The Portage Terriers and the Steinbach Pistons will meet for their first matchup of the season at Stride Place on Saturday, October 19.
The Pistons enter the game off to a solid start and Portage will need a big game out of their leading scorers to be able to match the production out of the Pistons leaders.
Portage has gotten outstanding goaltending from Mitchell Kathler in the early going, and will likely need another such performance out of him in this one to compete with an annual contender for the Turnbull Cup.
The teams haven't faced off since January 19, when Steinbach defeated the Dogs 2-1 at Stride Place in a game that saw the teams each only manage 20 shots on goal. Cam Bullinger scored the lone Terrier goal in that game.
Puck drop will be at 7:30.
Tale of the Tape:
Portage: 5-5-0-0
Steinbach: 7-1-1-0
Head to head (Portage's record over the last five seasons):
5-7-0-0
Leading Scorers
Portage:
Cam Bullinger - 5-10-15
Nolan Nenow - 2-11-13
Decker Mujcin - 4-3-7
Owen Witt - 1-6-7
Adler Johnston - 3-3-6
Steinbach:*
Conor Paronuzzi - 6-9-15
Jackson Kostiuk - 2-11-13
Noah Szabo - 5-7-12
Brett Kaiser - 1-7-8
Shane Burns - 2-5-7