Bears vs Hamilton preview, 2/11

Hershey Bears
record ~ 35-13-0-4 74 points
standings ~ 1st in East Division
most recent game ~ 3-2 Loss vs Portland, 2/8
last 5 games ~ 3-1-0-1
home record ~ 19-6-0-2
goals for ~ 200
goals against ~149
power play ~ 18.3% (9th)
penalty kill ~ 80.9% (24th)


Hamilton Bulldogs
record ~ 30-19-2-0 62 points
standings ~ 3rd in North Division
most recent game ~ 1-0 Win vs Lake Erie, 2/8
last 5 games ~ 2-3-0-0
road record ~ 14-9-1-0
goals for ~ 174
goals against ~ 136
power play ~ 21.0% (3rd)
penalty kill ~ 80.3% (25th)

last time teams met - Hamilton won 6-0 at home on October 29th.

Players to watch:

Hershey:

LW Oskar Osala (12)- After scoring 16 goals and adding 5 assists in his first 2 months (24 games) he has hit the wall. In his last 25 games he has 3 goals and 7 assists. Including NO points in his last 9 games.
RW Graham Mink (21) - After having a couple month slump in December and January (5 g, 5 a) he is lighting it up in February. In 3 games this month he has a goal in each and 2 more assists.
G Daren Machesney (1) - Has been no better than average most of the season and hopefully he forgot about the previous meeting with Hamilton. In that game he faced 30 shots and allowed 6 goals.

Hamilton:

RW Mike Glumac (15) - He is the team leader with 21 goals. In his last 8 games he has 4 goals and 2 assists.
C Ben Maxwell (91) - Second on the team in assists (23) and points (36). He has 5 goals and 6 assists in his last 11 games.
C Yanick Lehoux (85) - He leads the team in assists (30) and points (45). He hasn't scored a goal in his last 11 games but he does have 5 assists in those games.


News and Notes:

• Last season the home team won each game.

• This game marks the first of a 5 game road trip for the Bulldogs.
• The first 4 games of the trip are against the East division (WB, Phil, Nor)
• They have NOT lost more than 2 road games in a row this season. And they have lost their last 2 road games.

• After starting the season 15-3-0-0 at home the Bears are 4-3-0-2 in their last 9 games.
• In those 9 games 4 have gone to a shootout. In the previous 18 only 1 went to a shootout.