The Rebels travel to Danbury today and begin a two-game series against the Jr. Hat Tricks at the Danbury Ice Arena. It will be the first time this season that the teams will be meeting. This evening and tomorrow night’s games begin at 7:00PM.
Jr. Hat Tricks and Rebels Overview
Last season the Rebels won all eight games against the Tricks by a combined score of 32 – 10, including two shutouts (March 3 and 4 by the same score of 4 – 0).
Jr. Hat Tricks Overview
Danbury is currently in ninth place (last) in the East Division with a 4-15-3-0 record for 11 points. The Jr. Hat Tricks have lost three in a row and are 1 – 9 in their last ten games. They are coming off a two-game road series in which they were swept by the New Hampshire Mountain Kings. They have scored 45 goals (29th in the league), and they have allowed 85 (32nd in the league).
Forward Wyatt Stefan leads the Tricks with sixteen total points (6 goals and 10 assists) and goals (six). Four different players have a game winning goal. Jacob Roberson has a team high +3 while Grant Dietz leads the team in penalty minutes with 51.
Jr Hat Tricks’ goalies have a combined 3.71 goals against average and a .899 save percentage with no shutouts.
Rebels Overview
The Rebels are in eighth place in the East Division with a 7-10-0 record for fourteen points. They have lost their last three straight and are 4 – 6 in their last ten games. They are coming off a two-game road series in which they were swept by the Johnstown Tomahawks. Philadelphia has scored 51 goals (23rd in the league), and they have allowed 59 (15th in the league).
Klaus Jogi leads the team with thirteen total points (6 goals and 7 assists) while Otto Polakovs’ eight goals lead the team in goals scored. Kris Samitis has a team best +9. Greg Spitznagel has the most penalty minutes with 57.
The Rebels netminders Jack Fialkoff and Lukas Fursten have a combined 3.27 goals against average and .906 save percentage with one shutout (Fursten).
