Rattlers and Kodiaks Offence Freeze in the cold
On a cloudy, windy, crisp fall day hovering around freezing, The Lethbridge Kodiaks rolled into Medicine Hat to take on the Rattlers. The visitors were able to control the game early controlling the ball and the play in the midfield. By doing this it kept the ball in the Rattlers half for much of the time. The Rattlers were finally able to break down the Lethbridge attack midway through the first half. This resulted in a few long runs by the Rattlers Strikers. They never resulted in much with the Lethbridge Sweeper Lauren Gray cleaning up anything that came close to becoming a scoring opportunity. The Rattlers Keeper Amanda Overing kept the Home side in the game stopping all 8 attempts against her in the half. The Kodiaks seemed to generate the only offense of the game as the Rattlers could not click offensively. The half ended in a scoreless tie, not really telling the tale of the game so far.
The second half started looking much like the first. The Kodiaks continued to control the play while the Rattlers tried to counter with quick runs down the field. The Kodiaks technical skill was simply too high for the Rattlers to win with their speed. The control on the ball from the Kodiaks was very high with few balls lost to unforced errors. As the half moved into the later stages the snow started to fly and the teams seemed to become even more tentative. Nobody pressing especially hard saw a slower moving second half. In the last 5 minutes the Rattlers staged a valiant attempt to score late and upset the Nationally ranked Kodiaks. It was simply too little too late and the teams ended with a scoreless draw.
The ACAC Players of the game were Jasmine Salmon for LC and Jadyn Fode for MHC.