Thunder host Ice Dogs tonight

The first chapter in this season’s edition of the storied rivalry between the Borderland Thunder and the Dryden Ice Dogs will be written tonight.
The game—set for 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena—pits the defending SIJHL champs (1-1) against the title-holders from the league’s inaugural campaign the previous year in the Ice Dogs (1-2-1).
The Thunder will have their U.S.-born players in the line-up for the first time this season after a disagreement between Hockey Canada and USA Hockey over transfer payments for players from one side of the border competing for a team on the other side was resolved.
The squad also is coming off a 10-day layoff, but hope rust isn’t a factor against a Dryden squad that’s fresh off its first victory of the year in Saturday’s 8-4 win over the K&A Variety Golden Hawks.
Former Muskie Cody Mosbeck was the Ice Dogs’ offensive catalyst in that game, netting a hat trick and adding an assist to key the Dryden attack.
Tonight will mark the mid-point of a season-opening five-game homestand for the Thunder, who are in the midst of a strange section of their schedule that will see them get another 10-day break from action after facing the Ice Dogs.