Super Series Preview - OHL vs. Russia

I can't be the only one that feels kind of bad that Russia has to travel from Val-d'Or all the way down to Guelph and play back-to-back right? Then having 3 days off before the second game? Somebody really wants the OHL to win before this series starts. Also, screw you OHL and your two different rosters during this series. Only six players have the chance to play in both games. I'm blaming David Branch for everything.

Rosters

OHL

Goalies: Jordan Binnington (Owen Sound Attack), Jake Paterson (Saginaw Spirit), Malcolm Subban (Belleville Bulls)
Defense: Alex Basso (Sarnia Sting), Cody Ceci (Ottawa 67's), Frankie Corrado (Sudbury Wolves), Dylan DeMelo (Mississauga Steelheads), Matt Finn (Guelph Storm), Dougie Hamilton (Niagara IceDogs), Scott Harrington (London Knights), Slater Koekkoek (Peterborough Petes), Ryan Murphy (Kitchener Rangers), Adam Pelech (Erie Otters), Stuart Percy (Mississauga Steelheads)
Forwards: Anthony Camara (Barrie Colts), Daniel Catenacci (Owen Sound Attack), Max Domi (London Knights), Barclay Goodrow (Brampton Battalions), Tyler Graovac (Ottawa 67's), Seth Griffith (London Knights), Zach Hall (Barrie Colts), Boone Jenner (Oshawa Generals), Scott Laughton (Oshawa Generals), Joshua Leivo (Sudbury Wolves), Connor McDavid (Erie Otters), Zack Mitchell (Guelph Storm), Sean Monahan (Ottawa 67's), Matt Puempel (Kitchener Rangers), Brett Ritchie (Niagara IceDogs), Ryan Rupert (London Knights), Kirby Rychel (Windsor Spitfires), Mark Scheifele (Barrie Colts), Ryan Strome (Niagara IceDogs), Tom Wilson (Plymouth Whalers)

Russia

Goalies: Andrei Makarov (Saskatoon Blades), Igor Ustinsky (Steel Foxes Magnitogorsk), Andrei Vasilevsky (Tolpar Ufa)
Defense: Kirill Dyakov (Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk), Yaroslav Dyblenko (Mytischi Atlant), Pavel Koledov (Lokomotiv VHL Yaroslavl), Ilya Lyubushkin (Lokomotiv VHL Yaroslavl), Andrei Mironov (Dynamo Moscow), Mikhail Naumenkov (THK Tver), Nikita Nesterov (Traktor Chelyabinsk), Artem Sergeev (Val-d'Or Foreurs), Alexei Vasilevsky (Toros Neftekamsk), Albert Yarullin (Ak Bars Kazan), Nikita Zadorov (London Knights)
Forwards: Mikhail Grigorenko (Quebec Remparts), Kirill Kapustin (Lokomotiv VHL Yaroslavl), Alexander Khokhlachev (Spartak Moscow), Yaroslav Kosov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Yevgeny Mozer (Avangard Omsk), Valeri Nichushkin (Chelmet Chelyabinsk), Maxim Shalunov (Chelmet Chelyabinsk), Anton Shenfeld (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Andrei Sigarev (SKA St. Petersburg), Vladimir Tkachev (Ak Bars Kazan), Bogdan Yakimov (Dizel Penza), Nail Yakupov (Neftekhimsk Nizhnekamsk), Damir Zhafyarov (Metallurg Novokuznetsk), Daniil Zharkov (Belleville Bulls), Anton Zlobin (Val-d'Or Foreurs), Valentin Zykov (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)

Games

November 8 (Guelph)
Russia vs. OHL

November 12 (Sarnia)
OHL vs. Russia

Last 6 Matchups

OHL (6-3) - OHL (10-7) - OHL (2-1) - OHL (4-0) - OHL (5-2) - OHL (5-2)

Predictions

Game 1: Russia 2 - OHL 6
Game 2: OHL 2 - Russia 3

The first game has recently been the highest scoring of the 2 games, and with Russia playing with 24 hours I can see that trend continuing. While the OHL has been on a winning streak in this series, Russia will finally put that to an end after the 3 day layoff between games. Max Domi disappoints every Canadian hockey fan for not fighting. Nail Yakupov might have something thrown at him in game 2.