Match Notes
- Swamp Rabbits have allowed the most shorthanded goals in the league. If the Railers are going to score one, it should happen this weekend.
- Railers can tie with Brampton for fifth place in the north division with a win and a Brampton and Manchester loss.
- Swamp Rabbits can take fifth place in the north division with a win and a Norfolk loss.
Railers Notes
- Team Rankings and Averages:
- Worcester is ranked seventh overall on the penalty kill, allowing 17 goals and killing 85.1 percent of penalties.
- Railers have scored the least amount of goals in the ECHL with 75, which averages to 2.27 goals per game.
- Worcester is 0-6 when trailing after two periods on the road.
- Railers are 1-0-01 when leading after 1 period on the road and are 2-0-0-1 when leading after two on the road.
- Worcester is on a three-game losing streak.
- Player Rankings and Streaks:
- Tyler Barnes leads the Railers with 10 goals and 23 points this season.
- Mike Cornell leads all Railers defensemen with three goals and 18 points.
- Barry Almeida is fourth in shots in the league with 130.
- Cold Streaks:
- Bo Brauer – 10 games
- Tommy Panico – 10 games
- Barry Almeida – 8 games
- Connor Doherty – 8 games
- Alex Adams – 7 games
- Alex Vanier – 6 games
- Dylan Willick – 4 games
- Tommy Kelley – 3 games
- Ivan Kosorenkov – 3 games
- Tyler Mueller – 3 games
- Matt Schmalz – 3 games
- Yanick Turcotte – 3 games
- Recent Transactions:
- Bo Brauer was acquired from the Atlanta Gladiators on December 31, completing the trade for Nick Bligh earlier in the month.
- Possible Scratches:
- Malcolm Gould – On injured reserve, is eligible to be activated.
- Kyle McKenzie – On injured reserve, is eligible to be activated.
- David Quenneville – On reserve.
- Additional scratches to be determined around game time.
Swamp Rabbits Notes
- Team Rankings and Averages:
- Greenville has four shorthanded goals at home.
- The Swamp Rabbits have allowed nine shorthanded goals, the most of any team this season.
- Greenville has the worst penalty kill at 76.4 percent. (38 power play goals allowed on 161 penalties)
- The Swamp Rabbits are 0-5 when trailing after one period and 0-7-1-1 when trailing after two at home.
- Greenville is on a four-game point streak.
- The Swamp Rabbits are the most penalized team in the eastern conference with 572 penalty minutes.
- Greenville has 999 shots on goal through 36 games. They have the lowest average of shots per game at 27.75.
- The Swamp Rabbits have allowed the second-most goals in the eastern conference with 131. (Norfolk is number one with 132)
- Player Rankings and Streaks:
- Michael Pelech is ninth in points with 35. (11-24-35)
- Johno May leads all rookies with 17 points and is third in points with 30. (17-13-30)
- Johno May has 6 power play goals this season.
- Thomas Ebbing has four points in his last three games.
- Chad Duchesne has five points in his last five games.
- Recent Transactions:
- Lucas Bombardier – Released from SPC on Friday.
- Garret Milan – Signed to SPC on Tuesday.
- Trevor Owens – placed on injured reserve on December 29.
- Possible Scratches:
- Luke Ripley – on injured reserve, has not played since November 23.
- JC Brassard – on injured reserve, has not played since November 18.
- Travis Howe – suspended until February 16.
- Trevor Owens – on injured reserve, hasn’t played since December 28.
Isles/Sound Tigers News
- Crunch 3, Sound Tigers 1 [Sound Tigers]
- Otto Koivula scored the only goal for Bridgeport.
- Christopher Gibson stopped 29 of 32 shots.
- Islanders play tonight against the Blues on the road.
- Sound Tigers take on the Devils in Binghamton tonight.
Recent North Division Game Results
- Friday, January 4, 2018
North Division Games Today
- Jacksonville Icemen vs Newfoundland Growlers
- Reading Royals vs Manchester Monarchs
- Brampton Beast vs Maine Mariners
- Worcester Railers vs Greenville Swamp Rabbits
- Norfolk Admirals vs Adirondack Thunder
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