Tough run for Morinville hockey teams

by Stephen Dafoe
The Morinville Junior B Jets started November with three games and failed to secure a win, extending
their losing streak to four straight games.
The Jets had been on a season-high streak of eight consecutive wins before their fortunes were
reversed.
On Wednesday, Nov. 1, the Jets fell 5-4 to the Beverly Warriors and followed it with a 4-3 loss to the
Beaumont Chiefs on Friday, Nov. 3. Another 4-3 defeat, this one to the Sherwood Park Knights, took
place on home ice on Sunday, Nov. 5.
The string of losses and 9-6-0 record pushed the Jets down a notch to fourth place in the CJHL’s West
Division, two points behind the Beverly Warriors and 10 points behind the league-leading and lossless
St. Albert Merchants (14-0-0).
Given the closeness of the week’s games and that the Jets outshooting two of their three competitors in
those games, there is still lots of season left to get back to their winning ways.
The Jets season has gone far better than that of the Kings. Six games into the 16-game North Central
Senior Hockey League season, the rebuilding Morinville Senior AA Kings have yet to find a win.
Their Nov. 4 home-ice game resulted in a 4-0 loss to the visiting Devon Barons.
The Barons, who outshot the Kings 42-22, built their win steadily through three periods, leading 1-0, 2-0,
and capping it at 4-0 midway through the final frame.
The Kings 0-6-0 will play on the road Nov. 25 against the Red Deer Rustlers and then at home Saturday,
Dec. 2, against the Westlock Warriors. Game time is 8 p.m. at the Morinville Leisure Centre’s Landrex
Arena.
The Jets played two games last week and play two road games this week. They face the St. Albert
Merchants on Friday, Nov. 17, and the Beverly Warriors on Sunday, Nov. 19. They face the Edmonton
Mustangs at home on Sunday, Nov. 26, at the Morinville AAA Arena. Game time is 4:30 p.m.