
Swamp Rabbits Game Preview: Swamp Rabbits vs Atlanta Gladiators (7:05pm)
December 1, 2023 - ECHL (ECHL)
Greenville Swamp Rabbits News Release
Greenville Swamp Rabbits (14-2-0-0) vs. Atlanta Gladiators (9-6-0-0)
December 1, 2023 | 7:00 PM ET | Regular Season Game #17
Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Referees: Andrew Bell (24) Rocco Stachowiak (28)
Linesmen: Tyler Willie (78), Felix-Antoine Voyer (57)
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Pregame Coverage begins at 6:45PM
LISTEN: Bon Secours Rabbits Radio Network
WATCH: FloHockey Live Stream
Voice of the Swamp Rabbits Mark Shelley (Play-by-Play) and Matt Caldwell (Analyst) on the call
SWAMP RABBITS VS GLADIATORS SERIES
Regular Season Record:
Overall: (3-1-0-0) Home:(0-0-0-0) Away: (3-1-0-0)
Last Meeting:
November 25, 2023 - Greenville 5 at Atlanta 0
Next Meeting:
December 13, 2023 - Greenville vs Atlanta
22-23 Regular Season Record:
Greenville : (6-4-1-0)
All-Time Record:
(83-68-14)
QUICK BITS
SIZZLING SECOND
Greenville has netted the opening goal of the game in eight of the team's 16 games this season and has posted a +8 goal differential in the opening 20 minutes. Teams that manage to withstand the offensive attack in the first find no rest in the second period. In the middle frame, the Swamp Rabbits have put up 22 goals, their best offensive period of the 60 minutes. The defense hasn't let the offense take all the accolades, posting the stingiest middle-frame defense in the ECHL, allowing just eight goals.
THE RETURN TO THE ROAD WARRIORS
The Swamp Rabbits enter tonight's game riding a seven-game winning streak that has propelled them to the top spot in the Eastern Conference. The faithful at Bon Secours Wellness Arena had to watch all of them on FloHockey, as the Rabbits return to The Well with all seven wins coming away from home. The lengthy trip away was capped last Saturday in Atlanta when the Rabbits earned their largest margin of victory in the 5-0 shutout of the Gladiators. On the road, the Swamp Rabbits have posted a conference-best 8-1 record.
RYAN REWRITES A RECORD
Last Saturday's shutout of Atlanta was Ryan Bednard's seventh as a Swamp Rabbit, lifting the Michigander to the top spot in the franchise record book. In 86 career games with Greenville, Bednard is 48-26-10 in four seasons. Under contract with Ontario, Bednard is 7-0 this season and went 5-0 in November, posting a league-best 1.58 goals-against average and a .954 save-percentage.
PAV PAVES THE WAY
Nikita Pavlychev has been one of the hottest hands on the Rabbits since joining the team from Ontario in mid-November. Coming off a three-point night last Saturday versus Atlanta, Pavlychev now has eight points in just six games this season. Tonight will mark a first for Pavlychev this season; the first time the third-year Rabbit will play inside Bon Secours Wellness Arena this season, having joined the team during the seven-game road trip.
ECHL Stories from December 1, 2023
- Americans Open the Weekend with 3-2 Win Over Utah - Allen Americans
- Second Period Lifts Steelheads to 8-3 Win Over Growlers - Idaho Steelheads
- Stingrays Defeat Ghost Pirates 8-5 - South Carolina Stingrays
- Growlers Downed 8-3 by Steelheads - Newfoundland Growlers
- Utah Grizzlies Fall 3-2 on Friday Night in Allen - Utah Grizzlies
- Gladiators Fall 6-3 to Greenville - Atlanta Gladiators
- Special Teams Play Big in Rivalry Win for Fuel - Indy Fuel
- Railers Drop 4-1 Decision to Norfolk Admirals - Worcester Railers HC
- Untimely Goals Harm Heartlanders - Iowa Heartlanders
- Cyclones Drop the Heartlanders at Home - Cincinnati Cyclones
- Purpura Stops 38 in 5-3 Thunder Win Over Florida - Adirondack Thunder
- Walleye Hold Off Wheeling, 3-2 - Wheeling Nailers
- Admirals Score Three Goals in Third Period to Beat Worcester 4-1 - Norfolk Admirals
- Mariners Drop Mavericks in First Ever Meeting - Maine Mariners
- Walleye Kruse Past Nailers to Open December - Toledo Walleye
- Offense Leads Way for Eighth Straight Win, Rabbits Down Gladiators 6-3 - Greenville Swamp Rabbits
- Ty Voit Assigned to Growlers - Newfoundland Growlers
- ECHL Transactions - December 1 - ECHL
- Reign Assign Ryan Francis to Greenville - Greenville Swamp Rabbits
- Idaho's Murphy Named Warrior Hockey/ECHL Player of the Month - ECHL
- Wade Murphy Named ECHL Player of the Month for November - Idaho Steelheads
- Thunder Partners with Toys for Tots this Sunday - Wichita Thunder
- Americans Return Home After Two-Week Road Trip - Allen Americans
- Win a Trip for Two to Margaritaville, Key West at the Royals "Christmas in Margaritaville" Game on December 2 - Reading Royals
- Ryan Bednard Named Warrior Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Month - Greenville Swamp Rabbits
- Greenville's Bednard Named Warrior Hockey/ECHL Goaltender of the Month - ECHL
- Grizzlies Gameday: Friday Night Battle in the Lonestar State - Utah Grizzlies
- Max Andreev Named November's ECHL Rookie of the Month - Kansas City Mavericks
- Kansas City's Andreev Named Howies Hockey Tape/ECHL Rookie of the Month - ECHL
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- Bertuzzi Nets Two Goals in Debut, Royals Fall to Wings, 4-3 - Reading Royals
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