What you describe goes on in every sport in every season on every team. Senior buddies get cut. Every kid who is not a starter or on a top line can make the same complaint. The life lesson is to continue to work hard and share in the team's successes and failures. Old men and women who played team sports when they were in school share a bond with teammates for the rest of their lives. He pissed that away in about 10 seconds last night.hshckylvr wrote:My bet is the scenario went something like this.......Parents have been telling their son, ever since he was a Pee Wee, "son, keep working hard, everyone gets their chance. You just have to wait your turn....that's how it is in high school hockey." In the meantime he has worked his a$$ of, taken abuse ( verbally and emotionally) from his coaches and probably most of his team (most goalies do. It's a thankless job) for the last 3 years keeping his mouth shut, cuz his chance is coming. Now in his Sr year, some wet behind the ears soph rolls in the door (dad probably funds the team or drinks beer with the coaches, cuz that's how it is in real life), and takes his unearned spot in the net. Now I'm sure the details probably aren't spot on, but my bet is its closer to the truth than not. Not condoning what he did, but understand why he probably felt that way. He's a KID (and a boy to boot and we all know they take awhile to develop judgement)....cant tell me you have never wanted to flip a boss off at some point in your life.
My best guess is that the other goalie is actually better than he is. Look at Farmington's stats. Krause's save pct. is .25 lower than Overby's. Krause did not sit on the bench all year. He started 9 games and has almost as many minutes as Overby. Krause was a backup last year as a junior and hardly played. Sure looks like he got his chance to be the #1 goalie this year as a senior. 12 days ago he beat Holy Angels. Beating once powerful Holy Angels will no longer be what he is remembered for. He'll be remembered for throwing a game and screwing his teammates out of a win. What he did was inexcusable.