WARMINSTER, PA - The Eastern Hockey League Philadelphia Revolution pick up two important wins against their division rivals over the weekend at The Rink at Warwick. Between today's and yesterday's games, the Revolution combined for 13 goals and 23 assists and chased both the New Jersey Rockets and the Philadelphia Little Flyers' starting goaltenders out of the game.
Earlier today, James Wallace's two goals and Jacob Caffrey's 33 saves helped power the Revolution past the Rockets by an 8-1 score. Also scoring for the Revolution were forwards Zachary England, Riley Egan, Myckauly Melanson, Kyle Jennings, and Larry Adegoke and defenseman Mikko Kivinen.
"It is always a great win when we beat a team that leads the [EHL South] division," said EHL Head Coach James Laux. "Everyone helped these guys score the goals and make it an easy game to play."
The Revolution chased Rockets goaltender Joshua Creelman out of the game at 11:09 of the first period after he allowed four goals on 14 shots. Backup Randy Gorda came in for relief, stopping 38 of 42 shots.
Goaltender Caffrey made his first start in net today since November 30th.
"After sitting out for a couple of games," said Coach Laux, "Caffrey showed up and played well. He needed time to regroup after allowing eight goals in two games during the [Thanksgiving EHL] Showcase. Anytime you let up two or fewer goals in a game, it shows that you are doing your job as a goalie, and Caffrey did a great job."
Filling in for Caffrey since then was goaltender Hunter Tetrault, whose 36 saves helped the Revolution defeat the Little Flyers by a 5-2 score on Saturday night.
"The last time we played the Little Flyers ended in an upsetting loss," said Tetrault. "In this game, I read each play, put my body in front of the puck, and stopped whatever I could. The guys and I have been working hard to get even with them, and in the end, hard work paid off."
One of the biggest highlight of the night was the chasing of Little Flyers goaltender Alec Derks, who allowed four goals in his 45 minutes of play. Prior to Saturday's game, Derks led the league in the goals against average category with 1.93 and was the only player in the league to have an average below two.
Another major highlight from the win was forward Ken Tencza's hat trick, his second of the season.
"It feels good and rewarding to score, said Tencza. "I haven't been playing as well as I had wanted, and this hat trick helped me get the confidence I needed to get back in the groove."
Also scoring for the Revolution in this game were Wallace and Adegoke. Forward Melanson and defensemen Kivinen, Dennis Maier, and Steve Mallory recorded assists on the goals.
With these wins, the Revolution improve to 11-14-1-0 on the season and 8-7-0-0 at home. The team's next game is on Tuesday December 17th on the road against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights at 1:00 PM. This game can be streamed 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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