Tonight’s game between the Brooklyn Aces and the Danbury Mad Hatters has the potential to be an extremely volatile one.
With the addition of enforcer Joe Pelle, the Aces will have the toughness they’ve lacked since former captain Chad Wilcox’s exodus. With Dan Carney and Mike Christensen back from a one-game stint with Elmira of the ECHL as well, the Aces will be fortified on both the forward lines and on defense.
Nevertheless, they’ll still have to be on top of their game, as the Mad Hatters are fighting for their playoff lives, currently five points behind the New Jersey Rockhoppers with only 10 games left to play.
Danbury head coach Dan MacIsaac has also voiced his displeasure with the league as of late, furious over the fact that recently-acquired Zach Flynn wasn’t able to play in the team’s last game against New Jersey.
“Let me go on the record as saying that this league is trying to (mess with) us,” MacIsaac told the News Times on Wednesday. “And our team is just going to stick together and play through all the this. They make up rules as they go along. We couldn’t dress our new player tonight, Zack Flynn, because we were late on calling to get him into the lineup. When every other team has broken rule after rule after rule, that have nothing to do with a five minute late penalty. As far as I’m concerned, I’m done with this league. It’s a joke. Our guys right now are battling right now to win the trophy for them, not for the league, for them.”
Already known as a tough and emotion-fueled team, MacIsaac’s comments should keep his team fired up and ready to fight for their playoff lives. With a 7-3 record over their last 10 games, Danbury has made up serious ground over the past few weeks and will fight tooth and nail against the Aces to keep it that way.
Coming off of a two-game series with the Hudson Valley Bears where they scored 14 goals, the Aces will be looking to avenge their 4-1 loss to Danbury on Feb.21 and create the same type of offense. Having Christensen, Tony Resendes and Rob Miller back has seemingly rejuvenated the team’s offense and with C.J. Tozzo and Kyle McCullough playing some of their best hockey all season as well, Brooklyn will attempt to reproduce their success against a much better team in Danbury tonight.
If they can, expect a very interesting game.
Photos by Patrick Hickey Jr.
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