Rough Weekend for the Renegades; Still Finding Positives Though

Friday, the Renegades lost 2-1 against the Texas Brahmas in Dallas.  The game was competitive, with action going both ways, but unfortunately, the Renegades came out on the wrong side of the score.  On a bright note, WSHL scoresheets indicate that newcomer Rett Vossler recorded 42 saves in his performance.  Also the New Mexico Renegades want to congratulate rookie forward Craig Parry on his first junior hockey goal, as he recorded the lone tally of the game for the Renegades.

Saturday and Sunday were different.  The Renegades had a rough 48 hours and things just were not in favor of the boys.  Special team play had a role in the game, as Saturday Texas recorded two shorthanded tallies and two powerplay tallies.  Sunday, Texas put up multiple powerplay goals again. The positive though:  Congratulations to Creighton Lay on his first junior hockey goal.

Junior hockey is a learning curve, and the Renegades learned the hard way this weekend about following up a tough Friday loss.  As a Renegade alum, I know the boys will fly out of gates on Friday against Tulsa, especially at home.

Renegades Continue Development System! Extend Contract Offers to Two Young New Mexico Players!

The New Mexico Renegades Youth Organization and Junior Team are proud to announce the signing of Brad Harris and Craig Parry to the Junior "A" Program.

Last year, the 1st New Mexico Tiered Youth Hockey Organization began play with teams from the Squirt to Midget level.  These teams played "AA" in the Sonoran Youth League and brought an opportunity hockey players in New Mexico had never received.  The goal of the youth program is to develop the potential hockey talent in New Mexico so they have the opportunity to move on to the Junior, College and Professional level. Coach Ambroziak is sticking with his mission and has signed Harris and Parry, who both played for the Renegades U18 AA team this past season.

Harris is another big, strong defenseman who uses his physical prescence to intimidate forwards.  He is a great penalty kill player.  Brad is not someone who makes fancy plays or takes risk.  He prides himself in making the responsible play and protecting his own end, much like Mike O'Sickey and Creighton Lay.  This seems to be the underlying theme of the 2010-11 Renegade Defensive Crew.

Parry (Santa Fe, NM), on the other hand, is another "Cody Miller" like player.  He possesses a lot of skill and can play either defense or offense.  His ability to play all positions is very valuable to the team, because every team goes through injuries and sickness.  Craig will have an opportunity to establish his prescence with the Renegades in multiple roles.  It will be exciting to see which role he chooses to play with the Renegades.

Congratulations to these two New Mexico bred players, along with Anthony Zarella, for seizing this opportunity for the 2010-11 season and welcome to Junior!