Rebels vs. Titans Overview
The Rebels will play their only game of the weekend on Saturday night as the team travels to Middletown’s Ice World to play the New Jersey Titans. This will be the eighth meeting between the two teams this season with the Rebels winning five of the seven games and outscoring the Titans 22 – 10, which includes three shutouts (two by Mareks Mitens and one by Jack Leavy). The last time the teams played each other was back on January 11 when the Rebels won 2 – 0.
Dom Garcia (3 goals and 4 assists), Gvido Jansons (2 goals and 5 assists) and Brennan Kapcheck (4 goals and 3 assists) each have seven points against the Titans. Kapcheck has scored the most goals with four. The Rebels are 5 for 33 (15%) on the power play. Mitens has played in four of the seven games between the pipes and has a 1.25 goals against average and a .946 save percentage. Mitens and Leavy has a combined 1.57 goals against average and .935 save percentage against the Titans.
Anthony Cusanelli (2 goals and 1 assist) and Gordie Helmuth (1 goal and 2 assists) each have three points against the Rebels. Four different Titans have scored two goals apiece against the Rebels. The Titans are 5 for 29 (13.7%) on the power play. Three Titans goalies have played against the Rebels and they have a combined 3.14 goals against average and a .884 save percentage.
Titans Overview
The Titans enter the weekend in third place in the East Division with a 24-14-1-1 record for 50 points, thirteen behind the Rebels and five behind second place Johnstown. They have won four out of their last ten games and coming off of a 4 – 0 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights back on January 22. The Titans have scored 142 goals (second best in the NAHL) and have allowed 123 (eleventh best in the NAHL).
New Jersey is led by Danny Eruzione’s 35 points (12 goals and 23 assists). He is followed by Maxim Andreev’s 32 points (10 goals and 22 assists) and 31 points respectively from Jordan Kaplan (10 goals and 21 assists) and Helmuth (9 goals and 22 assists). Cusanelli leads the team with thirteen goals.
Nick Boyagian and Dylan Healey each have three game winning goals. Andreev and Helmuth each lead the team in penalty minutes with 62 respectively. Eruzione has the best +/- ratio of +12. New Jersey is ranked eleventh in the league on the power play (19.8%) and fifth in the league on the penalty kill (84.9%).
The Titans goalies have a combined 3.04 goals against average and .905 save percentage.
Rebels Overview
The Rebels enter the weekend in first place in the East Division with a 31-7-1 record for 63 points. The Rebels have won eight of their last ten games but they are coming off of a 5 – 0 loss to the Fairbanks Ice Dogs. The Rebels have scored 139 goals (sixth best in the league) and have allowed 68 (fewest in the league).
Andrew Bellant leads the team with 38 points (22 goals and 15 assists). He is followed by Garcia (10 goals and 24 assists) and Kapcheck’s (14 goals and 20 assists) 34 points each. Bellant leads the team in goals (22) and game winning goals (five).
Bellant also leads the team in penalty minutes (113) while Kapcheck has a league leading +31 +/- ratio. The Rebels are ranked eighth in the league on the power play (21.3%) and second on the penalty kill (86.8%).
Mitens and Leavy have a combined 13 shutouts posting a 1.62 goals against average and .931 save percentage.
Two games during the week
While the Rebels only play one game during the weekend, the team does play two games during the week. The first game will be on Tuesday, February 7 against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights at 12:30pm and then on Wednesday, February 8 against the Titans at 10:30am.
