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Chelsea Showcase: Sunday Picks

By Craig Peterson, 01/30/20, 8:00AM EST

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd

 

Petoskey vs. Fenton/Linden

BREAKDOWN: Nick Aown and Derek Hebner give Petoskey a good chance on Sunday morning. I like the Griffins but this is a spot where I think the Northmen have the upper hand in a close one decided in the third period.

PREDICTION

#101 Fenton/Linden

3

#109 Petoskey

4


 

Mona Shores vs. White Lake Lakeland

BREAKDOWN: Closest matchup of the weekend according to MyHockeyRankings. Ben Getzen is producing at an impressive clip, but Mona’s combo of Ty Langlois, Trent Benedict and Connor Winegar give them the upper hand with more weapons up front.

PREDICTION

#62 White Lake Lakeland

3

#61 Mona Shores

6


 

Birmingham Unified vs. South Lyon Unified

BREAKDOWN: If BU can keep South Lyon under three goals, they can pull a big upset here in a low-scoring decision. However, SLU has scored four-or-more in 11 straight games heading into the showcase; I don’t see BU slowing them down.

PREDICTION

#18 South Lyon Unified

5

#41 Birmingham Unified

2


 

East Kentwood vs. St. Clair Shores Unified

BREAKDOWN: Whoever wins the first period wins the game; I like SCS to do that as they’ve scored 19 first-period goals — their most in any period. After that, I think they hang on to the lead and stay out in front.

PREDICTION

#116 St. Clair Shores Unified

5

#119 East Kentwood

2


 

Portage Central vs. Anchor Bay

BREAKDOWN: I’d expect a track meet with a lot of up-and-down action and odd-man rushes. Coaches may not want to hear that but it makes for exciting hockey and I think favors playmakers like Justin Hayward to make his presence felt, setting up goal scorers like Hunter Maschke and Jaden Sorenson.

PREDICTION

#99 Anchor Bay

5

#104 Portage Central

6


 

Livonia Franklin vs. Bay City

BREAKDOWN: Bay City’s top guys are just going to be too much to handle in this one. As long as they stay out of the box, I see no reason why Zac Lewandowski and company can’t win this one handedly. 

PREDICTION

#84 Bay City

6

#91 Livonia Franklin

2


 

Bloomfield Hills vs. Romeo

BREAKDOWN: Kyle Lucia has posted back-to-back-to-back hat tricks leading into the Showcase and Jeremy Kahan has been sensational in net for the Black Hawks. I don’t know if Romeo has enough firepower to crack Kahan, so I’ll stick with Bloomfield Hills.

PREDICTION

#70 Romeo

1

#54 Bloomfield Hills 

4


 

Walled Lake Western vs. Troy United

BREAKDOWN: Jeff Petruno,Tommy Patrick and Jake McDonald have all breached the 10-goal plateau for Western. While Troy doesn’t give up much defensively, it’ll be a major challenge keeping all three at bay so I like the Warriors again here to outpace Troy.

PREDICTION

#88 Troy United

3

#64 Walled Lake Western 

5

 

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