Jr C Otters have a winning weekend

The Huntsville Jr C Otters have won four of their first five games this season but it hasn’t all been easy.

Last night the Otters defeated the Golden Hawks in Caledon 5-3. Nathan Delarosbil led the attack with two goals while Jake McIntyre, Bobby Logan and Jesse Houlton contributed singles. It was 2-1 Huntsville after the first period. The Otters went ahead 5-2 after 40 minutes and gave up the only goal in the third.

The victory came after two wins earlier in the week against Schomberg.

Coach Rocky Clarke was happy with the team’s discipline last night after confronting the players after Friday’s game about the number of penalties the Otters had taken. He reminded them in the dressing room that they had compromised the two points by needless penalties.

Coach Rocky Clarke

“Yes, I am very concerned with the number of penalties we have been taking,” he said after last night’s game in Caledon. “Tonight was much improved discipline-wise. Tonight’s penalties were more of an aggressive nature as opposed to the retaliation penalties we took on Friday night. We are attempting to change the culture of the team and that is going to take time. It is a work in progress. We were short bodies tonight, only dressed 14 skaters, but the guys played a much better game and came away with the two points.”

Last night’s goal by Jake McIntyre was his first of the season but he leads the Otters in scoring also having six assists. Nathan Delarosbil now has three goals and two assists for five points.

Huntsville is now in a tie with Alliston for first place in the Division Standings but have played one more game. The Otters take on the Alliston Hornets Friday in Alliston. Last year Alliston won the division, finishing 29 points ahead of second-place Huntsville.

With recent changes in the lineup and the addition of veteran coach Rocky Clarke, the Otters are hoping to make that a different story this year. .

Huntsville’s next home game is Friday, October 7 against Caledon.

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