MORNING SKATE NOTES<\/p>\n
Head coach Andr\u00e9 Tourigny said there are some game-time decisions.<\/p>\n
This is the first half of a back-to-back for the Mammoth and the final in a three-game homestand.<\/p>\n
Facing the Hurricanes<\/p>\n
Carolina is the top team in the Metropolitan Division and the top team in the Eastern Conference with 108 points. The Hurricanes are a team that forces their opponents to operate under pressure and will be a strong test heading into the final games of the regular season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great challenge for us,\u201d Tourigny explained. \u201c\u2026they have a lot of aggression without the puck, they put a lot of pressure, so it\u2019ll be good to play that kind of high-paced game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey forecheck really hard,\u201d Tourigny also said of the Hurricanes. \u201cThey\u2019re really quick on you. They are not the most physical team in terms of body checks, but they\u2019re physical in their battles, the way they get engaged in their battles. So, there\u2019s a lot of pressure everywhere. They force you to operate under duress all night long.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. 300<\/p>\n
Defenseman Sean Durzi\u2019s next game is his 300th in the NHL. Throughout his career, Durzi has 30 goals and 114 assists for 144 points. This season, the defenseman has five goals and 22 assists for 27 points. This is Durzi\u2019s fifth season in the NHL and he has played for the Los Angeles Kings, Arizona Coyotes, and Utah Mammoth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MORNING SKATE NOTES Head coach Andr\u00e9 Tourigny said there are some game-time decisions. This is the first half…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5,4,51,5290,232,5291,5289],"class_list":{"0":"post-550529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-hockey-club","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-utah","11":"tag-utah-hc","12":"tag-utah-hockey-club","13":"tag-utahhc","14":"tag-utahhockeyclub"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116387725105966762","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}