Goalie Announcements (Nov 28)

It's hump day in Week Nine, five games on the schedule, all of which have active hockey pool goalies going, although a few of them have been unconfirmed and yes, there is one that doesn't belong in the pool... yet?  Troy may or may not have survival chance tonight, also unconfirmed. 

There are points to be had tonight... come and get some!

Jake Allen (Steve) versus Jimmy Howard (Tony)
The Blues are in Detroit tonight, where we find two goalies playing in the hockey pool, on different halves of the standings equator, nearly equal distance away from the middle too.  Steve's 6th place team is riding high this week, already having posted 11 points and has closed up the gap to 3rd place, down to 13 points, which is good news.  Tony, on the other hand, has struggled a bit this week at 6 points, not too bad though, 16 points back of 13th place (or the equator).

John Gibson (Kristy & Don) versus James Reimer (Dale C.)
The Anaheim Ducks got me again last night... I expected John Gibson, but they went with Ryan Miller.  The only game that wasn't confirmed yesterday and the better bet didn't work.  Gibson should be going tonight, second half of back-to-back games, so the duo get their start here.  Technically, this start is unconfirmed at the time of writing this post too.  James Reimer, however, has been confirmed for the Panthers, as Dale C.'s team is starting to make moves upwards in the standings and he could use 2 points to move closer to the equator too.

Aaron Dell (Troy) versus Frederik Andersen (Derek B.)
The Sharks lost to the Sabres in overtime last night, so it seems fair to think that Troy, our pool leader, may get a start from Aaron Dell the visiting team in Toronto tonight, which would bode well for his lead.  Troy already earned his qualifying win for the survivor game, so it's all about the points tonight.  On the home side, Frederik Andersen is confirmed for the Leafs in a big game for them, a story that doesn't involve goalies, which should probably help Derek chip away at that 74-point gap between his team and 1st place.

Landon Bow (N/A) versus David Rittich (Ryan)
Ryan's team is running quite well this week, 12 points from the first couple nights of action, moved back into 10th place and it has its eyes on the prize right now, running the Flames' new number one goalie, David Rittich, who gets another start tonight from the visiting Stars.  The Stars, on the other hand, are still waiting for their number one to return from injury and back-to-back nights may see a young keeper get a start tonight, as Landon Bow might finally get the nod, but that's still unconfirmed at the time of writing this post.

Tristan Jarry (Neil) versus Philipp Grubauer (Jesse)
Battle of the current backups in Colorado tonight, when the Penguins arrive to stand up against the Avalanche.  Tristan Jarry is the current number two guy in Pittsburgh and he gets his second nod of the season, taking on Philipp Grubauer, a goalie very familiar with these guys after his days in Washington.  This is a good swing game in the hockey pool tonight, Neil's team trails Jesse by 2 points, so a goose egg could have those two teams flip the advantage... or it could get a lot better for Jesse when the night is over.