Kingston Frontenacs GameDay January 1, 2016

KINGSTON FRONTENACS gameday report
PESKY PETES RETURN TO KINGSTON
PETES PART OF A LOGJAM OF 6 TEAMS SEPARATED BY 4 POINTS IN THE CONFERENCE
While the Kingston Frontenacs continue to hold
the top spot in the Eastern Conference, the logjam
behind them for spots 2 to 7 remains as tight as
ever–including tonight’s opponent, the Peterborough
Petes. After Wednesday night’s 4-1 win in
Oshawa against the Memorial Cup Champion Oshawa
Generals, the Frontenacs have 22 wins, 11
regulation losses, 2 overtime losses, and 1 shootout
loss. The Frontenacs have 6 wins, 3 regulation
losses, and 1 overtime loss in their past 10 games
and continue to push for wins without three of their
top players–Crouse, McKeown, and Lammikko are
all in Finland at the World Juniors representing
Canada and Finland respectively.
The Petes, on the other hand, are struggling
for consistency–a theme common among the
middle of pack of teams in the Eastern Conference.
Not including last night’s matchup against
the Guelph Storm, the Petes have 4 wins, 5 losses,
and 1 shootout loss in their past 10 games. With
17 wins, 14 losses, 2 overtime losses, and 3 shootout
losses–good for 39 points–the Petes are a team
still struggling for wins and consistency. While they
sit 2rd in the East Division, the Petes are sitting 8
points back from the Frontenacs and in 5th place
in the Eastern Conference.
In the 5 match-ups between the to clubs so far
this season, Peterborough is ahead in the series
with 3 wins to Kingston’s 2. The Frontenacs have
a slight lead in scoring between the two teams this
season when facing each other, with 20 goals to
Peterborough’s 19.
NICHOL JOINS THE CENTURY MARK: Ted Nichol, in his
second full season with the Frontenacs, joined the
100 regular season games played with Kingston
Club. He was a midseason call up in 2013-14, playing
6 games and assisting on 2 goals. Other current
Frontenacs who are into the 100 Games with
Kingston Club include Roland McKeown (218),
Spencer Watson (203), Conor McGlynn (163), Lawson
Crouse (141), Lucas Peressini (111), and Ryan
Verbeek (108). KF