OHL Guelph Storm

Game Preview: Guelph Storm at Erie Otters

Published on November 27, 2021 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
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The Storm are heading to Erie as they take on the Otters for the second time this season. The puck drops at 7:00pm

The Storm are coming into tonight's second game of their 3 in 3 with a record of 11-6-1-1. With last nights 3-2 win over the league and conference leading London Knights the Storm now sit in 2nd in conference standings. The last time these two teams played Guelph was able to pull out the win by a score of 4-3, which saw big games from Matthew Papais who scored 2 goals and Luka Profaca who tallied 2 assists. The Storm will be looking to go to Erie and bring a win home before their final game of the weekend tomorrow when Erie comes to Guelph.

The Otters have 2 games this weekend against Guelph on back-to-back days. Starting tonight when Guelph visits Erie and finishing up the weekend with a Sunday afternoon game in Guelph. The Otters are currently 5-11-1-0 which has them sitting in 10th place in the conference standings. The Otters most recent game saw them secure a big 5-3 win against the Soo Greyhounds, in that game Brendan Hoffmann secured 2 goals and 1 assist to help his team get the win. The Otters will be looking to continue winning big games tonight at home when the Storm visit.

HEAD TO HEAD

2021-22 Regular Season GUE 1-0-0-0 ER 0-1-0-0

2019-20 Regular Season GUE 3-3-0-0 ER 3-2-0-1

Last Five Years GUE 12-8-3-2 ER 13-8-2-2

Last Five Years At Guelph Storm GUE 9-2-1-1 ER 4-7-1-1

Last Five Years At Erie Otters GUE 3-6-2-1 ER 9-1-1-1

TOP SCORERS

LAST 5 GAMES

MATCH UP

Guelph StormErie Otters

Season Record 11-6-1-1 5-11-1-0

Last 10 Games 7-2-0-1 3-6-1-0

Streak 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0

Last Game 3-2 W vs London (2021-11-26) Final 5-3 W vs Sault Ste. Marie (2021-11-25) Final

Home Record 6-2-0-1 2-4-0-0

Away Record 5-4-1-0 3-7-1-0

Goals For 74 52

Goals Against 66 67

Power Plays 20/79 (25.32%) 14/67 (20.9%)

Power Plays - Home 9/36 (25%) 3/24 (12.5%)

Power Plays - Away 11/43 (25.58%) 11/43 (25.58%)

Penalty Killing 14/62 (77.42%) 11/59 (81.36%)

Penalty Killing - Home 5/32 (84.38%) 4/23 (82.61%)

Penalty Killing - Away 9/30 (70%) 7/36 (80.56%)

Leading Rookie Poitras (5-11-16) Sova (1-7-8)

Most Penalty Minutes Matthew Papais Cameron Morton

Team PIM/GM 9.4/19 8.8/17

Players to Watch:

Guelph Storm - Matthew Papais

In his third OHL season Papais has been able to provide some big goals for the team through the first 19 games of the season. With a total of 8 goals and 10 points in those 19 games Papais has provided offensively for the team and in the only other game with Erie this season he was able to score 2 goals. He will be aiming to have a repeat of that game tonight in Erie.

Erie Otters - Connor Lockhart

The Vancouver Canucks 2021 6th rounder has had a solid start to the season scoring 4 goals and 12 points in 15 games. He currently is on a 2-game point streak which has seen him score 1 goal and assist on 1 goal. He will be looking to continue the contribution to the team offensively in tonights game against Guelph

Upcoming Game:

The Storm are back home in Guelph tomorrow as the Otters come to the Sleeman Centre. The puck drops at 2:00pm.

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