Simley Faces St. Paul Academy in "Battle Of Spartans" Tuesday

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS PATCH GAME OF THE WEEK

Boy’s Hockey
Simley (0-0, 0-0 Classic Suburban Conference) vs. St. Paul Academy (1-1 0-0 Tri-Metro Conference)

CHEAT SHEET
SITE: Drake Arena at St. Paul Academy.
TIME: 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday
LAST MEETING: St. Paul Academy defeated Simley 6-3 at home in the season opener last season. 

ON THE LINE
The game matches two teams who both finished 11-14-2 last season. Simley was 1-7-2 in Classic Suburban Conference action last year. St. Paul Academy finished 6-6-2 in the Tri-Metro last year.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Brandon Reitberger—Simley forward
The senior led the Spartans with 19 goals scored.

Drew Blackmun—St. Paul Academy forward
The sophomore finished with 29 points in 27 games last season. 

SPARTANS WIN IF...
They can get solid goalkeeping from returning duo Luke Beaudoin and Joe Bade.

ST. PAUL ACADEMY WINS IF...
They can find replacements for the top three scorers they lost to graduations.