Roster Notes:
The Senators got two significant additions back on the blue line on Wednesday against Cleveland, with both Donovan Sebrango and Filip Roos returning from their respective injuries. Goaltender Mads Sogaard also returned to practice earlier this week. As of this morning, there have been no transactions announced between Belleville and Ottawa, and no other additions to the team’s injured list which includes forwards Jamieson Rees and Zack MacEwen. You can
click here for a full list of up-to-date transactions, with full lineup details ahead of game time via the Belleville Sens social channels (@BellevilleSens).
Who to Watch:
Cole Reinhardt was the only Belleville player to score on Wednesday, tallying for the 13th time this season. The Irricana, Alberta native is two goals away from his career high of 15 in a season and eight assists away from his career high of 23 in a campaign, while also sitting just shy of his career high in points (34), which he set last season. Angus Crookshank plays in his 200th career AHL game today and becomes the fifth player to hit the double-centruy mark for Belleville, including Reinhardt, Egor Sokolov, Max Guenette, and Lassi Thomson. When it comes to facing the Phantoms, both Jan Jenik and Wyatt Bongiovanni scored in Lehigh Valley back in January.
There are no Phantoms carrying significant point streaks into tonight’s game, but there are a couple of notable players on the roster, including defenceman Helge Grans who had a goal and an assist against the Senators earlier this season. The Phantoms roster also includes a couple of familiar faces to local junior hockey fans, like former Kingston Frontenacs standout Zayde Wisdom and former Peterborough Petes star J.R. Avon. Wisdom has 29 points in 59 games with Lehigh Valley this season and had 107 points over three seasons in Kingston between 2018 and 2022, while Avon has collected 16 points in 54 games with the Phantoms this season and had 143 points in 184 games with his hometown Petes, winning an OHL title in 2022-23.