WATERTOWN SHAMROCKS (11-9-0-0) vs. NORTH IOWA BULLS (10-11-0-1)
MASON CITY ARENA | NAHL REGULAR SEASON | GAME #21 AND #22 | DECEMBER 5 AND 6 , 2025
The Watertown Shamrocks will travel to play the North Iowa Bulls on Friday and Saturday at 7:10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Mason City Arena. It will be the Shamrocks’ twenty-first and twenty-second regular-season games of the 2025-26 season. This is the first regular-season matchup between these two teams.
Last season, the Shamrocks went 3-5 against the Bulls, with two of their three wins on the road.
WATERTOWN SHAMROCKS:
The Shamrocks will enter this division matchup after sweeping a three-game Thanksgiving road trip.
Last Wednesday, the Shamrocks kicked off their road trip against the Aberdeen Wings with a 5-2 victory. This is Watertown’s first franchise victory over its in-state rival. The Wings’ only two goals came in the first period, with the Shamrocks owning the rest of the game. Erick Comstock and Justin Obrochta scored in the second period to tie the game at two, then Owen Chartier scored two goals and Zach Boren scored the team’s fifth to give them the victory.
The Shamrocks then traveled to Minot to play two games against the Minotauros. The Shamrocks captured both games with decisive 7-4 and 8-2 wins. On Friday, the Shamrocks and Tauros ended their first period tied, but the Shamrocks had four different goal scorers to dominate the second. The Minotauros tried to stage a comeback in the third with three more goals, but the Shamrocks held strong for the 7-4 win. On Saturday, the Shamrocks had four goals in the first period with three different goal scorers to make it an early 4-0 lead. With a goal in the second and three more goals in the third, the Shamrocks were able to secure a 8-2 win.
This will be the Shamrocks first matchup against the Bulls this season. They have won four of their last five games, currently sit fourth in the Central Division.
NORTH IOWA BULLS
The Bulls host the Shamrocks after playing a set of games against the Austin Bruins, one home game and one away game, on Wednesday and Thursday. Their Saturday game against the Mallards was postponed.
The Bulls were swept this past weekend by the Bruins, 5-7 on Wednesday and 2-5 on Thursday. Wednesday night, Austin had three fast goals in the first to take the lead, with North Iowa scoring the last goal at 3:14 on the power play. The Bulls then had 3 goals in the second period, two power play goals and one short-handed goal, but the Bruins had four more goals to secure their win. On Thursday, the Bruins dominated play again. The Bulls’ goals in the first and third were not enough to hold off the Bruins’ two goals in the first, one in the second, and two in the third.
The Bulls’ record is 10-11–0-1 on the season, losing the last four of five games they have played. They are currently in fifth place in the Central Division.
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
SHAMROCKS:
- Zach Boren currently leads the team in goals with 12. He scored a goal on Wednesday, a goal and assists on Friday, and a hat trick and two assists on Saturday night, for eight points total.
- Carter Sproule currently leads the team with 19 assists and 28 points. He had two assists on Wednesday and a goal and four assists on Saturday, achieving over 100 career points.
- Kyle Greene currently has nine points in 11 games played. He had two assists on Wednesday, an assist and a goal on Friday, and a goal on Saturday, for five points total.
BULLS:
- Fugi Suzuki leads the team with 12 goals and 26 points. He had a goal and two assists on Wednesday and an assist on Thursday.
- Vitality Korolyuk has 10 goals, 15 assists, for 25 points on the season. On Wednesday, he had three assists and an assist on Thursday.
- Brody Dietz leads the team with 16 assists and had two on Wednesday night.
By Lily Schutzehofer
Photo by Sarah Cooper