RIAL Game Preview: Reno Pond Hockey VS Dough Boys

Reno Pond Hockey is coming off of a 1-6 loss to the Slappy Gilmores. Reno Pond Hockey is 3-3-0. Reno Pond Hockey sits in 3rd place in the current D-League standings. Dough Boys are coming off of a 3-4 loss to The Guardians. Dough Boys are on a three game losing streak. Dough Boys are 2-3-1. Dough Boys are currently in 4th in the D-League standings. The all time record between Reno Pond Hockey and Dough Boys is 1-0-0. Reno Pond Hockey last played Dough Boys on June 16th, 2022. That game ended in a 3-2 Reno Pond Hockey win.

Reno Pond Hockey has 19 goals after six games. That is 3.16 goals per game. They currently sit with the 4th most goals in D-League.

Reno Pond Hockey has allowed 25 goals after six games. That is 4.16 goals against per game. That is currently 3rd least in the league. Reno Pond Hockey has a -6 goal differential.

Dough Boys have scored 24 goals in six games. That is 4 goals per game. They have the 3rd most goals in D-League right now.

Dough Boys have allowed 23 goals in six games. That is 3.83 goals against per game. That is the second least goals allowed in D-League. They have a 1 goal differential.

Reno Pond Hockey managed to pull out a win in their last meeting. This one has a good chance of being another close game. In the last game of this series, there was a lot of back and fourth but not a lot of scoring until late in the game. I expect Reno Pond Hockey to try and score early and build off of that. Four out of six of the Dough Boys games have been within one goal. Scoring has to be the top priority for Reno Pond Hockey in this game.