Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Rats @ Bears Preview, 1/14

Hershey Bears
record ~ 28-11-0-1 57 points
standings ~ 1st in East Division
most recent game ~ 6-2 Loss @ Wilkes-Barre, 1/11
last 5 games ~ 3-2-0-0
home record ~ 15-4-0-0
goals for ~ 159
goals against ~112
power play ~ 16.7% (17th)
penalty kill ~ 81.4% (20th)


Albany River Rats
record ~ 15-18-3-2 35 points
standings ~ Last in East Division
most recent game ~ 6-4 Win @ Hershey, 1/10
last 5 games ~ 4-1-0-0
road record ~ 6-12-0-1
goals for ~ 96
goals against ~ 117
power play ~ 15.7% (19th)
penalty kill ~ 84.0% (11th)

last time teams met - Albany won 6-4 in Hershey last Saturday night.

Players to watch:

Hershey:

RW Andrew Gordon (11)- Hasn't been scoring much of late with only 3 points in the last 8 games but against Albany he has 3 goals and 2 assists this season.
C Kyle Wilson (18) - One of the more consistent producers outside of the MAG line he has goals in the last 3 games against Albany.
G Simeon Varlamov (31) - Quite possibly his worst game of the season against Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. He needs to show that he can bounce back after a tough outing.

Rats:

RW Jakub Petruzalek (16) - 2nd on the team with 25 points. In the last 4 games he has 2 goals and 3 assists including a goal and 2 assists last Saturday in Hershey.

LW Michael Ryan (21) - Leading the team in goals with 15. He has 5 of those goals in the last 3 games including a 2 goal night last Saturday in Hershey. Against the Bears this season he has 3 goals and 1 assist.
C Nick Dodge (8) - The rookie has 5 goals and 11 assists this season. He has 4 points in his last 3 games and he has scored a goal in both games IN Hershey this season.


News and Notes:
  • Hershey leads the season series 4-1 including a shootout and overtime victory.
  • The Bears have lost 2 games in a row 3 times this season PRIOR to this past weekend. All 3 times they won the next game.
  • Albany will be skating with only 11 healthy forwards tonight.
  • Albany has won their last 3 games against division opponents.

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