Thunder Mountain is 0-10 against Juneau-Douglas since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Thunder Mountain Falcons will head out on the road to face off against the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears at 5:00 p.m.
Thunder Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Houston, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Thunder Mountain was ranked 14th). Thunder Mountain walked away with a 4-2 victory over Houston on Saturday. The high-scoring effort was just what Thunder Mountain needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Juneau-Douglas has not lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Saturday. They and Soldotna finished up on equal footing with a 2-2 draw. The result (or lack thereof) marked Juneau-Douglas' first draw of the season.
Cadence Plummer and
Nikki King scored both of Juneau-Douglas' goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Thunder Mountain's win bumped their record up to 2-5. Juneau-Douglas' draw gives them a new season record of 6-0-1.
Thunder Mountain suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Juneau-Douglas in their previous meeting last Monday. Can Thunder Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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