PREVIEW: ICEMEN WELCOME SWAMP RABBITS

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. 

7:00 p.m.TICKETSWATCHLISTEN

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.