The Hough Huskies will head out to take on the Myers Park Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hough is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.7 goals per game this season.
Hough is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against South Mecklenburg on Monday. The Huskies fell just short of the Sabres by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that Hough have lost by just one goal.
Piercon Selland and Eric Brennan scored both of Hough's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
Meanwhile, Myers Park had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Monday. Everything went their way against the Hawks as they made off with a 10-1 victory. Considering Myers Park have won seven matches by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
This is the second loss in a row for Hough and nudges their season record down to 13-6-3. As for Myers Park, their win bumped their record up to 14-1.
Hough came out on top in a nail-biter against Myers Park in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 4-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Huskies since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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