The Coeur d'Alene Vikings will face off against the Boise Brave at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Coeur d'Alene is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Coeur d'Alene is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Lake City, who was ranked 21st at the time (Coeur d'Alene was ranked ninth). The Vikings never let the Timberwolves get on the board and left with a 3-0 win on Tuesday. The matchup was close at halftime, but Coeur d'Alene turned on the heat in the second half with two goals.
Ethan Luna and Jacob Shaporda scored all three of Coeur d'Alene's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Boise's offense. They fell just short of Caldwell by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. Boise have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back matches.
The victory made it two in a row for Coeur d'Alene and bumps their season record up to 10-4-1. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those two contests. As for Boise, their loss dropped their record down to 11-8-1.
Coeur d'Alene suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Boise when the teams last played back in October of 2016. Can the Vikings avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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