This season will be Lee Srebnick's first as an Ensworth Tiger after playing two seasons at MBA prior to transferring; however, hockey is nothing new to the junior defenseman. Prior to enrolling at MBA, Lee attended the Ensworth middle school from 6th to 8th grade. Even though it's only his first year at Ensworth, Lee is expected to be the Tigers' top defensive scorer and one of the best all around players on the team as he recorded 15 points last season in 19 games. So far he has 2 G and 1A in 4 games.
Q: Lee, who is your favorite NHL player past or present?
A: Martin Erat. He’s a local Preds player and has been here for a while. He always seems to be in the middle of the action and getting the puck where it needs to be. He’s not the biggest guy on the team, but he brings a lot to the ice and never backs down. His leadership is displayed through his actions every time he goes on the ice.
Q: Coming from MBA, what would be some big differences you noticed when you first joined this team?
A: Coming into this season, I notice that our team has a lot of potential. Everyone on the team this year has a new level of dedication and sees that we have a real chance of being respectable. Our leadership behind Andrew Kuhn and Hunt Baker should give us an even better chance to excel. This should be an exciting year for us as a team and as a school, and we hope to see some more support out there.
Q: What would be one area that this year's defense can improve upon?
A: Our defense can improve in many areas this year. We have been practicing hard and trying to work as a unit with our forwards. Mainly focusing on getting the puck up the ice to our scorers. Yet, on the defensive end we really are starting to improve with communication. Communication is the key to our success this year as we strive to cut down on the amount of open shots the other team is getting from in front of our own net. It’s a work in progress but we are definitely improving after every game.
Q: I heard you had an Alexander Ovechkin like goal against MBA... take us through that play.
A: I started with the puck around center ice and saw an opening to take it up. One of my former teammates tripped me up and I just made a desperation play towards the goal. I got lucky that it trickled in between the goalie's legs, nothing too special or crazy; can’t say I would be able to do it again. Just need to put points on the board as a team, a goal's a goal.
Q: What will it take to finish over .500 this season?
A: Finishing .500 is just a minimum milestone we have set for ourselves this year. As we progress as a team in practice and in games we need to be able to skate start to finish with the same intensity and at the highest level we can, instead of playing down to lesser teams' levels. If we continue to work hard and stay close knit as a team this should be an achievable goal. But as we take each game one at a time we need to be able to learn from our mistakes and mature. With young talent on the team as we go into the season, things should only look better. I'm looking forward to see how close we can get to the Henry Hines Cup. The one thing that we need is support from our classmates. We’ve had good crowds this year and it seems to give the team an edge, so we look forward to seeing more and more people at the rink.
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