Tufts at Trinity 7 PM Friday 1/18/13

Who: Tufts University Jumbos (5-7-1; 1-6-1)  at Trinity College Bantams (6-4-3; 3-2-3)
Where: Koeppel Center  Hartford CT
When: 7:00 PM Friday 1/18/13
Video/Audio: Trinity Live Stream  Live Stats

Tufts Stats :       2.92 G/GM scored (4th in NESCAC; 48th in Nation)

                         3.92  G/GM  allowed (10th in NESCAC; 56th in the Nation)

Trinity Stats :     2.62 G/GM scored (7th in NESCAC; 56th in Nation)

                         2.00 G/GM allowed (2nd in NESCAC; 8th in Nation)

The Lowdown: Re-match

The team's met opening weekend, skating to a 4-4 tie. The two teams have had different paths this season, Trinity being a surprise in the NESCAC and even spending a week nationally ranked, and Tufts hanging around the bottom of the league. Tufts does enter the game off a nice shutout victory over Wentworth and Trinity only escaped Maine with one point last weekend.

Key(s) to the game: Prediction: Pain

Trinity (17.4 PIM/G) and Tufts (16.4 PIM/G) face off as the two most penalized teams in the NESCAC. Despite Trinity being third in the 'CAC in penalty kill (83.9%), the sheer volume of penalties has led to the second most power play goals yielded (52) in the league. Both teams would like to play a dirty, gritty style, but need to be careful about the special team implications. 

Players to watch: 

Tufts - Stewart Bell  (F,Fr.) had the only multi-point weekend of any Jumbo (1-1-2) last weekend. 

Trinity - Chris Menard (F, Sr.) scored in both games last weekend, including one on as an assist from his twin brother Jeff.

And then there's this...