The Eagles of Nice (5th) will host the Roosters of Courbevoie (11th) this Saturday, February 2nd, at 7:15 PM at the Jean Bouin ice rink in Nice, as part of the 20th day of the French D1 championship.
The Eagles reassured themselves last week in Megève by securing a victory worth 2 points. Their last win dated back to October 27th in Courbevoie! Stan Sutor’s men have regained confidence and need to confirm their positive momentum this Saturday in front of the Nice audience.
The Courbevoie team is in search of points; they absolutely want to win this match to be among the top 8, synonymous with
qualification for the playoffs. Courbevoie has the 2nd best attack in the championship with 88 goals since the beginning of the season, largely thanks to 3 players: Kévin GADOURY (top scorer of the championship with an average of 2.5 points/game!), Benjamin RUBIN, and Julien TREMBLAY (who recently scored 8 goals in a single match). The team from Nice must therefore be very wary of this team that plays very physically and can be very effective in front of the net.
Nice-Courbevoie in numbers:
Nice: 5th in the championship with 24 points (11 wins and 8 losses)
Top scorer: Arne KROTAK with 32 points (18 goals, 14 assists)
Power play efficiency: 12.4%
Penalty kill efficiency: 81.7%
Courbevoie: 11th in the championship with 16 points (8 wins, 11 losses)
Top scorer: Kévin GADOURY with 47 points (16 goals, 31 assists)
Power play efficiency: 17.9%
Penalty kill efficiency: 77.6%
