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Brahmas - Wild Playoff Preview

April 9, 2015 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Lone Star Brahmas News Release


The stage is set for the Lone Star Brahmas to open their NAHL playoff schedule against the Wenatchee Wild at the NYTEX Sports Centre on Friday April 10 and 11. Lone Star made a late season push to climb to the top seed in the NAHL South Division and therefore had a first round bye as Wenatchee had to play their way into the First Round in a Play-In series against the Corpus Christi Icerays. The 5th seeded Wild continued their late season hot streak knocking off 4th seed Corpus Christi in two games on the Icerays' home ice.

Wenatchee possesses a lot of team speed which can present some problems for Lone Star. The Brahmas will have to use their size and strength to play a physical game and make it uncomfortable for the Wild to handle the puck. On average Lone Star skaters are over an inch taller and 12 pounds heavier than the Wenatchee skaters. However, they have to be disciplined about their approach and limit trips to the penalty box because the Wild simply do not give up a lot of power play opportunities and the Brahmas can't get into a special teams battle despite their superior special teams numbers.

In four head-to-head games this season, the Brahmas hold a 2 - 1 - 1 record against the Wild with a 1 - 0 - 1 record on home ice. Lone Star outscored Wenatchee 15 - 13 in the four games with only one game decided by a margin greater than a single goal.

01/09/15 Wild 5 at Brahmas 6

01/10/15 Wild 3 at Brahmas 2 OT

03/20/15 Brahmas 3 at Wild 4

03/21/15 Brahmas 4 at Wild 1

This past week in Corpus Christi, the Wild won a pair of 3 - 2 games to move into Round 1 of the playoffs. In game one, Wenatchee got a first period goal from David Powlowski and from Brendan Harris in the second to go into the third period tied at two. After a scoreless third, Chris Jones scored at the 2:13 mark for the game winner.Zach Quinn made 31 saves to pick up the win. In game two the Wild jumped out to a two goal lead in the first off goals from Colin Burston and Mike Coyne. August Von Ungern-Sternberg put them up three midway through the third before Corpus Christi made a comeback effort that fell just short. Michael Bullion was in net for the series clenching game and faced 26 shots in the win.

Team Records In March

W L OTL PTS

Brahmas 7 1 1 15

Wild 4 5 1 9

Special Teams

Overall the Brahmas finished the regular season with the 7th best power play unit in the league at an even 19.6% on 55 goals in 281 attempts. Wenatchee comes in at 14th in the league at 15.1% on 36 goals in 239 opportunities. On the penalty kill Lone Star was stellar all season to finish ranked 2nd in the NAHL. The Brahmas allowed only 32 goals in 267 penalty kills to finish at 88.0%. Wenatchee also allowed 32 goals, but on only 193 penalty kills. The Wild had the fewest times shorthanded in the league. They finished 11th in the NAHL at 83.4%.

At home, Lone Star's power play unit is slightly better than their overall numbers at 22.9% to finish 6th . The Brahmas converted 32 of 144 power play opportunities at home. Wenatchee comes in with the 12th ranked road penalty kill at 83.2%. They have allowed 16 goals in only 95 times shorthanded.

The Brahmas' home penalty kill is currently at 90.2%, killing off 119 of 132 penalty kills to rank 2nd in the league. Wenatchee has scored 20 road power play goals in 116 opportunities to rank 11th at 17.2%

In their head-to-head games, the Brahmas have converted only 1 of 17 opportunities while Wenatchee is 3 of 19.

March Goaltending Comparison

W L OTL SO GA GAA SV SV%

Brahmas 7 1 1 1 19 2.11 185 .907

Wild 4 5 1 0 30 3.00 209 .874

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