MENTOR ICE BREAKERS GAME NOTES 2019‐20 ICE BREAKERS SCHEDULE 10/25 at Watertown W 3‐1 2019‐20 FPHL Game #102 10/26 at Watertown L 3‐1 Friday, December 27, 2019, 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 #22 Team Game #19 11/15 at Delaware W 5‐2 (12‐9‐0‐0), 36 pts., .571 PCT (9‐6‐3‐0), 33 pts., .611 PCT 11/16 DELAWARE L 3‐2 3rd in Eastern Division 2nd in Western Division 11/17 DANVILLE W 7‐4 5th in FPHL 3rd in FPHL 11/22 PORT HURON L 4‐2 11/23 PORT HURON W 6‐3 11/27 at Columbus L 3‐1 Last night, the Ice Breakers 11/29 at Columbus L 7‐5 snapped the Danbury Hat 11/30 at Columbus W 6‐3 Tricks’ record‐seng 11‐game 12/6 at Danville L 3‐2 winning streak with a 6‐5 vic‐ 12/7 at Danville L 5‐3 tory. The Hat Tricks came into 12/13 at Bale Creek W 6‐1 last night’s game having 12/14 BATTLE CREEK W 6‐2 logged four straight wins over 12/20 CAROLINA L 5‐1 Watertown, the previous East‐ 12/21 CAROLINA L 2‐1 12/26 DANBURY W 6‐5 ern Division leaders. 12/27 PORT HURON 12/28 PORT HURON 12/31 at Danville TEAM COMPARISON 1/3 at Danville 1/4 DANVILLE MEN PTH 1/10 at Carolina 4.3 (3rd) 3.8 (6th) 1/11 at Carolina GF/G 1/17 DANVILLE GA/G 3.0 (3rd) 3.2 (4th) 1/18 DANVILLE PP% 17.7% (8th) 28.6% (1st) 1/20 BATTLE CREEK 1/24 at Carolina PK% 87.0% (2nd) 84.0% (3rd) 1/25 at Carolina ICE BREAKERS PRE‐SCOUT: The Ice Breakers logged a two‐game sweep in a home‐and‐ 1/26 CAROLINA home series against Bale Creek before falling to Carolina on back‐to‐back nights at 1/31 at Port Huron Mentor Ice Arena. Last night, the Ice Breakers snapped Danbury’s winning streak with 2/1 at Port Huron a 6‐5 triumph. With 36 points and a record of 12‐9‐0‐0, Mentor is in third place in the 2/7 COLUMBUS Eastern Division and fih in the FPHL. Mentor is led in scoring by F Declan Conway (22‐ 2/8 COLUMBUS 19‐41), F Jon Bua (18‐20‐38), and D Brody Duncan (5‐12‐17). 2/14 at Port Huron PROWLERS PRE‐SCOUT: The Prowlers are riding high with an six‐game winning streak. 2/15 at Port Huron Port Huron is coming off a pair of impressive road wins over the Danville Dashers the 2/21 ELMIRA weekend before Christmas. The Prowlers are in second place in the Western Division 2/22 ELMIRA and third in the 10‐team FPHL. Port Huron’s top scorers are F Ma Robertson (15‐21‐ 2/28 PORT HURON 36), F Ma Graham (8‐18‐26), and F Dalton Jay (7‐9‐16). 2/29 PORT HURON SEASON SERIES: Tonight marks the third of 10 matchups between the Ice Breakers and 3/6 ELMIRA Prowlers and the third of six contests at Mentor Ice Arena. Mentor split a two‐game 3/7 ELMIRA set against Port Huron at home from November 22‐23. The Ice Breakers posted a 6‐7‐0 3/8 DELAWARE ‐0 record against Port Huron last year in the 13‐game season series between the two 3/13 at Delaware clubs and scored double‐digit goals against the Prowlers on two separate occasions. 3/14 at Delaware NEXT HOME GAME: Sat., Dec. 28th vs. Port Huron Prowlers, 6:30 p.m. EST 3/15 at Delaware The Ice Breakers wrap up their six‐game holiday homestand with another matchup 3/20 at Danbury against the Prowlers. It’s Star Wars Night, so fans should be on the lookout for Jedi 3/21 at Danbury and droids roaming the rink while enjoying some of their favorite Star Wars clips and 3/27 WATERTOWN music throughout the evening in honor of the new film. The game also marks the final me the Ice Breakers will wear their specialty Christmas jerseys, which will be auc‐ 3/28 WATERTOWN oned off on the LiveSource app. 3/29 WATERTOWN 4/3 at Elmira ICE BREAKERS BROADCAST: Angelo Veloa and Jared Tennant (YouTube) 4/4 at Elmira PROWLERS BROADCAST: Brady Beedon and Jeremy Skiba (Mixlr) MENTOR ICE BREAKERS GAME NOTES—Dec. 27, 2019 vs. Port Huron Prowlers Pg. 2 INSIDE THE ALL‐TIME SERIES WEEK IN REVIEW: Last at home, the Ice Breakers were defeated by the Carolina Thunderbirds, 5‐1. Mentor scored first at 6:36 of the second frame when D Brody Duncan found twine, breaking open what had been a ghtly contested matchup. The RECORD VS. PTH…….7‐8‐0‐0 Thunderbirds answered with a pair of goals over a span of less than a minute before LAST 10 VS. PTH…….5‐5‐0‐0 striking three mes in the final period to take home the series‐opening win. STREAK VS. PTH……..1‐0‐0‐0 MEN GOALS: 67 PTH GOALS: 73 Saturday’s game saw the return of G Austyn Roudebush, who stopped 29 of 31 shots FIRST MEETING—11/16/18 (L, 7‐1) but fell to 9‐7‐0‐0 aer the Ice Breakers suffered a 2‐1 loss. Carolina scored at 15:40 LAST MEETING ‐ 11/23/19 (W, 6‐3) of the first period before going up 2‐0 late in the second period on a goal by F Daniel Marn. F Declan Conway scored the lone Mentor tally at 4:24 of the final frame on a BETWEEN THE PIPES feed from linemate F Jon Bua. LAST NIGHT: The Ice Breakers jumped out to a 3‐0 lead in the first five minutes of last night’s win over Danbury, but the Hat Tricks fought back to within a goal at 3‐2 at #56 Austyn Roudebush the first intermission. F Nate Farrington scored 52 seconds into the second frame OVERALL: before both clubs traded goals the rest of the way with Conway and F Mark Essery 17 GP, (10‐7‐0‐0), 1 SO, 3.02 GAA, .912 SV% finding twine for the Ice Breakers, making it a 6‐5 final. AT HOME: 7 GP, (4‐3‐0‐0), 0 SO, 3.48 GAA, .903 SV% PROMOTED: F Jon Bua became the first Ice Breaker this season to receive an ON THE ROAD: SPHL call‐up earlier today when he was loaned to the Quad City Storm. Bua has 10 GP, (6‐4‐0‐0), 1 SO, 2.69 GAA, .919 SV% 38 points (18‐20‐38) over 20 games with Mentor and was named the FPHL’s Rookie VS. PORT HURON: of the Month for November. He joins a Storm team that features several FPHL alum‐ 2 GP, (1‐1‐0‐0), 0 SO, 3.50 GAA, .926 SV% ni, including F Stephen Gaul (Danville Dashers), G Ryan Mulder (Elmira Enforcers), and F Dean Yakura (Danbury Titans). #30 Jordan Brant TOUGH SCHEDULE: The Ice Breakers are in the midst of one of the most brutal OVERALL: stretches of their schedule. Aer spling a two‐game matchup against the league‐ 6 GP, (2‐2‐0‐0), 0 SO, 2.98 GAA, .902 SV% leading Carolina Thunderbirds, Mentor played host to the hoest team in the FPHL, AT HOME: the Danbury Hat Tricks. The Ice Breakers managed to snap Danbury’s 11‐game win‐ 3 GP, (1‐1‐0‐0), 0 SO, 3.38 GAA, .889 SV% ning streak with a 6‐5 win but are now tasked with a Port Huron club that has won ON THE ROAD: six straight. 3 GP, (1‐1‐0‐0), 0 SO, 2.69 GAA, .914 SV% STILL RECOVERING: Mentor’s prized trade acquision, D Jiri Pestuka, was unavaila‐ VS. PORT HURON: ble for last weekend’s series against Carolina. The Czech Republic nave is not ex‐ 0 GP, (0‐0‐0‐0), 0 SO, 0.00 GAA, .000 SV% pected to play in this weekend’s contest. His presence will certainly boost the Ice Breakers upon his return. F Chad Herron, who was added along with Pestuka in a HEAD‐TO HEAD LEADERS (2019‐20) swap with the Columbus River Dragons is also nursing an injury and has yet to suit up for the Ice Breakers. MENTOR SHUTTING THEM DOWN: Currently operang at an 87.0 percent clip, the Ice Break‐ ers’ penalty kill is second‐best in the FPHL, trailing only Carolina (90.5 percent). Men‐ NAME GP G A PTS D. Conway 2 3 2 5 tor is ed with Columbus with seven shorthanded goals on the year, though the Ice A. Morrow 2 1 1 2 Breakers have not scored while shorthanded since mid‐November. T. Stuart‐Dant 2 2 0 2 ELITE UNITS: Port Huron has arguably has the best overall special teams in the league PORT HURON with a top‐ranked power play unit (28.6 percent) to pair with a relentless penalty kill NAME GP G A PTS (84.0 percent). This weekend’s matchup will see two of the top three penalty kill J. Porllo 2 3 0 3 units do bale. Z. Zulkanycz 2 3 0 3 ICE BREAKER KILLER: F Zachary Zulkanycz seems to have the Ice Breakers’ number A.