If you hadn't noticed, the Whitecourt Wolverines are Playing their best hockey right now.
William Cloutier might get 20 goals by the end of January.... The Guy is a Beast.
The Wolverines had their way with the Beaverlodge Blades and Sexsmith Vipers this past weekend, everyone is chipping in on their roles for the home stretch of the season and I expect to continue this weekend up in FSJ and DC.
The French Connection Line of Dion Leblue, Jean-Marco St. Pierre and of course Cloutier have been outstanding, Leblue looks really good right now as a forward.
The Wolverine Originals Line of Brennen Romanovitch, Ryan Whelen and Zach Mills have chipped in in secondary scoring and I've really seen a jump in Romo's game since coming back from the game he is showing an edge on the ice, he's winning battles in the corners and has really come around, of course this is against the Huskies, Blades and Vipers we'll see what happens when they play Grande Prairie in a home at home next weekend.
The line of Riley Helleckson, Brandon Bodanek and Levi Cartwright has been an interesting story, Helleckson has continued to put up the points on the third line while the youngsters have brought a great source of energy, Bod's fight against Aaron Kenzie in Sexsmith was one of the best tilts I've seen in a long time, Mutal, Refs didn't break it up and that was that. The only thing is that they both got tossed from the game but I'm cool with that... FIGHTING BELONGS IN THE GAME!
The Line of Samuel Lauzon, Nick Bourgeois and Mitch Rose is tough with the way Mitch and Nick plays then you have the sniper along with the Cavalry in Lauzon who is under appreciated by opposing d-men in the league, he will score on you off to a great start and the story on Rose... He sleeps constantly on the bus and plays and sleeps again its interesting how he works but it turns into goals as he's cracked the 20 goal plateau.
Also want to congratulate Nick on his call up to Spruce Grove in their trip to Fort McMurray, didn't score any goals but the Saints did win in overtime, Not sure if he's sticking around for a couple more AP games with him, won't find out till the Bus pulls out of Whitecourt.
I've liked the balanced D pairings in the Wolverines all have really seen equal playing time it doesn't seem to matter what pairing Pierre-Luc Racette has sent out.
Kevin Levesque and Cullyn Dunham have the defensive side covered not seeing a lot of offense but they will make it hard for teams to get around these two. Levesque had a couple of posts this weekend so maybe he's waiting to break-out.
Mason Lyle and Brandon Kunz, are kind of on the same spectrum of the more defensive oriented side of things but have done a very good job of pinching in at the right time to keep the puck going in the offensive side of things and I'll expect that this weekend in FSJ and DC as those teams are atrocious for clearing the puck.
Devin Rooks and Jesse Stymiest have been steady as well, Rooks hasn't done a lot wrong since starting to play in early December, Rooks could have been an Assistant or even Captain of this team with the fire in his eyes every time I see him it's intense like Horatio in CSI Miami! I can't really say much about Stymiest I think he's just waiting for the right moment to make that big play but he does like to join the rush hopefully he doesn't get burnt against a Kings or Navigators team.
Braeden Johnson and Carlen Lyle have done their jobs, Johnson is the MVP and will need to be in MVP form when they play Peace and GP down the stretch.
Should be a good weekend coming up the Huskies/Wolverines game will be at 8PM on Saturday on XM 105 FM and www.mytowntoday.ca following by the Sunday Dawson Creek game at 2PM
Tune in 8 games remain till the drive for 4 starts!
you boys can kick their butts
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