Greenville Road Warriors Game Preview
Published on October 29, 2011 under ECHL (ECHL)
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GREENVILLE, SC - The Greenville Road Warriors go for a two-game sweep of the Florida Everblades this afternoon at the BI-LO Center. The game is scheduled for a 2:05 p.m. start time.
The Road Warriors (2-3-0) host Florida (2-3-1) today in the second of six games between the clubs at the BI-LO Center this season. Greenville took down Florida last night by a 7-4 score for its first home win of the season. The seven-goal outburst was Greenville's best offensive game of the season and nearly doubled its goal total for the season prior to the game. The Road Warriors will try to continue their recent success on the power play where they are 4-for-8 in their last two games. A 2-for-4 performance last night improved the Road Warriors to first in the ECHL at 28.6 percent on the man advantage. Florida enters the game with the 19th ranked penalty kill in the league at 67.7 percent.
Who: Greenville Road Warriors vs. Florida Everblades
What: Home Game #4, Season Game #6
When: 2:05 p.m.
Where: BI-LO Center, 650 N. Academy St., Greenville, SC 29601.
NOTEWORTHY: With two assists on Oct. 22 at Gwinnett, Justin Bowers reached 100 (31G, 69A) points for his ECHL career. He is fivepoints shy of 200 for his professional career which includes games in the American Hockey League and Central Hockey League.With last night's win, the Road Warriors kept their longest home losing streak at two games. Including last season, there have been 4 two-game streaks in team history. Brett Robinson's two goals last night were his first since Dec. 4, 2010 vs. Florida. He was injured on Dec. 7, 2010 and missed the remainder of the season. It was also the fourth multi-goal game of his career.Goalie Nic Riopel is 8-1-1 in his last 10 regular season starts dating back to the 2010-11 season. After last night's victory he has won seven consecutive regular season starts. With three points (1G, 2A) in three games, defenseman Cullen Eddy is just one point shy of equaling his total from his time in Greenville during the 2010-11 season. As a rookie he had 1G, 3A in 16 games with the Road Warriors. Click here for tonight's Game Notes
Mark your calendars! The Road Warriors take on the Toledo Walleye at the BI-LO Center on Thursday, November 3 at 7:35 p.m. Come out and join the Road Warriors for their first Throwback Thursday of the season. Select draught beers, fountain drinks, pretzels, and hot dogs will be on sale for just $2 and college students get in for $6 with a student ID! Great group seats are still available for the game. Groups of 10 or more get preferred seating and discounts off of the box office price. Fans can call 864-674-PUCK (7825) to speak to a Road Warriors ticket representative and book their group outing.
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