The Nice Eagles are traveling this weekend to Courbevoie for the 8th day of the French Division 1 Championship. The Courbevoie Roosters managed to beat Brest last Saturday with a resounding 6-2 score. Ranked 9th overall, the Roosters can be formidable at home.
The Eagles, on the other hand, are also on a good run. Apart from a single slip-up in Dunkirk, Stan Sutor’s men have been stringing together victories. However, the Azurian team has had a peculiar week.
Indeed, due to a figure skating competition, the Eagles have not had any training at the Jean Bouin ice rink for 3 days. The Nice team trained in Toulon this Friday before leaving very early this morning for Paris. A rather light preparation for a match that promises to be very closely contested.
The championship is very tight, with only 3 points separating the 1st from the 8th, so every match is important to stay at the top of the standings…
Courbevoie-Nice in numbers
Courbevoie: 9th in the standings with 6 points (3 wins and 3 losses)
Best player: Kรฉvin GADOURY 17 points (6 goals, 11 assists)
Power play efficiency: 23.1%
Penalty kill efficiency: 79.9%
Nice: 2nd in the standings with 10 points (5 wins and 1 loss)
Best player: Janne KUMPULAINEN 10 points (2 goals, 8 assists)
Power play efficiency: 9.9%
Penalty kill efficiency: 84.3%
