Wenatchee Wild begin 7 game home-stand against Kenai River

After a winless road trip through Michigan, going 0-2 at Port Huron and 0-1-1 against Soo, the Wild will look to get back to their winning ways when they take on the Kenai River Brown Bears in a series that they have historically fared well in.

Wenatchee leads the all-time series 34-15-4, and has played exceptional on their home ice going 18-8-2 at the Town Toyota Center.

In the previous road trip, Troy Loggins had a goal and two assists in the series at Port Huron, while Chase Perry and Mackenzie Sawyer combined for 36 saves. In the two games at Soo, Trey Bradley had 2 goals and 2 assists, while Perry and Sawyer combined for 54 saves. One silver lining to take away from the road-trip is that the Wild won the penalty battle as officials whistled 152 minutes in penalties over the four games, 73 going to Wenatchee and 79 going to their opponents.

Over the past 10 games the Wild have been led by Parker Tuomie who has scored 5 goals and 8 assists for 13 total points, while Troy Loggins has 4 goals and 7 assists for 11 points. Tuomie has four goals on the power-play and Trey Bradley added two game winning goals, with Wenatchee scoring the first goal of the contest seven times in the 10 game stretch. Chase Perry has two wins in goal, with a 2.55 goals against average and a .911 save percentage.

The Wild will have to be on their "A-game" this weekend, as the Brown Bears are 9-1-0 over their last 10 games and are led in scoring by Alec Butcher with six goals and nine assists for 15 points over the stretch, while Sebastian Fuchs has six goals and six assists for 12 total points. Goaltender Zach Quinn is 7-2-0 with a 2.02 goals against average and an .919 save percentage, but the Wild might have better luck against Kris Oldham who is 2-1-0 with a 3.85 goals against average and an .859 save percentage.

Regardless of who is guarding the net, the Wild will need to play better at home than they have on their most recent road-trip if they want to get in the win column for the first time in the past five games.

Chase Perry will have to at least match the play of Quinn, if not outplay the stingy goaltender to keep the Wild in contention. The offense will need to take shots on goal early and often to disrupt the flow of the Brown Bears and lastly, the Wild need to play smart hockey and continue to win the penalty battle this weekend. Following the Kenai River series, the home stand will continue when the Wild take on Fairbanks at home on Nov. 1 and 2.