The Crystal River Pirates will face off against the Bell Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Crystal River is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Crystal River managed to keep up with Hudson until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Crystal River lost 5-2 to Hudson.
Madden Verlato wasn't going to let Hudson walk away unscathed as he scored both of Crystal River's goals, bringing his season total up to five goals.
Meanwhile, Bell won against Branford back in December of 2024 with four goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Thursday. Bell won by a goal and slipped past Branford 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Bell has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 36 goals over those eight contests. As for Crystal River, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-12.
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