ECHL Greenville Swamp Rabbits

Weekly Warrior

Published on January 21, 2013 under ECHL (ECHL)
Greenville Swamp Rabbits News Release


Recap of Last Week

The Road Warriors had a three game set that began on Thursday night against the Gwinnett Gladiators. Bretton Cameron recorded his first career hat trick as Greenville steamrolled their division rival by a score of 5-1. The Road Warriors would extend their win streak on Friday night in North Charleston against the South Carolina Stingrays. A dominating 4-1 victory over the Stingrays, combined with a Gwinnett loss against Florida, put the Road Warriors atop the South Division by one point. That point was taken by Gwinnett the next night. Gwinnett played the last regular season game in Greenville on Saturday night and won 4-3 in shootouts.

Week Ahead

The Road Warriors begin a six game road trip on Monday as they face-off against the Gwinnett Gladiators at 12:30 p.m. The victor will claim the top spot in the South Division. Greenville has a 5-3-2 record against Gwinnett this season. After Monday the two teams will not play again until the last game of the regular season on March 30th.

Greenville then travels to the Sunshine State for a two game series against the Florida Everblades that begins on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. The set will conclude on Sunday at 5 p.m. Greenville has played Florida seven times this season with a 5-2 record but the Everblades have won the past two meetings against the Road Warriors. Florida has been hot as of late going 5-1 in the past six games.

Streaks and Stats

- The Road Warriors had their longest win streak of the season (5 games) snapped on Saturday night.

-Bretton Cameron has a four game goal streak that began on January 12th. In that time he has scored 6 goals with one assist.

-Saturday's attendance of 5,542 was the highest this season.

-The Road Warriors are 15-2-2 when having less penalty minutes than the opponent.

Transactions

Marc-Olivier Vallerand was returned on loan from the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL and Kenndal McArdle was loaned to the Rockford IceHogs earlier this week.

Ryan Flanigan was reassigned to the Road Warriors from the Wichita Thunder by the Connecticut Whale on Satuday.




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