The Sydney Ice Dogs have a busy weekend ahead of them.
On Saturday they face the Sydney Bears (19 points) in the battle for Sydney followed by their final meeting with the Adelaide Adrenaline (16 points) on Sunday night.
The Ice Dogs currently sit on 5th place in the standings with 24 points. Depending on the results of other games throughout the league, the Ice Dogs have the opportunity to move into a top four position by the end of this weekend.
ICE DOGS VS. BEARS
Saturday's game is the third of four meetings between the Ice Dogs and Bears. The Ice Dogs have shutout the Bears in both matchups this season and defeated the rivals, 3-0, in their last game on June 10th at Macquarie Ice Rink.
The Ice Dogs have won 13 of the past 18 games against the Bears, dating back to April 27th 2013 and have won 35 of the 58 contests (31-21-4-3) since the club’s founding in 2002. In addition, the Bears were topped by the Northstars in their most recent game by a score of 5-3.
ICE DOGS VS. ADRENALINE
All-Time: 21-26-1-5 (12-7-1-3 at home; 9-19-0-2 on the road)
2016-17: Sunday's game is the final of four meetings between the Ice Dogs and Adrenaline, and the second of two meetings between the teams at Macquarie Ice Rink. The Ice Dogs defeated the Adrenaline, 5-1, in the last meeting on May 7th in Sydney. Grant Toulmin, Ellesse Carini, Rory Rawlyk, Tomas Manco, and Stephen Johnston have all registered at least two points thus far in the season series, and seven different Ice Dogs have tallied a goal against the Adrenaline this season. Three of those players (Toulmin, Carini, Johnston) have scored in more than one of those games.
The Ice Dogs have won three of their last four games against the Adrenaline, dating back to Aug. 6, 2016. In addition, the Adrenaline were shutout in their last game, by the Melbourne Ice, 2-0.
WHO’S HOT
STATUS REPORT
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Player | Points |
---|---|
Strat Allen | 39 |
Brandon Egli | 36 |
Dmitri Kuleshov | 35 |
Jeremy Vasquez | 30 |
Kyle Hunter | 20 |
Cameron Todd | 16 |
Daniel Pataky | 13 |
Brady Heppner | 10 |
Samuel Ivanic | 8 |
Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | CP | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bears | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 60 |
Mustangs | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
Thunder | 26 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 |
Ice | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Ice Dogs | 26 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
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