December begins with three games this week

December 2, 2008 - Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL) News Release


The Eastern Professional Hockey League heads into its sixth weekend of play with three games on the schedule. It will be the last three game week of the season as things will then start to pick up as the schedule heads towards Christmas and New Years. The Jersey Rockhoppers will be home for two of the games on Friday & Saturday while the Danbury Mad Hatters are the other host team on Saturday night.

Last Week in Review

The Thanksgiving week saw the first place Brooklyn Aces extend their current winning streak to six games with victories over both Hudson Valley and Danbury. Saturday night's 3-2 win at Danbury was the EPHL's first shootout action. The Mad Hatters earned three out of four points in the standings with a Wednesday night win against Jersey to go along with the shootout loss with Brooklyn. Jersey went 1-1 on the week while Hudson Valley came up short in two games against the Aces & Rockhoppers.

The EPHL Week Ahead

Friday 12/5: Hudson Valley Bears @ Jersey Rockhoppers (8:00pm)

Saturday 12/6: Brooklyn Aces @ Jersey Rockhoppers (7:30pm)

Saturday 12/6: Hudson Valley Bears @ Danbury Mad Hatters (7:30pm)

EPHL Player of the Week

Kyle Bozoian of the Jersey Rockhoppers is the Eastern Professional Hockey League Player of the Week. The 6'-2", 205 lbs forward from St. Louis, Missouri scored two goals and added two assists for four points in the Rockhoppers two games last week. Bozoian is currently tied for fourth in scoring in the EPHL with 5 goals & 7 assists: 12 points. Kyle played college hockey at SUNY-Fredonia.

EPHL Goaltender of the Week

The Danbury Mad Hatters Derek MacIntyre is the Eastern Professional Hockey League Goaltender of the Week. MacIntyre stopped eighty one of eighty four shots on goal in two games last week; defeating Jersey 2-1 on 11/26 and losing in shootout 3-2 to Brooklyn on 11/29. In the shootout loss against the Aces, he stopped 54 of 56 shots. The Stanwood, Michigan native (population 204) is 2-2-1 on the season with a 3.58 goals against average and an 89.9% save percentage. Derek is a former draft choice for the NHL San Jose Sharks who played college hockey at Ferris State..

EPHL Notes

The Danbury Mad Hatters have scheduled a "Teddy Bear Toss" for this coming Saturday night (12/6) when they, ironically, host the Hudson Valley Bears. The Mad Hatters will be assisted by the Danbury Fraternal Order of Police. All bears collected after the toss will be distributed to less fortunate children in the Danbury area. Mad Hatter fans are encouraged to bring at least one teddy bear to the game and when the Mad Hatters score their first goal all fans can toss their bears on the ice where they will be collected for distribution to a local children's charity.....Speaking of the Danbury Mad Hatters, the "extra curricular" activities, which took place during the third period of last Saturday's game with the Brooklyn Aces, are currently under review by the EPHL League Office which expects to make a ruling either late Tuesday or on Wednesday.....Brooklyn's James Brannigan continues to lead the EPHL in scoring (21 points) and in goals (15).....the Aces Kyle McCullough leads in assists with 12.....Eddie Neville of Brooklyn remains the top goaltender with a record of 4-1 and a 2.07 goals against average and a 94.1% save percentage.....the other team leaders in scoring are: Chris Seifert (Hudson Valley) with 5 goals-7 assists-12 points (in only four games played), Kyle Bozoian & Drew Sanders (Jersey) with 5 goals- 7 assists- 12 points, and Igor Karlov (Danbury) with 3 goals- 7 assists- 10 points.

EPHL Real Time Stats by LeagueStat.com are available at www.ephl.com.



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