Sioux City and Waterloo Meet for the Second Time this Season
Published on October 30, 2018 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Sioux City Musketeers News Release
The Musketeers will be at home for the second matchup of the year on Tuesday, October 30th at 6:35 pm, against the Waterloo Black Hawks. During the 2017-18 season, The Musketeers won 0 of 6 matchups against the Black Hawks, and now are down 0-1 after the first game played in this series this year.
The Black Hawks took advantage of their powerplay opportunities in the six games last season going 3-16, good for 18%. In game one this year Waterloo was 0/1 on the powerplay, and The Musketeers were also 0/1. Sioux City would like to see that change tonight since they only went 3-22 with the man advantage last year, only good for 13%.
Sioux City is still trying to find their stride on the powerplay this year, but things are trending up. As it stands right now, the Musketeers are 7 for 37 good for 18% but have scored three total powerplay goals in their last three games.
On offense, the Musketeers have outscored opponents 37-31, compared to the Black Hawks 39-33. The Musketeers have a 2-1 home record this season, and Waterloo has been 2-2 in away games with one of those road wins coming against the Musketeers in the past two weeks.
Tonight will be the second of six matchups this year against Waterloo. The Musketeers are coming off a comeback OT thriller where they took down to Sioux Falls 4-3, snapping the Stampedes five-game winning streak. In the Black Hawks last game, they were dealt a loss by Fargo 4-3
In net, the Black Hawks return Jared Moe who played in 5 of the six games last year against the Musketeers and stopped 115/126 (91%) shots. So far this year Moe has he has a SVV% of 0.881%, allowing 23 goals in seven games. In the first game against the Musketeers, the Black Hawks played their rookie in one of his 3 games so far this year as he stopped 17/19.
The Black Hawks also return Mason Palmer, Hank Sorensen, and Matej Blümel who each scored a goal against the Musketeers last year. Blumel and Sorensen both scored in game one this season, so look for the Musketeers to key in on those players tonight.
Ben Kraws only saw 14 minutes of action last year against Waterloo, but only allowed 7/9 shots to get past him. Kraws made 31/34 stop in game one this year against the Black hawks good for 91%.
One of the big stories of the season so far this season is the play of their top line centered by Martin Pospisil. Pospisil leads the league in points with 19 points. Bobby Brink with 15 points is tied for 3rd in the league.
Sioux City occupies 3 of the top 5 spots for the most assists in the league with Martin Pospisil leading with 14 A; Bobby Brink is 3rd with 11 A, Luke Johnson with 9 A sits in 4th. Pospisil also earned last week's USHL Forward of the Week, with two goals five assists and 7 points. Waterloo is only in the top 5 in goals with Matej Bümel at 8 and as he is tied with Bobby Brink.
This past Monday Luke Johnson was also awarded the USHL Defenseman of the week, so several of Sioux City's top players are playing very strong as of late.
The Musketeers have had an up and down start to the season at a 6-4-0-0 record, scoring 37 goals in 10 games, and have a 2-3 record in the past five games. The Black Hawks with a strong start with a 5-1-3-1 record scoring 39 goals in 10 games, in the last five though Waterloo sits at 3-2. One win in a shootout against Fargo and an OT loss to Sioux Falls.
United States Hockey League Stories from October 30, 2018
- Sioux City and Waterloo Meet for the Second Time this Season - Sioux City Musketeers
- Post-Practice Skate with the Force - Fargo Force
- Muskegon Ready for the Rematch - Muskegon Lumberjacks
- Leitner Named Gamblers Captain - Green Bay Gamblers
- Bowling Battle Scheduled November 18th - Waterloo Black Hawks
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