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A look at Premier following today’s game

Jackson Welham Scores his 1st USPHL Goal yesterday

LORENZO MARCHETTA has a total of 69 points with Elite and Premier 1 away from hitting 70 points. He has combined 28 goals 2 away from hitting 30

ADAMO DI RE hit 53 points with yesterday’s game He has 18 goals on the season 2 away from the magic 20

ALEXANDER CLINGERMAN hit his 50th point 25 goals and a chance to reach 30 in the remaining games.

JACHYM CERMAK NOTCHES 41 POINTS ON THE SEASON AND HAS 18 GOAL ONLY 2 MORE TO REACH 20
GUSTAVS VALPETERIS has notched 31 points on the season

BAILEY KAISER HAS 26 POINTS 4 SHY OF 30

SEAN BURKE HAS 23 POINTS SO FAR IN REACH OF HITTING 25

Today’s game comes down to the Blades need a win in order to advance and gain a playoff spot. They are in 5th place with 38 points. The Typhoon are in 4th with 39 points. The Blades have played one less game than Palm Beach. Today we should see a very aggressive offensive push by the Jr Blades. The Eels have owned the series between the two. The Eels have seized a playoff spot and 1st place. But one thing for sure the Eels never take a day off and today’s contest will be no different.

The game-takes place at 1:30 pm at Hertz the last of our away series against the Jr Blades. Come join us live or on Hockey TV

Florida Eels vs Blades  A game that had no consequence for the Jr Blades  The Eels locked up the playoffs a while ago. The Eels are  looking to secure 1st. The Eels faced a Jr Blades looking to hit more than score. The Eels coming back from Columbia  A – 3 game series  and manyplayers   very sick but they  came out as true athletes they are,

This was an especailly hard loss for the Blades as it concludes the home series against their cross town rivals the FLORIDA EELS

The games against these two clubs are alwasy great regardless of teh consequences in the standings.

The Eels did what they had to putting 50+ shots on the Blades goalie and despite being sick they bring home the win 4-2. The Eels are now 1 point to secure FIRST PLACE

This Wed the Eels will complete their final away series against the Jr Blades The Blades are in 6th place in the Florida Division. Last place with only 16 points. The Infantry is in 5th place with 18 points and trust me the Blades are looking to rid themselves of that designation.

Right now the series is split against the Blades 2-2 so you can also count on this” The Blades are looking to best the series against their cross town rivals.

The Eels also are looking to gain a winning record against the Jr Blades. They are also looking to clinch 1st place in teh Elite Division and it would be nice if this was against the Blades

So we can expect quite a bit of action and an indeed spirited contest between these two teams.

The Infantry may have the name but the Eels defeated them in every inch of the battle field. From the opening buzzer. The Eels scored 6 goals in the1st period unloading its lethal scoring power on their northern rivals from South Carolina. In the last contest the Eels defeated them 12-1 and this was again a show of force.

In this game the coaches and players were not taking any chance or take a win for granted. We have scouted this club and they had some huge wins over teams in the Florida and South Div.

The game was clean by both teams with minimal of penalties. But the EEls depth was overwhelming. The Eels just traveled from Florida and showed no signs of being wary.  They went out and fought for every inch of the ice, every ounce of possession and played a suffocating fore-check and a smothering back check. The game info is below;

The teams play 2 more this weekend Today and Sunday

Florida Eels 10 at Columbia Infantry 1 – Status: Final
Friday, February 3, 2023 – Flight Adventure Park

Florida Eels 5 3 2 – 10
Columbia Infantry 0 1 0 – 1

1st Period-1, Florida Eels, Marchetta 23 (ClIngerman, Di Re), 1:08. 2, Florida Eels, ClIngerman 22 (Di Re, Marchetta), 2:15. 3, Florida Eels, Petrenko 3 (Staniec, Powers), 5:12. 4, Florida Eels, Marchetta 24 (Valpeteris, Di Re), 15:45. 5, Florida Eels, ClIngerman 23 (Marchetta), 18:59. Penalties-No Penalties

2nd Period-6, Florida Eels, Marchetta 25 (Campbell, Engles), 1:17. 7, Florida Eels, Staniec 1 (Petrenko, Di Re), 4:46. 8, Florida Eels, Taylor 2 (Kaiser), 9:31. 9, Columbia Infantry, Dolde 5 (Reaves), 17:46. Penalties-No Penalties

3rd Period-10, Florida Eels, Taylor 3 (Carnes), 3:02. 11, Florida Eels, Campbell 1 (Cermak), 7:13. Penalties-Ferrier Inf (roughing), 7:13.

Shots on Goal-Florida Eels 5-3-2-10. Columbia Infantry 0-1-0-1.
Power Play Opportunities-Florida Eels 0 / 0; Columbia Infantry 0 / 0.
Goalies-Florida Eels, LaRose 5-0-0-1 (1 shots-0 saves). Columbia Infantry, Rodgers 1-5-0-0 (8 shots-0 saves); Norton 0-1-0-0 (2 shots-0 saves).
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The Eels Premier team had a good old fashion barn burner yesterday against the Columbia Infantry in game one of their 3 game series. At first it looked like it would be a repeat of the Elite game where their brothers unleashed a 10-1 smashing of the Infantry Elite squad. But after the Eels Premier team went up 3-0 the wheels started to come off.

No doubt there were a myriad of factors such as the flu, injuries and the drive. But we wont accept excuses and neither will our players. They went down 4-3 and 5-3 but the boys kept to their structure  and scored and fought back to reach a tie  6-6 with only minutes remaining in regulation. All tied up 6-6 and the game went into OT. There the Eels regained their composure and their experience and training drove them to charter the course and notch the game winner.

The boys were glad to bring home the win. It was a tough one but they have played quite a bit of hockey lately and not all will be pretty. But a win is a win and we will take it

The two squads face off tonight 1t 7:45 pm

Here is the scoring data

Florida Eels 7 (OT) at Columbia Infantry 6 – Status: Final OT1
Friday, February 3, 2023 – Flight Adventure Park

Florida Eels 3 1 2 1 – 7
Columbia Infantry 1 4 1 0 – 6

1st Period-1, Florida Eels, Godbout 13 (Trathen, Lonsdale), 1:20. 2, Columbia Infantry, Shaffer 15 (Coots, Fisher), 1:46. 3, Florida Eels, Hennessy 19 (Moore, Patterson), 12:31. 4, Florida Eels, Hennessy 20 (Ziemba, Crupi), 18:41. Penalties-Carpenter Eel (high-sticking), 5:30; Coots Inf (cross-checking), 5:51; Freeman Inf (tripping), 11:26.

2nd Period-5, Florida Eels, Patterson 29 (Trathen, Godbout), 1:45. 6, Columbia Infantry, Kuzminski 2 (Fisher, Hartz), 10:24. 7, Columbia Infantry, Glamkowski 14 (Filoramo, O’Toole), 11:41. 8, Columbia Infantry, Glamkowski 15 (O’Toole, Kuzminski), 16:07. 9, Columbia Infantry, Hasenauer 13 (Shaffer, Coots), 18:15. Penalties-Hambling Eel (roughing), 8:33; Carpenter Eel (elbowing), 16:36.

3rd Period-10, Columbia Infantry, Shaffer 16 (Fisher, Kuzminski), 6:29. 11, Florida Eels, Crupi 16 (Moore, Hennessy), 15:09. 12, Florida Eels, Hennessy 21 (Ziemba, Godbout), 18:45. Penalties-O’Toole Inf (high-sticking), 6:18; Hennessy Eel (hooking), 8:29.

1st OT Period-13, Florida Eels, Godbout 14 (Patterson, Crupi), 1:00. Penalties-No Penalties

Shots on Goal-Florida Eels 22-13-21-2-58. Columbia Infantry 12-19-11-0-42.
Power Play Opportunities-Florida Eels 0 / 0; Columbia Infantry 0 / 0.
Goalies-Florida Eels, Bell 10-3-0-0 (42 shots-36 saves). Columbia Infantry, Brady 7-5-2-0 (58 shots-51 saves).
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The Eels once again overtake the Columbia Infantry with its 2nd win of the weekend. Yesterday the Eels won 10-1 and today it was an equally strong game. The Eels could have put in maybe 6-7 more but for the strong performance by the Infantry netminder. In fact the Eels pounded close to 55 shots on net

Key notes  Kaiser scored his 12th and 13th, Taylor notched another goal that is his 3rd of the weekend.  Ghafari scored one putting it out of reach for Columbia,  St-Denis-Lacombe turned away 23 of 24 shots in net for the Eels

The boys showed a little sigh of being tired no doubt with the travel and many guys nuring a cold. But they found a way to put the biscuts in the basket and our goalie turned away shot after shot allowing a stingy one goal against.

Scoring datat is as follows;

Florida Eels 4 at Columbia Infantry 1 – Status: Final
Saturday, February 4, 2023 – Flight Adventure Park

Florida Eels 1 1 2 – 4
Columbia Infantry 0 1 0 – 1

1st Period-1, Florida Eels, Taylor 4 (Cermak), 16:07. Penalties-Campbell Eel (major -contact to the head), 5:19; Valpeteris Eel (interference), 16:28.

2nd Period-2, Florida Eels, Kaiser 12 (Campbell, Burke), 16:47 (PP). 3, Columbia Infantry, Ferrier 8 (Marcoux, Walton), 18:01 (PP). Penalties-Dahms Inf (kneeing), 14:54; Grant Eel (cross-checking), 17:32.

3rd Period-4, Florida Eels, Kaiser 13 (Burke, Ghafari), 8:57 (PP). 5, Florida Eels, Ghafari 5 (Carnes, Wilson), 18:50 (EN). Penalties-Itkowitz Inf (hooking), 7:10; Ghafari Eel (roughing), 12:27.

Shots on Goal-Florida Eels 18-17-20-55. Columbia Infantry 9-9-6-24.
Power Play Opportunities-Florida Eels 2 / 0; Columbia Infantry 1 / 0.
Goalies-Florida Eels, St-Denis-Lacombe 4-4-1-1 (24 shots-23 saves). Columbia Infantry, VanBrunt 4-7-2-0 (54 shots-51 saves).
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The Florida Eels made a strong rebound in game two looking much like themslves in route to their 8-1 thrashing over Columbia. The Eels were clearly back to form with their scoring of 8 goals. They may have had many guys sick but the boys knew their structure and stayed the course.

Key notes:  Hats off to Zebley 3 goal game!!!!!!!!!

Kiyawasew  2 goal game

Carpenter 2 goal game

(Marchetta 1st game on Premier notches an assist

We saw strong performances by all the guys in this game Detaisl of the scoring is set forth below:

Florida Eels 8 at Columbia Infantry 1 – Status: Final
Saturday, February 4, 2023 – Flight Adventure Park

Florida Eels 3 3 2 – 8
Columbia Infantry 0 1 0 – 1

1st Period-1, Florida Eels, Zebley 7 (Marchetta), 2:19. 2, Florida Eels, Carpenter 4 (Goddard), 2:41. 3, Florida Eels, Phillips 4   19:38. Penalties-Cotler Inf (major -hitting from behind), 7:29.

2nd Period-4, Florida Eels, Kiyawasew 17 (Trathen), 1:37. 5, Columbia Infantry, Kuzminski 3 (Grisius, Miltko), 9:07 (PP). 6, Florida Eels, Kiyawasew 18   11:04. 7, Florida Eels, Carpenter 5 (Lonsdale, Godbout), 17:22. Penalties-Goddard Eel (major -contact to the head, disqualification), 7:57; Maltais Eel (roughing), 7:57; Fisher Inf (roughing), 7:57; Miltko Inf (slashing), 10:33; Bzovey Eel (interference), 15:52; Shaffer Inf (roughing), 15:52.

3rd Period-8, Florida Eels, Zebley 8 (Kahlhammer), 3:04. 9, Florida Eels, Zebley 9 (Lonsdale), 11:49 (PP). Penalties-Hasenauer Inf (tripping), 4:51; Phillips Eel (interference), 8:19; Freeman Inf (slashing), 11:13; Carpenter Eel (roughing), 19:42; Phillips Eel (interference), 19:42; Glamkowski Inf (roughing), 19:42.

Shots on Goal-Florida Eels 18-21-21-60. Columbia Infantry 5-10-7-22.
Power Play Opportunities-Florida Eels 1 / 0; Columbia Infantry 1 / 0.
Goalies-Florida Eels, Rouleau 5-0-0-0 (22 shots-21 saves). Columbia Infantry, Dietz 3-12-0-0 (60 shots-52 saves).
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Thursday morning the Eels Elite and Premier teams travel to Columbia to take on the Infantry. This will be the Premier team’s first time squaring off against them this season. The Elite team Faced Off against them  in December at the December Showcase. In that game the Eels unraveled the Infantry 12-1. Despite that one sided game, neither Eels team will take them for granted. Indeed, the Infantry have defeated the Jr Blades, the Tampa Juniors, and the Atlanta Mad Hatters.

The Infantry are an expansion team and would like nothing better to defeat the Eels who are in first place in both the Premier and Elite Divisions. No doubt every team comes to play against the Eels. They indeed get up for our games. There is a big bulls eye on our back. So rest assured the Eels coaches and players have worked very hard this week preparing for the up coming 3 game series.

Congrats goes to Justin Colton as he was named Player of the Week by the league coaches

Games of Jan. 17-23, 2023

 

Florida Division

Forward: Ari Blatt, Tampa Bay Juniors

The ‘04 from Tampa and straight out of Steinbrenner High in Lutz posted three goals in the Juniors’ two contests against the Eels, including a pair of tallies in their 5-2 win over Florida on Jan. 20. He has 28 points in 32 games this year.

 

Defense: Justin Colton, Florida Eels 

Colton (‘03/Parkland, Fla.) is a versatile skater who has played more defense this year than the forward position at which he listed on USPHLElite.com. Recently, while on the blue line, he posted a goal and two assists for three points in three games. He now has 14 points in 14 games this year, and 58 points in 46 career games.

 

Goaltender: Ethan Kreider, Columbia Infantry

Speaking of versatility, Kreider recently got tapped to move out of the crease and play the weekend at forward against Nashville. He scored two goals in the Infantry’s victory on Jan. 22. This was just two weeks after he stopped 40 of 43 shots against the Florida Jr. Blades at the USPHL Tampa Showcase.

 

Southeast Division 

Forward: Santino Capone, Hampton Roads Whalers

Capone (‘04/Turnersville, N.J.) was the top scorer in the Southeast Division between Jan. 17-23, posting a goal and five assists for six points in just two games. His six points was also good for top 10 overall in the USPHL Elite. His SHG on Jan. 21 stood as the GWG against the Charlotte Rush in a 4-3 win. He has 29 points in 36 games, including nine points over his last three.

 

Defense: Nathaniel Boeckle, Richmond Generals 

Similar to Capone, Boeckle (‘05/Glen Allen, Va.) found a place in the top 10 of all USPHL Elite scoring for the week in question. He posted six assists in a weekend sweep of the Potomac Patriots for a big Virginia rivalry weekend. Boeckle has a 4-15-19 line for the season over 28 games.

 

Goaltender: Jean Berthaudin, Hampton Roads Whalers 

Berthaudin (‘03/St-Jean-du-Lac, Man.) was huge for the Whalers again this past weekend. He stopped 60 of 63 to help his squad pull off the aforementioned huge upset win against the Charlotte Rush. This came a week after he posted 49 saves on 50 shots against the Richmond Generals.