The Perkins Pirates will venture away from home to face off against The Ashland Arrows at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Ashland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Things were looking good for Perkins after they put the first goal on the board on Monday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Lexington by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, Perkins couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Ashland, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand New Philadelphia a 2-0 shutout on Tuesday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Ashland were the better team in the second half.
Ashland has been on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last 10 contests. dating back to last year That gives them a 4-1 record this season. Those wins were made possible by their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 40 goals over those 10 games. As for Perkins, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
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