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Eastern Professional Hockey League Game Day Preview

March 20, 2009 - Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL) News Release


Jersey Rockhoppers @ Brooklyn Aces: 7:30pm

Location: Aviator Sports & Recreation, Brooklyn, NY

* 17th and final game in the regular season series. Brooklyn leads the season series 9-7.

* Jersey heads into Saturday's game with a four point lead over Danbury for the final EPHL playoff spot.

* Last game: March 15th: Jersey defeated Brooklyn 6-4 in West Orange, New Jersey.

* Tom Boudreau (2 goals), Matt Puntureri (1 goal & 3 assists), and Anthony Becker (1 goal & 2 assists) led the way for the victorious Rockhoppers.

* Andrew Scampoli (2 goals & 2 assists) was Brooklyn's leading scorer in the game.

* Saturday's Promotion: Big doings going on at the Aviator. Former New York Ranger, Ron Duguay, will be in uniform and play for the Aces. Ron is promoting the Madison Square Garden charitable organization, The Garden of Dreams.....prior to Saturday's game, at 5:30pm, there will be a game between the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) and the Boston Fire Department.....and between the first and second period of the Aces game, a celebrity hockey game featuring members of the Howard Stern Show and Howard TV On Demand will take place.

Hudson Valley Bears @ Danbury Mad Hatters: 7:30pm

Location: Danbury Arena, Danbury, CT

* 16th game of the season series. Danbury has won 14 of the first 15 games in the series.

* Danbury defeated Brooklyn 4-3 in overtime on Friday night to close to within four points of second place Jersey for the final EPHL playoff spot. Chad Jones scored the game winner fifty-seven seconds into OT.

* Last game: March 13th: Danbury defeated Hudson Valley 11-2 in Danbury.

* In the latest Danbury victory of the Bears, Erik Kent had a hat trick, Matt Cosmos had a four point night (2 goals & 2 assists), Stephen Schofield added 2 goals and an assist as did Brian Hannafin.

* Erik Holvig & Elvis Tominovic scored for Hudson Valley.

* Saturday night is the final home game of the regular season for Danbury. The Mad Hatters travel to Jersey on Sunday afternoon.

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

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