports fans. A
bitter end to a great season in Siberia. Will the Cats be able to get back to
the cup finals next year? What changes will we see in Siberia? Stay tuned!
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