Chilliwack Bruins First Half Of The Season

The Chilliwack Bruins WHL hockey team have been a huge part of the City of Chilliwack in the past two years. We've had the privilege of watching a new team develop. From the hiring of a GM, coaching staff, and front office to watching the new players come together to play the great game of hockey -- it has all been a great thing for this city and for hockey fans.

The team has just come off a week long successful road trip to Alberta, and Dave Sheldon took the opportunity to interview the Bruins General Manager, Darrell May, on his thoughts on the first half of the season.

It's a fascinating interview presenting both the challenges of building a new team and the long term thinking and planning involved. There is much more to hockey than the score at the end of the game and this interview gives us a little window to look into it.

Bruins first half recap
December 16th, 2006

Bruins broadcaster Dave Sheldon had the opportunity earlier this week to discuss the first half of the season with Bruins General Manager Darrell May.

Dave Sheldon: The team has 10 wins at the half way mark, obviously you’d like to have more but you have to be happy with the way the team has become more competitive as of late.

Darrell May: I think so, obviously we would like to have more than ten wins at this point in the season but we’ve faced adversities with injuries and what not. I think we’ve battled hard through those adversities and we’ve been competitive. A lot of games could have gone either way. Our team has gotten tougher mentally as the season has gone and our young players have come along quicker because of the adversities we’ve been through.

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