The Vail Mountain Rangers will take on the St. Mary's Academy Wildcats at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Vail Mountain had to skate by with only a one-goal margin when they last took the pitch, which might have inspired the three-goal drubbing they dealt Aspen on Thursday. The Rangers blew past the Skiers 4-1. The result was nothing new for Vail Mountain, who have now won six contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Solveig Moritz and Maya Maxson scored all four of Vail Mountain's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 15 goals.
Meanwhile, St. Mary's Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Warriors with a sharp 6-1 win.
Vail Mountain pushed their record up to 7-3-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those three games. As for St. Mary's Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 5-8-1.
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