Niagara IceDogs 2019-20 (Week 5)
 

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The IceDogs continue their downward slide and start week five in 6th place with 9 points and a 0.500 win record. Niagara’s scoring is courtesy of Tomasino (7-11), Sopa (7-7) and Thomas (1-9) while Tynan is statistically still the team’s best goalie (3.25GAA, 0.929%).

Makes sense. He is clearly our best goalie. I think he is our future.

Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.

Playoff Eligibility / Fantilli Standings
<> 28 Weeks: 4 weeks played - 24 to go.

08 Niagara - 9 pts (H-Erie; @Mississauga; H-Guelph)
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09 North Bay - 6 pts (@Saginaw; @Flint; @SSM)
10 Kingston - 5 pts (H-Hamilton; @London; @Sarnia)

As fugly as that game was (worst I have seen), a lot of teams much better than IceDogs have been blown out this year. It’s only a problem, if turns into a pattern – overall their play this year has been respectable (.500). What their response is to Saturday’s game becomes important this week.

Three respectable OHL lines:
LW Castleman - Thomas - RW Lodnia
LW Doherty - Tomasino - RW Sopa
LW Bruder (Inj) - Uberti - RW DeSimone

…and once Bruder is healthy, just leave these lines alone for more than one game!

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Castleman plays better with Sopa and Tomasino. No chemistry with Thomas.

I agree 100%. I posted what I think they will do. I would make that change.

I find that anyone who they put with Thomas has no success. As I said before the only time he does anything is if he has the puck to himself. Also showed his character by slamming his stick on the boards to.

Really talking about a kids character cause he slammed his stick lol you’re joking right

Just because he was the only player on the ice having a temper tantrum doesn't make him a kid. He is 19 and he is wearing the "C" so his character is fair play.

Still a teenager in the OHL that’s pretty much still a kid but that wasn’t really my point anyway if slamming your stick or anything for that matter is poor character than a lot of hockey players and people in other sports has bad characters

Being that last week's thread is closed, my thoughts would still be inline for this week. Last week, during interviews prior to the two games, Super coach B. stated that with the extra days off, the team focused on defensive play. Watching both games last week, I was thinking about what the hell they had worked on. They looked better the previous week.
Now, is this what we have to look forward to this week during our 3 in 3 days. The improved defensive play?
Hmm.....