Week Ahead: Ice Dogs vs Bears |
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After a week long break the Sydney Ice Dogs are set to return to action facing their hometown rivals, the Sydney Bears, this Saturday. This marks the second of four times they will face the team this season.
After a 3-1 win against the Thunder the Saturday before last, followed by a 8-4 loss that Sunday to the same team, the Ice Dogs will be looking to keep on top of the standings and take the three points on offer.
The Bears took home their second regulation win of the season last Sunday, defeating the Ice 3-2 after edging the Mustangs 4-3 in a shootout the night before.
The last time the two teams met, the Ice Dogs took down the Bears with a dominating 5-1 win. The Bears currently sit in last on the ladder with eight points while the Ice Dogs sit in third on 12 points.
New goaltender Curtis Skip has been standing tall for the Ice Dogs, allowing only five goals over three games on 101 shots and has a Goals Against Average (GAA) of 1.67 and a Save Percentage (SV%) of 0.950. Skip currently leads the league in GAA and SV%.
Grant Toulmin leads the team in points (14), as well as tying with Nathan Chiarlitti, Todd Stephenson and Geordie Wudrick in goals, with four in seven games.
After the game this weekend, the Ice Dogs will play the Bears on the following dates: 13 July, 24 August. With the All Star Weekend planned for the following week, the next time the Dogs hit the ice will be at home will be when they take on the Mustangs on Sunday the 10th of June.
*Please note this is a Bears home game, so if interested in attending (and we hope you are) you will be required to purchase tickets at the Bears website. Ice Dogs Membership doesn’t entitle you entry to Bears home derby, only Dogs home games. |
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Player | Points |
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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 |
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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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