Timbits Ringette Day - Game Preview: Guelph Storm vs. Niagara Ice Dogs

Timbits Ringette Day – Game Preview: Guelph Storm vs. Niagara Ice Dogs

Category: ArticleJanuary 19, 2019

The Guelph Storm take on the Niagara Ice Dogs at the Sleeman Centre at 2:00pm on Sunday afternoon to finish off their weekend of games.

Guelph is heading into Sunday’s game on a winning streak with a record of 5-0-1-0 in their last 6 games played. The Storm have wins against Niagara, London, Ottawa, Peterborough and Owen Sound in that time span and added another point with an overtime loss to the Kitchener Rangers. Guelph is sitting in 4th place in the Western Conference, but are closing in on teams ahead of them such as Saginaw Spirit and Sault St. Marie Greyhounds. The Niagara Ice Dogs are heading into Sunday’s game in 2nd spot in the Eastern Conference after they took down the Hamilton Bulldogs 10-0 on Thursday evening.

Fans can purchase tickets either in-person at the Sleeman Centre Box Office, by calling (519) 837-9690 or online at ticketmaster.com here.

Additional Stats

Guelph Storm

PowerPlay % – 24.7%

Power Play Rank – 5th in OHL

Penalty Kill % – 78.3%

Penalty Kill Rank – 15th in OHL

Goals For – 186 Goals

Goals For Rank – 4th in OHL

Goals Against – 160 Goals Against

Goals Against Rank – 10th in OHL

Leading Scorer (Forward) – Nate Schnarr – Goals: 24, Assists: 40, Points: 64

Leading Scorer (Defenceman) – Sean Durzi – Goals: 6, Assists: 19, Points: 25

Head To Head

2018-19 Regular Season
NIAG 0-0-1-0	GUE 1-0-0-0

2017-18 Regular Season
NIAG 2-0-0-0	GUE 0-2-0-0

Last Five Years
NIAG 5-3-1-0	GUE 4-5-0-0

Last Five Years At Niagara
NIAG 3-1-1-0	GUE 2-3-0-0

Last Five Years At Guelph
NIAG 2-2-0-0	GUE 2-2-0-0

Previous Meetings This Season
Guelph 6 @ Niagara 5 (2019-01-10)

Top Scorers

Niagara	Guelph
Jason Robertson (32-37-69)	Nate Schnarr (24-40-64)
Ben Jones (26-41-67)	Nick Suzuki (23-30-53)
Akil Thomas (21-42-63)	Isaac Ratcliffe (32-18-50)
Kirill Maksimov (28-31-59)	Liam Hawel (23-25-48)
Philip Tomasino (22-25-47)	MacKenzie Entwistle (18-18-36)

Last 5 Games

Niagara	Guelph
7 – 2 W v. Flint (2019-01-19)	5 – 2 W v. Owen Sound (2019-01-18)
10 – 0 W v. Hamilton (2019-01-17)	5 – 3 W @ Peterborough (2019-01-17)
3 – 7 L @ Sudbury (2019-01-13)	8 – 4 W v. Ottawa (2019-01-13)
6 – 3 W v. Kingston (2019-01-11)	3 – 4 L @ Kitchener (2019-01-11)
5 – 6 L v. Guelph (2019-01-10)	6 – 5 W @ Niagara (2019-01-10)

Match Up

	Niagara	Guelph
Season Record	26-10-7-0	24-12-4-4
Last 10 Games	6-2-2-0	6-3-1-0
Streak	2-0-0-0	3-0-0-0
Last Game	7-2 W vs Flint (2019-01-19) Final	5-2 W vs Owen Sound (2019-01-18) Final
Home Record	17-3-3-0	15-4-1-1
Away Record	9-7-4-0	9-8-3-3
Goals For	196	186
Goals Against	135	156
Power Plays	51/191 (26.7%)	46/186 (24.7%)
Power Plays – Home	34/102 (33.3%)	25/91 (27.5%)
Power Plays – Away	17/89 (19.1%)	21/95 (22.1%)
Penalty Killing	44/171 (74.3%)	34/157 (78.3%)
Penalty Killing – Home	21/85 (75.3%)	17/66 (74.2%)
Penalty Killing – Away	23/86 (73.3%)	17/91 (81.3%)
Leading Rookie	Uberti (2-5-7)	Chayka (3-6-9)
Most Penalty Minutes	Kirill Maksimov	Isaac Ratcliffe
Team PIM/GM	11.1/43	10/44

Niagara Ice Dogs

PowerPlay % – 26.1%

Power Play Rank – 4th in OHL

Penalty Kill % – 73.8%

Penalty Kill Rank – 18th in OHL

Goals For – 191 Goals

Goals For Rank – 1st in OHL

Goals Against – 133 Goals Against

Goals Against Rank – 4th in OHL

Leading Scorer (Forward) – Jason Robertson – Goals: 31, Assists: 35, Points: 66

Leading Scorer (Defenceman) – Matt Brassard – Goals: 9, Assists: 22, Points: 31

Upcoming Games

The Storm will host Owen Sound Attack on Friday January 25th at the Sleeman Centre before they head to Erie to take on the Otters on Saturday January 26th.