Game Preview: Guelph Storm vs Saginaw Spirit
The Storm are back in action at the Sleeman Centre tonight as the Saginaw Spirit come to town. The puck drops at 7:30pm.
Guelph comes into tonight off a tough loss against the Sting earlier in the week and will be hungry to get back to winning ways tonight. With a current record of 14-8-1-1, the Storm still sit in 2nd in conference standings. These two teams have only met one other time and that was last weekend, this game ended in a 2-1 win for the Storm, which saw Matthew Poitras scoring the game winning goal and Matthew Papais scoring the other.
The Saginaw Spirit are coming to Guelph tonight with a record of 10-10-1-0, which has them in 9th in the tightly contested western conference. The Spirit currently sit on a 3-game losing streak which include some tough losses to the Greyhound, Firebirds, and the Storm. The Spirit’s last game played was against the Soo which saw a tough 7-2 loss, the Spirit will be looking to bounce back tonight in Guelph and break the losing streak.
HEAD TO HEAD
| 2021-22 Regular Season | |
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| SAG 0-1-0-0 | GUE 1-0-0-0 |
| 2019-20 Regular Season | |
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| SAG 1-2-0-1 | GUE 3-0-1-0 |
| Last Five Years | |
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| SAG 6-8-2-1 | GUE 11-4-1-1 |
| Last Five Years At Saginaw Spirit | |
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| SAG 3-4-1-1 | GUE 6-1-1-1 |
| Last Five Years At Guelph Storm | |
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| SAG 3-4-1-0 | GUE 5-3-0-0 |
| Previous Meetings This Season |
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Guelph 2 @ Saginaw 1 (2021-12-04)
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TOP SCORERS
| Saginaw Spirit | Guelph Storm |
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LAST 5 GAMES
| Saginaw Spirit | Guelph Storm |
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2 – 7 L @ Sault Ste. Marie (2021-12-05)
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3 – 5 L v. Sarnia (2021-12-08)
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1 – 2 L v. Guelph (2021-12-04)
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2 – 1 W @ Saginaw (2021-12-04)
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0 – 3 L v. Flint (2021-12-02)
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2 – 7 L @ Sault Ste. Marie (2021-12-03)
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6 – 5 W v. Windsor (2021-11-27)
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7 – 3 W v. Erie (2021-11-28)
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6 – 5 W @ Windsor (2021-11-26)
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3 – 2 W @ Erie (2021-11-27)
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MATCH UP
| Saginaw Spirit | Guelph Storm | |
|---|---|---|
| Season Record | 10-10-1-0 | 14-8-1-1 |
| Last 10 Games | 4-6-0-0 | 6-3-0-1 |
| Streak | 0-3-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Last Game | 7-2 L @ Sault Ste. Marie (2021-12-05) Final | 5-3 L vs Sarnia (2021-12-08) Final |
| Home Record | 4-6-0-0 | 7-3-0-1 |
| Away Record | 6-4-1-0 | 7-5-1-0 |
| Goals For | 72 | 91 |
| Goals Against | 80 | 84 |
| Power Plays | 12/86 (13.95%) | 23/97 (23.71%) |
| Power Plays – Home | 4/49 (8.16%) | 11/42 (26.19%) |
| Power Plays – Away | 8/37 (21.62%) | 12/55 (21.82%) |
| Penalty Killing | 14/89 (84.27%) | 17/79 (78.48%) |
| Penalty Killing – Home | 5/38 (86.84%) | 6/36 (83.33%) |
| Penalty Killing – Away | 9/51 (82.35%) | 11/43 (74.42%) |
| Leading Rookie | Sapovaliv (6-11-17) | Poitras (8-12-20) |
| Most Penalty Minutes | Dalton Duhart | Matthew Poitras |
| Team PIM/GM | 11.3/21 | 9.2/24 |
Players to Watch:
Guelph Storm – Matthew Papais
With 15 points in 25 games Papais has been able to be a big part of the goal scoring of the Storm. Within those 15 points, 10 are goals which is tied for second in the team. In his 3rd OHL season he has already hit career highs and is currently on 4 game point streak which has him scoring 2 and assisting on 3 for 5 points.
Saginaw Spirit – Justin O’Donnell
The newest Spirit member who was just recently acquired in a trade from the Sarnia Sting has yet to get his first point for his new team. He will be hungry to start getting points with the Spirit and should be a player to look out for tonight. Overall, this season between his two teams he’s totalled 7 points in 22 games with 1 goal.
Upcoming Games:
Tonights game features the Spirit and Storm with a 7:30pm puck drop. For tickets tonight click here. The Storm are off to London tomorrow night and are are back in town at the Sleeman Centre Friday, December 17th when the Erie Otters come to visit. The game starts at 7:30pm. Get tickets for next Friday’s game here!
