Ghost Pirates Weekly: January 24

By: Cristiano Simonetta, Catherine Morrison

Thursday, January 25th vs Orlando Solar Bears

• NHL Affiliate: Tampa Bay Lightning
• AHL Affiliate: Syracuse Crunch
• Record: 20-11-3-2, 2nd in South Division
• Record Against the Ghost Pirates in 2023-24: 5-1-0-0
• Point Leader: Mitchell Hoelscher (34)
• Last Time Out: The Savannah Ghost Pirates fell to the Orlando Solar Bears 2-1 on December 21, with Joe Fleming as the lone goal scorer. Savannah outshot Orlando 42-23. 
• Stat to Watch: Defenseman Ben Carroll is 10th among ECHL blueliners in points (23). 

Friday, January 26 vs Jacksonville Icemen; Saturday January 27 @ Jacksonville Icemen

• NHL Affiliate: Buffalo Sabres
• AHL Affiliate: Rochester Americans
• Record: 21-15-3-0, 3rd in South Division 
• Record Against the Ghost Pirates in 2023-24: 5-1-0-0
• Point Leader: Brendan Harris (37)
• Last Time Out: The Ghost Pirates defeated the Icemen 4-3 on January 5 as Bryce Martin, Sebastian Vidmar, Joe Fleming and Alex Swetlikoff scored. 
• Stat to Watch: Jacksonville has committed the fewest penalty minutes in the ECHL (308).

Stats to Watch

• Savannah is 12-5-4-0 when scoring first.
• On January 20, Logan Drevitch scored a hat trick against the Florida Everblades. It was Savannah’s second hat trick of the season and the fifth hat trick in franchise history.