Jackals Welcome Brampton for Friday Night Faceoff
March 25, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Elmira Jackals News Release
ELMIRA, NY - March 25, 2016 - The Elmira Jackals, ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres and the AHL's Rochester Americans, continue their quest for the Kelly Cup with a weekend series against the Brampton Beast as the playoff push heats up. The Jackals have won two straight and eight of their last ten games.
Elmira Jackals (34-27-4) vs. Brampton Beast (18-34-11)
DATE: Friday, March 25, 2016
TIME: 7:05 P.M. EDT
LOCATION: First Arena
BROADCAST: 1410 WELM AM
ONLINE STREAM: http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WELM / ECHL.TV
MAGNIFYING THE MATCHUP
This weekend the Jackals welcome their neighbors to the north for a two-game set. These meetings begin a stretch in which the Jackals and Beast meet five times in Elmira's final seven regular season games. The Jackals only have three home games remaining in the regular season and all of them are against the Beast. In the last meeting, the Jackals completed a weekend sweep in Brampton with a 3-2 victory on March 6. Mark Bennett, Zach Cohen and Tyler Currier scored for the Jackals while Shane Owen stopped 16 shots to win his second consecutive start with the Jackals. He currently has a 6-0-0 record in six starts, since being acquired from Indy, with a 1.65 goals-against-average and a .950 save percentage. In the last meeting at First Arena on January 18, the Jackals peppered Jordan Ruby with 43 shots and prevailed 2-1 in the shootout. Colin Jacobs leads the Jackals with six points against the Beast and is tied with Spiro Goulakos with four assists. The Jackals are 5-1-0 against Brampton this season and hold a 10-2-0 all-time record against the Beast.
FAST FACTS
- Cason Hohmann ranks second among ECHL rookies with 52 points and is tied for fourth with 34 assists.
- Allan McPherson has a current five-game home assist streak (7a).
- Elmira is 24-1-2 when leading after two periods.
- The Jackals are 21-3-2 when scoring first.
- Jacob MacDonald is tied for third with 14 goals. He also leads the league with four shorthanded goals.
- Elmira is 18-4-4 in one-goal games.
- C.J. Motte and Shane Owen rank third and fourth among goaltenders in saves. Motte has stopped 1096 shots this season and Owen has turned aside 1081.
JACKALS STAT LEADERS
Goals: Tyler Currier (20)
Assists: Cason Hohmann (34)
Points: Cason Hohmann (52)
PIMs: Colin Jacobs (134)
+/-: Allan McPherson (+20)
W: Shane Owen (19)
GAA: Shane Owen (2.41)
SV%: Shane Owen (.922)
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