At the 3pm group session today there were drills followed by a ~30 minute scrimmage. Lots of energy, not much scoring. Madden made a slick move to beat a defender at the offensive blue line and then went in alone and put it through the goaltender (I don't recall which one) and got a big cheer from both sides. Clarke made a cross-seam pass in the O-zone at one point that got a shout of "great f***in' pass!" from someone on the bench. Kupari looked high-tempo throughout. Sodergran and Lee really stood out for their size. Sodergran seemed to get a disproportionate amount of ice time. He looked like he was going all out, no sign of his injury from last year.
After the scrimmage was over and most players had left the ice, some staffer (I think he had a Reign hoodie on) spent about 10 minutes with Cade McNelly (D invitee) and a couple of others teaching fighting techniques - grappling, where to grab the other player's jersey to immobilize the throwing hand, moves to throw the other guy off balance like yanking on the neck of the jersey, etc. It was really interesting to watch.
