Guelph Storm vs. Peterborough Petes Game Preview
December 13, 2018 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Guelph Storm News Release
Guelph Storm face-off against the Peterborough Petes at the Sleeman Centre on Friday December 14th. Puck drop is at 7:30pm.
The Guelph Storm welcome the Peterborough Petes to the Sleeman Centre on Friday evening for their first matchup of the season. The Storm are heading into Friday's game in 5thplace in the Western Conference after a tough stretch of games last week that saw them go 0-2-0-1. The Petes are in 5thplace in the Eastern Conference and are looking to stay in the hunt for playoff home ice advantage.
Fans can purchase tickets either in-person at the Sleeman Centre Box Office, by calling (519) 837-9690 or online at ticketmaster.com here.
HEAD TO HEAD
2018-19 Regular Season
PBO 0-0-0-0 GUE 0-0-0-0
2017-18 Regular Season
PBO 1-1-0-0 GUE 1-1-0-0
Last Five Years
PBO 3-5-0-0 GUE 5-2-0-1
Last Five Years At Peterborough
PBO 2-2-0-0 GUE 2-2-0-0
Last Five Years At Guelph
PBO 1-3-0-0 GUE 3-0-0-1
Previous Meetings This Season
TOP SCORERS
LAST 5 GAMES
MATCH UP
Peterborough Guelph
Season Record 12-11-0-0 11-5-3-3
Last 10 Games 4-6-0-0 4-1-2-3
Streak 0-2-0-0 0-0-0-1
Last Game 0-0 T vs Flint (2018-12-13) Pre-Game 0-0 T @ Owen Sound (2018-12-11) Pre-Game
Home Record 8-4-0-0 8-1-1-1
Away Record 4-7-0-0 3-4-2-2
Goals For 69 84
Goals Against 76 74
Power Plays 9/77 (11.7%) 24/88 (27.3%)
Power Plays - Home 7/45 (15.6%) 14/45 (31.1%)
Power Plays - Away 2/32 (6.3%) 10/43 (23.3%)
Penalty Killing 16/90 (82.2%) 16/79 (79.7%)
Penalty Killing - Home 4/45 (91.1%) 9/37 (75.7%)
Penalty Killing - Away 12/45 (73.3%) 7/42 (83.3%)
Leading Rookie Butler (5-1-6) Chayka (2-3-5)
Most Penalty Minutes Cole Fraser Isaac Ratcliffe
Team PIM/GM 10.9/23 9.8/22
Players to Watch
Guelph and Peterborough have a combined 14 players that are drafted to an NHL club:
Guelph Storm
The Guelph Storm have 7 NHL drafted players that include Ryan Merkley (SJ - 1stRound), Cam Hillis (MTL, 3rdRound), Isaac Ratcliffe (PHI, 2ndRound), Nate Schnarr (ARI, 3rdRound), Dimitri Samorukov (EDM 3rdRound), Liam Hawel (DAL - 4thRound) and Alexey Toropchenko (STL - 4thRound).
Peterborough Petes
The Peterborough Petes also have 7 players that have been drafted to NHL clubs including Zach Gallant (DET - 3rdRound), Christopher Paquette (TB - 5thRound), Liam Kirk (ARI - 7thRound), Semyon Der-Arguchinstev (TOR - 3rdRound), Cole Fraser (DET - 5thRound), Declan Chisholm (WPG - 5thRound) and Austin Osmanski (BUF - 7thRound).
Promotions
Friday's game is sponsored by Goodlife Fitness.
Upcoming Games
The Storm will be back home on Saturday December 15thfor their annual teddy bear toss event as they take on the Mississauga Steelheads at 2:00pm. Guelph will then travel to Oshawa for a Sunday afternoon game against the Generals before they enjoy their well-deserved holiday break.
Fans can purchase tickets either in-person at the Sleeman Centre Box Office, by calling (519) 837-9690 or online at ticketmaster.com.
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