TUESDAY, JANUARY 14TH & WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15TH (7 PM NST) Newfoundland Growlers (27-10-0-0, 54 PTS) vs. Kansas City Mavericks (17-17-2-0, 36 PTS) WATCH: ECHL TVLISTEN: mixlr.com/nlgrowlers The Newfoundland Growlers return home following a three-in-three sweep on the road which was plagued with travel delays, for a mid-week series before the All-Star break with the Mountain Division’s Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames. LAST GAME Parker Gahagen made 34 saves en route to recording his first career ECHL shutout as the Newfoundland Growlers blanked the Maine Mariners 2-0 Sunday afternoon at the Cross Insurance Arena to wrap up their three-in-three road trip and extend their winning streak to a franchise-high nine games. Marcus Power and Brady Ferguson each recorded a goal and an assist. TEAM LEADERS Newfoundland Kansas City G: Marcus Power (16) Rocco Carzo (15)A: Giorgio Estephan (26) Justin Woods (16)PTS: Giorgio Estephan (41) Rocco Carzo (26)PIM: James Melindy (46) Darian Dziurzynski (49)+/-: Evan Neugold (+15) C.J. Eick, Kevin McKernan (+9) QUICK HITS Newfoundland
- The Growlers have won 14 straight games at Mile One Centre, which is tied for the fourth-longest home winning streak in ECHL history
- Michael Kapla has four assists in the last four games
- Joseph Duszak leads all rookie defensemen in scoring with 27 points
Kansas City
- The Mavericks are 13-3 when scoring the first goal
- David Dziurzynski has six points in the last four games, and has skated in 26 NHL games with the Ottawa Senators
- Bryan Lemos has three goals in the last three games