Saturday, November 29, 2008

Phantoms @ Bears Preview, 11/29

Hershey Bears
record ~ 16-5-0-1 33 points
standings ~ 1st in East Division
most recent game ~ 3-2 OT Win @ Albany, 11/28
last 5 games ~ 5-0-0-0
home record ~ 7-2-0-0
goals for ~ 95
goals against ~62
power play ~ 18.8% (9th)
penalty kill ~ 79.8% (23rd)


Philadelphia Phantoms
record ~ 12-10-0-0 24 points
standings ~ 3rd in East Division
most recent game ~ 4-1 Win vs Springfield, 11/28
last 5 games ~ 3-2-0-0
road record ~ 8-6-0-0
goals for ~ 67
goals against ~ 61
power play ~ 20.2% (7th)
penalty kill ~ 88.1% (4th)

last time teams met - Hershey won 5-2 in Philly on November 21.

Players to watch:

Hershey:

C Mathieu Perrault (24)- He has an assist in 7 straight games and 1 goal in that period. Most of his assists are primary assists and he (NOT Osala) makes the rookie line go.
C Kyle Wilson (18) - 5 goals and 1 assist are his numbers over the past 6 games. Scored 2 the last time against Philly and scored 1 last night.
LW Alexandre Giroux (12) - He is helping this team out HUGE right now. After an 8 game stretch where he only scored 1 goal he has scored 5 and assisted on 7 others in the last 6 games.

Philadelphia:

C Jared Ross (18) - Has only played in 11 games for the Phantoms but has points in 10 of those games. The only game without a point...against Hershey. 6 goals and 8 assists on the season.
RW Claude Giroux (19) - Has tallied a point in all 6 games against Hershey this season (2 g, 5 a) and is second on the team in points for the season with 9 goals and 10 assists.
D Danny Syvret (25) - Former Bear is leading the team in points with 5 goals and 17 assists this season. Has registered a point in 5 of 6 against Hershey this year.



news and notes:
  • Graham Mink was technically reassigned by Washington but remains with the team just in case of injury. But there were no new injuries for the Caps so Minker could be in Hershey tonight.
  • The Bears and Phantoms play 12 times this season....this is the 7th meeting already!
  • They do not meet again until January 17.

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