Blazers to get look at young prospects in first preseason game
KAMLOOPS — The last image Blazers fans have of their team is a Game 6 loss at Sandman Centre. Seventeen seconds after Brodi Stuart tied the game, Reid Gardner scored the game-winner to eliminate Kamloops in the opening round.
It’s a different group, a younger team this year with six players — three 20 year olds and three 19-year-old players — gone. On Friday night, fans will see the new team against Victoria and should notice a faster team.
“I think the team looks quicker,” said head coach Don Hay. “We’ve done a lot of work on offense, so it might be a high-scoring game. I hope we score lots of goals. I hope we show a lot of speed. We have a lot of younger guys in there, but we also some veterans guys.”