BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW
Love will not be in the air downtown Friday
night when the Sudbury Wolves square off against one of their
fiercest rivals, the Barrie Colts.
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Patrick Ehelechner will have to be
sharp against the Barrie Colts on Friday night. |
Game time at the Sudbury Arena is 7:30 pm,
and the contest should have plenty of fireworks.
The Wolves lost to the Colts 3-0 in the first
meeting of the two Central Division rivals, on Nov. 11.
Goaltender Francis Thuot made 37 saves in the shutout.
The Wolves are third in the Central Division
with 22 points. The Colts are breathing down their necks at 21
points.
With the history between the clubs always
being cannon fodder, Wolves head coach Mike Foligno will be
looking for his troops to step up and claim victory over a
tough divisional rival.
"We have to continue doing what we did our
last game against Toronto," said Foligno. "We are a skating
team, and we have to skate. We are also a physical team, and we
have to continue to play with that physical presence out there.
We need good execution from our defence, by moving the puck up
to the forwards. That will be key to us."
Foligno is calling out his penalty killing
unit, and looking for overall consistency.
"We also need to shore up our penalty
killing," said Foligno. "The last time we played Barrie, I
thought we out-chanced them. They scored two power play goals
against us that were tip in goals. They could have been
prevented with more hard work. We need to play a solid,
consistent game with everybody playing the same way. You never
want to lose to a divisional rival; it makes the game even more
important. We are a young team and the best way for us to keep
being successful is to be more consistent with our play."
Notables:
Wolves leaders: Bobby Chaumont 21 goals, nine
assists, 22 points, Ben Pouliot 20-12-10-22, Ryan McDonough
20-6-15-21.
Kyle Lamb leads in the plus/minus category
with a +10 in 21 games. Zack Stortini leads in the penalty
sector with 76 minutes.
Barrie leaders: Hunter Tremblay 21-12-10-22,
Bryan Little 21-10-11-21, Dan Speer 20-4-14-18.
Chad Robinson leads with 50 penalty minutes,
and Andrew Hotham leads with a +5.
