Aces- Danbury Pregame Thoughts

The Aces last win over Danbury on Tuesday should have convinced any naysayer that this Brooklyn team can rise above any adversity. Scoring seven goals on a quality goaltender the likes of Derek MacIntyre and matching a gritty team like Danbury in physical department, all with only three natural defensemen in the lineup, it was obvious that the Aces rose to the occasion Tuesday in grand fashion.

Nevertheless, after surrendering three goals in the third period, Aces head coach Chris Firriolo wasn’t happy and he let his team know it.

“I was disappointed,” he said on Tuesday night following the Aces 7-3 win over the Hatters. “As a coach, I’m not as concerned with the score of the game. I just want them to come out and give a complete 60-minute effort. That didn’t happen tonight and it’s something I’m going to be concerned with until it happens consistently. In spite of that though, they got back on track afterwards and put the pieces together. I was impressed with that.”

Another thing Firriolo was impressed with was the play of the newly formed line of Eric Frank, B.J. Kuper and Jesse Felten, who were a force on both ends of the ice.

“They looked good out there,” he said. “They work really well together.”

With all three lines clicking the way they have as of late, the Aces injuries on defense have not been a factor and the team has found a way to build momentum in their favor, making them a true force to be reckoned with.

Danbury on the other hand, isn’t too shabby a team either.

Scoring three goals in just under five minutes of play on Tuesday, Danbury proved that they can skate on the same ice as Brooklyn, they just have to show the same type of hustle they exhibited when they beat the Aces on Dec. 18; the kind of effort that absolutely wasn’t there on Tuesday.

With players such as Igor Karlov, Duane Whitehead,Mike O’Sullivan and Dan Hickman, the Mad Hatters have the offensive firepower to hold the ice with Brooklyn. However, if Ian McLoughlin, Mike Richards and the rest of the Aces defense continues to step up to the plate, Danbury’s offense will be stopped in it’s tracks.

Photo by Ron Hatcher.

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