The Jacksonville Icemen welcome the Greenville Swamp Rabbits to Veterans Memorial Arena for the second time this season. Last time these two teams met, Jacksonville came back from a three-goal deficit in Greenville to win 4-3. The Icemen will wear specialty Autism Awareness jerseys this weekend, to be auctioned off after Saturday's contest benefitting Making Strides for Autism.
History: The Icemen lead the series all-time, with a 8-5-0-0 recordThe Icemen lead the series in 2018-19 at 3-0-0-0
2018-19 Record:Jacksonville 12-5-0-0, 24 pointsGreenville 5-10-3-0, 13 points
Division Standings: Jacksonville 1st in SouthGreenville 6th in South
Conference Standings:Jacksonville 2nd in EastGreenville 13th in East
League Rank:Jacksonville 3rd Greenville 22nd
Top Scorers:Jacksonville: Rabbit (9-6-15), Mingo (4-10-14), Newbury (2-12-14), Clark (5-6-11)Greenville: Brassard (7-10-17), Pelech (6-11-17), May (10-6-16), Sims (3-8-11), Izmirlian (5-5-10)
PK %Jacksonville 85.5%Greenville 74%
PP %Jacksonville 18.6%Greenville 18.4%
Ice Cubes:*Jacksonville is 9-1 at home against South Division opponents.
*Jacksonville has outshot it's opponents in the first period 185-139, while Greenville has been outshot 230-164. Jacksonville is 6-1 when outshooting it's opponent at home.
*G Mikhail Berdin leads the League in wins (9)
*Greenville's Travis Howe (7) & Garet Hunt (6) lead the League in major penalties. They've squared off three times in two games. A new League rule requires the on-ice officials to intervene when players remove their helmets prior to a fight.
*Dajon Mingo leads defensemen the League in SH points (3). He's ranked 2nd for overall points for defensemen (14).
*Dajon Mingo & Maxime Fortier are on three-game point streaks.