First game of a three game road trip tonight, kicking things off with the Winkler Flyers who are (0-3) on the season and sit last in the Addison Division.
Here are the lines for OCN tonight:
BLIZZARD
Goaltenders
30 - McDonald (Starter)
33- Henry
Defensemen
4 Elmes/ 5 Ward-Cardinal
7 Bruyere/ 17 Cochrane
3 Dusik/ 20 Kavanaugh
Forwards
15 Dumais/ 19 TJ Constant/ 12 Brady Constant
16 Grove/ 11 Valiquette/ 25 Gray
24 Chief / 21 Baptiste / 10 Cardinal
28 Swampy / 23 Santorelli / 6 Bayer
Scratches
Fontaine
Lathlin
MacInnis
Cameron
Gamblin
Here is the lineup for Winkler in numerical order.
1- Peters (G)
4 - Toneff
9 - Mullin
10 - Stoddart
12 - Jago
13- Reinbolt
14- Crist
15- Keck
16- Neduzak
17- Collins
18- Swerdyliak
19- Patchett
20- Butler
21- Faux
22- Klassen
23- Micflikier
24- Jorgensen
26- Leonzio
27- Stoesz
30- Oswald (G)
Not sure who will start for Winkler but I imagine it will be Peters.
Justin McDonald gets his second career start in a Blizzard uniform, his first went very well making 41 saves for a shutout in a 3-0 Blizzard win over the Stampeders last Saturday.
The Flyers are off to a terrible start this year, I would expect them to come out very hard looking for their first win at home tonight.
How They Matchup:
Overall Record: OCN (3-0) / Winkler (0-3)
Goals For: OCN (13) / Winkler (7)
Goals Against: OCN (4) / Winkler (15)
Powerplay: OCN (0/9 - 0%) / Winkler (1/9 - 11.11%)
Penalty Kill: OCN (15/15 - 100%) / Winkler (3/16 - 81.25%)
Shorthanded Goals For: OCN (2) / Winkler (0)
Shorthanded Goals Against: OCN (0) / Winkler (0)
Statistically OCN should win against any team with those numbers only three games into the season, but it's only the fourth game tonight and VERY early. Should be an exciting game.
Pre-Game is at 7:15 puckdrop at 7:30.
Listen here - thepasonline.com
Yes it is early to truly predict a win. But we can only go by stats at this time of the year.
ReplyDeleteI think it is tough with being 3-0 or 4-0 etc.
It gives you the false impression nobody can beat you. So you tend to let down on your game. And I think we saw a bit of that this past Wednesday with the defensive breakdown.
Of course I only hope for the best and want nothing less then a win.
go blizz