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Weekly Recap: Week 12

January 13, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Greenville Swamp Rabbits News Release


LAST WEEK'S RECAP

Overall Picture: The Greenville Road Warriors (23-13-1), proud ECHL affiliate of the New York Rangers and the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack, tackled their fourth three-game series of the season last week and emerged with a 2-1-0 record, including a pair of shootout victories.

On Friday, the Road Warriors opened their second consecutive three-game weekend series at home and suffered a 4-1 setback to the Fort Wayne Komets, despite peppering goaltender Roman Will with 40 shots. Defenseman Ryan Hegarty scored Greenville's only goal at 4:37 of the second period, while forward Christian Ouellette notched a pair of tallies for the Komets. Between the pipes, Jason Missiaen made 32 saves but suffered his first loss since Nov. 28th, which snapped a career-best five-game win streak and a seven-game streak where he went unbeaten in regulation (6-0-1).

The Road Warriors responded just 24 hours later and took revenge against the Komets with a 3-2 shootout win on SANDLAPPER Securities Rink. Forward Chris McCarthy stole the show by scoring the first and last goals of the game, while All-Star netminder Jeff Malcolm made 37 saves to help Greenville past the league's top team on Star Wars Night. McCarthy, Vinny Saponari and Kyle Jean each scored in a five-round shootout for the Warriors, who ended the first half of the season at 22-13-1, six points better than the team was halfway through the 2013-14 campaign.

It was the same song, but second verse on Sunday afternoon as the Road Warriors notched a 3-2 shootout victory over in-state rival South Carolina at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Trevor Parkes knotted the game at 2-2 with less than five minutes to play in regulation before Jean and Josh Nicholls scored in a five-round shootout to lead Greenville to the win. Jeff Malcolm made it two consecutive victories by tallying 36 saves in regulation, and four more in the shootout, for his team-leading 14th win this season. It was also the Road Warriors' first victory against South Carolina since Nov. 1st, ending a five-game skid versus the Stingrays in the season-series.

THIS WEEK'S GAMES

Thursday, January 15th vs. Indy (7-21-6), 7:00 p.m. ET*

Friday, January 16th vs. Indy (7-21-6), 7:00 p.m. ET**

Sunday, January 17th vs. Toledo (23-5-4), 7:00 p.m. ET***

QUICK SHIFTS

Hey Now, You're An All-Star: The ECHL announced on Thursday goaltender Jeff Malcolm will represent the Road Warriors at the 2015 CCM/ECHL All-Star Classic presented by Visit Orlando on Jan 21st in Orlando, Florida. Malcolm has consistently been one of the league's best goaltenders this season and is currently 14-7-0 with a 2.51 goals against average, .921 save percentage and one shutout in 21 starts. Last week, he went 2-0-0 with a 1.48 goals against average and .948 save percentage in two appearances.

Down But Not Out: The Road Warriors continued their late-game heroics last week and earned their league-leading sixth win when trailing after two periods this season (6-11-0) by defeating South Carolina on Sunday. Forward Trevor Parkes forced overtime with his ninth goal of the season at 15:32 of the third, which marked Greenville's league-leading 47th tally in the final frame this season (tied with Reading). The Road Warriors have outscored opponents 47-34 in the third period this year.

Parkes and Rec: Fourth-year pro Trevor Parkes has registered at least one point in five of his last six games and now sits second on the team with 25 points this season (1g, 5a). In addition, the 23-year old is tied with forward Michael St. Croix for second on the team in assists. Parkes is scheduled to play his 200th professional game this Friday against Indy.

Three's a Crowd: Greenville will open its third consecutive "three games in three days" series this Thursday, and fifth overall this season, when they welcome the Indy Fuel to the Bon Secours Wellness Arena at 7:00 p.m. The Road Warriors are currently 8-4-0 in "3-in-3's" this season. The team went 19-8-0 in those contests during the 2013-14 campaign.

Shootout Success: The Road Warriors went 2-for-2 in shootouts last week and are now 5-1 in shootouts this season, one win behind Fort Wayne (6-1) for the league-lead.

East Division Standings

Florida Everblades (24-5-2) = 50 points in 31 games Greenville Road Warriors (23-13-1) = 47 points in 37 games Reading Royals (21-12-2) = 44 points in 35 games South Carolina Stingrays (17-12-6) = 40 points in 35 games Elmira Jackals (18-14-4) = 40 points in 36 games Orlando Solar Bears (16-14-3) = 35 points in 33 games Gwinnett Gladiators (11-20-2) = 24 points in 33 games

Follow : Keep up with the Road Warriors all season long and interact with other fans on the Official Road Warriors Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest and Instagram pages.

*The Road Warriors kick off another three-game series at home this week with "Thirsty Thursday" and a special ticket deal! All fans are encouraged to take advantage of a special $5 ticket offer available at the Box Office only while supplies last. In addition, $2 domestic beers, hot dogs, fountain drinks and pretzels will be available at the concourse concession stands throughout the game! Finally, the Road Warriors have initiated a "Student Rush" offer for Thursday, featuring a blue level, center-ice ticket and a personal pan pizza for just $15! The offer is available only at the Box Office to students who show a valid ID beginning at 5:00 p.m. the day of the game.

**On Friday, come out and celebrate the people, places, vision and innovation that make Greenville great with "Celebrate Greenville Night!" The popular "Warrior Fun Pack" is available and includes (4) red level tickets, (4) hot dogs, (4) bags of chips, (4) small fountain drinks and (2) Warriors drawstring bags for just $60!

***The first 1,000 fans in attendance this Saturday will receive a Warriors jersey drawstring bag presented by MY 102.5 FM!

For tickets or more information, please call a Road Warriors Account Executive at 864-674-PUCK or visit GreenvilleRoadWarriors.com/tickets-overview.html ! Go to ECHL.TV to listen for free or watch the games live.

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