Slow start for Del Rocco, Bears

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With 3 games from 6 games, 20 goals scored and 21 conceded, the Seattle Bears have had a forgettable start to Season 95. Their sophomore winger, Gianfranco Del Rocco, encapsulates the generally mediocre start to the season with 3 goals and 2 assists through 5 games, with the player and the team not performing to the levels and goals they are striving for.
 

“It's a tricky one to explain,” says Del Rocco, “We seem to have games where we are scoring goals at the level that we'd expect and then following up immediately with conceding just as many and struggling to get any good chances. No doubt we have a competitive conference and I think that has shown in the quality of opposition we're facing so far this season.”

 

Critics have been quick to point out that the Bears' meteoric rise to the top of North America and ultimately the Continental Cup in S93, followed by another strong season and a conference finals exit, was spurred on by the acquisition of ex-Helsinki stalwarts Daryl Dixon and Fuukka Rask midway through S93. Dixon and Rask have now both retired but perhaps fans' optimistic hopes they'd be seamlessly replaced by off-season acquisition Jasper Davis and Rask's long-time backup Georgiy Costanzov were misplaced.
 

“I think we have to avoid jumping to reactions,” Del Rocco says in response to such comments. “The season has just begun and while we've lost a couple big names I think the strength of the unit is just as good as last time around. We'll come good.”