PREVIEW – Smoke Eaters Wrap Up Island Trip In Victoria

Coming off an exciting 8-4 win on Saturday night in Cowichan, the Smoke Eaters wrap up their three game island trip in Victoria.

The Smoke Eaters won a back and forth game in Cowichan on Saturday night as Trey Fechko put up five points in the win, giving him 8 on the weekend as the Smoke Eaters won 8-4. They’ll look to replicate that performance against a Grizzlies team that’s been trending in the right direction as of late and are a team that don’t allow many goals. The Smoke Eaters powerplay will also be tested as the Grizzlies host the second best penalty kill. Trail have ran 11 forwards and 7 defenceman all weekend and for the most part it’s worked in their favour. Short shifts on both side of the ice will be important with both teams playing their third game in two and a half days.

Smoke Eaters leading scorers:

Remissong (8-6-14)
Fechko (5-8-13)
Parsons (5-7-12)
Cobetto-Roy (4-8-12)
Disher (4-8-12)

The Grizzlies are coming off a 5-2 loss on home ice to the Nanaimo Clippers on Saturday night after the shut out the Capitals 5-0 on Friday. The Grizzlies don’t score a lot of goals but they also don’t give up a lot. Led by Olivier Picard who has 10 goals already this year along with former Cranbrook Buck Noah Liebl. Along with the Grizzlies second lowest goals allowed record is their goaltending as Oliver Auyeung-Ashton has had a incredible start to the season, posting a 0.944 save percentage and a 1.81 goals against.

Grizzlies leading scorers:

Picard (10-3-13)
Bohn (3-6-9)
Gorton (3-5-8)
Stanley (1-7-8)
Leibl (2-5-7)

Catch all the action from the Q Centre in Victoria as the Smoke Eaters look to bring home four of a possible six points from their island trip. Puck drop is 2pm in Victoria. Catch the game on HockeyTV or listen on Mixlr!