The St. Thomas Stars travel down the 401 to LaSalle on Wednesday to tangle with the Vipers. For the Stars, their goal is to snap a 5-game losing skid. The Vipers, meantime, are hoping to leap-frog over Stratford into sole possession of second place.
St. Thomas Stars:
Last time the Stars and Vipers met was almost two months ago at the Joe Thorton Community Centre, where the Vipers came out on top 5-4 in a shootout.
Current record: 4-11-2-1
The Stars have found the back of the net 53 times, but have been scored on 95 times in 18 games.
The Stars are 12/87 (13.79%) on their power play and 26/94 (72.34%) on their penalty killing.
Players to watch:
# 89 Jacob Vandeven
# 17 Trent Clinton
# 22 Cole Collins
# 93 Cooper Ilczyszyn
LaSalle Vipers:
The Vipers have won three of their past five games. Their two losses were by a single goal.
Current record: 14-6-0-0
The Vipers have netted 69 goals in 20 games, but have surrendered 53 goals.
They are 20/73 (27.4%) on their power play and 8/79 (89.87%) on their penalty killing.
Players to look for:
# 20 Zach Vaillancourt
# 9 Jak Thiessen
# 6 Brady Hamlin
# 43 Julian Gignac
Puck drop is at 7 p.m. at the Vollmer Centre in LaSalle.
The Stars are back on home ice this Friday when they host the Komoka Kings. Pick up your free game tickets at myFM during normal business hours.
Written by Josh McAllister, myFM St. Joe’s co-op student
