Nov. features 5 games at home, Jersey giveaway, Jersey auction etc.
Odessa, TX – The Odessa Jackalopes are home for five games in the month of November, with two games against the Corpus Christi IceRays on November 13th and 14th, and three games against the Wichita Falls Wildcats on Nov. 17th, 27th and 28th. November 14th will feature a youth hockey jersey giveaway to the first 500 presented by Prime Lender, Basin Abstract and Title, Classic Rock 102 and CBS 7. Tuesday, Nov. 17th is half-priced beer and $1 hot dogs all game long. In observance of prostate cancer awareness month, the Jacks will wear specialty Movember jerseys on the 27th and 28th and will auction the Jersey’s off following Saturday, Nov. 28th's game. There will also be a Black Friday giveaway on Friday the 27th and a Cruise giveaway on the 28th.
Home Sweet Home
The Jacks are 4-0-1 this season at Ector County Coliseum, which is the best five-game home start since joining the NAHL in 2011. Several players have enjoyed the friendly confines of the Shack as well. Jacks leading scorer Eric Carreras has 8 points (7+1=8) in five games at home, Oliver Celec has 7 points (5+2=7) in five home games and Hampus Sjodahl also has 7 points (4+3=7) in five home games. The Jacks will play nine of their next 15 games at home in November and December.
Besides Odessa, every South Division team in action over the past weekend
The Odessa Jackalopes were the only team in the South Division who had the Halloween weekend off. Lone Star traveled to Amarillo, sweeping the Bulls in two games; Wichita Falls hosted Corpus Christi, beating the IceRays in both games and Topeka traveled to Springfield to face the Blues for two games, splitting the series. Lone Star and Corpus Christi get the upcoming weekend off, and Amarillo and Wichita Falls duel it out for two games in Amarillo, while Topeka and Springfield play two more games in Topeka.
Jacks, IceRays duel for the first time this season on Nov. 13th and 14th
The Odessa Jackalopes gear up for the first matchup of the season versus their longtime rival the Corpus Christi IceRays. The two teams dueled as members of the WPHL in the late 90’s and the majority of the first decade of the 2000’s in the CHL. Since Odessa joined the NAHL in 2011, the Jacks are 14-26-4 versus Corpus and 11-12-1 at home. Last year the Jacks went 2-8-2 against the ‘Rays.
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Jacks Statistical Leaders
# Player GP G A PTS +/- PIM
8 B. Tucker 13 3 11 14 +7 22
28 E. Carreras 13 9 3 12 +7 6
23 H. Sjodahl 13 7 5 12 +4 4
17 Z. Zech 13 5 7 12 +7 14
12 R. MacKellar 13 4 6 10 +6 12
19 G. Marr 13 3 7 10 0 0
21 O. Celec 13 5 4 9 +5 12
13 D. Brown 13 1 8 9 +5 10
10 D. Kiraly 13 2 5 7 +7 2
15 M. Rypien 13 1 5 6 +2 10
7 C. Zech 13 0 6 6 +8 24
18 A. McLean 13 1 4 5 +7 27
3 J. Levin 13 0 4 4 +7 24
27 Z. Main 13 1 2 3 -3 4
9 L. Schultz 8 1 1 2 -1 0
11 C. Wade 6 1 0 1 +2 16
2 N. Werhane 7 0 1 1 +4 20
24 M. Meininger 7 0 0 0 0 8
5 C. Stuart 5 0 0 0 0 8
22 T. Gatto 4 0 0 0 -2 32
26 T. Faulkner 6 0 0 0 +1 2
4 D. Menslage 0 0 0 0 0 0
# Goaltender GP W L OTL SO GAA SV%
33 G. Rivers 6 5 1 0 0 2.50 .914
35 D. Shatzer 5 2 4 0 1 3.24 .905
South Division Standings
Team: GP W L OTL PTS W%
W. Falls 15 12 1 2 26 .867
L. Star 13 9 1 3 21 .808
Topeka 18 9 9 0 18 .500
Odessa 13 7 5 1 15 .577
C. Christi 16 5 9 2 12 .375
Amarillo 17 4 11 2 10 .294
