Eagles Host Wildcats As Second Half Opens At Centre 200
While Moncton is without captain Caleb Desnoyers, it’s not a team lacking offensive weapons. It’s been scoring by committee for the Wildcats- despite no scorers in the top 15 in the league, Moncton has scored the second most goals of any team. Tied for the team lead in points is star overager Alex Mercier alongside first year 19 year old Niko Tournas, who recorded a natural hat trick the last time the Cats were in Sydney. Today should mark the debut of Evan Dépatie in a Wildcats jersey- he collected 21 points in 30 games in the first half of the season with Rimouski. Moncton also brings to town an impressive collection of NHL drafted players- forwards Gabe Smith (Utah), Teddy Mutryn (San Jose), Grayden Robertson-Palmer (Detroit) along with defenseman Eerik Wallenius (Ottawa) and goaltender Rudy Guimond (Detroit).
Here’s what else you need to know ahead of today’s game!
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Venue: Centre 200, Sydney, NS
Puck drop: 3 PM AST
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| MONCTON | CAPE BRETON | |
| 2nd Eastern Conference, 22-7-2-1 (Away: 13-2-1-0) | RECORD | 4th in Eastern Conference, 16-10-1-4 (Home: 6-6-1-2) |
| 0-1-0-0 | CURRENT STREAK | 4-0-0-0 |
| 137GF/89GA | GOALS FOR/GOALS AGAINST | 87GF/88GA |
| 3-1-0-0 | SEASON SERIES | 1-1-1-1 |
| Niko Tournas & Alex Mercier (37 points in 32 games) | LEADING SCORER | Lewis Gendron (34 points in 31 games) |
| 5th, 25.7% (Away: 5th, 25.5%) | POWER PLAY | 14th, 16.8% (Home: 15th, 14%) |
| 8th, 80% (Away: T7th, 80.3%) | PENALTY KILL | 1st, 87.5% (Home: 4th, 84.3%) |
| N/A | INJURY REPORT (PRIOR GAME) | Lucas Romeo |
