Coal City had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was the Coal City Coalers who were credited with the win. The Coal City Coalers got it done in the shootout by posting six goals to the Peotone Blue Devils's five. The Coalers' winning goal came courtesy of Carsen Hart.
Coal City was without their leading scorer, Adrian Dames, in Saturday's matchup. With Dames sidelined, Martin Ramirez got his first action of the season.
Coal City has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5-1 record this season. As for Peotone, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-9.
Coal City is on the road again on Saturday to play Reed-Custer at 1:30 p.m. Coal City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season. As for Peotone, they will take on Herscher at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Herscher's last three games have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
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