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| Niagara Falls Thunder |
Tonight, the Niagara Falls Thunder (3-5-0, 6 pts.) face the hometown Dayton Musicmen (3-5-0, 6 pts.), in an early season Corfield Conference matchup. Puck drop is scheduled for 8:00pm at the Soundstage in Dayton, OH.
Starting Goalies:
Pekka Rinne (1-2-0, 898%, 3.03 GAA in 3 games) is expected to start for the Thunder. Brian Elliott (3-5-0, 883%, 4.27 GAA in 8 games) will get the start for the Musicmen.
Key Injuries:
Key Injuries:
Niagara Falls:
Ryan Callahan (expected to miss another two weeks with lower body injury.)
Dayton:
Dayton:
Matt Irwin (expected to miss two days with a left knee contusion.)
Marc Methot (expected to be out another 3 days with sore ribs.)
What you need to know:
What you need to know:
Niagara Falls has won two games in a row, while Dayton has dropped its last three. The two teams are among five teams currently with six points in the Corfield Conference. Parry Sound, Dartmouth, and Portland also have 6 pts. on the season.
Offensively, Dayton averages 3.25 goals per game compared to Niagara's 2.75 gpg.
Defensively, Niagara has allowed 3.13 goals against per game, while Dayton allows a league-worst 4.38 gpg.
Special Teams:
Dayton ranks 8th in the CCHL on the power play and 22nd in penalty killing...
Niagara Falls ranks 21st in the CCHL on the power play and 11th in penalty killing...
Offensively, Dayton averages 3.25 goals per game compared to Niagara's 2.75 gpg.
Defensively, Niagara has allowed 3.13 goals against per game, while Dayton allows a league-worst 4.38 gpg.
Special Teams:
Dayton ranks 8th in the CCHL on the power play and 22nd in penalty killing...
Niagara Falls ranks 21st in the CCHL on the power play and 11th in penalty killing...
Each team sees three players tied for the team lead in scoring:
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| Dayton Musicmen |
Niagara Falls sees Cam Atkinson, Jonathon Toews and Dustin Byfuglien each with six points on the season. Dayton has a 3-way tie at the top of their stats sheet between Nate MacKinnon, Jake Guenztel and Alex Barkov, all with 9 points.
An outside look at tonight's game: An unnamed General Manager from a conference rival says, "The Thunder is by far the better team. Dayton has some nice young forwards, but they're really young and don't play defense very well, at least not yet. The Thunder should play a patient game and wait for the Musicmen to make mistakes, which we all know they will, and then capitalize on those. The Thunder's defense and goaltending is also far superior to Dayton, so if the Thunder doesn't take a bunch of penalties, they should have a good result. Dayton doesn't take a lot of penalties, but Niagara Falls leads the league - like they always do. Niagara should win, Dayton is in a for a long, long season..."
An outside look at tonight's game: An unnamed General Manager from a conference rival says, "The Thunder is by far the better team. Dayton has some nice young forwards, but they're really young and don't play defense very well, at least not yet. The Thunder should play a patient game and wait for the Musicmen to make mistakes, which we all know they will, and then capitalize on those. The Thunder's defense and goaltending is also far superior to Dayton, so if the Thunder doesn't take a bunch of penalties, they should have a good result. Dayton doesn't take a lot of penalties, but Niagara Falls leads the league - like they always do. Niagara should win, Dayton is in a for a long, long season..."
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