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Corning-Painted Post has gone 9-0-1 against Elmira recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Corning-Painted Post Hawks will face off against the Elmira Express at 7:30 p.m. Corning-Painted Post is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.

Corning-Painted Post fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Ithaca on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Little Red by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Hawks have lost by just one goal.

Taylor Freelove wasn't going to let Ithaca walk away unscathed as he scored both of Corning-Painted Post's goals, bringing his season total up to nine goals.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Elmira, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They came out on top against Horseheads by a score of 2-0 on Wednesday. While the Express didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-9-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

This is the second loss in a row for Corning-Painted Post and nudges their season record down to 3-3. As for Elmira, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.

Everything went Corning-Painted Post's way against Elmira in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as Corning-Painted Post made off with a 5-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Corning-Painted Post since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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