GDT: Eagles vs. Islanders | Nov. 9th | 7:00 p.m.

[JEagle]

After what seems like forever to me the Eagles are back in game action tonight as they take on the Charlottetown Islanders, both clubs have hit a bit of a rough patch their past five games with Charlottetown recording a 2-3 record and the Eagles almost identical with a 2-2-1 record the only difference being a 2-1 overtime loss to Moncton on November 2nd.

Standings wise both Charlottetown and the Eagles come into this game tied with Rimouski for 3rd in the Eastern Conference with twenty-five points, so both clubs will not only be looking to get back on the right track tonight but also trying to get some separation in the standings.

Official Line-up:
Sokolov - Francis - Boudrias
Kalmikov - Laferrière - Lafrance
Ivan - Gentile - Miller
Doucet - Kidney - Trenholm

McCormick - Baker
Havlena - Larose
Kelly-Murphy - Falardeau

Official Starters:
CBE - William Grimard (5W-4L-3.93GAA-0.888SV%)

CHA - Matthew Welsh (8W-6L-2.58GAA-0.898SV%)

Injuries/Scratches:
F - Cole Fraser (Upper-Body)
D - Jérémy Langlois (U-17 Challenge)
D - Matt Lint (Healthy Scratch)
G - Kevin Mandolese (Lower-Body)

Leading Scorers:
CBE - Egor Sokolov: 14G-20A-34PTS
CBE - Ryan Francis: 11G-21A-32PTS
CBE - Shawn Boudrias: 12G-12A-24PTS

CHA - Nikita Alexandrov: 14G-8A-22PTS
CHA - Kevin Gursoy: 8G-11A-19PTS
CHA - Lukas Cormier: 4G-11A-15PTS

[switchback]

This will be ugly 8-1 eagles

[Theplug]

I'm told Laferriere returns tonight. Be a good boost to the secondary scoring and hopefully help get the pp firing.

[JEagle]

Nov 9, 2019 9:55:37 GMT -4 switchback said:

This will be ugly 8-1 eagles

I know you guys are having injury troubles but even still I don't see this one turning ugly your guys always give us trouble in one way or another and I'm expecting the same tonight.

Honestly what will go a long way in deciding this game tonight will be which Grimard decides to show up (if he's in net) the one that got shell shocked against Moncton or the one two nights later that was making 10 bell saves against them.

[JEagle]

[JEagle]

Laferrière slots back in at 2nd line centre between Kalmikov & Lafrance.

[WildcatMapleLeafs]

How long is Mandolese expected to be out ?

[JEagle]

Nov 9, 2019 18:58:01 GMT -4 WildcatMapleLeafs said:

How long is Mandolese expected to be out ?

No clue, someone in one of the GDT on here mentioned a source saying it was a broken ankle which if it is means he'd be out till at least the holiday break but going by what our Head Coach said in the youtube link I shared it sounded like if everything goes right we'll have a healthy roster before the break so who knows.

[sherwood1020]

Unpopular opinion I'm sure but I will say it. Derek Gentile is not a impact 20yo.

[emerz]

Well I thought we were the better team easily tonight but Welsh was the difference.

Wouldn’t be surprised to see the team sink without Mando.

Also our PK is realllly bad

[switchback]

You should’ve been the better team.. Cormier, Bernard , Plandowski, Casey,Desreuseiux,Alexandrov... Welsh is one of the best in the league and he proved it again tonight.

[sherwood1020]

Nov 9, 2019 21:31:48 GMT -4 switchback said:

You should’ve been the better team.. Cormier, Bernard , Plandowski, Casey,Desreuseiux,Alexandrov... Welsh is one of the best in the league and he proved it again tonight.

Hard to win games when you don't move your feet.. One team wanted to win tonight and the other was perfectly fine going through the motions. The final score reflected the effort put in.

[BigTwig]

Nov 9, 2019 20:06:50 GMT -4 sherwood1020 said:

Unpopular opinion I'm sure but I will say it. Derek Gentile is not a impact 20yo.

Thank You. I thought I was the only one who wasn’t happy with bringing him in last season

[switchback]

Laanouan for Gentile is one of if not the best trade Hulton has made

[hal]

We don't need a #1 Defenceman .......we need a #1 Pairing .......Maccormack and Baker are not one ....they really struggled tonight .