THUNDER BAY – Sports – The Thunder Bay Chill downed the Des Moines Menace (3-3-1) in two pivotal games on Friday and Saturday night. Both games were played at Valley Stadium.
The Chill beat the Menace 2-0 in game 2 of this weekend series.
Thunder Bay Chill 7-0-0
The Thunder Bay Chill move to 7-0 on the season and have not allowed a goal against in the last 5 games.
That is 450 minutes of shutout soccer. The Chill are currently sitting in first place in the Heartland Division, Central Conference and entire 65 team PDL
“Our goal is to take all 6 points in Des Moines” said Chill head coach Tony Colistro heading into the contest. “We know Des Moines is always difficult to beat at home” he continued. The Chill had not won in Des Moines since July 2011. Since 2007 the Chill are 13-6-4 against Des Moines. The all time record between these two teams is 22-21-4 in favour of Des Moines.
Thunder Bay Chill captain Nolan Intermoia was named to the PDL Team of the Week as a result of his performance against St. Louis last weekend. Honourable mentions from Thunder Bay also went to Abraham Villon and Sergio Campano Franco who had both assists in Saturday’s win over the Lions.
Next weekend the Chill are back at home to host the Springfield Demize for two at tbaytel Field at Chapples Park. Springfield is currently sits 4th in the Heartland Division with a 2-1-1- record.