SYRACUSE STARS GAME PREVIEW

 OCTOBER 8-9, 2011

Players to Watch:

BREWSTER - Joseph Wegwerth (3-3-6) is leading the team in scoring. Other top scorers include Jack Gilson (1-4-5), Jake Garay (1-3-4), Nicholas Alexander (2-1-3), Chad Malinowski (2-1-3), Thomas Nolan (2-1-3), and Bengt-Erik Nergaard (0-3-3). Goaltender Louis Sanchez (3-1-0; 3.35 GAA, .859 SV%) has played in just 4 games but has the best record for the team. He was named this week's "Goalie of the Week" after coming up with his first shutout of the season, a 4-0 victory over the Jersey Hitmen. He made 26 saves for the game, many during crucial moments of the game.

STARS – The Stars have 4 players in the league's Top 25 in scoring. Casie Garrison (5-13-18) is 5th in the league. The others are Jeremy Marginsky (8-9-17) who is tied for 6th, Alex Brink (5-9-14) tied for 14th and Luke Kirwan (6-6-12) who is tied for 20th. Other scorers include Alex Fukes (9-2-11), Anthony Angello (5-5-10), Alex Tuch (3-7-10), Josh Soya (3-3-6), Trent Yule (1-4-5), and Dan Briggs (0-5-5) The goaltending trio is lead by Matt Schneider (4-1-0, 3.47 GAA, 889 SV%), Nate Skidmore (2-0-0, 2.18 GAA 907 SV%), and Tyler Kraft (1-0-0, 1.20 GAA, 917 SV%) have led the team to their 7-1-0 record for 2nd place in the Western Conference.


Team Notes:

BREWSTER - The Bulldogs come to Syracuse after splitting a two game series against the Jersey Hit-men to make their record 3-3-1. They have been able to win three games while managing to score just 19 goals in the seven games that they have played.
STARS – The Stars continue their current homestand looking to extend their 6 game winning streak against the Bulldogs. During this streak they have scored 42 goals while giving up just 13.