Wheat Kings / Pats in Regina
1/15/2008 at 12:23 PM
Huge four point game tonight in Regina.
There should be no shortage of motivation on either side. The last time the Wheaties were in the Queen City, this happened:
http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1004680
.. followed by Regina's brass reading their team the riot act. They've made a few trades and are now three points up on us in the standings (albeit with three games in hand).
To add fuel to the fire, Pats fans are getting pretty high after their team knocked off Vancouver only to have the Giants win fairly convincingly here the next night.
From Brandon's perspective, a regulation win would bring them to within one point of top spot with the full three games in hand. From Regina's, a regulation win would open up a five point gap and take big steps towards making those games in hand less threatening.
To add to things, this will be the last time these two teams play until the home-and-home series two months from now in the last two games of the season.
Thoughts? Predictions?