WHITEWATER REGION (Cobden) — The Brockville Tikis returned home from the Astrolabe Arena in a Cobden Saturday night, Nov. 17, after a victorious 5-2 win over the Whitewater Kings.
The Kings’ next game is at 11:30 a.m. against the Casselman Vikings at the JR Brisson Complex on Thursday, Nov. 22; at home in the Astrolabe Arena on Saturday, Nov. 24 when the Embrun Panthers come to town for a 7:30 p.m. game, and then Sunday, Nov. 25, the Kings travel to Winchester for a 6:15 p.m. game against the Winchester Hawks.
In Saturday night’s loss, the Kings’ two goals were scored by Reid Barber, assist Alex Lindecker, and Artyom Shiman, assist Dylan Kuehl and Cameron Mulholland.
It was a penalty-riddled game for the Kings, earning 46 minutes in the sin-bin while the Tikis earned 16 minutes. In the final period, King Alec Lindecker received four minutes for roughing, with two of them served by Tommy Cahill along with a 10 minute misconduct for inciting an opponent and King Reid Barber also received 10 minutes in the sin-bin for inciting an opponent.
Between the pipes, Ticki goalie Paolo Suppa stopped 19 of 21 shots on goal while King Anthony Kervin stopped 29 of 34 shots on goal.
King Artyom Shiman earned the second star while Tickis Ryan Hunter and Ryan Glazer earned the first and third, respectively.
Team manager Jamie McConnell noted there has been a coaching change, with Tony Iob taking over from Daryl Faught.
“Tony comes with a wealth of experience,” he said, “He was the Navan coach last seson and he’s not coaching this year.
“We needed a different voice in the dressing room to get the guys motivated.”
Former coach Faught lacked the time to fully commit himself to the team this year, McConnell said.
“Daryl did a great job.”
He also noted that Chad Moore was traded to Renfrew and the Kings signed on Tommy Cahill, Cameron Mulholland and goalie Cameron Iob. However, Iob won’t be between the pipes for a while as he is in Austria.
Cahill “needed a place to play hockey,” so the Kings took him on.
“He’s a big man, hopefully he’ll make a difference for us,” McConnell said.
While the Kings don’t have the best record for this year, with only two wins under their skates, McConnell said, “We believe in this group of players.”
In upcoming games, he noted Sunday, Dec. 9 is IP Day and the Muskrat IPs will be on ice between periods. As well, any minor hockey player that wears their jersey to a Sunday game will get in for $2.
