TONIGHT's GAME • Tonight's Game Is the Fifth of Five Games
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Friday, March 29, 2019 · 7:35 PM CDT The Family Arena · St. Charles, Missouri St. Louis Ambush vs. Milwaukee Wave Broadcast: masl.tv St. Louis Ambush MASL Game 179 Milwaukee Wave 10-13 OVERALL St. Louis Ambush Game 24 18-3 OVERALL 5-6 HOME St. Louis Ambush Home Game 12 9-2 HOME 5-7 AWAY Milwaukee Wave Game 22 9-1 AWAY 0-4 HEAD TO HEAD Milwaukee Wave Away Game 11 4-0 HEAD TO HEAD TONIGHT’S GAME • Tonight’s game is the fifth of five games between the Ambush and Wave this season. • The Wave hold a 4-0 advantage in the season series. • Tonight’s contest is the season finale for the Ambush. The Wave have two regular-season games remaining after tonight. THIS WEEKEND FOR BOTH TEAMS • Tonight’s game is the only one this weekend for the Ambush. • Following tonight’s match, the Wave travel to Orlando to battle the SeaWolves on Sunday afternoon. THE PLAYOFF PICTURE • The Wave have clinched the South Central Division title. • For the Ambush to earn a postseason berth, they would need to win tonight’s game AND the Kansas City Comets would need to lose all three of their remaining games. LEAGUE MODIFIES SUSPENSIONS • The Major Arena Soccer League announced on Thursday that after a review of incidents involving players and staff from the St. Louis Ambush and Kansas City Comets on March 23, 2019, and a review of appeals filed by the teams, the league has reduced the player suspensions previously announced and has levied individual fines to three Ambush players, Hewerton, Pepe and Stefan St. Louis, as well as a team fine for bench misconduct. As a result of the league’s ruling, all players on the Ambush active roster will be eligible to play in tonight’s match. PLAYERS TO WATCH: ST. LOUIS AMBUSH • Forward Zach Reget is tied for the team lead in points (32), leads the team in goals (22), is second in points per game average (1.4) and is tied in game-winning goals (2). He leads all rookies in the MASL in goals scored and is tied for second among all rookies in the league in points. He has three goals and two assists in his last three games. • Midfielder Lucas Almeida is tied for the team lead in points (32), leads the team in assists (21), and points per game average (1.5) and is tied for the lead in game winning goals (2). Lucas has four goals and three assists in his last three games. • Forward Justin Stinson is second on the team in points (29), goals (18) and is third in points per game average (1.3). He is another candidate for Rookie of the Year. Justin has a goal and two assists in his last three games. • Defender Douglas Dos Santos leads the team and is tied for fourth in the league in blocked shots with 26. He has one goal and four blocked shots in his last three games. PLAYERS TO WATCH: MILWAUKEE WAVE • Forward Ian Bennett leads the team and is second in the league in goals (38). He leads the team in points (47) game-winning goals (4) and leads the team and is fifth in the league in points per game average (2.6). Ian also leads the team and is second in the league in power play goals (7). Bennett has seven goals and three assists in his last three games. • Forward Max Ferdinand leads the team and ranks third in the league in assists (26), is second on the team in points (40), second on the team in goals (14) and points per game average (2.0). Ferdinand has five goals and three assists in his last three games. • Forward Robert Renaud is third on the team in points (28), assists (16) and points per game average (1.8). He is second in game-winning goals (3). Renaud has three goals and three assists in his last three games. • Goalkeeper Josh Lemos comes into tonight’s game undefeated with a 13-0 record on the season. His 3.53 goals against average is good for second in the league and his .725 save percentage ties him for fifth in the league. THE SEASON • Win or lose tonight, this is the best season in the six-year history of the current Ambush franchise. They come into tonight’s game with 10 wins, which eclipses their total wins of the last three seasons combined. They are also guaranteed the best winning percentage in franchise history (either .417 or .458, depending on the outcome of tonight’s game). • While a losing record isn’t something the organization is happy with, the notable improvement over recent seasons shows the progress made in the rebuilding process started last season by Head Coach Hewerton. HEWERTON’S FINAL GAME AS A PLAYER • Tonight’s game is the final one as a player for Ambush player/Head Coach Hewerton. He will return next season as the full-time Head Coach of the Ambush. • The current season is Hewerton’s 15th as a player. • He has played for the San Diego Sockers, Milwaukee Wave, Detroit Ignition, Philadelphia KiXX, Chicago Mustangs and the Cedar Rapids Rampage. • The majority of Hewerton’s career was spent with Milwaukee, where he played seven seasons and won three championships. • Hewerton joined the Ambush for the 2017-18 season. • In his playing career prior to tonight, Hewerton has posted 194 regular season goals and 169 regular season assists. He has also tallied nine goals and seven assists in postseason play. SPORTURF MASL TEAM OF THE WEEK / PLAYER OF THE WEEK St. Louis Ambush players earning Sporturf MASL Team of the Week, Player of the Week or Honorable Mention during the 2018-19 regular season. (The Player of the Week is selected from the Team of the Week by a combination of votes from each MASL team and from fans.) WEEK TEAM OF THE WEEK PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION 1 -- -- Jerjer Gibson 2 -- -- -- 3 -- -- Corey Adamson, Zach Reget 4 Zach Reget -- Paulo, JT Thomas 5 -- -- Antonio Manfut 6 Zach Reget Zach Reget Axel Duarte, Felipe, Paulo 7 -- -- -- 8 Douglas Dos Santos -- Paulo, Zach Reget, JT Thomas 9 -- -- Zach Reget 10 Magui – Paulo, Zach Reget Beginning with Week Eleven, the MASL changed the Team of the Week format to resemble an MASL lineup card, with new categories: Starters (replaces Team of the Week), Substitutes (replaces Honorable Mention) and Bench (for coaching staff). The Player of the Week is still selected after the Team of the Week is announced and is unchanged. WEEK STARTERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK SUBSTITUTES BENCH 11 -- -- Lucas Almeida, Justin Stinson -- 12 BYE WEEK -- -- -- 13 -- -- Lucas Almeida Hewerton 14 -- -- Felipe – 15 NO TEAM OF THE WEEK ANNOUNCED 16 -- -- -- – 17 -- -- Lucas Almeida -- TEAM STATS 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON TO DATE ST. LOUIS AMBUSH CATEGORY MILWAUKEE WAVE 23 Games Played 21 5.9 Average Goals Scored Per Game 7.5 7.1 Average Goals Against Per Game 4.0 -28 Goal Differential +75 6.3 Average Penalty Minutes Per Game 4.3 135 Total Goals For 158 163 Total Goals Against 83 SPECIAL TEAMS 44 Power Play Opportunities 35 19 Power Play Goals For 16 24 Power Play Goals Against 12 .432 Power Play Percentage .457 46 Number of times Short Handed 27 2 Short Handed Goals For 0 0 Short Handed Goals Against 2.0 .500 Penalty Kill Percentage .579 ST. LOUIS AMBUSH 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS DATE TIME VISITOR HOME VENUE RESULT Fri, Nov 30 3:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Orlando SeaWolves Silver Spurs Arena W 5-4 Sat, Dec 1 6:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Florida Tropics RP Funding Center L 9-4 Sat, Dec 8 6:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Harrisburg Heat PA Farm Show Arena L 7-6 Sun, Dec 16 3:05 p.m. CST Kansas City Comets St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 6-5 Sat, Dec 22 7:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Kansas City Comets Silverstein Eye Centers Arena W 6-5 Sat, Dec 29 7:05 p.m. CST Kansas City Comets St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 10-4 Mon, Dec 31 3:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Milwaukee Wave UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena L 11-5 Sat, Jan 5 7:05 p.m. CST Florida Tropics St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 5-4 Sat, Jan 12 1:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Milwaukee Wave UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena L 7-1 Fri, Jan 18 7:35 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Kansas City Comets Silverstein Eye Centers Arena W 8-5 Sat, Jan 19 7:05 p.m. CST Utica City FC St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 8-5 Fri, Jan 25 6:35 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Orlando SeaWolves Silver Spurs Arena W 7-6 Sat, Jan 26 6:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Florida Tropics RP Funding Center L 9-7 Fri, Feb 1 7:35 p.m. CST Florida Tropics St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 8-3 Sat, Feb 2 7:05 p.m. CST Orlando SeaWolves St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 8-7 Sat, Feb 9 7:05 p.m. CST Kansas City Comets St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 10-8 Fri, Feb 22 7:35 p.m. CST Orlando SeaWolves St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 7-6 Sun, Feb 24 3:05 p.m.