Losing their last two games during the regular season, the Brooklyn Aces aren’t in the kind of shape many first place teams would like to be in headed to the post-season.
The Danbury Mad Hatters toughness proved to be a hindrance to the team on Friday, as Drew Madeiros, Obi Abuba and Erik Kent were virtually untouched in the offensive zone all night and were able to generate scoring opportunities when they needed to. Because of that, despite the fact that the Aces were the better team over the last 40 minutes of the game, Danbury’s ability to create space by being physical played a huge part in Kent’s goal that ended up clinching the game.
Against the Rockhoppers, the Aces simply weren’t able to finish on offense. Going two for six on the powerplay, the team took advantage of the mistakes New Jersey made, but away from special teams, the team was unable to generate turnovers from their forecheck and were forced to play a back and forth game with New Jersey, which is high-risk and low reward, especially considering how potent the Rockhoppers offense is.
