Ghost Pirates Weekly Preview: December 13

By: Cristiano Simonetta, Catherine Morrison

Thursday, Dec. 14th vs Jacksonville Icemen

• NHL Affiliate: Buffalo Sabres
• AHL Affiliate: Rochester Americans
• Record: 11-8-2-0, third in the South Division
• Record Against the Ghost Pirates: 3-0-0-0
• Point Leader: Brendan Harris (21)
• Last Time Out: The Icemen shut out the Ghost Pirates on December 5 at Enmarket Arena, winning 4-0 with goals from Craig Martin, Dominick Mersch, Luc Brown, and Derek Lodermeier
• Stat to Watch: Goaltender Michael Houser is sixth in the league with a 2.38 goals-against average

Sunday, Dec. 17th vs Greenville Swamp Rabbits

• NHL Affiliate: Los Angeles Kings
• AHL Affiliate: Ontario Reign
• Record: 17-4-0-0, first in the South Division
• Record Against the Ghost Pirates: 5-1-0-0
• Points Leader: Carter Souch (19)
• Last Time Out: The Ghost Pirates beat the Swamp Rabbits 4-1 on December 10 in Greenville, led by Simon Pinard’s two goals
• Stat to Watch: Greenville leads the Eastern Conference in points (34) and has only lost four of 21 games

Ghost Pirates Stats of the Week:

• Vincent Marleau is 11th in the ECHL in points with 25 (13 goals, 12 assists)
• Michael Bullion sits second in the ECHL in minutes played (893)