Game Preview: Guelph Storm vs. Kitchener Rangers
Published on March 10, 2020 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Guelph Storm News Release
The Kitchener Rangers visit the Sleeman Centre on Wednesday night for the final regular season game between the Rangers and the Storm. Puck drop is at 7:00pm.
The Storm head into this busy week of games in 6th place in the Western Conference with 72 points and are 4 points behind Windsor for 5th in the West. Guelph had a 1-2-0-0 record last week after losing to Erie and Sarnia and beating the Oshawa Generals in a shootout. Guelph is 5-3-1-1 in their last 10 games but have a 2-5-0-0 record against the Rangers this season.
Kitchener is coming into their week of games in 3rd place in the Western Conference with 85 points and are 7 points behind London for 1st overall in the conference. Kitchener 6-4-0-0 in their last 10 games and have outscored the Storm 25-21 this season and have won 5 straight against Guelph coming into Wednesday.
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HEAD TO HEAD
2019-20 Regular Season
KIT 5-2-0-0 GUE 2-5-0-0
2018-19 Regular Season
KIT 4-4-0-0 GUE 4-3-1-0
Last Five Years
KIT 27-11-1-0 GUE 12-24-3-0
Last Five Years At Kitchener Rangers
KIT 14-6-0-0 GUE 6-13-1-0
Last Five Years At Guelph Storm
KIT 13-5-1-0 GUE 6-11-2-0
TOP SCORERS
LAST 5 GAMES
MATCH UP
Kitchener Rangers Guelph Storm
Season Record 39-16-5-2 32-22-3-5
Last 10 Games 6-4-0-0 5-3-1-1
Streak 1-0-0-0 0-1-0-0
Last Game 3-2 W @ Windsor (2020-03-08) Final 4-1 L @ Sarnia (2020-03-08) Final
Home Record 22-7-2-0 19-9-1-1
Away Record 17-9-3-2 13-13-2-4
Goals For 253 210
Goals Against 207 197
Power Plays 51/233 (21.89%) 41/227 (18.06%)
Power Plays - Home 21/112 (18.75%) 17/119 (14.29%)
Power Plays - Away 30/121 (24.79%) 24/108 (22.22%)
Penalty Killing 51/252 (20.24%) 40/213 (18.78%)
Penalty Killing - Home 17/104 (83.65%) 18/98 (81.63%)
Penalty Killing - Away 34/148 (77.03%) 22/115 (80.87%)
Leading Rookie Pinelli (18-23-41) Bakanov (11-12-23)
Most Penalty Minutes Jonathan Yantsis Pavel Gogolev
Team PIM/GM 12/62 8.4/62
Players to Watch
Guelph Storm - Daniil Chayka
Drafted in the 1st round (7th overall) by the Storm in the 2018 OHL Draft, Chayka scored 5 goals and 14 points in his rookie season and played in 22 playoff games during the Storm's championship run. This season, Daniil has 11 goals and 33 points and has been a defensive leader for the Storm throughout the season.
Kitchener Rangers - Axel Bergvist
Drafted by the Arizona Coyotes in the 7th round of the 2019 NHL draft, Axel was chosen by the Kitchener Rangers in the 2019 Import draft and has put up solid numbers for the team. Axel has 9 goals and 40 assists for 49 points this season and is 11th in the league in defensive scoring thus far with 6 games remaining.
Upcoming Games
Guelph returns to the Sleeman Centre on Friday night against the Windsor Spitfires at 7:30pm and again on Sunday afternoon against the London Knights at 2:00pm.
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