ECHL Orlando Solar Bears

Game Preview: Solar Bears vs. Colorado Eagles - December 8

December 8, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Orlando Solar Bears News Release


Who: Orlando Solar Bears (Minnesota Wild/Toronto Maple Leafs)

(12-9-0-1, 25pts) vs.

Colorado Eagles (Independent)

(13-5-3-0, 29pts)

Where: Amway Center - Orlando, FL

When: 3:00 p.m.

Listen Live: iHeartSolarBears.com, 740thegame.com, iheart.com/live/601/ - Pregame starts at 2:45 p.m.

Watch Live: America One

Follow: Game Updates on Twitter at @OSBHockeyGU

Matchup:

The Solar Bears look to right the ship tonight as they rematch with the Colorado Eagles at the Amway Center this afternoon. Orlando and Colorado last met up on Wednesday in Orlando, with the Eagles skating away with a 3-1 win over Orlando. Since then, the Solar Bears have suffered back-to-back losses to the South Carolina Stingrays, including falling 5-1 to the Stingrays last night. South Carolina got off to a strong start, knocking home four first period goals and going up 5-0 over the Solar Bears midway through the third frame. Orlando defensemen Colton Jobke broke up the shutout with 6.7 seconds left in the game when he fired home a wrist shot from the blue line for the lone Orlando goal. The Eagles played back-to-back games against the Florida Everblades, taking a 4-1 victory over Florida on Friday before falling 4-2 to the Everblades yesterday. Florida jumped out to a 4-0 lead early in the third before F Kyle Ostrow knocked home a pair of goals 30 seconds apart. It was as close as the Eagles would get, however, as the Everblades held on for the victory.

Solar Bears Notes:

F Michael Catenacci made his Solar Bears debut last night... Orlando wraps up a six-game home stand today. They hit the road for three games in three nights in three different cities next weekend... F Ian Slater is second in the ECHL with 76 PIM... Last night's game was just the second time all season that the Solar Bears have trailed going into the second period at home... Orlando is 8-3-0 at home when allowing three or fewer goals... Forward C.J. Severyn was loaned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) on Monday... F Mike Duco was assigned from Toronto (AHL) on Sunday. He had an assist in his Solar Bears debut on Wednesday... F Josh Caron remains in the AHL with the Iowa Wild... G Christopher Gibson remains in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies... F Kory Nagy remains in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies.

Eagles Notes:

F Kyle Ostrow is fourth in the ECHL with 12 goals... F Jesse Mychan is third in the ECHL with 74 PIM. He leads all rookies in PIM and major penalties (8)... G Marc Cheverie is third in the league with 11 wins... D Daniel Johnston is tied for third among rookies with 12 assists... D Marc Nemec leads all rookies with a +13 rating... F Kyle Ostrow leads the Eagles with 12 goals... F Trent Daavattila is tied with F Kevin Ulanski for the team lead in assists (13) and points (19)... Colorado is 5th on the power play at 17.6% (13-for-74) and 16th on the penalty kill at 84.1% (69-for-82).

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