PREVIEW: ICEMEN HOST NAILERS FOR FIRST TIME

The Icemen will welcome the Wheeling Nailers for the first time in franchise history. This is the first team outside of the South Division that the Icemen have faced so far in the 2018-2019 season. The team will play outside of their division two more times this month when they welcome expansion team Newfoundland next week, and head to Idaho the week after.

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2018-19 Record:Jacksonville 9-4-0-0, 18 pointsWheeling 2-6-5-0, 5 points

Division Standings: Jacksonville 1st in SouthWheeling 6th in Central

Conference Standings:Jacksonville 3rd in EastWheeling 13th in West  

League Rank:Jacksonville 7th  Wheeling 27th   

Top Scorers:Jacksonville:  Rabbit (8-6-14), Mingo (3-8-11), Newbury (0-11-11), Clark (4-6-10)Wheeling:  Lynch (3-6-9), Josephs (6-2-8), Brown (1-5-6), Grauer (2-2-4), Saracino (2-2-4)

PK %Jacksonville 83.9%Wheeling 83.3%

PP %Jacksonville 20.4%Wheeling 16.3%

Ice Cubes:--Jacksonville has scored a PP goal in 7/13 games this season. Their 20.4% is 5th in ECHL.

--Jacksonville is tied for 1st in SHGF with six.                                  

--Jacksonville is undefeated at home when scoring first.                              

--Cam Maclise & Wacey Rabbit are on three-game point streaks.                                       

--Wacey Rabbit's active nine-game home point streak (11), is the longest in the ECHL.                

--Dajon Mingo leads defensemen the ECHL in short-handed points (3). He’s tied for 3rd for overall points for defensemen (11).