The Florida Eels Elite Dismantle the Palm Beach Typhoon 9-4

The Eels Elite team struck early and often taking down their East Coast Rivals on Sunday morning. The Eels went on the attack from the drop of the puck scoring 4 quick goals. Palm Beach countered in the 2nd bringing it to within 1 goal with a slight 5-4 deficit. But the Eels opened up for 4 more toppling the Typhoon 9-4 at game end.

The Typhoon players never quit. They are a determined young team and did all they could to thaw the Eels potent offense. But the Eels had too many weapons with multiple players contributing to the attack. The Eels came off an offensive exposition Saturday evening vs the Blades. There is no question all cylinders are firing here and we hope this execution continues next weekend vs the Tampa Juniors.

The Florida Eels Premier team Overpower the Palm Beach Typhoon Winning 4-1

The Eels Premier team proved a little too potent for their cross state rivals the Palm Beach Typhoon. Palm Beach held things close with solid goaltending throughout the game turning away 36 of 40 shots but in the end could not muster enough offense to put more than one pass Eels netminder Duncan Rolleman The Eels back checking was incredible as they frustrated the Typhoon repeatedly denying zone entry. Moreover, the Eels fore-check proved why they were among the top in the league. The Eels kept rolling out line after line having 4 solid sets and it was way too much of a burden on the Typhoon. There are very few teams who can complete with the Eels heavy offense. Some teams may have one or two solid lines. But hardly can a team replicate our 4 lines. It simply is not sustainable.
Next week the Eels Premier and Elite take on the Tampa Juniors Friday away and Sunday at home.

Weekend Preview of Games

The Florida Eels Premier and Elite teams have away games against the Florida Jr Blades on Saturday and return home to the Fort Myers Skatium on Sunday for their homestand. The Eels Elite team is coming off a 5 game winning streak stemming back to the December Showcase. They are looking to extend it to 7 games.  They are just 4 points behind the Tampa Juniors for 1st place in the Florida Division. They have played 3 less games than Tampa. Tampa travels to Atlanta to take on the Mad Hatters this weekend. Thus, the games this weekend are critical.  The Blades sit in 3rd place with 35 points compared to the Eels 44 points.

 

The Eels Premier team sits in 1st place with 44 points. Tampa who has played 3 more games has 40 points. The Blades have 29 points. Atlanta has 22 points and Palm Beach has 18 points in 5th place. You can see every game is consequential. These are very close races. The Eels looking to gain day light whereas the remaining 4 teams are trying to climb the latter and for Palm Beach and Atlanta, they are looking to stay alive.

Florida Eels USPHL Winter Showcase Ice Cap

The Eels Elite team were “Red Hot” this weekend They went 4-0. 3 shutouts. The blanked the Junior Bruins 3-0 in game one. Repeated their shutout performances against the Northeast top ranked Northern Cyclones 3-0. Then they out gunned the league’s top team in teh Elite Division the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Knights in OT 3-2. The stay have been the Eels best game of the season. Then today the Eels drooped the Springfield Pics 4-0.
The guys put their game into another level. They smothered all comers and suffocated them in all 3 zones. Scoring came from a variety of players.
In addition to the Showcase games upended the Bridgewater Bandits on Thursday a pre showcase scrimmage 5-1.
The Eels remain 2 points behind the Tampa Juniors and 9 points ahead of the Jr Blades.
We are indeed, very proud of the boys. This was an all out strategic battle by the players to take on the top teams from the North Great job guys

Florida Eels Premier Team Ice Cap at the USPHL Winter Showcase

The Florida Eels Premier team felt a tough draw proved to be at the top in the league. They had no easy teams Faced with the top 4 teams throughout the league and in their respective Divisions they cam out strong.

Their first game was against the Northern Cyclones. Both teams remained tied at the end of regulation and after a 3 on 3 OT period. The Eels lost in the OT Shutout. They did earn 1 point out of 2 in that match

Game two the Eels fell to the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Knights 4-0 after pulling their goalie. Simply put sometimes you have a bad game. This was it. We simply didi not have all cylinders firing and went dry. The boys and coaches regrouped after the match and broke the game down frame by frame. And then redrafted their offense for game 3 against the Utica Comets

Against the Comets the Eels found their game. They were on fire putting 8 goals behind the Comets netminder and spotted 3

In game 4 vs the MJDP the Eels once again were focused and determined as ever. They were all dialed in. Like game 3 the Eels got key goals fro quite a few players. Scoring by committee.  The Eels felt good about the weekend. They went 2-1-1 against very strong teams The quality of teams they would likely face at Nationals.

That is the key to its development. To face adversity and overcome it. We were very proud of the players who were resilient all weekend and had the fortitude and heart to battle back for a winning record at the Showcase