Brahmas – Warrior To Play Home And Home

By Kirk Estes
- Tweet
- Pin It
Updated: December 31, 2020

Photo courtesy of Candice Bryan: Isiah Thomas and the Lone Star Brahmas will play a home and home series against the Wichita Falls Warriors this weekend.

The Brahmas and Warriors will play a home and home series this weekend with Friday at NYTEX and Saturday at Kay Yeager.

The teams have played three times so far this season with the Brahmas holding a 2-1-0-0 edge in the season series.

11/20 Brahmas 2 at Warriors 1

11/21 Brahmas 2 at Warriors 5

11/25 Warriors 1 at Brahmas 4

Both squads are coming off the Christmas break, but Wichita Falls will come in off a game against the Amarillo Bulls on Thursday afternoon at the Amarillo Civic Center.

Amarillo jumped out to an early lead but Ryan Robinson (3G-5A) and Adisen Brueck (5G-4A) put the Warriors on top before the end of the first. Jackson Salt (3G-2A) added to the lead at 16:13 of the second before the Bulls scored late. Amarillo scored twice within a 69 second stretch in the third to retake the lead. Brennen Couet (1G-2A) knotted it up with five minutes to go to force overtime. Robinson would give Wichita Falls the extra point with an overtime power play winner. Owen Bartoszkiewicz (4W-2L-1OTL-1SOL) was in net picking up the win on 29 saves.

Last 5 Games

	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts
Brahmas	3	1	1	0	7
Warriors	3	1	1	0	7

Special Teams

The Lone Star Brahmas currently have the 3^rd ranked power play in the NAHL at 25.4% on 16 goals in 63 opportunities. Over their last five the Brahmas have managed only three goals on 17 opportunities or 17.7%. They will be facing a Warriors penalty kill that is setting 18^th overall at 76.3%. The Warriors have allowed nine goals on 38 kills. Wichita Falls has been slightly better of their last five contests up to 81.0% with 17 kills on 21 opponent power plays.

Lone Star’s penalty kill unit comes in near the bottom of the league which is unfamiliar territory for a Dan Wildfong coached team. The Brahmas are 17^th in the NAHL at 77.3% after killing off 51 of 66 times shorthanded. The last five games have pushed the overall numbers lower with the Brahmas allowing six goals on 19 kills or 68.4%. Wichita Falls will counter with the 11^th ranked power play scoring seven goals on 38 opportunities or 18.4%. They are four for 18 in their last five at 22.2%.

In their three head-to-head matchups this season the Brahmas are one for 12 on the power play while allowing one goal on nine penalty kills.

Goaltending Comparison Last 5 Games

	W	L	OTL	SOL	SO	GA	GAA	SV	SV%
Brahmas	3	1	1	0	0	9	1.77	119	0.930
Warriors	3	1	1	0	0	14	2.74	145	0.912

Who is Hot (Last 5 Games)

Brahmas	G	A	Pts
Andrew DeCarlo	2	3	5
Mitchell Digby	1	3	4
Luke Johnson	2	1	3
Joey Baez	1	2	3
Cole Bielke	1	2	3

Warriors	G	A	Pts
Adisen Brueck	3	1	4
Ryan Robinson	2	2	4
Thomas Weis	2	2	4
William Lawson-Body	1	3	4
Two tied at	2	1	3

Inside the Game

Andrew DeCarlo (8G-17A) is tied for the league lead in scoring while Nicholas Niemo (9G-15A) is 3^rd and Joey Baez (7G-9A) is tied for 11th.
Nicholas Niemo is tied for 3^rd in goals scored with Andrew DeCarlo tied for 6^th and Joey Baez is tied for 10^th.
Andrew DeCarlo is 2^nd in assists Nicholas Niemo is 3^rd.
Joey Baez is tied for the league lead in power play goals with four.
Luke Johnson (6G-4A) has four game winning goals tied for the NAHL lead.
The Brahmas have been getting a lot of offense from their blueliners. Mitchell Digby (3G-6A), Alex Murray (2G-7A) and Malcolm Palmer (1g-8a) are tied for 6^th in defenseman scoring.
Rico DiMatteo (4W-1L-1OTL-0SOL) is currently third in the league in goals against average with a 1.68GAA. Graham Burke (10W-3L-0OTL-0SOL) is 8^th with a 2.36GAA, Owen Bartoszkiewicz has a 3.07GAA good for 17^th and Ryan Ullan (1W-2L-0OTL-1SOL) is 21^st with a 3.14GAA.
Rico DiMatteo is 5^th in save percentage with a 0.930SV%, Graham Burke is 13^th with a 0.915SV%, Owen Bartoszkiewicz is tied for 19^th with a 0.906SV% and Ryan Ullan is 24^th with a 0.892SV%.
Lone Star is averaging 3.0 goals scored per game good for 10^th in the league and allow an average of 2.32 goals per game which is 3^rd in the NAHL. Wichita Falls is 16^th offensively averaging 2.73 goals per game and allow 3.09 goals per game tied for 11^th.
In 19 games played the Brahmas have scored the first goal of the game only 8 times.
The Brahmas have the 6^th highest penalty minute average with 17.58 minutes per game. The Warriors are 15^th with a 14.09 minute per game average.