Our team, St.Louis Scarecrows, is currently sitting in 8th place (7 wins, 8 losses), which is very disappointing considering the fact that we are the reigning champions. That said, the team did lose many players that went to the SHL so we did lose some quality. However i was still expecting us to fight among the top 4 places. One key thing we need to improve is starting the game with more focus. We scored 10 goals in the first period, fewest of all teams. Also we need to capitalize more on our chances. We are putting a decent number of shots on net per game (26, 4th best), but since we are 7th with goals for (2.80 per game), it means that we are missing too many chances. On the positive side, our rookies are fitting in well. 4 different rookies have earned a first star rating. Finally our penalty killing is among the top of the league (2nd, 87,50%)