The Dryden Ice Dogs will be dressed up in their best Game Faces for Halloween, as they travel to Thunder Bay tonight to face the Fort William Northstars.  Currently the Northstars sit in First place after defeating the Sioux Lookout Flyers last night, 7-2 on home ice.  The last meeting between the two teams was back at the beginning of October as they split the two game series in Dryden, with a 4-3 result both games.  Northstars getting the first win, and Dryden skating back to their win the second night.

BJ McClellan, Kevin Burton, Mike Lennon and Jon Mitchell are all representing Dryden on the top 10 league scoring leaders, while Ice Dogs Goaltender Peter Emery still sits on top of the goalie leaders with a 1.71 GAA, and .945 SV%.  With a win, Dryden will once again tie Fort William for top spot and have a chance to take the lead tomorrow as they face the K&A Wolverines in Schrieber, Ontario.  Gametime tonight is 7:30PM (EST), CKDR will have the call starting at 6:15PM (CST).

click image to listen live @ 6:15PM(CST)

The Challenge is set, and the Mayor’s are excited!  Both mayors for Sioux Lookout, Ontario and Dryden, Ontario has agreed on the terms for the upcoming challenge.  What is the challenge you ask?  Well, with the Dryden Ice Dogs and Sioux Lookout Flyers facing each other on November 10 and November 14, they have agreed that who ever can get the most attendance will be the winner.

“We are hockey communities and Hockey involves the whole family..so let’s get together and support our youth, the game and our communities!” Mayor Krassilowsky said when asked about the challenge.  Mayor Poling added “This is a great way to promote junior hockey in our two communities. Hopefully this challenge will create an even greater level of excitement for the sport within the region. I know that Mayor Anne is a fierce competitor and I say game on. Bring it!!!!”

The details of the challenge is as follows : The Dryden Ice Dogs will play at home against the Sioux Lookout Flyers on Tuesday, November 10. Likewise, the Sioux Lookout Flyers will play the Ice Dogs in Sioux Lookout on Saturday, November 14. The community with the highest attendance for their home game will win the challenge.  The losing Mayor will have to travel to a home game in the opponent’s town/city where she will wear the opposing team’s jersey and drop the puck at the beginning of the game in honour of the community winning the challenge.  So let’s PACK THE POUND on November 10, 2009, and see how great Mayor Poling looks in a Dryden Ice Dogs Jersey.

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Team Executives were notified late Tuesday, that the K&A Wolverines will be playing the remainder of their season, out of Schrieber, Ontario.  Few details are known at this time.  After playing the Fort William Northstars Saturday October 31, 2009, the Ice Dogs will travel east, and pull into fimilar territory in Schreiber, ON to face the K&A Wolverines Sunday.  Below is the gametimes, and broadcast times of this weekends games:

#18 Tanner Harms, 1G - 1A and First Star in tonight's Game!

The Dryden Ice Dogs skated away with an 8-0 win over the Fort Frances Lakers at the Ice For Kids Arena in Fort Frances Tuesday night.  It took 10:49 into the first period for Dryden to get their first goal, as Tanner Harms would find the back of the net on the powerplay, with the passes coming from BJ McClellan and Kevin Burton.  Just over 6 minutes later, at 17:00, Chad Liley will get is first of two, with the assists coming from Kevin Burton and BJ McClellan.  Dryden will then find themselves on the powerplay again, and Kevin Burton would capitalize, scoring Dryden’s third goal at 18:38, with BJ McClellan and Tanner Harms getting the helpers.  Dryden would go into the second period up 3-0.

The second period would look alot like the first period, as the first goal came at 11:13 of the second.  Mike Lennon getting the goal, assisted by Kyle Heck and Matthew Caulfield.  Jon Mitchell would get the 5th goal of the game at 15:59 assisted by Brendan Wertanen and Mario Gauthier.  Liley will then get his second of the game assisted by Jon Mitchell and Mike Lennon at 18:48 to close off the second period.

At 4:50 of the third period, and on the powerplay, Kyle Heck would find the back of the net, with the helper going to Mike Lennon.  That would be the last man advantage Dryden got in the game, finishing their Powerplay Percentage off at 75% ( 3 for 4 ).  The 8th goal of the game would be scored by Brenden Church, assisted by Garrett Nystedt.  As the last buzzer sounded, Dryden would end up walking away with the 8-0 over the Fort Frances Lakers.  Peter Emery would get his second shutout of the season, stopping all 27 shots he faced.  The win would give Dryden their 9th straight win, and share top spot with the Fort William Northstars with an 11-1 record to start of the year.

Dryden will now return back home, and prepare themselves for the biggest battle in the last 10 games.  As they travel to Thunder Bay, Ontario to face the OTHER first place team, the Fort William Northstars halloween night.  That game will go Saturday October 31, 2009…more details to follow.

The Dryden Ice Dogs would like to congratulate team member, Chad Liley, on being honoured as the S.I.J.H.L Player of the Week for October 26, 2009.  In his first week back with the team, Liley has been quick to adapt to his new team members.  Below is Liley’s stats since he has been with the team:

Congratulations Chad, Welcome Back!