Legion Rolling Thanks To Their Brick Walls

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The Toronto Legion have started to create some separation in the fight for the play-in spots in the North American Conference.

 

What previously was a three way battle between Toronto, Chicago, and New York with the teams roughly equal in points now has a favourite thanks to Toronto's strong play of late. The Legion now find themselves 8 points up on New York (with a game in hand) and 10 points up on Chicago. It has now become a focus for the Legion to look more at trying to catch DC (9 points up on Toronto) with just 15 games left in the season and a crucial 3 game head to head series coming up this week.

 

The strong run of play for the Legion recently can almost wholly be attributed to their strong goaltending tandem of Joel Castle and Evan Bihler, the duo that won the Legion a Continental Cup last season. Over the last 16 games, the Legion have gone 11-5-0, and both goaltenders have had shining moments in that run. Here are the numbers:

 

Joel Castle - 15 GP  10-5-0  .934 SV%  2.07 GAA  3 SO

Evan Bihler - 1 GP  1-0-0  1.000 SV%  0.00 GAA  1 SO

 

As you can see, both goaltenders have been spectacular, combining for 4 shutouts over the 16 games. It's easier to win games when your goalies average a shutout every 4 games.

 

In order for the Legion to continue to make up ground in the race for third in North America, they'll need the two goaltenders to continue their hot run of play.