The No. 8 ranked Lakehead Thunderwolves will travel to Toronto this weekend to challenge the Ryerson Rams in a tough two game OUA series. The Thunderwolves go into the weekend with a record of 5-3-0 after sweeping the Laurier Golden Hawks last weekend in Thunder Bay.
The two teams take to the ice Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at the Lakeshore Lions Arena in Toronto. Thunderwolves fans in Thunder Bay can listen live on 580 CKPR AM radio, and Lakehead and Ryerson fans across Canada can listen via the internet at www.ckpr.com. CKPR Sports Director Bryan Wyatt will be doing the play-by-play starting with the pre-game show Saturday night at 7:50 and on Sunday afternoon at 1:50.
Series History:
These will be the first meetings between the two teams.
Thunderwolves Notes:
- The Thunderwolves are coming off of a sweep of Laurier last weekend, winning 8-4,followed by a5-1 victory.
- The Thunderwolves lead the OUA in penalty killing, successfully killing 30 of 32 penalties for a PK % of 93.75.
- Grant McCune, has a record of 6 wins and 1 loss, 19 GA, 2.71 GAA and .888 save percentage. Cory MacEachran has a record of 1 win and no losses, 1.00 GAA and .958 save percentage.
- Thunderwolves leading scorers are Chris Shaffer with 8 goals and 6 assists, Jason Lange with 4 goals and 7 assists, Bryan Duce with 4 goals and 4 assists, and Matt Kenny with 3 goals and 5 assists.
- Team plus/minus leaders are Matt Kenny at +12, and Jason Lange and Chris Shaffer both at +7
- Bryan Duce leads the team with 3 powerplay goals, while Jeff Richards leads with 2 game-winning goals
- The team's powerplay stats are 8 for 34 for 23.5%
- Jeff Richards leads the team with 33 shots on goal, followed by Chris Shaffer with 30
- Team penalty leaders are Shawn Perring with 32 minutes and Matt Keny with 25 minutes
Lakehead Head Coach Pete Belliveau said Ryerson will not be taken lightly.
"We are looking forward to playing the Ryerson Rams team as we have not played them yet, and playing in their building will be a good challenge for our team. We know they will be tough to play and we must be prepared to face a hungry team."
Ryerson Rams Team Info:
The Ryerson Rams have an OUA record of 0-7-0 this season, and fourth position in the OUA Mid-West Division. They are coming off losses to McGill and Ottawa last weekend.
Ryerson OUA Results 2002-2003:
Sun Nov 10 Ottawa 6 at Ryerson 2
Sat Nov 9 McGill 5 Ryerson 2
Sat Nov 2 Concordia 2 Ryerson 1
Fri Nov 1 UQTR 10 Ryerson 1
Sun Oct 27 Laurier 7 Ryerson 1
Sat Oct 19 York 8 Ryerson 2
Wed Oct 16 Brock 5 Ryerson 3