The Rebels will travel to Elmira tomorrow for a two-game series at the LECOM Event Center against the expansion Aviators. It will be the first time these have faced each other. Friday and Saturday’s games begin at 7:00PM. Both teams are evenly matched.
Aviators Overview
Elmira is currently in fifth place in the East Division with a 6-6-1-0 record for 13 points. They have lost two in a row and five of their last six games. They are coming off being swept at home last weekend against the New Jersey Titans. Elmira is in the midst of a ten-game home stand, in which the Rebels will be games seven and eight.
The Aviators have scored 42 goals (7th in the league), and they have allowed 51 (32nd in the league). They have converted on 14.58% of the chances on the man advantage (21st in the league), and their penalty kill is at 72.92% (32nd in the league).
Clarence Beltz and Ben Costantino each have 12 total points (5 goals and 7 assists) to lead the Aviators while Sean Williams, Beltz and Costantino each have five goals to lead Elmira. Costantino also has the most game winning goals with two. Eli Brown has a team best +8 while Charlie Fink leads Elmira with 23 penalty minutes.
Elmira’s goaltenders have a combined 3.93 goals against average and .890 save percentage with no shutouts.
Rebels Overview
The Rebels are currently in seventh place in the East Division with a 5-6-1-1 record for twelve points. They have lost four of their last five games, and they are coming off a home split against the Danbury Hat Tricks in which they lost the first game in a shootout and won last Saturday’s game 4 – 1.
Philadelphia has scored 42 goals (8th in the league), and they have allowed 50 (31st in the league). They have converted on 18.52% of the chances on the man advantage (12th in the league), and their penalty kill is at 75.0% (31st in the league).
Charles Panchisin leads the team with twelve total points (3 goals and 9 assists) while Ryan Bunting has a team high five goals. Five different players (Billy Sheridan, Ruslan Jamaldinov, Brock Jones, Caesar Bjork and Drew Belleson) have scored a game winning goal. Belleson has a team best +7. Joe Stauber has the most penalty minutes with 35.
Rebels’ goaltenders have a combined 3.52 goals against average and .892 save percentage with no shutouts.
Next week the Rebels will have three home games starting on Tuesday, October 29 against the Titans and then November 1 and 2 when they host the Rochester Jr. Americans.
