MENTOR ICE BREAKERS GAME NOTES 2019‐20 ICE BREAKERS SCHEDULE 10/25 at Watertown W 3‐1 2019‐20 FPHL Game #213 10/26 at Watertown L 3‐1 Saturday, February 29, 2020, 6:30 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 #44 Team Game #43 11/15 at Delaware W 5‐2 (14‐26‐0‐3), 45 pts., .349 PCT (24‐14‐4‐0), 80 pts., .635 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 F Josh Newberg scored twice 11/30 at Columbus W 6‐3 in the third period but Port 12/6 at Danville L 3‐2 Huron used a four‐goal second 12/7 at Danville L 5‐3 frame to take down the Ice 12/13 at Bale Creek W 6‐1 Breakers 7‐4 last night. Men‐ 12/14 BATTLE CREEK W 6‐2 tor scored four goals in a 12/20 CAROLINA L 5‐1 game for the first me since 12/21 CAROLINA L 2‐1 January 20. 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) 4.4 (3rd) 1/17 DANVILLE L 4‐2 GA/G 3.8 (7th) 3.5 (6th) 1/18 DANVILLE L 4‐2 11.5% (9th) 25.0% (1st) 1/20 BATTLE CREEK W 4‐2 PP% 1/24 at Carolina L 4‐1 PK% 82.0% (5th) 84.8% (3rd) 1/25 at Carolina L 7‐2 1/26 CAROLINA SOL 4‐3 ICE BREAKERS PRE‐SCOUT: Mentor is currently riding a season‐long 12‐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 14‐26‐0‐3, 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 (8‐14‐22) 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 bounced back from a two‐game sweep against Carolina to win back‐to‐back contests against Mentor and Bale Creek. The Prowlers 2/21 ELMIRA L 5‐2 are in second place in the Western Division and fourth in the 10‐team FPHL. Port Hu‐ 2/22 ELMIRA L 5‐0 ron’s top scorers are F Ma Graham (17‐50‐67), F Dalton Jay (27‐30‐57) and F Ausn 2/28 PORT HURON L 7‐4 Feerly (22‐26‐48). 2/29 PORT HURON SEASON SERIES: Today’s game marks the final matchup in the 10‐game season series 3/1 at Danville between the Ice Breakers and Prowlers and the sixth game at Mentor Ice Arena. Port 3/6 at Elmira Huron has dominated the Ice Breakers this season, winning eight of nine contests and 3/7 at Elmira four of five in Northeast Ohio. Mentor’s last win against the Prowlers came in a 6‐3 3/8 DELAWARE game on November 23. 3/13 at Delaware 3/14 at Delaware NEXT HOME GAME: Sun., Mar. 8th vs. Delaware Thunder, 3:00 p.m. EST 3/15 at Delaware The Ice Breakers begin a stretch of four games in a row against the Delaware Thunder 3/20 at Danbury in a series with playoff implicaons. The theme is ADM Night and the game marks an‐ 3/21 at Danbury other Junior Ice Breakers Kids Club Kids Night, meaning all Kids Club members receive 3/27 WATERTOWN free admission with a paying adult. Keep an eye on the Ice Breakers’ Facebook page for more informaon on the game’s promoons. 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 (Mixlr) MENTOR ICE BREAKERS GAME NOTES—Feb. 29, 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…….7‐15‐0‐0 final oung as an Ice Breaker. LAST 10 VS. PTH…….2‐8‐0‐0 On Saturday, Mentor was unable to solve G Joe Young as it was shutout for the STREAK VS. PTH……..0‐7‐0‐0 fourth me this season in a 4‐0 blowout loss. Reigning FPHL Rookie of the Year F Ste‐ MEN GOALS: 82 PTH GOALS: 110 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 ‐ 2/28/20 (L, 7‐4) 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 PTO contracts for the weekend: F Tyler Houmard, F #1 Kent Nusbaum Paul Hannah, F/D Billy Rapone and F Cory Mehl. On the back end, D Ty Rickabaugh OVERALL: and D Josh Lemke will join the team this weekend. Addionally, F Mike Zenone 1 GP, (0‐0‐0‐0), 0 SO, 3.00 GAA, .900 SV% signed a PTO this morning. Zenone last played for the Wooster Oilers (NA3HL) and AT HOME: hails from North Ridgeville, Ohio. 1 GP, (0‐0‐0‐0), 0 SO, 3.00 GAA, .900 SV% F Brendan Mackenzie was signed to a standard player contract and is expected to ON THE ROAD: 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 48 points (21‐27‐48) with the North York Renegades (GMHL). He logged two assists VS. PORT HURON and nearly scored on two separate occasions in his debut last night. 1 GP, (0‐0‐0‐0), 0 SO, 3.00 GAA, .900 SV% G Kent Nusbaum, who has served as a backup for six different ECHL teams, was signed as the Ice Breakers’ backup netminder. Nusbaum, who was in training camp #30 Jordan Brant with Mentor in 2018, recorded a .922 save percentage in two appearances with the OVERALL: Watertown Wolves last season. He stopped nine of 10 shots in the third period of 17 GP, (3‐10‐0‐1), 0 SO, 4.52 GAA, .879 SV% last night’s 7‐4 loss against the Prowlers. AT HOME: MAKING IT COUNT: Last night, the Ice Breakers had six players playing in their first 9 GP, (2‐5‐0‐1), 0 SO, 3.84 GAA, .899 SV% FPHL games of the season, including three making their professional debuts. F Billy ON THE ROAD: Rapone, 19, stood out, scoring on the backdoor in the second period while F Paul 8 GP, (1‐5‐0‐0), 0 SO, 5.63 GAA, .844 SV% Hannah notched an assist. Addionally, D Josh Lemke recorded a helper in his first VS. PORT HURON: pro oung at just 21 years of age. It was certainly impressive to watch some of the 3 GP, (0‐3‐0‐0), 0 SO, 9.07 GAA, .805 SV% young newcomers contribute against a deep veteran Prowlers squad baling for playoff posioning. SEASON SERIES: Port Huron has dominated its matchups with Mentor this year, win‐ HEAD‐TO HEAD LEADERS (2019‐20) ning seven of eight games. The Ice Breakers’ lone win came on November 23 when G (acve players only) Austyn Roudebush made 54 saves and F Declan Conway scored twice and dished out a pair of assists in a 6‐3 victory. MENTOR BIG‐NAME SIGNING: The Prowlers made headlines this week by signing F Mike Ru‐ NAME GP G A PTS pert, a two‐me OHL champion with the London Knights who has experience suing D. Conway 8 3 3 6 up for the Toronto Marlies (AHL) and spent five seasons in the ECHL. Rupert’s im‐ S. Fowler 7 3 2 5 pressive resume makes him another important player to watch throughout the T.