Good but not Great
by Eli on 2023-11-07Canada Life Centre - WinnipegRating: 4 out of 5Really enjoy going to Moose Games at the Arena because of the atmosphere. Watching the Moose play is a lot of fun at times - but watching them constantly get penalties is really rough. I've never played hockey myself, or studied the game very much. That said, what I see when we constantly get penalties is that we give up our scoring opportunities, we're tiring our guys out faster, we're giving up goals, affecting our goalies' and players' stats through missed opportunities or increased chances on getting scored against.
I made a joke that it looks like the Moose's aims are to shoot at the net as many times as possible and also to get at least 5 penalties per game. Sadly, when I reflect on that, I realize how many opportunities we're really losing.
I still enjoy watching the Moose play. Unfortunately, for the penalties, that's what dropped my 5/5 rating to a 4/5. Hopefully it doesn't drop more - Moose have such a powerful game otherwise. It would be so much nicer to watch them capitalize on those strengths throughout the whole game.