PREVIEW: ICEMEN BEGIN HOLIDAY HOME STAND

The Icemen kick off a holiday home stand tonight against the South Carolina Stingrays. Tonight's contest will be the first of four games over the next five days in which the Icemen will face two division foes and welcome expansion team Newfoundland for the first time. The Icemen have been stellar at home this season, with top ten rankings in both penalty kill and power play percentage, as well as boasting the the most short-handed goals for with four. They have only lost one home game against a division opponent. 

7:00 p.m., VETERANS MEMORIAL ARENATICKETSWATCHLISTEN

History:  The Stingrays lead the series all-time, with a 7-5-0-0 record.The Icemen lead the series in 2018-19 at 2-0-0-0.

2018-19 Record:Jacksonville 10-5-0-0, 20 pointsSouth Carolina 8-7-0-0, 16 points

Division Standings: Jacksonville 1st in SouthSouth Carolina 4th in South

Conference Standings:Jacksonville 3rd in EastSouth Carolina 7th in East  

League Rank:Jacksonville 7th  South Carolina 14th

Top Scorers:Jacksonville: Rabbit (9-6-15), Mingo (3-9-12), Clark (5-6-11), Newbury (0-11-11)South Carolina: Besse (10-10-20), Cherniwchan (6-11-17), Charbonneau (3-11-14), Fioretti (3-6-9),Horn (3-6-9)

PK %Jacksonville 84.1%South Carolina 83.8%

PP %Jacksonville 20.0%South Carolina 15.3%

Ice Cubes:--Mikhail Berdin leads rookie netminders in wins (7).--Cam Maclise recorded a point in each game played last week. He is currently on a five-game point streak (3G, 3A).--Dajon Mingo leads defensemen the League in short-handed points (3). He’s ranked 3rd in the League for overall points for defensemen (12).--Wacey Rabbit is ranked 2nd in shooting percentage with 33.3% (9G on 27 shots). His home point streak of nine games (11 points) remains the longest in the League, but was snapped last week in the loss to Wheeling.--Jacksonville’s home power play record is 4th in the League at 21.6%, it’s penalty kill is 8th at 85.7%, and they lead the League in SHGF at home with four.