The Trail Smoke Eaters look to close out their weekend on a high note as they conclude their six-game season series against the Wenatchee Wild on Saturday night at the Town Toyota Center.
Smoke Eaters vs. Wild 2018/19 Schedule:
Saturday, September 29th @ Trail Memorial Centre (5-2 Wild) (BOXSCORE)
Wednesday, October 24th @ Town Toyota Center (5-4 Wild/OT) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, November 16th @ Trail Memorial Centre (3-2 Smoke Eaters) (BOXSCORE)
Wednesday, December 19th @ Trail Memorial Centre (5-2 Smoke Eaters) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, January 18th @ Town Toyota Center (6-2 Wild) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, January 19th @ Town Toyota Center (7:05 PM)
The Smoke Eaters and Wild conclude their season series with their sixth game of the season set with Wenatchee winning three of the five meetings including a 6-2 final on Friday night at the Town Toyota Center. Chase Stevenson and Owen Ozar collected markers for the Smoke Eaters in the game while Donovan Buskey turned aside 33 of the 39 shots he faced in the game in his first start as a member of the Smoke Eater.
Smoke Eaters Leading Scorers:
Chase Stevenson (17-25-42)
Carter Jones (12-26-38)
Kent Johnson (16-19-35)
Braeden Tuck (11-22-33)
Trevor Zins (10-22-32)
Smoke Eaters leading scorer Chase Stevenson has been one of the hotter members of the team coming into Saturday night’s action, collecting a point in six of his last seven games to pace Trail with 42 points on the season. The University of New Hampshire commit has scored three goals to go along with seven assists for ten points over that seven-game stretch while also taking the team lead in goals with his 17th of the season on Friday night.
A Smoke Eater forward has enjoyed his time south of the border and seeing an American opponent as Owen Ozar has seen his strongest offensive numbers over his games against the Wild. The Prince Albert, Saskatchewan native has earned points in each of his four games against the Wild this season, sitting with 4 goals and 3 assists for 7 points in that span including 3 of his 4 goals coming south of the border.
Trail will look to 20-year-old netminder Adam Marcoux for tonight’s game as Donovan Buskey battled hard in his crease for 33 saves a night ago. The Calgary, Alberta native has seen a lot of the net so far this season, getting into a BCHL-leading 38 games played as well as playing the most minutes of any netminder in the league at 2187.
The Wenatchee Wild come into Saturday night’s game holding a 26-15-2-1 record to sit 3rd in the Interior Division after their 6-2 victory on Friday over the Smoke Eaters. AJ Hodges scored twice in the game while Nathan Iannone, PJ Fletcher, Matt Dorsey and Dylan Herzog tallied singles in the victory. Austin Park made 18 saves on the 20 shots he faced in the contest in his 15th win of the season.
Wild Leading Scorers:
Matt Gosiewski (24-20-44)
Lucas Sowder (11-28-39)
Murphy Stratton (8-28-36)
Josh Arnold (12-20-32(
Brandon Koch (6-26-28)
Wenatchee, Washington native Matt Dorsey has seen plenty of success over the Smoke Eaters as the Wild forward has come close to averaging a point per game this season with 28 points in 29 games played. Dorsey has collected three goals and three assists for six points over the course of the season set including five of those six in this building.
Wild netminder Austin Park has seen his play skyrocket from an earlier issue and has been playing very well over the last few contests. The Highlands Ranch, Colorado native has held a 1.82 GAA over his last six appearances which has seen three wins and two losses while also recording an impressive .926 SV%% over that stretch of play.
The Smoke Eaters and Wild will drop the puck on the first of their back-to-back set at 7:05 PM from the Town Toyota Center. The game will be broadcasted live with a free audio link at mixlr.com/trail-smoke-eaters as well as pay-per-view on HockeyTV.com beginning at 6:50 PM with the Voice of the Smoke Eaters, Trevor Miller.
