With shotty defensive play, and an offensive that just couldn’t get anything by Swarm goaltender Nick Patterson, we can only hope the Riggers were reserving their strength for the battle tonight. What we do know for sure is that Ryan McNish and Rob Williams will be in action, as they were resting themselves for today. It is to the best of our understanding that Ogilvie had prior commitments and was not able to play. We are not sure of his status for the Edmonton game.

And as we all know, the Edmonton Rush lost their last game, which was against the Roughnecks. They be searching for some revenge tonight and hoping that home barn advantage will serve them well.

WHO’S HOT:

CALGARY ROUGHNECKS – Tracey Kelusky and Kaleb Toth both turned their games up a notch last night. Toth had 1 goal and 5 helpers while collecting 3 loose balls. Kelusky was able to find some of his scoring touch, and netted 2 with 1 assist. Lewis Ratcliff also continued his great play, with 1 goal, 3 assists, and 6 loose balls. And lets not forget those Wray brothers. Taylor was able to get 1 helper tonight on top of his 7 loose balls collected, while big brother Devan owned the faceoff circle, going 16 for 25 and gathering a team high 9 loose balls.

EDMONTON RUSH – Jamey Bowen is the Edmonton Rush’s leading scorer, with 5 goals and 3 assists. 3 of his 5 goals were scored against Calgary last weekend, as well as 2 of his assists. Jim Quinlan looks to be Edmonton’s other big scorer, with 8 points for himself which comprise of 2 goals and 6 assists.

WHO’S NOT:

CALGARY ROUGHNECKS – Curtis Palidwor looked a little shaky last night in net. He let in 12 goals on 41 shots, which is sub-par for the Curtis we know. We can only hope that he’ll regroup and backstop the ‘Necks to another win over Edmonton. Also, despite having a great summer season, Kevin Dostie is almost invisible on the floor (and this is not a joke about his height). With only 1 assist in 2 games, he isn’t living up to the expectations that were had for him this season

EDMONTON RUSH – Former Roughneck Kevin Howard was expected to be Edmonton’s main offensive gun this season, but so far, he’s just shooting blanks. With 3 points in 2 games, its clear to all that he’s not producing the way the team expected him to. The Edmonton goaltender, Pat Campbell, hasn’t been doing all that well in net either. Its almost a give in that this is because of weak defense, but with a team like Edmonton, your goalie is going to need to step up and be your best player.

WHO TO WATCH OUT FOR:

CALGARY ROUGHNECKS – Today, I’m going to go with TK and KT again. They looked to get in the groove last night, and expect it to continue into tonight. Also look for Kevin Dostie to try turning his game up, as well as Andrew Biers.

EDMONTON RUSH – Kevin Howard will break out of his slump, no doubt. Lets just hope its not tonight. And keep looking towards Jim Quinlan and Jamey Bowen to keep providing offensive to the Rush squad.

INJURIES:

CALGARY ROUGHNECKS – Our sources tell us Jesse Phillips will not be in the lineup tonight, but look for him to make his return next week against the Rock, where we can all hope to see Phillips VS Veltman, round 2.

EDMONTON RUSH – To the best of our knowledge, there are no Rush injuries we know about…. Then again, we don’t really care either :p

LETS SHOW THE RUSH WHO REIGNS SUPREME IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA!!!