The Juniata Indians will head out to take on the Milton Black Panthers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Milton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Juniata is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Susquenita just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to the Blackhawks. The contest was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Juniata couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Milton had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They were the clear victors by a 7-0 margin over the Bulldogs. That looming 7-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Milton yet this season.
Milton has now won four of their last five games on the road. That's given a solid lift to their 7-8-1 record this season. Those road victories were made possible by their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those five games. As for Juniata, their loss dropped their record down to 14-3.
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