Matchup: Oakland (8-1-1, 0-0-0) begins GLCHL Conference action against the Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-7-0, 0-2-0) Friday night at the ONYX (8:55pm) and Saturday evening at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube (5:00pm)

All-Time Series: 31-15-0 all-time against Eastern Michigan. Oakland lost both games last season against the Eagles. Oakland has lost six straight regular season games to Eastern Michigan and is 1-6 in its last seven vs the Eagles with its lone win a 9-3 win at the 2017 GLCHL Playoffs. The last regular season victory over Eastern Michigan was on February 13th of 2016 a 7-1 win at the ONYX.

Scouting Oakland: The Golden Grizzlies feature Brendan Smith with five goals and seven assists. Forward Ryan Saad has scored two goals and added seven assists, while Jeremy Schwartz has three goals and nine assists. On defense Danny Scorzo has four assists and defenseman Matthew Moretuzzzo has two assist. In net Josh Pack (4-1-0) has a 2.14 goals against average and a save percentage of 92%

Scouting Eastern Michigan: The Eagles feature forward Kolton Huff with four goals and one assist. Forward Josh Davenport has scored two goals while adding three assists and forward Tim Conlin has scored three goals. On defense Adam Olson has two goals and defenseman David Bogart has one assist. In net Daniel Collins (1-3-0) has a 4.15 goals against average and a save percentage of 91%