VARSITY BLUES (2-0) at BADGERS (0-1)
7:15 p.m.; OUA.tv; Tickets
The Brock Badgers look to win their first game of the early OUA season when they host the undefeated Toronto Varsity Blues at Seymour-Hannah Arena in St. Catharines on Thursday, Oct. 10.
Last weekend, the Badgers embarked on a New York to Connecticut road trip where they squared off against a pair of NCAA opponents in RPI (6-3 loss) and Quinnipiac (4-4 tie).
Tonight versus Toronto, Brock will be without senior defencemen Ethan Spaxman and Dexter Weber and forwards Matthew Campese and Connor Brown due to injury.
The Badgers, who opened the season with a 6-3 loss to Windsor, play back-to-back home games against Toronto and the York Lions (Friday, Oct. 11 at 7:15 p.m.).
Meanwhile, the Varsity Blues outscored their opponents 8-5 to earn victories against No. 10 Guelph and York.
Players to watch
Badgers defenceman Jordan Sambrook has been a source of offence from the blue line through their exhibition schedule. Sambrook, a 6-foot-3 right-shot defender from Markham, played four seasons in the OHL with the Erie Otters and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. He scored 51 goals and 155 points in 262 regular season games, and was a plus-134.
Varsity Blues goalie Alex Bishop made 57 saves and to backstop Toronto to an 2-0 start. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound netminder, who also hails from Markham, competed in the QMJHL where he spent most of his major junior hockey career with the Saint John Sea Dogs.
Badgers leading scorers
F Adam Berg 1G 1A
F Justin Brack 1A
F Mitchell Mendonca 1G
D Johnny Schaefer 1G
D Cole Thiessen 1A
Varsity Blues leading scorers
F David Thomson 2G 2A
F Joey Manchurek 1G 1A
F Kyle Potts 2A
F Ross Krieger 1G
F Kyle Clarke 1G
