Jackals and Nailers Finish Regular-Season Series in Wheeling
February 28, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Elmira Jackals News Release
WHEELING, WV - The Elmira Jackals, ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres and the AHL's Rochester Americans, conclude their regular-season series with the Wheeling Nailers today at WesBanco Arena. The Jackals are 3-1-1 against Wheeling this season and 2-0-0 at WesBanco Arena.
Elmira Jackals (27-25-4) at Wheeling Nailers (26-22-5)
DATE: Sunday, February 28, 2016
TIME: 4:05 P.M. EST
LOCATION: WesBanco Arena
BROADCAST: 1410 WELM AM / WETM-2
ONLINE STREAM: http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WELM / ECHL.TV
MAGNIFYING THE MATCHUP
Today the Jackals and Nailers complete their six-game regular-season series with a Sunday afternoon matchup at WesBanco Arena. Last night, these two teams tussled back-and-forth into the late stages of the third period when Allan McPherson scored his team-leading 17th goal of the season. Jacob MacDonald led the way offensively with his first career hat trick as a part of a four-point night. Cason Hohmann added four assists as eleven Jackals recorded at least one point. Alain Valiquette won his first professional start making 30 saves on 34 shots. Elmira is 2-0-0 at WesBanco Arena this year and leads the season series with a 3-1-1 record. Cason Hohmann leads the Jackals with five assists and six points against the Nailers and Jacob MacDonald leads the team with four goals against Wheeling. Elmira is 44-33-12 all-time against Wheeling.
FAST FACTS
- C.J. Motte leads all rookie goaltenders with 1017 saves and 2117 minutes played. Among all ECHL netminders, Motte ranks second in the save department and fifth in minutes played.
- The Jackals are 15-3-2 when scoring first.
- Cason Hohmann is tied for fourth among rookies with 44 points and ranks fifth with 28 assists.
- Elmira has the sixth-best road power-play at 20.4%.
- Jacob MacDonald is second among defensemen with 13 goals and leads the league with four shorthanded goals. He also leads all rookie blueliners in goals and points (28).
- Elmira is 19-1-2 when leading after two periods.
JACKALS STAT LEADERS
Goals: Allan McPherson (17)
Assists: Cason Hohmann (28)
Points: Cason Hohmann (44)
PIMs: Colin Jacobs (132)
+/-: Allan McPherson (+20)
W: C.J. Motte (14)
GAA: C.J. Motte (2.83)
SV%: C.J. Motte (.910)
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