聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Carlyle PureChem Cougars have dubbed this their comeback season and the team is on the prowl ready for competition to begin. Their home opener 鈥� with free admission 鈥� is being held on Friday, Nov. 4, the puck drops at 8 p.m., and doors open around 7:30 p.m.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淧ractices have been going really well,鈥� explained Dallas Lequyer, a player and the president of the Cougars board. 鈥淭im [Lequyer] runs a really good, organized practice. We鈥檙e always moving. And the general feel of the team is good, we鈥檙e ready. We鈥檙e there to win and we all feel we have the team to do that with.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Their first Big Six game is against the Wawota Flyers, last season鈥檚 Big Six champs, and the PureChem Cougars are hungry for the opportunity to take them on.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be great,鈥� Lequyer said. 鈥淲e had choice during Big Six scheduling as to who we wanted to play first, and we decided we wanted to come out and challenge them right away.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The team has been practicing for the last month and has gotten in a couple of exhibition games versus Whitewood and Grenfell last weekend.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In addition to a night of free admission, the Cougars are also welcoming Cougar alumni for a ceremonial puck drop on the ice as a special way to mark the return of the local team.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to be doing a 50/50 that night as well,鈥� Lequyer said. 鈥淭hroughout the year we also have a lot of ideas to keep our fans engaged, our first game we wanted to keep fairly simple, but we鈥檝e talked about having the initiation teams out skating between periods in the future or having contests for fans shooting a puck from the red line at the net, kind of those Junior Hockey activities they host between periods.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, on Nov. 4, everyone is invited to head on down to the Carlyle Sports Arena 鈥� now licenced 鈥� to pack the rink and enjoy watching the PureChem Cougars take on the Flyers in the first game of their comeback season.
