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Crusaders 2017/18 Ups and Down

written by Liam Horrobin

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It was a successful year for the Sherwood Park Crusaders. With them being one of the most inexperienced teams in the AJHL, the expectations for this team were unclear.

They wrapped up their 60 game regular season with a 27-31-2 record and finished fifth in the North Division. They battled it out with the Grande Prairie Storm for first-round home ice advantage right until the last game of the season.

Their season was over after were eliminated by the Storm in the first round of the playoffs. It was a highly competitive series which really could’ve fallen either way. Unfortunately for Sherwood Park, a poor Game Five showing resulted in the Storm eliminating them in after a 6-1 spanking.

There were plenty of positives from the year, but also many negatives. Let’s a take a look at a few of those from both sides.

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April 3, 2018 0 comment
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Cru Wrap: Game 21 vs Drayton Valley

written by Liam Horrobin

The Crusaders were looking to extend their win streak to three tonight against the Drayton Valley Thunder. Whilst on the other side, the Thunder were looking to impress new head coach Ryan Rechner is his first game behind the bench.

Here’s how this one played out:

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November 11, 2017 0 comment
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Cru Wrap: Game One vs Drayton Valley

written by Liam Horrobin

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The Drayton Valley Thunder were in town to kick off the 2017/18 AJHL season. The Crusaders took last seasons series winning four games out of six.

This young Crusaders lineup was hoping to put the doubters to rest and get off to a solid start to the season.

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September 16, 2017 0 comment
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Cru Wrap: March 1st vs Drayton Valley

written by Liam Horrobin

FINAL SCORE: Sherwood Park Crusaders 5 Drayton Valley Thunder 6 (SO)

The Crusaders came out extremely sloppy with zero energy to start the game. As a consequence, the Cru conceded two goals within the first five minutes. The first came from a pass from behind the net to Anzai in front and the second was a tipped in goal courtesy of McPeak. Both of the goals were well deserved for the Valley. Sherwood Park did eventually pick up their game on the powerplay. A slap shot from Reagan bounced off the glass back in front to Younghans who made a sweet pass to Readman to bring the Cru within one. After that, you could see the energy level rise slightly for the Crusaders, both Stafford and Rebelato forced Joe McLeod into making a couple of good stops. Drayton Valley did add another to their total with a nice tic-tac-toe play towards the end of the period. Final score at the end of one was 3-1 to the Thunder.

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March 2, 2017 0 comment
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