The J.R. Tucker Tigers will face off against the Hanover Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
J.R. Tucker will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Freeman, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Tigers' defense stepped up to hand the Mavericks a 1-0 shutout on Friday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but J.R. Tucker were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Hanover had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.4 goals) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 1-0 W against the Patriots. Give Hanover's defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Hanover pushed their record up to 12-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those eight contests. As for J.R. Tucker, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-2-1.
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