Thunderbirds Weekly
Published on November 13, 2018 under Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
Twin City Thunderbirds News Release
The Carolina Thunderbirds took on the Danville Dashers last weekend. What started as a battle of unbeatens left both teams suffering their first losses of 2018-19.
The Thunderbirds struck first with a Friday night win 5-2 over Danville. Frankie McClendon earned first star honors during the win in what was his first start of the 2018-19 season. Petr Panacek, Everett Thompson, Artur Drindrozhik, Josh Pietrantonio and Jan Salak were the goal scorers in this one.
On Saturday though the Dashers got even with Carolina scoring twice in a three minute span in the third period to defeat Carolina 2-1 on Veterans Night. CJ Blaszka tallied Carolina's only goal and Henry Dill suffered the loss.
Despite the loss the Thunderbirds remain atop the FHL standings leading the Dashers by the same 1-point margin they began the weekend with.
The Thunderbirds now look to the road for the first time this season as they travel to western New York to play the Elmira Enforcers Friday and Saturday night. Both games set to start at 7:05 P.M. with TV coverage on TFMSports.com and the Thunderbirds call of the game on WTOB. The Thunderbirds and Enforcers have played twice already this season with Carolina winning both meetings in Winston-Salem back on November 2 and 3.
Andre Niec will be eligible to coach in this weekend's games after having his suspension reduced by the FHL to four games stemming from an October 27th incident. This marks the end of interim head coach Karolina Huvarova's run as bench boss. Her 3-0-0-1 record make her the winningest female head coach in professional men's hockey history.
FHL Standings through November 12th
W-OTW-OTL-L
CAR 5-0-0-1 (15)
DAN 4-1-0-1 (14)
WAT 3-1-0-1 (11)
ELM 2-0-1-3 (7)
PTH 1-0-1-4 (4)
MIB 0-0-0-5 (0)
Thunderbirds point leaders
#19 Josh Pietrantonio 4G-6A-10P
#16 Jan Salak 3G-5A-8P
#15 CJ Blaszka 1G-7A-8P
#10 Jiri Pargac 1G-6A-7P
#7 Karel Drahorad 4G-2A-6P
Thunderbirds goalie leaders
#30 Henry Dill, 3-0-0-1, 1.51 GAA, .942 sv%
#31 Frankie McClendon, 1-0-0-0, 2.00 GAA, .905 sv%
#1 Kelly Curl, 1-0-0-0, 4.00 GAA, .846 sv%
Tonight the Labatt Blue Coach's Show will be on WTOB (980AM/96.3FM) from 6-7 P.M. and will feature Andre Niec, Scott Brand and Zak DeBeaussaert, who will be joined by team captain Josh Pietrantonio during today's show. Replays of all Labatt Blue Coach's Shows can be found on our YouTube page (Carolina Thunderbirds TV).
Also tonight at 7 P.M., WSTV will be airing a tape delay of Friday night's 5-2 win over Danville. Thursday night at the same time the 2-1 loss from Saturday night will be on WSTV. This will be a regular occurrence for all games home and away that they be tape delayed broadcast on WSTV.
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