The West Valley Wolf Pack will be playing in front of their home fans against the Eagle River Wolves at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
West Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Lathrop, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (West Valley was ranked fourth). West Valley fell just short of Lathrop by a score of 1-0 on Monday. It was the first time this season that West Valley let down their fans at home.
Meanwhile, Eagle River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell just short of Colony by a score of 1-0. The game was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Eagle River couldn't quite close it out.
West Valley's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2-2. As for Eagle River, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9-1.
West Valley beat Eagle River 2-0 when the teams last played back in April. Will West Valley repeat their success, or does Eagle River have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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