![]() He skated the length of the ice in a straight line without the slightest fake, and before anyone could say, “Oops,” he left five opponents in the dust, and beat the goalie. But watching NHL highlights this weekend I saw a team purposely turn the puck over strategically (dumped it deep into the corner as the coach advised) where Connor McDavid picked it up at his own goal line. Turnovers to the likes of Sidney Crosby are a problem, without question. Babcock wins because – like great coaches in football and basketball – he encourages talented players to play aggressively and creatively on offense, and convinces them to play defense with the same passion. Dream! Remember the childish thrill of creating scoring plays with your linemates. You have to play your butt off on defense – backcheck as if your life depends on it, fight for loose pucks like a wild animal, block shots, finish checks, sacrifice for the team.īut don’t buy into the popular trend to play defensively when you have the puck. 500 seasons fans will yawn until there’s a big hit or fight and players will lose that “little-kid-grin” – the passion that draws everyone into the game.īabcock knows a lot about winning Stanley Cups and Olympic gold medals, and it’s wise to listen when he says you have to GRIND to win games. To interject a little math here, when teams play the same way – avoiding turnovers at the expense of high-flying offense – they will tend toward. However, failing to promote a creative, DARING offensive attack might be popular (and easy) among the coaching clique, but it draws everyone toward the average, and Babcock has been anything but average. Better to play for 2-1 wins – or even low-scoring losses, because as everyone knows, “defense wins games.” The belief is: If you hold the goals-against down, you have a better chance of success, and you as a coach will be renowned for your defensive systems. Run-and-gun hockey might be fun for fans and players, but it’s way outside the norm because it appears that coaches are not in charge. But then the reality of five goals-against – and the current coaching “wisdom”– set in, and he finished, “But it’s dumb.” () ![]() Armed with an assortment of character-specific weapons (including Victoria’s Metal Spread and Electronica Chain and Adrian’s Flame Thrower and Rebound Breaker) and Spidersaur’s special powers, players must navigate the facilities of INGESTCorp and put an end to the army of genetically modified monsters.Addressing the press after the high-scoring Toronto Maple Leafs win over the New York Rangers to open the season, Leafs head coach Mike Babcock wore a grin as wide as any kid would after scoring a bunch of goals. When INGESTCorp’s herd of terrifying half-spider, half-dinosaur hybrids (originally created as a new food source for mankind) go wild, it’s up to punk rocker Victoria and officer-in-training Adrian to run, jump, climb and shoot his way through multiple levels of high-intensity, high-octane mayhem. Inspired by classic action games and Saturday morning cartoons of yore, Spidersaurs is an original property from the development team behind the acclaimed against 4 which pits one or two players against a man-eating mutant menace. ![]() Previously launched in 2019 on Apple Arcade, this definitive version of the game will include even more explosive content and features than the initial version. What are What’s huge, has eight legs, and is coming to consoles and PC? Spidersaurs! Independent game studio WayForward (Shantae) is proud to announce that Spidersaursan original 2D run-‘n’-gun co-op action game, is on the way for Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC at spring 2022. ![]()
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