FRISCO, Texas – Wednesday the Tornado looked to hone their skills sets on the ice. The Tornado practiced shooting drills, keep away, powerplay, wrap-arounds, transition control, passing control, breakaways, two on two drills, and one on one drills to get ready for their back-to-back games with the South Division leading Amarillo Bulls. The Bulls will be looking to reverse course after a a 3-2 loss against the Wichita Falls Wildcats.
The Tornado are dealing with a few injuries as Justin Greenberg is coming back from an ankle injury and John Kirkland is coming back from foot injury.
Here’s how Wednesday’s practice lineup looked.
FORWARDS
Jack Prince-Drew Allen-Jordan Greenberg
Conner-Burton-Skyler Spiller-Mitchell McPherson
Jackson Leef-Jordan Lovick-Taylor Herndon
Mico Solorzano-Marc Biggs-Ondrej Kopta
DEFENSE
Jake Strzalkowski-Lucas Whelan
Mychal Monteith-Michael Hoy
Alex Temby-Nick Neville
GOALIES
Jokim Jutras
Fredrick Leisner (Backup)
With a good practice under their garters, the Tornado now will hit the ice for those games against the Bulls. Amarillo has been a strong franchise in the NAHL since moving from the CHL. The matches will be good tests of the Tornado’s resilience.
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