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We come in off a 4-1 win over the St. Clair Shores Saints, with four goals on home ice and a penalty kill that went 5 for 5. The Ice Breakers come from Munising in the Upper Peninsula and beat us 5-0 in the Soo on Oct 2, so we have seen them once. MHR rates them 85.70 and us 84.50, a gap of about one point. They beat Belle Tire 2-1 and tied Livonia 5-5 in league play, and they play Kensington Valley the day before in Brighton, so the puck drops early for everyone.
Keys: a fast start at 8 AM (coffee up), stay out of the box, and shoot first.
Ice Breakers vs our 84.50. Right in our range.
Our first game of the year, and the only meeting so far. Plenty has changed since opening night.
| Game | Result |
|---|---|
| Sun Nov 1 vs SCS (home) | W 4-1 |
| Fri Oct 30 at OJG | L 1-3 |
| Sun Oct 25 vs Midland | T 3-3 |
| Thu Oct 22 at HB Gold | T 3-3 |
11 goals in our last 4 games, 2.8 per game.
The matchup
Stats current as of Nov 2. Every number below was cross-checked against the league's official records. Team numbers only.
Superior first, all 14 games. 6 of the 14 games have full box scores, which feed the period and special-teams numbers.
All games. Our 3-3 ties with Midland and HB Gold are our best results against this group.
Goals by period from official box scores only (our 9 games, theirs 6).
Superior's score sheets did not record power plays, so special teams are not shown for them. Ours: the power play is 3 for 12 and the penalty kill has stopped 11 of 11. Clean entries, quick pucks, shoot with traffic.
Ice Breakers have scored 6 in the 1st, 4 in the 2nd and 1 in the 3rd, and allowed 6, 12 and 13. We have scored 6, 3 and 7. Win the period where the numbers are closest.
Ice Breakers have scored 2 or fewer in 9 of 14 games, all games counted. A lead changes how a team plays. Get on the board first and keep the foot down.
They average 3.5 penalty minutes per game and we average 5.0 (box-score games). Keep the discipline edge and make them earn it 5 on 5.
Shots are left out because the official score sheets do not record them for most of these games. Stats current as of Nov 2.
