After a successful weekend on the road, The Sydney Ice Dogs have another busy weekend ahead of them. The team will face the Melbourne Ice on Saturday followed by the Perth Thunder on Sunday night. The Ice Dogs are looking to keep on top of the standings and take home all six points on offer.

ICE DOGS VS. ICE

All-Time: 15-33-8-1 (8-14-4-0 at home; 7-19-4-1 on the road)

Saturday's game is the second of four meetings between the Ice Dogs and Ice. The first time the two teams met this season, on June 17th, the Ice Dogs took down the Ice in a shootout in an epic comeback win by a score of 4-3. The Melbourne Ice have not won a game since their 4-3 shootout win on the 6th of May against the Adelaide Adrenaline and have been outscored by their opponents 29 to 17 since that win.

ICE DOGS VS. THUNDER

All-Time: 10-14-0-0 (5-6-0-0 at home; 5-8-0-0 on the road)

Sunday's game will be the third meeting between the Ice Dogs and Thunder, and the first of two meetings between the teams at O’Brien Group Arena. The Ice Dogs defeated the Mustangs, 3-1, in their first meeting of the season on May 12th at Perth Ice Arena but ultimately fell to the same team the following night. Todd Stephenson and Grant Toulmin have both registered at least two goals thus far in the season series, and players Geordie Wudrick, Todd Stephenson, Grant Toulmin and Dave Dunwoodie have all registered at least two points.

The Ice Dogs have won two of their last four games against the Thunder, dating back to the 25th of June 2017.

WHO’S HOT

• Grant Toulmin has registered 24 points over 11 games including 9 goals and a hat trick against the Melbourne Mustangs on the 10th of June. He heads the Ice Dogs in goals (9) and points (24) this season and in addition is fifth in the AIHL in points amassed.

• Geordie Wudrick registered five points (1G, 4A) last weekend and places second only  to Grant Toulmin on the Ice Dogs in goals (6) and points (23) this season.
   

• Curtis Skip has posted a 6-1-0 record, along with a 2.814 goals against average (GAA), a 0.935 save percentage (SV%) in 7 games in 2018. Skip made 40 saves in his last game, against the Ice last weekend.
   

• Defenseman Bryan Kolodziejczyk scored in his AIHL debut on Saturday night as well as scoring another two goals the following night against the Ice and the game winning shootout goal. 

STATUS REPORT

• Nathan Chiarlitti played his final game in the AIHL on the 10th of June as he moves back to Canada to begin his Masters Degree.
• Defenseman Bryan Kolodziejczyk joined the Ice Dogs last Saturday after recovering from an upper body injury. 

UPCOMING GAMES

Following this weekend, the Ice Dogs will play the Newcastle Northstars on Friday the 29th of June at Macquarie Ice Rink.

Purchase tickets these games at: www.icedogsshop.com.au