OCN Blizzard Main Camp Day 2

Day two of OCN Blizzard main camp was a long and tiring one for the Blizzard hopefuls, a full drill session followed by two 50 minute scrimmages.

Here are the scoring breakdowns for today's scrimmages.

Game 1

Goal- Avory Wilkie (F, 96) - Team White, Unassisted, 
Goaltender In Goal - Kamil Prezpiorka (G, 93)

Goal - Cody Zulyniak (F,92) - Team Blue, Assist - Thomas Ward-Cardinal (D, 92)
Goaltender In Goal - Ryan Brown (G, 94)

Goal - Shaq Houle (F, 96) - Team Blue, Assist - Robert Smith (F, 95)
Goaltender In Goal - Ryan Brown (G, 94)

Final Score: 2 Blue - 1 White

In game one neither Mitchell Backhouse nor Justin McDonald allowed a goal. Ward-Cardinals pass to Zulyniak on the first blue goal was sent from his own face-off dot to just outside the White blue line through about three players. He's going to be some kind of special on the blue line.

Game 2

Goal - Wilson Dumais (F, 93) - Team Blue,  Assist - Shaq Houle (F, 96)
Goaltender In Goal - Ryan Brown (G, 94)

Goal - Shaq Houle (F, 96) - Team Blue, Unassisted
Goaltender In Goal - Justin McDonald (G, 92)

Goal - Braeden Makokis (F, 94) - Team Blue, Assist - Grant Valiquette (F, 94)
Goaltender In Goal - Justin McDonald (G, 92)

Final Score: 3 Blue - 0 White

Some young players really stood out today, Grant Valiquette was one of them, he has great vision, skates very well and has quick hands that he uses effectively in tight spaces. He has the potential to be a top flight play maker.

Avory Wilkie is another one who stood out, while Valiquette is tiny Wilkie is a giant of 16 year old (somewhere around 6'2, 6'3), he's already built like a man. His skating needs to improve but his hands in tight are very good, especially for someone his size. He brings a physical element to his game and is one of those players who will go through a wall if you ask him to. He also has good positional awareness and understanding of where the play is heading.

Another one is 16-year old Shaq Houle. Houle picked up three points today and is one big kid. Not as thick as Wilkie but just as tall if not taller and has plenty of time to fill out his frame. Great skating for someone his size and the puck just seems to follow him around.

As for veteran players Ward-Cardinal is a very entertaining player to watch when the puck is on his stick. Just head down to the rink and watch him. Wilson Dumais also stood out on his goal in the second game, the second gear on that kid is unreal. He can do it all, score, pass, play physical and play sound defensive hockey. I have a feeling he's going to be a big key to the success for the Blizzard this year.

Today was just the first day of scrimmage action, I'll have more tomorrow and throughout training camp.

More scrimmages tomorrow beginning at 4.

Here is an interview with Clay DeBray after the first scrimmage game.