The Vancouver Warriors are getting ready to take on the Colorado Mammoth tomorrow night at Rogers Arena.
The game takes place at 7:00 p.m. PCT and it will be the second preseason game for both teams after the Warriors bested the Las Vegas Desert Dogs 12-7 last weekend and the Mammoth lost to the Halifax Thunderbirds 18-15.
In the Warriors win, forward Marcus Klarich tallied four goals, and forwards Keegan Bal and Marshal King netting two goals each. Jesse King, Adam Charalambides, and Jeremy Wudrick all chipped in one goal.
Goaltenders Marcus Khan and Connor O’Toole each played half the game against Las Vegas.
The Warriors had a strong second half last weekend, as Las Vegas led 5-4 at halftime. Vancouver scored four unanswered goals in the third quarter and another four goals in the fourth.
Warriors Head Coach and GM Curt Malawsky felt the game was a good step in the direction of building their team’s identity and he was pleased with the way the young goaltenders made stops to help pull out the win.
“I thought both young goalies were exceptional. I liked our young d-guys, [they are] athletic, physical, they picked up a lot of ground balls, they got the ball up the floor pretty quickly. Offensively, I thought we moved our feet a lot better than we have in the past, we got a lot of multiple possessions because we were moving our feet and we’ve not standing still. Sometimes you play purposefully, you play slow, so we wanted to play a little bit quicker and we did that tonight.
Colorado started camp with a 40-man roster, including all but three players from last year’s team. Forward and New Westminster’s Will Malcom led the Mammoth with 89 points (36G, 53A) last season, while Jack Hannah posted 85 points (27G, 58A), and Andrew Kew added 84 (45G, 39A).
The Mammoth have some new faces, including the seventh overall pick in the NLL dispersal draft, defenceman Alex Pace from the Philadelphia Wings, and picked up defencemen Andrew Borgatti and Ladner, B.C.’s Evan Messenger in free agency.
Admission for tomorrow's game at Rogers Arena is only for season ticket holders.
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