Thursday, February 4, 2016

Cedar Rapids Roughriders JV: Where'd this come from?

Usually the Cedar Rapids franchise has been complete and utter trash since it came into the league in 1999. But recently, the JV, and I mean ONLY JV has turned it on in the past 8 games. The start of the season, they looked good, beating Waterloo 3-0. After that the team went 2-8-2, which put them at the bottom of the league. Just when the team was in a bad place, the leadership of Alexander Paoli, Joshua Nelson, and Rocco Carlson brought this team on a 8 game win streak. Right now the team stands in 3rd in the east with 7 games left at 11-8-2. I think it's surprising that our JV team is doing so well when our Varsity team is legit 0-20-1-0. Worst in the league amirite? Ok, anyway, JV has had some depth scoring mostly from their third line as of late. Zachary Galvin (3g 6a 9p in 20gp), Dylan Moore, (4g 2a 6p in 18gp), and Tyler Burgess (2g 3a 5p in 19gp). Don't let those stats fool you, I may have only 2 goals, but we have this motto (that the team itself made up without coaches notice): 'Roll 2 lines!" Since players like Galvin, Moore, Burgess, Heiar, Stewart, Patel, Beck, Swenson, and Sines don't get to play as much as Nelson, Paoli, Pizzamenti, Carlson, Kolaas, and Karwal. What they do is roll those two lines, ((Paoli, Nelson, Karwal,) and (Pizzamenti, Carlson, Kolaas.)), and that's it. No matter the score. In the third period the other two lines will typically get 2-3 shifts  a game on a good day, while those other two lines get 5-7 on average.
Anyway, the team is undefeated so far in 2016, which I attribute to our two goaltenders, Bowman, and Wisnousky, for keeping the team in those games. Rarely ever will you see this team falter or give an easy goal. There has been controversy on this team as of position placement and special teams throughout the season, but the team has put aside those arguments and played hockey. The team also has argued over which side of Cedar Rapids is better. That, I leave to you, the reader. Who is better so far from what I've said, JV (11-8-2), or Varsity (0-20-1-0). For more information about our stellar JV team, visit our page at http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-team.html?teamid=47391&seasonid=14757
Have a nice day, afternoon, good night, i don't know. Go Trump!

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