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MENTOR ICE BREAKERS GAME NOTES 2019‐20 ICE BREAKERS SCHEDULE 10/25 at Watertown W 3‐1 2019‐20 FPHL Game #208 10/26 at Watertown L 3‐1 Friday, February 28, 2020, 7:35 p.m. 11/1 at Bale Creek W 7‐2 MENTOR ICE ARENA 11/2 at Bale Creek W 5‐0 Mentor, OH 11/8 at Bale Creek W 5‐3 11/9 BATTLE CREEK W 10‐3 Team Game #43 Team Game #42 11/15 at Delaware W 5‐2 (14‐25‐0‐3), 45 pts., .357 PCT (23‐14‐4‐0), 77 pts., .626 PCT 11/16 DELAWARE L 3‐2 4th in Eastern Division 2nd in Western Division 11/17 DANVILLE W 7‐4 11/22 PORT HURON L 4‐2 8th in FPHL 4th in FPHL 11/23 PORT HURON W 6‐3 11/27 at Columbus L 3‐1 11/29 at Columbus L 7‐5 11/30 at Columbus W 6‐3 The Ice Breakers have a new‐ 12/6 at Danville L 3‐2 look roster following several 12/7 at Danville L 5‐3 roster moves over the last 12/13 at Bale Creek W 6‐1 week. The club is looking to 12/14 BATTLE CREEK W 6‐2 snap a season‐long 11‐game 12/20 CAROLINA L 5‐1 losing streak that dates back 12/21 CAROLINA L 2‐1 to January 24. 12/26 DANBURY W 6‐5 12/27 PORT HURON L 2‐0 12/28 PORT HURON L 4‐2 12/31 at Danville L 3‐0 1/3 at Danville W 4‐2 TEAM COMPARISON 1/4 DANVILLE SOL 2‐1 MEN PTH 1/10 at Carolina SOL 3‐2 1/11 at Carolina L 3‐0 GF/G 3.1 (9th) 4.3 (4th) 1/17 DANVILLE L 4‐2 GA/G 3.7 (7th) 3.5 (5th) 1/18 DANVILLE L 4‐2 11.9% (9th) 24.7% (1st) 1/20 BATTLE CREEK W 4‐2 PP% 1/24 at Carolina L 4‐1 PK% 82.4% (6th) 84.3% (4th) 1/25 at Carolina L 7‐2 1/26 CAROLINA SOL 4‐3 ICE BREAKERS PRE‐SCOUT: Mentor is currently riding a season‐long 11‐game losing 1/31 at Port Huron L 4‐2 streak that dates back to January 24. The Ice Breakers last picked up a point in a 4‐3 2/1 at Port Huron L 9‐2 shootout loss against Carolina on January 26. With 45 points and a record of 14‐25‐0‐3, Mentor is in fourth place in the Eastern Division and eighth in the FPHL. The Ice Break‐ 2/7 at Columbus L 10‐1 ers are led in scoring by F Declan Conway (29‐23‐52), F Steven Fowler (8‐13‐21) and D 2/8 at Columbus L 7‐3 Henry Berger (4‐6‐10). 2/14 at Port Huron L 7‐2 2/15 at Port Huron L 4‐3 PROWLERS PRE‐SCOUT: Port Huron has split its last four games, including a pair of losses against Carolina and victories over Danville and Bale Creek. The Prowlers are in 2/21 ELMIRA L 5‐2 second place in the Western Division and fourth in the 10‐team FPHL. Port Huron’s top 2/22 ELMIRA L 5‐0 scorers are F Ma Graham (17‐48‐65), F Dalton Jay (26‐28‐54) and F Ausn Feerly 2/28 PORT HURON (22‐24‐46). 2/29 PORT HURON SEASON SERIES: Today’s game marks the ninth of 10 matchups in the season series 3/1 at Danville between the Ice Breakers and Prowlers including the fih of six games at Mentor Ice 3/6 at Elmira Arena. Port Huron has dominated the Ice Breakers this season, winning seven of eight 3/7 at Elmira contests and three of four in Northeast Ohio. Mentor’s last win against the Prowlers 3/8 DELAWARE came in a 6‐3 game on November 23. 3/13 at Delaware 3/14 at Delaware NEXT HOME GAME: Sat., Feb. 29th vs. Port Huron Prowlers, 6:30 p.m. EST 3/15 at Delaware The four‐game homestand concludes tomorrow night as the Ice Breakers and Prowlers 3/20 at Danbury wrap up their 10‐game season series. The contest marks the first Pucks ’N Paws Night 3/21 at Danbury with dog ckets being available for $5. Parcipant and waiver forms are available 3/27 WATERTOWN online. Tickets are available now at www.mentoricebreakers.com/ckets or by calling (440) 290‐8502. 3/28 WATERTOWN 3/29 WATERTOWN ICE BREAKERS BROADCAST: Angelo Veloa and Jared Tennant (YouTube) 4/3 at Elmira 4/4 at Elmira PROWLERS BROADCAST: Brady Beedon/Jeremy Skiba (Mixlr) MENTOR ICE BREAKERS GAME NOTES—Feb. 28, 2020 vs. Port Huron Prowlers Pg. 2 WEEK IN REVIEW: On Friday, D Henry Berger scored less than five minutes into the INSIDE THE ALL‐TIME SERIES game but the Ice Breakers were defeated by vising Elmira by a 5‐2 final. F Isaiah Crawford need his fourth goal of the year, but F Tyler Gjurich scored twice and had an assist for Elmira. G Frankie McClendon made 43 saves in what proved to be his RECORD VS. PTH…….7‐14‐0‐0 final oung as an Ice Breaker. LAST 10 VS. PTH…….3‐7‐0‐0 On Saturday, Mentor was unable to solve G Joe Young as it was shutout for the STREAK VS. PTH……..0‐6‐0‐0 fourth me this season in a 4‐0 blowout loss. Reigning FPHL Rookie of the Year F Ste‐ MEN GOALS: 78 PTH GOALS: 103 pan Timofeyev notched his 100th career point thanks to a three‐point (1‐2‐3) perfor‐ FIRST MEETING—11/16/18 (L, 7‐1) mance. The Enforcers outshot the Ice Breakers 50‐31. LAST MEETING ‐ 2/15/20 (L, 4‐3) ROSTER UPDATE: A massive amount of player movement took place this past week. As a result, the Ice Breakers have a very different looking roster. Gone are F Nate Farrington, F Alex Morrow, D Joe Keenan, D Stepan Jirovec, F Haytham Oeid and BETWEEN THE PIPES McClendon. Mentor signed four forwards to temporary PTO contracts for the weekend: F Tyler #1 Kent Nusbaum Houmard, F Paul Hannah, F/D Billy Rapone and F Cory Mehl. On the back end, D Ty OVERALL: Rickabaugh and D Josh Lemke will join the team this weekend. 0 GP, (0‐0‐0‐0), 0 SO, 0.00 GAA, .000 SV% F Brendan Mackenzie was signed to a standard player contract and is expected to AT HOME: play a significant role moving forward. The 23‐year‐old has spent the season with 0 GP, (0‐0‐0‐0), 0 SO, 0.00 GAA, .000 SV% Bolinas IS in Sweden’s Division 3. A season ago, the Stoutsville, Ontario nave put up ON THE ROAD: 48 points (21‐27‐48) with the North York Renegades (GMHL). 0 GP, (0‐0‐0‐0), 0 SO, 0.00 GAA, .000 SV% G Kent Nusbaum, who has served as a backup for six different ECHL teams, was VS. PORT HURON signed as the Ice Breakers’ backup netminder. Nusbaum, who was in training camp 0 GP, (0‐0‐0‐0), 0 SO, 0.00 GAA, .000 SV% with Mentor in 2018, recorded a .922 save percentage in two appearances with the Watertown Wolves last season. WHEELING AND DEALING: The Ice Breakers completed a trade with the Carolina #30 Jordan Brant Thunderbirds on Thursday, acquiring F Toni Lampo and D Ramil Talipov in exchange OVERALL: for F/D Jiri Pestuka. Talipov is only 20 years old, but he brings a wealth of skill on the 16 GP, (3‐9‐0‐1), 0 SO, 4.27 GAA, .884 SV% blue line. The Russian is coming off a stellar year with the Ogden Mustangs (WSHL) AT HOME: that saw him collect 43 points (3‐40‐43) over 41 games. Aer joining Carolina on a 7 GP, (2‐3‐0‐1), 0 SO, 3.36 GAA, .909 SV% PTO contract on February 14, Talipov notched a goal and two assists. ON THE ROAD: Meanwhile, Lampo is a 23‐year‐old nave of Somero, Finland. With a 6‐foot‐3, 223‐ 8 GP, (1‐5‐0‐0), 0 SO, 5.63 GAA, .844 SV% pound frame, the power forward provides a valuable blend of size and skill. Lampo VS. PORT HURON: began professionally in his nave country in 2017 before opening this season with 2 GP, (0‐2‐0‐0), 0 SO, 9.10 GAA, .796 SV% the Birmingham Bulls (SPHL). He has three goals and two assists for five points over nine games with the Bale Creek Rumble Bees. STANDING TALL: Last Saturday, the Ice Breakers gave up their first penalty shot of HEAD‐TO HEAD LEADERS (2019‐20) the season against Elmira. G Jordan Brant stayed paent and stonewalled F Andrew (acve players only) Harrison on the aempt. MENTOR SEASON SERIES: Port Huron has dominated its matchups with Mentor this year, win‐ ning seven of eight games. The Ice Breakers’ lone win came on November 23 when G NAME GP G A PTS Austyn Roudebush made 54 saves and F Declan Conway scored twice and dished D. Conway 8 3 3 6 out a pair of assists in a 6‐3 victory. S. Fowler 6 3 1 4 BIG‐NAME SIGNING: The Prowlers made headlines this week by signing F Mike Ru‐ T. Stuart‐Dant 8 2 1 3 pert, a two‐me OHL champion with the London Knights who has experience suing PORT HURON up for the Toronto Marlies (AHL) and spent five seasons in the ECHL.