The mistakes rolled on from there and the Pirates never recovered despite outshooting Louisville 42-33 and creating many quality chances. It's simple to identify what the problem is. It was a one-goal game. We were impatient. We don't need to force it.
Good teams understand that there are ebbs and flows to hockey games.
They don't keep forcing the issue. I'm thoroughly disgusted, but certainly not discouraged. The Pirates, who struggled defensively early in the season, made a strategical change to their system in December, similar to that used by the parent Washington Capitals, in which the center has more defensive responsibility. But after playing game No. 67 on Sunday, more than 40 games with its new system, Portland finds itself with nearly as many defensive problems and just as high a goals-against average. The team is starting to think it's an impatient attitude to create offense that may be to blame.