The tenth-placed Stars are going on the road looking for their third win of the campaign in Elmire against the eighth-placed Sugar Kings.
It’s the second game in this home-and-home series, with Elmira winning 4-3 in OT Friday night at the Joe Thornton Community Centre.
Joey Martin gave the Sugar Kings an early 1-0 lead just eight seconds after the opening whistle. Elmira skated into the first intermission with a 3-1 lead.
Luke Della Croce got the winning goal 1:53 into overtime.
St. Thomas Stars:
The Stars are hoping to salvage a win and deny the Sugar Kings a sweep of the weekend series.
Current record 2-5-1-1
The Stars have netted 26 goals in 9 games and have surrendered 48.
They are 6/46 (13.04 %) on their power play and 14/49 (71.4 %) on their penalty killing.
Players to watch for:
# 14 Matthew O’Sullivan
# 72 Artsiom Bialiayev
# 22 Cole Collins
# 7 Ryder Stokley
Elmira Sugar Kings:
The Sugar Kings oddly enough have a better record so far this season when they play on the road and not at home at Dan Snyder Memorial Arena.
Current record 5-4-2-0
The Sugar Kings have netted 40 goals in 11 games, and given up 42.
The Sugar Kings are 9/50 (18 %) on their power plays, and are 14/70 (80 %) on their penalty killing.
Players to watch for:
# 9 Luke Della Croce
# 17 Nate Gravelle
# 11 Brad Schwindt
# 27 Liam Eveleigh
All the action will be live on 94.1 myFM, starting with the pre-game show at 6:50 p.m. with Chris Soares and David Honsberger.
Written by Josh McAllister, myFM St. Joe’s co-op student
