PREVIEW: ICEMEN HOST 'BLADES

The Icemen welcome the Florida Everblades for the first time in the 2018-2019 campaign, presented by Community First Credit Union. This will be the first of five contests over the next 2½ weeks for the in-state rivals. Jacksonville will be donning Captain America jerseys as part of MARVEL weekend, presented by Gotham City Limit. Bring your Super Heroes and participate in the costume contest!

History:  The Everblades dominated the series in year one, with a 13-1-0 record

2018-19 Record:Jacksonville 5-0-0, 10 ptsFlorida 2-3-1, 5 pts

Division Standings: Jacksonville 2nd in SouthFlorida 5th in South

Conference Standings:Jacksonville 2nd in EastFlorida 11th in East  

League Rank:Jacksonville 3rdFlorida 22nd

Top Scorers:Jacksonville - Rabbit (3-4-7), Clark (3-4-7), Fowlie (3-1-4), Glover (1-3-4)Florida - Lorentz (2-4-6), Cox (2-2-4), Platzer (3-0-3), Auger (1-2-3), Nastasiuk (1-2-3)

PK %Jacksonville 90.9%Florida 73.3%

PP %Jacksonville 23.5%Florida 16.2%

Notable:*Jacksonville leads the League in both goals-for (4.40) & goals-against (1.80); it’s power play record is ranked 3rd                                           

*Rooke goaltender Tanner Jaillet is tied for 3rd with a 1.50 GAA & a 2-0 record                           

*Alexis D’Aoust was recalled by Manitoba on Friday. He was named the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week after collecting 7 points in 3 games last week. He was on a 5-game point streak, having collected a point in each game played.

*Wacey Rabbit is on a 5-game point streak, having collected a point in each game played.

*Everett Clark has had back-to-back multi-point games       

*Colton Veloso, Trey Phillips, & Dylan Walchuk (on reserve), are looking for their first pro goal with the Icemen

MARVEL WeekendVeterans Memorial Arena, 7:30 p.m.Watch: ECHL TVListen: https://youtu.be/BusUI9JQXyw