RIAL Playoff Game Preview: Reno Pond Hockey VS Slappy Gilmores

Reno Pond Hockey is coming off of a 6-3 win against Mid-Ice Crisis in the RIAL D-League Summer 2022 Semi-Finals. Reno Pond Hockey finished the regular season 6-4-0. Reno Pond Hockey won 2nd place in the regular season standings. Reno Pond Hockey is the number 2 seed in the D-League Playoffs. Slappy Gilmores are coming off of a 5-0 win against The Guardians in the RIAL D-League Summer 2022 Semi-Finals. Slappy Gilmores have not lost a game this season. Slappy Gilmores finished the regular season 10-0-0. Slappy Gilmores secured the D-League regular season title and number 1 seed in the D-League Playoffs. The all time record between Reno Pond Hockey and Slappy Gilmores is 1-3-0. Reno Pond Hockey last played Slappy Gilmores on July 13, 2022. That game ended in a 1-6 Reno Pond Hockey loss.

Reno Pond Hockey has an all time RIAL Playoff record of 1-1-0. Their last playoff game was on August 17, 2021. That game was 6-3 win from earlier this week.

Reno Pond Hockey has 38 goals in the regular season. That is 3.8 goals per game. They had the 3rd most goals during the D-League regular season.

Reno Pond Hockey allowed 32 goals in the regular season. That is 3.2 goals against per game. That is the 2nd least in D-League During the regular season. Reno Pond Hockey had a 6 goal differential in the regular season.

Reno Pond Hockey scored 6 goals so far in the D-League Playoffs. Reno Pond Hockey has allowed 3 goals in the D-League Playoffs.

Slappy Gilmores scored 82 goals in the regular season. That is 8.2 goals per game. They had the most goals in D-League during the regular season.

Slappy Gilmores allowed 14 goals in the regular season. That is 1.4 goals against per game. That was the least goals allowed in D-League during the regular season. They had a 68 goal differential in the regular season.

Slappy Gilmores scored 5 goals so far in the D-League Playoffs. Slappy Gilmores have not allowed a goal so far in the D-League Playoffs.

This will be the third time this season Reno Pond Hockey has played Slappy Gilmores. Reno Pond Hockey has only scored one goal on them so far this season. This is a rivalry game. A rivalry for the D-League Championship. Like I have said before the Rivalry is kept strictly on the ice. Off the ice everyone is friendly. What can Reno Pond Hockey do going into this game? Positive attitudes will help. No matter what the score line is Reno Pond Hockey has to stick with their game. Pucks on net. Hard Passes. Guys in front of the net. No matter what this is the last game of the season so I expect they will go out there and give it their all.