The team secured a win against the Boston Junior Rangers and lost two critical games to the Northern Cyclones and New Jersey Rockets.
Earlier today, the Revolution fell to the Cyclones at home by a 5-1 score. Ryan Marker scored the lone goal for his team.
"I thought it was a hard-working game," said EHL Head Coach James Laux. "For the first two periods, they showed a great work ethic. But in the third period, we played like we were not in the right place and tried to force plays to happen that led to turnovers and scoring chances for the Cyclones. They were able to capitalize on our mistakes."
Revolution Goaltender Hunter Tetrault received the loss in net. Despite the loss, he stopped 40 of 45 shots against.
"I thought Tetrault stepped up and did well in net," said Revolution Goaltender Jacob Caffrey. "He had a slow start, but then he stepped up in the second and third periods and showed that he is capable of handling the work in net when he needs to."
Forward Connor Callow scored twice and Riley Christensen, Manny Billiones, and Kevin Valenti scored one goal apiece for the Cyclones. Evan Morelli earned the win in net stopping 23 of 24 shots on goal.
Prior to today's game, Caffrey and Revolution defenseman Mikko Kivinen received two-game suspensions from the physical incident that ensued after the final buzzer Saturday night in the Revolution's 4-3 win over the Junior Rangers.
"After the play," said Caffrey, "I saw one of my guys getting grabbed by someone from the opposing team. I went in to defend my teammate. I regret it now because of the suspension, but hockey is a physical game and you need to be there to help your guys out in any situation."
The coaching staff will be working on a temporary game strategy until their top net minder and defenseman are able to return to the lineup.
"The intention of Caffrey and Kivinen during the altercation was to protect their teammates," said Coach Laux. "I will not fault them for that, but we will accept the punishment of being without them until they return."
Before the game-ending incident, Kivinen scored his first goal of the year against the Junior Rangers and Caffrey earned the win in net with 39 saves. Marker, Josh Suboyu, and Zachary England also scored for the Revolution during Saturday's contest.
Scoring for the Junior Rangers were forwards Tyler Theodoulou twice and Drew Dawson. Goaltender Tyler Fay received the loss.
The Revolution improve to 3-5-0-0 as the home team this season. They are currently 3-4-0-0 at The Rink at Warwick and 0-1-0-0 on neutral ice.
Back on Thursday night, Remington Woods scored the lone goal in a 3-1 road loss to the New Jersey Rockets.
"The Rockets game was one of those tight games," said Coach Laux. "It could've gone either way, but we allowed them to have a couple of odd-man rushes and capitalize on easy scoring opportunities."
The Revolution are one of three teams in the EHL without a road win this season. They are currently 0-4-1-0 away from Warminster.
Looking forward, a positive coming out of this weekend's EHL action is the return of Marker to the Junior A roster. Since his return from the United States Premier Hockey League on Thursday, Marker scored twice and assisted on two shots.
"It feels good to be back in the lineup," said Marker. "I want to continue to progress in my development and keep putting points up on the board."
The Revolution fall to 3-9-1-0 on the season. Their next game is on Wednesday October 23 on the road against the Philadelphia Little Flyers at 7:00 PM. The game can be viewed online at FastHockey.com.
The Philadelphia Revolution are a United States Tier-III junior hockey organization stationed in Warminster, Pennsylvania. The team sports squads in the Eastern Hockey League, the United States Premier Hockey League, the Eastern Junior Elite Prospects League, and the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League. For more information about the Revolution, visit www.PhiladelphiaRevolution.net. Like Philadelphia Revolution Ice Hockey on Facebook and follow them on Twitter @RevsJrHockey for team scores and news.
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