The Rebels will play their first of two consecutive home-and-home series against the Danbury Hat Tricks in the penultimate weekend of the 2024-25 season. Friday’s game will be held at the Hollydell Ice Arena at 7:00PM while Saturday’s contest will be played at the Danbury Ice Arena at 3:00PM.
The Playoffs are online the line for both teams, although the Rebels have a statistically better chance between the two. The Rebels are currently the seventh seed with 51 points, two points behind the New Hampshire Mountain Kings. Danbury is six points behind the Rebels, and the Hat Tricks would need to win the next four games to put them into a position for the last spot and hope the Mountain Kings lose their next four games.
New Hampshire plays the Northeast Generals for a pair of games this weekend, and they then will close out the season against the Maine Nordiques – who, have clinched a playoff spot – yet have not clinched the third spot. Maine is four points ahead of fourth place New Jersey who plays at Maryland this weekend and then they are home next weekend against the Rochester Jr. Americans.
Lots of moving Jello as the season is coming to an end.
Hat Tricks and Rebels Overview
These teams have not played each other since October 18 and 19 at Hollydell. Danbury won the first game 5 – 4 in a shootout while the Rebels won game two 4 – 1, although the Rebels are outscoring Danbury by a combined score of 8 – 6.
The Hat Tricks are 1 for 4 (25%) on the man advantage. David Utkin (1 goals and 1 assist) Niko Tournas (two goals) lead Danbury with two total points against the Rebels while Tournas leads the Hat Tricks in goals (two). Danbury’s goaltenders have a combined 3.84 goals against average and .896 save percentage with no shutouts.
The Rebels are 3 for 6 (50%) on the powerplay. Caesar Björk leads the Rebels in total points against Danbury with four (1 goal and 3 assists) while Jared Coccimiglio has the most goals against the Hat Tricks with two. Rebels’ goaltenders have a combined 2.40 goals against average versus Danbury and a .924 save percentage with no shutouts.
Hat Tricks Overview
Danbury is currently in eighth place in the East Division with a 21-31-3-0 record for 45 points (27th in the league). They are coming off of a home split against the Mountain Kings winning the first game 4 – 1 and losing the second game 5 – 1. They have won two out of their last five games and three out of their last ten. They possess a 10-17-0-0 home record and 11-14-3-0 away record.
The Hat Tricks have scored 168 goals (19th in the league), and they have allowed 210 (31st in the league). They have converted on 18.88% of the chances on the man advantage (12th in the league), and their penalty kill is at 73.27% (34th in the league). They have scored 37 power play goals (19th in the league) and five shorthanded goals (22nd in the league). They have given up four shorthanded goals (24th in the league). Their powerplay at home is 15.56% and penalty kill is 71.82%. The Hat Tricks powerplay on the road is 21.70% while their penalty kill is 74.77%.
Tournas leads the Hat Tricks with 67 total points (35 goals and 32 assists), goals (35), game winning goals (4) and plus/minus (+16). Gavin O’Hara leads Danbury with 97 penalty minutes.
Danbury’s goaltenders have a combined 3.69 goals against average and .887 save percentage with no shutouts.
Rebels Overview
The Rebels are currently in seventh place in the East Division with a 24-28-2-1 record for 51 points (24th in the league). They are coming off a thrilling come-from-behind 4 – 3 overtime win against the Titans this past Tuesday night in New Jersey. They have won two in a row and four of their last five games. They have won seven out of their past ten contests. The Rebels have a 15-9-2-1 home record and a 9-19-0-0 away record.
Philadelphia has scored 164 goals (21st in the league), and they have allowed 176 (20th in the league). They have converted on 15.76% of the chances on the man advantage (27th in the league), and their penalty kill is at 81.51% (21st the Rebels with 47 total points (17 goals and 30 assists) while Ruslan Jamaldinov has the most goals (21) and game winning goals (5). Björk has a team best +12. Brock Jones has a team high 121 penalty minutes.
Rebels’ goaltenders have a combined 3.07 goals against average and .931 save percentage with one shutout (Owen Crudale). Crudale leads the team in wins (20), goals against average (2.78) and save percentage (.923).
