Weekend Preview : October 19th

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19TH (8:30 PM NST)

Newfoundland Growlers (2-2-0-0, 4 PTS) vs. Manchester Monarchs (1-0-0-1, 3 PTS)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21ST (4:30 PM NST)

Newfoundland Growlers (2-2-0-0, 4 PTS) vs. Maine Mariners (0-1-0-0, 0 PTS)

WATCH: ECHL TV                    LISTEN: mixlr.com/nlgrowlers

The Newfoundland Growlers hit the road for an eight-game, 18-day road trip that sees them play every team in the North Division beginning this weekend with stops in Manchester, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine.

LAST GAME

Matt Salhany and Shane Conacher both had a pair of goals as the Adirondack Thunder struck the Newfoundland Growlers 6-4 Wednesday night at Mile One Centre. Ryan Moore, Matt Bradley, Brady Ferguson and Zach O’Brien tallied for the Growlers. Alex Sakellaropoulos picked up 27 says in the win for Adirondack. Michael Garteig turned aside 30 shots for Newfoundland.

TRANSACTIONS

Oct. 17: G Mario Culina and D Rodi Short signed to ECHL contracts.

QUICK HITS

Newfoundland

• The Growlers have scored first in three of their first four games.
•  Zach O’Brien had six points in the pair of games against the Thunder and leads the team in scoring with six points.
• Brady Ferguson, Giorgio Estephan and Sam Babintsev are tied for the team lead in goals with three.

Manchester

• The Monarchs were in the same division as the St. John’s IceCaps when both cities were home to an AHL team. Zach O’Brien was on the 2015 Monarchs Calder Cup Championship team.
• Cory Ward played eight games with the St. John’s IceCaps during the 2015-16 season.
• Sam Kurker leads the Monarchs in scoring with five points through two games.

Maine

• The Mariners join the Growlers as the two expansion teams for the 2018-19 season.
• Jason Salvaggio scored the first goal in Mariners history which doubled as his first pro goal

Goaltender Brandon Halverson is a former second round draft pick of the New York Rangers