River Monsters Look to Continue Winning Ways Saturday Against Soo

 

F Perry Shiring, Warming up before Toledo 

By Michael Deemer / Pittsburgh River Monster


 BEAVER FALLS, Pa.-- Fresh off a dominating 6-1 victory over the Toledo Mobsters, the Pittsburgh River Monsters will face the Soo Nordiques Saturday afternoon.


The Monsters are currently first place in the Western Division with a 5-2-2 record, while the Nordiques are currently third at a 3-2-2 record. 


The Nordiques are led by Curtis Hubbard. Hubbard has eight goals on the year already, ranking fourth in the UHL. 


Not far behind him is Pittsburgh's own Perry Shiring with seven goals to his name. The forward had two goals in the 6-1 win last Saturday at Brady's Run Arena.


Also in the win, defensemen Ryan Dolence had a goal and two assists on Saturday, but he and the team look forward to each game with one game at a time.


"Our biggest thing is just get back to basics, put it behind us. We can't just look back in the past, we have to go forward," Dolence said. "We have to look at what we can improve upon. Why focus on the good things? We gotta look at what we did wrong and fix it."


The River Monsters will face the Nordiques at Brady's Run Arena on Saturday night at 8 p.m.


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