The Portage Terriers and Virden Oil Capitals meet for the second time this season tonight at 7:30 pm at Stride Place. Virden handed Portage their first loss last Sunday 4-1.

Terrier captain Chase Brakel is looking forward to the rematch. "I think all the boys will be fired up for the game. There was a little bit of bad blood between us, so hopefully that gets us going." He adds "They have a lot of guys who are pretty big offensive threats. They have a really good power play so we need to stay disciplined against them."


Record
Portage 4-2-0
Virden 5-1-0

 

Special Teams
Portage PP 21% (6th)
Portage PK 90% (3rd)

Virden PP 25% (2nd)
Virden PK 84% (5th)

 

Team leaders
Jeremey Leipsic (Portage) 1G 10A 11pts
Tyler Kirkup (Virden) 4G 7A 11pts

 

Goaltending
Brock Aiken (Portage) 3-2 .918 SV% 2.20 GAA
Riley McVeigh (Virden) 4-1 .911 SV% 2.52 GAA

 

News and Notes
Leipsic and Kirkup are tied with Darby Gula for the league points lead.
Aiken is one of three goalies in the league with a shutout.