Revolution Falls to Junior Monarchs in EHL Home Opener

WARMINSTER, PA - The Eastern Hockey League Philadelphia Revolution fell to the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs on Saturday night by a five to zero score.

"A five-nothing score does not tell the true tale of the game today," said Revolution Head Coach James Laux.  "We played a power house in the Junior Monarchs and realize now what it takes to win in this league.  Moving forward, we need to work on our defense by getting everybody more well adjusted to their positions and continue to work on our offense to help the goalies get more goal support."

Revolution goaltender Jacob Caffrey earned the loss in today's contest, stopping 31 of 36 shots.  

"Giving up five goals is never fun," said Caffrey,  "especially when they are scored on turnovers.  Turnovers are all a part of the game, and we got to anticipate them.  Moving forward, we need to have better on-ice communication for when they happen."

Despite the loss, the coaching staff was impressed with the goaltender's performance. 

"Caffrey has been good for us," said Laux.  "He made some huge saves to keep us in the game.  He faced over 80 shots this weekend and made a great effort defending against every single one."

The Revolution penalty kill also performed well tonight, allowing one goal in seven Junior Monarchs power play opportunities.  The special teams unit improve to 11 for 13 on the penalty kill.

Junior Monarchs' forward Hunter Laslo scored twice for his club, with Eric Berglund, Cameron Spicer, and Oleg Hayduk scoring one goal apiece.  Goaltender Jake Theut earned the shutout win, stopping all 27 shots he faced.

The EHL Revolution will play their next game on Sunday September 22nd when they head up to Walpoe, Massachusetts to take on the Walpole Express at 2:30 PM.  Fans can stream the game live on 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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