Eagles Visit Isles For Holiday Matinee

The Cape Breton Eagles can punch their ticket to the 2026 post-season- and create key separation from a big rival- in today’s afternoon clash with the Charlottetown Islanders. If the Eagles win this afternoon’s game, they’ll be confirmed for post-season participation.

Heading into this afternoon’s contest, the Islanders trail the Eagles by eight points in the standings, with two games (including today’s) remaining between the two games, and Charlottetown holding a game in hand. The Eagles can also tie Newfoundland for third place in the Eastern Conference with a win today.

While the Eagles picked up three points in two games against Victoriaville on the weekend, the team isn’t getting immediate help on the injury front. Samuel Kupec left Friday’s game with injury and is not not expected to play today, in addition to the injury of Will Murphy who is not on the road trip. Up front, Adam Klaus’s status is unknown while Hugo Charron will miss today’s game with a one game suspension after his third fight of the season.

Today should mark the Eagles first look at new Islanders star forward Ivan Ryabkin, who joined Charlottetown in early January but missed two games against the Eagles due to injury. The second round pick of the Carolina Hurricanes has had a huge impact, collecting 15 points in his first eight QMJHL games. And while the Islanders are just 5-5 in their last ten games, getting production from big names has not been a problem- leading point getter Nathan Leek has nine points in six games, Matthew Butler is on a five game point streak, while Marcus Kearsey has chipped in eight points in his last six games on the backend.

Here’s what else you need to know ahead of tonight’s game!

Venue: Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown PEI

Puck drop: 2 PM AST

Web coverage: https://shorturl.at/ZbrRN

Radio Coverage: 1270 AM CJCB or online at www.cjcbradio.com

Twitter: @cbehockey

Live stats: https://chl.ca/lhjmq-eagles/gamecentre/32371/