Game Preview: Sydney Bears vs Melbourne Ice

Game Date: Saturday 29th June, 2019, 5:00 pm
Teams: Sydney Bears vs Melbourne Ice
Venue: Macquarie Ice Rink, Sydney

GAME PREVIEW
This will be the second game of the year between these two teams. Sydney Bears lead the series 1 win to 0.

The Melbourne Ice last played on Saturday 22nd June, 2019 in Melbourne against the Melbourne Mustangs, with the Melbourne Ice winning 3 – 2. Paul Lazzarotto scored 2 goals, and Mackenzie Caruana scored 1 goal in the victory. Mackenzie Caruana scored the game winning goal at 5:36 of the 3rd period, assisted by Matt Armstrong and Jack Carpenter.

The Sydney Bears last played on Sunday 23rd June, 2019 in Sydney against the CBR Brave, with the Sydney Bears losing 3 – 6. Christopher Moquin scored 1 goal, and Brian Funes scored 1 goal in the loss. Anthony Kimlin stopped 33 of the 39 shots he faced, for a save percentage of 0.846 and a goals against average of 6.00.

Sydney Bears 2019 SEASON COMPARISON Melbourne Ice
5-6-2-0 W-L-OTW-OTL 4-8-1-0
W-L-L-OTW-L Last Five Games OTW-W-L-W-W
49 Goals For 39
48 Goals Against 53
9 / 58 (15.52%) Power Play 10 / 52 (19.23%)
11 / 67 (83.58%) Penalty Kill 5 / 51 (90.2%)

LAST GAME BETWEEN BEARS AND ICE
Sunday 19th May, 2019 at Macquarie Ice Rink, Sydney

SCORING 1 2 3 TOTAL
Melbourne Ice 0 1 0 1
Sydney Bears 1 0 3 4

Scoring Summary:
Sydney Bears: Danick Gauthier 2G 1A for 3pts. Michael Schlamp 1G 2A for 3pts. Jeremy Brücker 1G 2A for 3pts. Jeremy Vasquez 1A for 1pt. Ryan Annesley 1A for 1pt. Tyerell Clare 1A for 1pt.
Melbourne Ice: Thomas Powell 1G for 1pt. Todd Graham 1A for 1pt. Jesse Schwartz 1A for 1pt.
Goalie Statistics:
Anthony Kimlin (W) 32 saves on 33 shots (0.970 SV%)
Sebastian Andersson (L) 19 saves on 22 shots (0.864 SV%)

Sydney Bears HEAD TO HEAD STATISTICS (since 2005) Melbourne Ice
18-26-4-4 Head to Head (W-L-OTW-OTL) 26-18-4-4
3-2-0-0 Head To Head At Macquarie Ice Rink (W-L-OTW-OTL) 2-3-0-0
187 / 198 Goals For / Goals Against 198 / 187
19 / 9 Goals For / Goals Against At Macquarie Ice Rink 9 / 19