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Coquitlam Express Struggle Through a Series of Near Misses
A historically strong team, the Coquitlam Express have recently struggled under the weight of a losing streak. They have dropped 8 consecutive games, with 3 of them decided in overtime and 5 of them by a single goal.
COQUITLAM, BC, CANADA, November 17, 2010 /Sports PR News/ -- The Coquitlam Express are still struggling to break their 8-game losing streak after an 8-2 loss to the Westside Warriors on Friday, and a 5-4 loss to the Salmon Army on Saturday. Yet both coach and players are hopeful of setting a new trend starting with Wednesday's game against the Nanaimo Clippers.
In both Friday's game against the Westside Warriors and Saturday's against the Salmon Army, Coquitlam Express held the lead at several times during play. Jason Grecica, Garrick Perry and Malcolm McKinney have all made valiant efforts, but despite these individual efforts the team has struggled to pull together. A fan noted that the Express are "lacking consistency - a win on Wednesday would at least start the long climb back up the rankings".
Coquitlam Express will play the Nanaimo Clippers on Wednesday, and their coach Jon Calvano feels that this will be a good opportunity to improve morale and confidence for the players. "The Clips have 10 players scratched off on the injury list, and they are also coming off the back of a scoreless loss. I'm hopeful that the Express boys can give Wednesday's game a good shot", Mr. Calvano said.
About Coquitlam Express:
The Express entered the British Columbia Hockey League in 2001 under an ownership group of hockey enthusiasts and led by Vancouver Canuck Alumni Darcy Rota. The first four years in Coquitlam the team produced many players who moved on to NCAA Scholarships and later the NHL including Milan Lucic (Boston Bruins), David Jones (Colorado Avalanche), Brandon Yip (Colorado Avalanche) and Andrew Ladd (Chicago Blackhawks.)
For the 2005/2006 season the Express moved to Burnaby where they won the RBC National Championship. After this season Kyle Turris was drafted 1st round, 3rd overall to the Phoenix Coyotes. To this date, Kyle Turris is the highest drafted Junior A Hockey player in history.
The Express are pleased to be back home in Coquitlam playing out of the newly renovated Poirier Sports & Leisure Complex.
For more information please contact:
Name: Gregory Smyth
Title: Coquitlam Express
Email: gsmyth@coquitlamexpress.ca
Website: www.coquitlamexpress.ca
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