New London is 0-7 against Stonington since October of 2015 but things could change on Wednesday. The New London Whalers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Stonington Bears at 4:00 p.m. New London is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Stonington better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when New London really get things going. Everything went New London's way against Plainfield on Thursday as New London made off with a 7-1 victory. Seven seems to be a good number for the Whalers as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Their offense was hitting Plainfield from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Niko Churis led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Stonington entered their tilt with Waterford on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Lancers onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. That's two games straight that the Bears have won by exactly two goals.
New London pushed their record up to 7-4-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Stonington, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5-1.
New London suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Stonington in their previous matchup back in October of 2022. Can New London avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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