Friday, October 2, 2009

Stars / Millionaires Preview

Tonight the Battlefords North Stars look to continue their unbeaten streak on home ice when they welcome a depleted Melville Millionaires club to town. Game time is at 7:30.

Here is your Melville preview:




Record: 2-2-1


Who's Hot:


For the Mil's I'm going with Tyson Melnychuk. The Melville product tallied his first two points of the season last night in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Kindersley Klippers. The Mil's will need more secondary production from players like Tyson tonight if they want to find success.

Who's on D:

The Mil's are looking a tad vulnerable on the defensive end tonight, particularly with the absense of stud defenceman Austin Krahenbil (suspension). Combine that with the loss of fellow blueliner Tyler Howe, and possible injuries to Jordan Reeve and Craig Karius, and we could be seeing a much different looking D-core tonight when the Mil's and Stars go at it.


Who's in Goal:

Brady Wilyman played last night, and earned a point for the Mil's which leads be to believe that we may be seeing 16-year-old Zack Rakochy suit up for Melville. I'm sure the Stars would love to get a second chance at this kid, as they made him look really good in a 4-1 loss a week ago. It's certainly plausible that we see Wilyman again tonight, as Melville will be heading back to Kindersley tomorrow night.

Ex-Factor:

Given how deciminated this Melville lineup will be, they are going to have to rely on their offence to see them through. Logan Herauf leads the way with eight points through five games, and he'll have to combine forces with Aaron Decorby and light the lamp a couple of times tonight.




I'll post the Star's Preview a little later on.

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