Game 7 Preview: San Diego vs. Saskatoon

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After the rest of the VHLM series wrapped up in five games at the most the San Diego Marlins and Saskatoon Wild decided to go another direction.  It looked like the Marlins might also make quick work of the series like the other series, putting up two wins in the first two games, but then the Wild came roaring back to rip off three straight wins putting San Diego on the brink of elimination.  Thanks to a Game 6 shutout from Ricky LaFleur the Marlins were able to knot the series up at 3-3 a piece and force that pivotal game seven.

 

One just needs to glance at the box scores to see how this game seven is going to be won: through defense.  Neither team has managed to score more than 3 goals in a single game this series, and with each team sporting a 1-0 shutout victory it seems like we are headed for another low scoring game.  A large part of this is thanks to both goalies standing on their heads, both sporting save percentages north of .920.  With both goalies being so stingy, I think this may come down to special teams luck.  Will San Diego be able to overcome their 7.7% power play percentage to score some much needed goals?  Will the 17.9% power play thrust Saskatoon into the next round with enough offense to overcome LaFleur?  Either way I can't wait to tune in!

 

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