Jeff Moleski and the Washington Stealth find themselves in an unfamiliar place -- at the bottom of the National Lacrosse League's Western Division standings.
In the 2011 NLL campaign, the Everett-based Stealth rallied from an 8-8 regular-season and rolled all the way to the playoff championship game. But, so far this year, they haven't been able to recapture their 2011 playoff magic, which saw them conjure up wins against the Minnesota Swarm and Calgary Roughnecks before they lost an 8-7 heartbreaker to the Toronto Rock in the title game.
This year, Moleski and his teammates have staggered to a 0-3 record. In those games, the Stealth have scored a league-low 24 goals.
"We're having trouble finding the back of the net," said Moleski, a Prince George minor lacrosse product in his eighth NLL season and second with the Stealth. "Our guys that normally put the ball in the net all the time, they're maybe gripping their sticks a bit too tight so hopefully this weekend we can head into Buffalo and get a breakout game.
"Last game (a 16-5 loss to the Edmonton Rush) our defence was bad too. It was an all-around bad effort so we've got to come in and play a little smarter."
The Stealth will try for their first win of the season on Saturday night when they battle the Buffalo Bandits.
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