The Ketchikan Kings will head out on the road to face off against the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Ketchikan is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Thunder Mountain, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Ketchikan was ranked fifth). Ketchikan's defense stepped up to hand Thunder Mountain a 6-0 shutout on Friday. The win was nothing new for Ketchikan as they're now sitting on three straight.
Meanwhile, Juneau-Douglas has not lost a match since April 6th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Thunder Mountain with a sharp 4-0 victory.
Juneau-Douglas hit Thunder Mountain with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ahmir Parker,
Kellen Chester,
Kai Ciambor, and
Ryan Thibodeau.
Ketchikan's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1-2. As for Juneau-Douglas, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2-2.
Ketchikan was able to grind out a solid win over Juneau-Douglas when the teams last played back in April, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ketchikan 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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