The Silver Creek Dragons will square off against the North Harrison Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Silver Creek will be strutting in after a win while North Harrison will be coming in after a defeat.
Silver Creek's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Austin as they made off with a 10-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Silver Creek, who have now won ten matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Aden Powell, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Silver Creek squad sat out for Thursday's contest. With Powell sitting this one out, Braxton McEwen got some extra time on the pitch (40 vs. his season average of 15.5). McEwen made the most of the opportunity, putting up one assist A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, North Harrison managed to keep up with Tell City until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Cougars came up short against the Marksmen, falling 7-1. Having soared to a lofty nine goals in the game before, North Harrison couldn't push the score so high this time.
Silver Creek is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 81 goals over those 12 matchups. As for North Harrison, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost eight of their last ten contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-11-1 record this season.
Everything went Silver Creek's way against North Harrison in their previous meeting last Tuesday, as Silver Creek made off with an 11-0 victory. Do the Dragons have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cougars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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