The Salt Lake Golden Eagles complete their nine-game holiday homestand with a pair of Delta Center games tonight and Thursday against the IHL's hottest scorer (former NHLer Rob Brown) and one of its top teams, the Kalamazoo Wings.
Kalamazoo, 20-12-4, has a three-game winless going but is 6-1-3 in its last 10 and tied with 44 points for the lead in the Atlantic Division and fifth-best point total in the 13-team league. Brown leads league scorers by 12 points with 64 in just 34 games.The 11-21-2 Eagles lost their last two games but are 4-3 on the homestand and 5-3 in their last eight games. They've been without captain Chris Luongo (up with New York Islanders), defenseman Darryl Olsen (pulled groin) and winger Jason Simon (foot) and could be minus leading scorer Zigmund Palffy (34 points, 34 games) after a match penalty assessed against him Friday.