Westminister, CO - After 7 days of rest, the Roughriders returned to the ice on Saturday, in hopefully a healthier state than when they left Detroit. The U16AAA team had been battered by injuries and was effectively skating with 12 players at times.
The Roughrider U16 team faced off against their own U15 squad in what was supposed to be one of the easier games on the U16 schedule. Well, in AAA hockey, if you show up expecting to win it usually doesn't happen. The U16 team started the game with a lot of jump and energy and played good hockey, out-shooting the U15 team 16-4, however at the end of the 1st Period the U15 team was up one goal to none. The U15s were the benefactors of what can only be considered a lucky bounce and skated to the intermission with the lead.
The U16 team looked unprepared to do the work necessary to win any and every game in this high level game. The U15 team, led by Lucas Brown, went on to score 2 more goals and shutting out the U16 team finishing with a final score of 3-0.
