Preview of the Sabers' Last Three-Game Series in 2024-2025 Regular Season
- Lyanna Yeow
- Feb 24
- 3 min read
What you need to know ahead of the Sabers’ three-game series:
When:
Friday, February 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST
Saturday, March 01, 2025 at 8:00 PM PST
Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST
Where:
Friday, February 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST
Carlsbad Icetown
Saturday, March 01, 2025 at 8:00 PM PST
Carlsbad Icetown
Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST
Carlsbad Icetown
Watch:
San Diego Sabers vs. Colorado Fighting Elk
The San Diego Sabers will take on the Colorado Fighting Elk this week on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM PST at Icetown Carlsbad. These two teams have not faced each other in the regular season which will make for a highly anticipated game.
In their two-game series this past weekend, the Sabers were swept in their two-game series against the Ontario Jr. Reign and Ventura Vikings. The Colorado Fighting Elk lost their game against the Vernal Oilers this past week. After a tough week, both teams are even more determined to win this weekend.
The San Diego Sabers are currently in 5th place with 43 points in the Pacific standings and have a season record of 21-21-1-0. Their leading scorers are Knut Hornkvist who has 90 points this season and Sam Bailey who currently has 78 points.
The Colorado Fighting Elk are currently in 7th place with 13 points in the Northwest Division standings and have a season record of 6-31-1-0. Their leading scorers are Seth Lenzini-Oldaker who currently has 20 points and Braden Wilson who has 16 points this season.
Going into this matchup, the San Diego Sabers have a 19.05% overall power play success rate which is higher compared to the Colorado Fighting Elk’s 14.74% power play success rate. The Colorado Fighting Elk have a 71.24% overall penalty killing percentage which is lower than the Sabers’ 77.16% penalty killing percentage success rate.
San Diego Sabers vs. Henderson Force
The Sabers will take on the Henderson Force at Carlsbad Icetown this week. The Sabers have struggled in the previous matchup against Henderson Force and hope to break that losing streak against them going into this series.
In their two-game series this past weekend, the Sabers were swept in their two-game series against the Ontario Jr. Reign and Ventura Vikings. Henderson Force won their game against Iron County Yeti on Feb. 22, 2025. After a tough week for the Sabers and a successful week for Henderson Force, both teams are even more determined to win this weekend so they can end the regular season on a high note.
The San Diego Sabers are currently in 5th place with 43 points in the Pacific Division standings and have a season record of 21-21-1-0. Their leading scorers are Knut Hornkvist who has 90 points this season and Sam Bailey who currently has 78 points.
Henderson Force are currently in 4th place with 55 points in the Pacific Division standings and have a season record of 27-15-0-1. Their leading scorers are Shane Dean who currently has 50 points and Reese Hicks who currently has 46 points this season.
Going into this matchup, the San Diego Sabers have a 19.05% overall power play success rate which is slightly higher compared to the Henderson Force’s 18.72% overall power play success rate. Henderson Force have an 85.29% overall penalty killing percentage which is higher than the Sabers’ 77.16% overall penalty killing percentage success rate. When these two teams faced each other in the regular season, Henderson Force had a slight advantage in shots on goal (146 SOG vs. 144 SOG) and overall goals scored against the Sabers (18 G vs. 14 G). The Sabers do have an advantage on the power play compared to Henderson Force as the Sabers have a 45.5% PP success rate compared to Henderson Force’s 38.5% PP success rate in the four total games played against one another during the regular season.
The Sabers hope to close out the 2024-2025 USPHL regular season with a win despite the hardships that they faced in the second half of the season.
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