Posted on 11th December 2011 18:42 GMT, by
Palermo
The Monarchas are in the best shape in Eastern Conference of the AHL - eight victories in the last ten rounds (seven in regular time). They are fifth placed team in the conference, and the best home team in Atlantic Division - 8 wins and 5 defeats, 32:31 or an average of 4.85 goals per game. Martin Jones, young goalie of Canadian Junior national team, has 2.42 GAA with a 0.25 save percentage in his 16 this season's appearances for the Monarchas. This is similar performance as he had in the previous season in the same team. It is possible that a bit more experienced Jeff Zatkoff will be in the goal. His performance in 13 this season's games is GAA 2.22 with a .930 save percentage.
Portland Pirates have similar performance, goal difference 34:41 in 14 games on the road, or an average of 5.36 goals per game. His goalie Curtis McElhinney is 2.90 GAA with a 0.912 save percentage in 18 games in this season. Younger Justin Pogge is 3.14 GAA with a .892 save percentage in his 6 this season's appearances. Although both teams played the last three games with less goals, I expect today more than 5. It is difficult to maintain low scores in many consecutive games. In the last season the two teams played 12 games against each other, and only two were with less than 5 goals. In this season they have already played five games against each other and there were no one with less than 5 goals.
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