Torrent Struggle To Figure Out A Working System With Key Players Out And A New Addition
The Seattle Torrent have been unsuccessful on the road, including their most recent game against the Fleet where they were shut-out. Key players are injured and the top line is over-extended leading fans to agree that a more drastic shake-up is needed.
Key Players Injured The Seattle Torrent have yet to win in regulation on the road and their fourth game on this five-game trip didn’t change that stat. What has been a third period comeback team now continues to fall short with only five regulation wins and one overtime win on the season. Two of the players with that ability to make a difference in the third are currently out of the line-up.
Those players of course being Hannah Bilka out for the rest of the season with an upper-body injury, and Hilary Knight out indefinitely with a torn MCL. The player noticeably stepping up in their stead was Mikyla Grant-Mentis. Grant-Mentis was finding her stride just at the right time.
Head Coach Steve O’Rourke had commented on Grant-Mentis’s play noting that her best game had been against Ottawa on March 4 when she played over 17 minutes, had two shots on goal, three hits, and won seven out of ten faceoffs. She came out hungry for a goal in the next game played against Boston where she had five shots on goal, played over 18 minutes, and scored a Jailbreak Goal. Grant-Mentis shoots on net during the last Torrent home game.
Photo @ PWHL “I think Buckey has strung together a nice handful of games where she’s just been outstanding on both ends of the ice. I can’t say enough about her. Her just growing into the player she’s supposed to be is really cool,” said O’Rourke.
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