After three games on the road, Coeur d'Alene is heading back home. They will welcome the Moscow Bears at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Coeur d'Alene is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.5 goals per game this season.
Coeur d'Alene is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Sandpoint, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Coeur d'Alene was ranked 11th). Coeur d'Alene's defense stepped up to hand Sandpoint a 5-0 shutout on Tuesday. Considering the Vikings have won seven contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Sandpoint with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kason Pintler (2),
Ronan Sternberg (2), and
Liam Martin.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Moscow was not quite Sandpoint's equal in the second half on Friday. They fell 2-0 to the Bulldogs. That's two games in a row now that the Bears have lost by exactly two goals.
Coeur d'Alene's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Moscow, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-7 record this season.
Everything went Coeur d'Alene's way against Moscow when the teams last played back in September, as Coeur d'Alene made off with a 4-0 win. Does Coeur d'Alene have another victory up their sleeve, or will Moscow turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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