PREVIEW: Clan v Edinburgh Capitals THIS SATURDAY!
NEXT HOME GAME: Can we make it 4 straight wins THIS SATURDAY when the Edinburgh Capitals are the visitors to Braehead Arena (7:00pm face-off). Get your tickets NOW via TICKETMASTER, by calling 0844 499 1700 or direct at the Braehead Arena box office.
Glasgow’s Braehead Clan welcome the Edinburgh Capitals to Braehead Arena this Saturday night for Elite League Action.
The Clan are flying high off the back of a four point weekend and they will hope to keep the momentum going against the Capitals. The two sides have met twice in the league so far this season, with the Clan coming away victors on both occasions.
Our Match Night Live Reporter, David Marshall (@marshalldave38), takes a look at some of the Capitals main men:
With the unfortunate news of Marek Tvrdon being granted his release due to family issues Cazzola is the top scorer on the Capitals’ active roster.
When Saturday’s match rolls around it will be over a month since Cazzola has last netted in the league. However, he has nine assists to his name, including one in the win against the Coventry Blaze last week. The victory for Edinburgh last weekend ended a run of 13 defeats in a row. Cazzola has one assist against the Clan this season and will be an important player for the Capitals’ on Saturday night.
The vastly experienced Kazakhstan born Russian returned to Edinburgh for his second season. Vorobyev amassed 51 points over 50 games last season.
In the early days of his career, Vorobyev was a first-round draft pick and number 11 overall for the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2000 NHL draft. He would play 57 games for the Blackhawks in the NHL. He also has two Russian league titles to his name while playing with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
Vorobyev scored in twice in last week’s victory over the Blaze and has two assists against the Clan so far this season.
Boyd spent the 2016/17 season at Braehead and played 48 games as the Clan won the Gardner Conference. However, Boyd only scored one goal in his time at Braehead and made the decision to return to Edinburgh in the summer.
Boyd played two previous seasons with the Capitals, featuring in both their Elite League and SNL teams. The Scot has, as of yet, only managed one goal since his return to Edinburgh. He will be hoping to score on familiar ground to kickstart his Capitals’ career this Saturday.
