OHL Brampton Steelheads

Steelheads Preview: November 5 - 7

Published on November 5, 2014 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Brampton Steelheads News Release


Following two busy weekends, the Steelheads find themselves with a manageable schedule for the week. The Trout make the trek to Belleville, Ontario to take on the Bulls (10-4-0-1) on Wednesday, before returning to the Hershey Centre on Friday to host the Niagara IceDogs (2-13-0-0) for the second consecutive week.

The Bulls are coming off of a two-game losing slump, dropping back-to-back games against the Oshawa Generals. The Generals prevented the second place Bulls from making up ground in a hurry, andcurrently in first place in the East Division. The Bulls suffered their first home loss of the season last weekend. With the loss, the Bulls home record is now 6-1-0-0.

The Steelheads hold a 5-3 all-time regular season record against the Belleville Bulls. Wednesday will mark the first of four meetings this season between these two Eastern Conference teams. Mississauga are 3-2 against East Division opponents this season.

The Bulls organization is one that Steelheads GM/Coach James Boyd knows well. During his junior hockey career, Boyd played his final two seasons in the OHL for Belleville. He also started his coaching career with the Bulls, spending four years on the bench, three as an assistant and one as the Head Coach.

The Trout will put their 5-2 home record to the test against the Niagara IceDogs on Friday. Mississauga has beaten the IceDogs in both meetings so far this season, though they have both been one-goal games. The IceDogs are winless in their first nine road games this season.

Notables

Mississauga's road power play ranks 7th in the league, at 23.5%

Brandon Devlin played alongside the Bulls' Alex Yuill on the 2011/12 Barrie Colts

Cody Thompson and Belleville's Chad Heffernan were both members of the 2011/12 Peterborough Stars of the OJHL

Belleville's Cole Candella is a native of Mississauga, Ontario

Bryson Cianfrone and Stefan LeBlanc have recorded a point in each of the first two meetings with Niagara this season. They look to make it three-for-three on Friday night.

Mississauga's penalty kill in second in the league. They have allowed just nine goals on 63 chances.

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