Ghost Pirates Weekly: April 2

BY: Cristiano Simonetta, Catherine Morrison

Tuesday, April 2, at 7:00 p.m. at Orlando Solar Bears: 

• NHL Affiliate: Tampa Bay Lightning
• AHL Affiliate: Syracuse Crunch
• Record: 34-24-6-2, 5th in South Division
• Record Against the Ghost Pirates in 2023-24: 5-2-1-0
• Point Leader: Mitchell Hoelscher (47)
• Last Time Out: Savannah shut out the Solar Bears 5-0 on March 29, with goals from Simon Pinard, Ross Armour, Brent Pedersen, Alex Gilmour and Matt Boudens. Michael Bullion made 18 saves in his third shutout of the year. 
• Stat to Watch: Orlando is currently one point behind the fourth and final playoff spot in the South Division. 

Thursday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m. (home) and Friday, April 5 at 7:05 p.m. (away) vs. South Carolina Stingrays: 

• NHL Affiliate: Washington Capitals
• AHL Affiliate: Hershey Bears
• Record: 38-24-4-1, 3rd in South Division
• Record Against the Ghost Pirates in 2023-24: 4-2-1-1
• Point Leader: Austin Magera (71)
• Last Time Out: Savannah fell to South Carolina 6-4 on March 17 at Enmarket Arena with goals from Pedersen (2), Pinard and Pat Guay. 
• Stat to Watch: Magera is tied for the 6th in the ECHL in points.

Saturday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. vs Florida Everblades: 

• NHL Affiliate: Florida Panthers
• AHL Affiliate: Charlotte Checkers
• Record: 34-23-7-2, 4th in South Division
• Record Against the Ghost Pirates in 2023-24: 7-3-1-0
• Point Leader: Joe Pendenza (56)
• Last Time Out: Savannah rallied with four goals in the third period to defeat Florida 6-3 on March 23 in Estero. Boudens, Pinard, Gilmour (2), Armour and Noah Carroll scored. 
• Stat to Watch: The Everblades have the most overtime losses in the South Division (seven).

Stats of the Week

• Bullion is tied for second in the ECHL in shutouts with three, trailing Wheeling’s Taylor Gauthier.
• Savannah is 5th in the ECHL in penalty kill percentage on the road (85.3 percent).