Let’s talk. The Wichita Wings are on a bit of run. They have won two straight and have won three out of their last four, with their only loss coming in a confusing game against The Wave in Milwaukee. The game consisted of the Wings being held scoreless for three plus quarters until they fired off 10 PTS in the 4th to make it a 13-10 loss. They even killed a 5 on 3 disadvantage in that same quarter. The Friday before that they won their first game beating the struggling Norfolk SharX 16-11 at home.
This past weekend was possibly THE turning point in the season for the Wings as they showed no mercy against The Syracuse Silver Knights on Friday night. They rolled over the very poor Knights 20-4. Every time my color commentator, Cliff Brown, and I went to commercial during this game, we would discuss how appalled we were at Syracuse. Once a 3-0 team they now looked like a reserve side. Cory Elenio scored the first goal of the game within the first 12 seconds. At that point there was a bit of an ‘Uh-Oh’ feeling inside Hartman Arena. Once The Wings settled down and equalized through the now MISL player of the week, Jamar Beasley, it was easy business from then on. The Wings ran things in the middle, didn’t allow Sanaldo to do much as their defense took some great pride in defending their goal that night. Their shots were on target, which has been an issue in the past, they showed confidence to take on players 1 on 1, and killed off every power play the Knights had. A major change to LB and Sammy’s game plan that made things flow much better for the team was dropping Chile back in the midfield to run things. I could talk all day about Chile and his fantastic vision, but I will just say this; the more of the field Chile sees, the better the entire squad is. Runs made off of him are found by him, the team’s shape is better, and even though he isn’t scoring as much he would like, he is simply a goal creator. He leads the MISL in assists right now with 12.
The next night, battered and beaten Norfolk came to town. They jumped off their plane that morning, having been plowed through by Rochester just two nights before 16-2 at home. Having just signed two new Brazilian players being the only positive thing they had to look forward to, they, like Syracuse, scored the opening goal but then proceeded to completely throw away any moment that provided them with. They scored only one more goal the entire game as The Wings rolled 17-4.
Important Weekend Notes:
· Freddy Moojen finally came alive and single handedly destroyed Syracuse with 4 goals and an assist to triple his total PTS for the year in one night. He scored 2 more the next night as well.
· Jamar Beasley scored a weekend total of 13 PTS to overtake the leagues scoring lead. He leads Geison by 4 PTS and is 2nd in the MISL assisting only behind his teammate, Farias. He is this week’s MISL player of the week.
· Brian Cushing continued his good form at home has he scored in both of the weekend games and had an assist against the Silver Knights. His rambunctious and elongated celebrations will definitely keep the fans coming back to Hartman Arena.
· Larry Inlow, although no PTS this weekend, had a top-notch couple of games. His defense was stifling and as we are still without TJ Ayuegbusi, Larry has become the defensive Muscle for the Wings.
· Daniel Villegas had his first day of full training today and hopes to be considered for the squad that travels to Milwaukee for next Friday’s game.
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