Oilers’ Prospects Stand Out During Condors’ 9-Game Winning Streak
- The Oilers having Connor McDavid (20 goals, 38 assists for 58 points) and Leon Draisaitl with 17 goals, 32 assists for 49 points, while the Condors have Cooper Marody (12 goals, nine assists for 21 points) and Tyler Benson with five goals, 12 assist for 17 points; the latter is tied with two other players for the second spot with 17 points in the league.
- A big component to the success of the Condors is the heroics of Marody, McLeod and Benson this season.
- With eight points, five goals and three assists in three games, Marody was named the CCM Hockey AHL player of the week.
- McLeod and Benson would get helpers on a Marody goal, which was his 100th point in a Condors jersey after lacing up for 102 games.
- During those eight games, Benson tallied four goals and 11 assists for 15 points with a plus/minus of plus-10, and McLeod was boasting six goals and eight assists for 14 points and a plus-14.
- Benson got a goal and Marody recorded an assist in the losing effort, extending Marody’s point streak to a team record of 11 games.
- (from ‘Unproven Stuart Skinner to get the start for Oilers vs. Ottawa tonight, reports Ryan Rishaug,‘ Edmonton Journal, 01/31/2021) With veteran Mike Smith still injured, Skinner served as the Oilers’ backup to Mikko Koskinen for the first nine games of the season.
- With the continued scoring from Marody, Benson and McLeod, plus the fantastically stable work in between the pipes from Skinner, the Condors certainly have a good chance of making the playoffs
- If it wasn’t for the mandatory two-week quarantine, the Oilers could be less hesitant to call up Marody this season for some extra scoring help, or call upon Skinner once again to see what he’s made of
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